| date: | Friday | December 25, 2009 | |
Moon: | waxing gibbous | 2nd Quarter | in Aries |
Mercury: | Direct until December 26 | ||
Mars: | Retrograde until March 10, 2010  | ||
- fixed holy days (same date every year)
- 2009 lunar days
- 2009 astrological
- Kemetic calendar
- Zoroastrian calendar
- Celtic Ogham tree calendar
- Roman calendar
- 2008 lunar days
- 2008 astrological
- 2007 lunar days
fixed holy days
These holy days are on the same day every year on the solar calendar.
Birthday of the Twins:
Birthday of the Twins: Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) holy day. Birthday of the Twins, Heru Sa Aset and Bast, children of Aset [Isis]. Origin of Yule and Christmas. On Winter Solstice Asar [Osiris] dies. Aset [Isis] with the magick help of Nebt Het [Nephthys] creates a Djed Pillar [artificial penis] for Her husband and impregnates Herself. For three full days (December 22-24) Asar lies dead and the Twins grow in Aset’s belly. On this day (December 25th) the Twins are born, the reincarnation or resurrection of Their Father. The green tree is a symbol of the green-skinned Asar, God of fertility and vegetation. The colored lights are symbols of Aset, Goddess of magick and divine light. Red, green, and white are the traditional candle colors of Bast (this was Her birthday alone for several thousand years of early Kemetic history), later being adapted to red for Aset (the color of the Mother’s menstrual flow), green for Asar (the color of vegetation), and white for the Twins (the color of pure light).
Elevating the Goddesses:
Elevating the Goddess: Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) holy day. Elevating the Goddesses of the Temple.
Going Forth of Udjat:
Going Forth of Udjat: Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) holy day. Going forth of the Udjat (Utchat) eye singing in Heliopolis.
Birth of the Sun:
Birth of the Sun: Babylonian holy day. The Queen of Heaven gives birth to the Sun.
Yule:
Yule: Norse/Germanic holy day. German men and boys would go into the forests and drag back the largest log they could find. This Yule Log was burned in the central village hall. By tradition, this log burned for 12 days (the forerunner of the modern 12 days of Christmas). Many village animals were killed for a communal feast, as there would be insufficient animal feed to keep the entire herds alive throughout the winter. The villagers feasted on this meat while the northern European winter raged outdoors. According to Norse/Viking tradition, Father Odin would fly about during these times and catalogue who had been naughty and who had been nice. Unlike Santa Claus, Father Odin’s disapproval could result in death or disease.
Yule:
Yule: Celtic and Wiccan holy day. In most traditions celebrated on December 22nd. Also celebrated on December 21st.
Dies Natalis Solis Invicti:
Dies Natalis Solis Invicti: Roman holy day. Dies Natalis Solis Invicti (or Birthday of the Invincible Sun God), the end of the Roman Saturnalia, celebrating the birthday of Saturn and the birthday of the Sun.
Yule:
Yule: Norse holy day. See also December 21 and December 22.
Christmas:
Christmas: Christian holy day. Based on numerous pagan holy days, including the Birthday of the Twins (Heru and Bast), Mithra, Frey, Dionysus, Cernunnos, Demeter, Kore Persephone, the Yule Child, the sun, and various Goddesses. Celebrates the mythical birth of Jesus to the Virgin Mary (based on (Isis or Aset)in a manger in Bethlehem (a town that first was founded by Christians several hundred years AFTER the mythical birth). The Christians claim that the mythical Jesus is the Jewish Messiah, even though in Judaism the Jewish Messiah is specifically not a deity, but rather a human king sent by the Jewish God.
“Christmas: It’s the only religious holiday that’s also a federal holiday. That way, Christians can go to their services, and everyone else can sit at home and reflect on the true meaning of the separation of church and state.” —Samantha Bee
Bain de Noêl:
Bain de Noêl: (Frotté feuilles) or Fête des Membres. Voodou holy day.
Family Day:
Family Day: Angolan (Angola) holiday.
Halcyon Days:
Halcyon Days: Greek holy day. December 14-28 are the Halcyon Days, the seven days before and after Yule, a time of calm and tranquility derived from Alcyone, a Greek Goddess of the Pleiades connected with Artemis [Bast] and Aphrodite [Het Heret].
Navidades:
Navidades: Puerto Rican holy day. December 15-January 6 are the Navidades, for the Yule Child, which is based on the older Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) Twins, Heru Sa Aset [Horus/Apollo] and Bast [Artemis].
lunar information 2009
| Moon: | waxing gibbous | 2nd Quarter | in Aries |
 Next Full Moon December 31 |  Next Waning Quarter January 7 |  Next New Moon January 15 |  Next Waxing Quarter January 23 |
Second Quarter in Aries:
Second Quarter: The moon is in the second (2nd) quarter (waxing gibbous) in Aries.
Aries Rewarding: This day in 2009 is rewarding for those who are Sun sign Aries because the Moon is in your Sun sign.
Libra Challenging: This day in 2009 is challenging for those who are Sun sign Libra because the Moon is in the sign opposite your Sun sign.
astrological information 2009
Venus enters Capricorn:
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Venus Enters Capricorn: Planetary ingress. Venus enters the sign Capricorn at 1:17 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST).
Sun Square Saturn: The Su is square Saturn at 6:57 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT).
Moon Trine Mars: The Moon is trine Mars at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT).
Magick Color:
Purple: The magick color for this day, based on planetary influences and the day of the week, is purple. You may want to burn a purple candle or wear some purple this day.
Magick Incense:
Cloves, Rose: The magick incense for this day, based on planetary influences, is rose. The magick incense for this day, based on the day of the week, is cloves. You may want to burn cloves or rose incense this day. You may substitute a similar incense if you don’t have or don’t like cloves or rose.
See also the article on incense. An American source for high quality incense is Mountain Rose Herbs. A British source for incense is Pagan Magic. Another American source for incense is Pagan Shopping.
calendar
This day on different world calendars.
Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) information
Season of Proyet (Sowing)
Month of Mekhir (Rekh-Ur)
Day 10
Zoroastrian information
(Fasli calendar)
Month of Day (tenth month)
Day of Aban
Day 10
The day of Aban celebrates the Av. Aban, Waters. Special prayers from the Khorda Avesta are recited in honor of the day’s spiritual being.
Activity for the day from the Counsels of Adhurbadh, Son of Mahraspand: “(128) On the day of Aban (the Waters) abstain from water and do not vex the waters.” Adarbad Mahraspandan was a famous saint, high priest, and prime minister of Shapur II (309-379 C.E.).
The second seven days (second week) of each Zoroastrian month celebrates light and nature.
The Fasli, or seasonal, calendar is one of three Zoroastrian calendars still in use.
Celtic (ancient Druid) information
Ogham tree calendar
Beth (B)
Birch Moon
Day 2
The Celtic calendar started out as a moon calendar, but was aligned with the solar year during antiquity. Robert Graves proposed the Celtic tree calendar described here. While widely used by Neo-Pagans, many critics dispute the authenticity. The Beth-Luis-Nion calendar (the one used here) starts with New Year on the Winter Solstice. The Beth-Luis-Faern calendar starts with New Year on Samhain.
Each Celtic tree month (or moon) is named for a Celtic Ogham letter (first line above) and a tree (second line above). All of the Celtic months also had additional folk names (folk names for this month listed below).
Polarity: Feminine
Planet: Sun
Archetype: Taliesin (Celtic God of Bards)
Symbol: eagle or stag
Folk Names:
Moon of Inception
Moon of Beginning
Asatru (ancient Norse) information
Month: Yule
Roman information
a.d. VIII Kal. Ian.
8 days before the Kalends of January
Month: December
The a.d. VIII Kal. designation means ante diem or eight “days before” the Kalends (first day or New Moon) of the next month. When counting days, the Romans included both the start and end day (in modern Western culture, we skip the start day). When the Romans switched to a solar calendar, they continued to use the lunar day names.
The Roman month of December is named for decem, because it was originally the tenth month of the Roman solar year. December was sacred to Vesta, the Roman Goddess of hearth, home, and family.
The earliest Roman months were lunar. According to Roman mythology, the ten month solar calendar aligned to the vernal equinox was introduced by Romulus, the founder of Rome, around 753 BCE. In Romulus’ calendar, December (the tenth month) had 30 days. Numa Pompilius, the second of the seven traditional kings of Rome, added two more months, for a 12 month year. In Numa’s calendar, December had 29 days. Gaius Julius Caesar, as Pontifex Maximus (supreme bridge-builder, a religious title), reorganized the calendar on the first day of 45 BCE. In Caesar’s calendar (the Julian Calendar), December had 31 days. Caesar’s calendar was calculated by Sosigenes, an Egyptian astrologer/astronomer. In 8 BCE, Augustus Caesar fixed errors by pontiffs after Julius’ death and made other minor modifications, resulting in the modern Western calendar. The modern Gregorian Calendar, named for Roman Catholic Pope Gregory the Thirteenth, was a realignment in 1582.
numerology
Today totals 7 in modern Western numerology. See the article on seven for more information.
| date: | Saturday | December 25, 2010 | |
| Moon: | waning gibbous | 3rd Quarter | |
lunar information 2008
Fourth Quarter in Sagittarius:
Fourth (Last) Quarter: The moon is in the fourth (4th) quarter (waning crescent) in Sagittarius.
astrological information 2008
Moon Square Uranus: The Moon is square Uranus at 8:46 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST).
lunar information 2007
Moon enters Leo:
Moon Enters Leo: Lunar Ingress. The Moon enters the sign Leo at 11:51 pm GMT.
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