March 15 pagan holy day calendar

fixed holy days (same date every year)
Kemetic calendar
Zoroastrian calendar
Celtic Ogham tree calendar
Roman calendar
2010 holy days
2010 lunar days
2010 astrological
2009 lunar days
2009 astrological
2008 holy days
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.

Offerings to Ra, Asar, Heru:

Offerings to Ra, Asar, Heru: Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) holy day. Dedicated to Ra, Asar, and Heru.

House of Re:

House of Re (Ra): Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) holy day. (from the Cairo Calendar)

House of Asar:

House of Asar (Osiris): Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) holy day. (from the Cairo Calendar)

House of Heru:

House of Heru (Horus): Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) holy day. (from the Cairo Calendar)

Offerings to Ptah:

Offerings to Ptah-Sokar-Osiris-Atum: Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) holy day. Make offerings to Ptah-Sokar-Orisis-Atum, lord of the two lands of Heliopolis. Offer to all neteru (deities) on this day. (from the Cairo Calendar)

Ides of March:

Ides of March: Roman holy day. Julius Caesar was assassinated on this day.

Attis and Cybele:

Festival of Attis and Cybele: Roman holy day.

River Nymphs:

River Nymphs: Roman holy day. This day is sacred to Anna Parenna and River Nymphs. Note that the Romans used a lunar calendar. This date is a generalized date for the modern calendar. This Roman holy day may be on a different day if calculated using the ancient Roman lunar calendar.

Guild Festival:

Guild Festival: Roman holy day.

Rhea:

Rhea: Greek holy day.

Noumenia:

    Noumenia: Greek holy day. According to Plutarch (Mor. 828A), the Noumenia (the first day of each Greek month) are “the holiest of days”.
    According to Jon D. Mikalson (in “The Noumenia and Epimenia in Athens”, The Harvard Theological Reviews, Vol. 65, No. 2, April, 1972, page 291), “In an ordinary year there were twelve Noumeniai, and thus they form a large and important series of “holy” days. There is no indication in the sources that the religious activities on the Noumenia of one month varied from those of another month, and therefore the Noumeniai may be treated as a single homogenous group.
     “The strictmess with which the Athenians preserved the sanctity and the independent identity of the Noumenia is striking. No annual religious festival is attested to have occurred on the Noumenia or to have included it. Not one of the positvely dated meetings of Athenian legislative assemblies such as the Ekklesia, the Boule, or a tribal organization is attested to have occurred on the first day of a month.”

calendar

This day on different world calendars.

Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) information

Season of Proyet (Sowing)
Month of Parmuti or Pharmuthi (Renenutet or Rennutet)
Day 30

Zoroastrian information
(Fasli calendar)

Month of Spandarmad (twelfth month)
Day of Anagran
Day 30

The day of Anagran celebrates the Av. Anaghra Raocha, Endless Light. 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: “(148) On the day of Anagran (the Endless Light) trim your hair and nails and take your wife to bed so that an exceptional child may be born (to you).” Adarbad Mahraspandan was a famous saint, high priest, and prime minister of Shapur II (309-379 C.E.).

The fourth week (eight days) of each Zoroastrian month celebrates religious ideas.

The Fasli, or seasonal, calendar is one of three Zoroastrian calendars still in use.

Celtic (ancient Druid) information

Ogham tree calendar

Nion (N)

Ash Moon
Day 26

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: Neptune
Archetype: Lir (Celtic God of the Sea)
Symbol: trident
Folk Names:
Moon of Waters

Asatru (ancient Norse) information

Month: Lenting

Roman information

Id. Mart.
the Ides of March
Month: Martius

The Ides was originally the Full Moon on the early Roman lunar calendar. The Latin word idus means “half division” of a month and comes from an older Etruscan word meaning “divide”. The Ides occurred on the 15th day of March, May, July, and October, and on the 13th day of all other months. The Romans considered the ides to be a particularly auspicious (good) day, dedicated to Jupiter, the Roman King deity.

Because of William Shakespeaare’s famous play “Julius Caesar” and the famous line "Beware the Ides of March" (Julius Caesar was assassinated on the Ides of March in 44 BCE), many people incorrectly think that the Ides is bad. The Romans viewed the Ides as good. The famous warning was given by the astrologer Spurinna before the day and again on the day of the assassination. Julius Caesar was assassinated in front of the Pompey theatre at the foot of Pompey’s statue, where the Roman Senate was meeting in the Temple of Venus.

The Roman month of Martius is named for Mars. March was sacred to Mars, Roman God of war.

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, Mars (the first month) had 31 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, Mars had 31 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), Mars 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 6 in modern Western numerology. See the article on six for more information.

date:	Monday	March 15, 2010
Moon:	New Moon		in Pisces
Mercury:	Direct until April 18
Saturn:	Retrograde until May 30

holy days 2010

These holy days are on different day each year on the solar calendar.

Amavasya:

Amavasya: Hindu holy day. The New Moon Day that begins the Hindu lunar month.

New Moon Esbat:

New Moon Esbat: Lunar. Occurs at 5:01 p.m. Eastern Time (EST) or 2:01 p.m. Pacific Time (PST) in 2010. This is a Wiccan Esbat. The Wiccan esbat may be celebrated the day before, day of, or day after the New Moon. See also Aphrodite New Moon love spell.

lunar information 2010

Moon:	New Moon	in Pisces
Next New Moon April 14	Next Waxing Quarter March 23	Next Full Moon March 29	Next Waning Quarter April 6

Fourth Quarter in Pisces:

Fourth (Last) Quarter: The moon is in the fourth (4th) quarter (waning crescent) in Pisces.

New Moon:

New Moon: Lunar. Occurs at 5:01 p.m. Eastern Time (EST) or 2:01 p.m. Pacific Time (PST) in 2010. This is a Wiccan Esbat. See also Aphrodite New Moon love spell.

First Quarter in Pisces:

First Quarter: The moon is in the first (1st) quarter (waxing crescent) in Pisces.

Void of Course:

Moon Void of Course: The moon is Void of Course (V/C) starting at 8:01 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT) or 5:01 p.m. Pacific Daylight Savings Time (PDT). The Moon is void of course from the last traditional aspect in a sign to the ingress into the next sign. Moon void of course is a time of distractions and miscommunications. Things started during Moon void of course tend to sputter and fail.

Moon enters Aries:

Moon Enters Aries: Lunar Ingress. The Moon enters the sign Aries at 2:32 a.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT) tomorrow (Mar 16) or 11:32 p.m. Pacific Daylight Savings Time (PDT) today.

Pisces Rewarding: This day in 2010 is rewarding for those who are Sun sign Pisces because the Moon is in your Sun sign.

Virgo Challenging: This day in 2010 is challenging for those who are Sun sign Virgo because the Moon is in the sign opposite your Sun sign.

astrological information 2010

Sun Conjunct Moon: The Sun is in conjunction with the Moon at 5:01 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT) or 2:01 p.m. Pacific Daylight Savings Time (PDT). Time for revitalization and new beginnings. Spells to change your life. Spells for new beginnings. Ritual to Sekhmet and Bast.

Mercury Conjunct Uranus: Mercury is in conjunction with Uranus at 5:40 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT) or 2:40 p.m. Pacific Daylight Savings Time (PDT). Time of originality. Many new and original ideas. Ritual to Bast and Ptah.

Moon Conjunct Uranus: The Moon is in conjunction with Uranus at 7:38 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT) or 4:38 p.m. Pacific Daylight Savings Time (PDT). Time of high hopes. Be careful of unrealistic plans.

Moon Conjunct Mercury: The Moon is in conjunction with Mercury at 8:01 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT) or 5:01 p.m. Pacific Daylight Savings Time (PDT). Moon Void of Course (V/C). Beware tempermental words and actions.

Magick Color:

Gray: The magick color for this day, based on planetary influences and the day of the week, is gray. You may want to burn a gray candle or wear some gray this day.

Magick Incense:

Rosemary: The magick incense for this day, based on planetary influences and the day of the week, is rosemary. You may want to burn rosemary incense this day. You may substitute a similar incense if you don’t have or don’t like rosemary.

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.

date:	Sunday	March 15, 2009
Moon:	waning gibbous	3rd Quarter	in Scorpio
Mercury:	Direct until May 7
Venus:	Retrograde until April 17
Saturn:	Retrograde until May 16

lunar information 2009

Moon:	waning gibbous	3rd Quarter	in Scorpio
Next Waning Quarter March 18	Next New Moon March 26	Next Waxing Quarter April 2	Next Full Moon April 9