| date: | Tuesday | March 31, 2009 | |
Moon: | waxing crescent | 1st Quarter | in Gemini |
Mercury: | Direct until May 7 | ||
Venus: | Retrograde until April 17  | ||
Saturn: | Retrograde until May 16 | ||
- fixed holy days (same date every year)
- 2009 lunar days
- 2009 astrological
- Kemetic calendar
- Zoroastrian calendar
- Celtic Ogham tree calendar
- Roman calendar
- 2010 holy days
- 2008 lunar days
- 2008 astrological
fixed holy days
These holy days are on the same day every year on the solar calendar.
The Borrowed Days:
Borrowed Days: The Borrowed Days.
Eve of Venus Festival:
Eve of the Festival of Venus: Roman holy day. Honors the Goddess Venus.
The anonymous Latin poem Pervigilium Veneris was written on the Eve of the Festival of Venus in the second century C.E. The poem, written in trochaic septenarii verses, praises Venus (often calling her Dione) as Venus Genetrix (the life-giving force of the universe), the bringer of life-giving showers, the goddess of fertility, and the copulatrix amorum who gives to every creature its mate. The refrain of the poem summons all to appear in venus' court: Cras amet qui numquam amavit, quique amavit cras amet.
Feast of Luna:
Feast of Luna: Roman holy day.
Kemetic tradition:
Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) tradition. Anyone born on this day will die. Do not go out of your house until Re (Ra) sets in the heaven. (from the Cairo Calendar)
lunar information 2009
| Moon: | waxing crescent | 1st Quarter | in Gemini |
 Next Waxing Quarter April 2 |  Next Full Moon April 9 |  Next Waning Quarter April 17 |  Next New Moon April 24 |
First Quarter in Gemini:
First Quarter: The moon is in the first (1st) quarter (waxing crescent) in Gemini.
Gemini Rewarding: This day in 2009 is rewarding for those who are Sun sign Gemini because the Moon is in your Sun sign.
Sagittarius Challenging: This day in 2009 is challenging for those who are Sun sign Sagittarius because the Moon is in the sign opposite your Sun sign.
astrological information 2009
Sun Sextile Moon: The Sun is sextile the Moon at 3:50 a.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT).
Moon Sextile Mercury: The Moon is sextile Mercury at 4:12 a.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT).
Moon Square Mars: The Moon is square Mars at 7:18 a.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT).
Moon Square Saturn: The Moon is square Saturn at 1:51 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT).
Moon Trine Jupiter: The Moon is trine Jupiter at 5:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT).
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:
Cedar, Nutmeg, Rue: The magick incense for this day, based on planetary influences, is cedar. The magick incense for this day, based on the day of the week, is nutmeg or rue. You may want to burn cedar, nutmeg, or rue incense this day. You may substitute a similar incense if you don’t have or don’t like cedar, nutmeg, or rue.
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 Semut or Shemu (Harvest or Summer)
Month of Pachons or Pakhon (Khonsu)
Day 16
Zoroastrian information
(Fasli calendar)
Month of Frawardin (first month)
Day of Khwarshed
Day 11
The day of Khwarshed celebrates the Av. Hvar Khshaeta, The Shining Sun. 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: “(129) On the day of Khwarshed (the Sun) take your children to the grammar-school so that they may become literate and wise.” 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
Faern (F)
Alder Moon
Day 14
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: Masculine
Planet: Mars
Archetype: Bran or Arthur
Symbol: pentacle
Folk Names:
Moon of Utility
Moon of Efficacy
Moon of Self-Guidance
Asatru (ancient Norse) information
Month: Lenting
Roman information
prid. Kal. Apr.
(pridie) eve of the Kalends of April
Month: Martius
The pridie Kalends is the eve of the Kalends (first day of the next month). Pridie (abbreviated prid.) is Latin for “the evening before”.
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 4 in modern Western numerology. See the article on four for more information.
| date: | Wednesday | March 31, 2010 | |
| Moon: | waning gibbous | 3rd Quarter | |
holy days 2010
These holy days are on different day each year on the solar calendar.
Passover:
Passover: Jewish holy day. Passover starts March 30 and ends April 6 this year.
lunar information 2008
Fourth Quarter in Capricorn:
Fourth (Last) Quarter: The moon is in the fourth (4th) quarter (waning crescent) in Capricorn.
Void of Course:
Moon Void of Course: The moon is Void of Course (V/C) starting at 12:54 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
Moon enters Aquarius:
Moon Enters Aquarius: Lunar Ingress. The Moon enters the sign Aquarius at 9:34 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
Fourth Quarter in Aquarius:
Fourth (Last) Quarter: The moon is in the fourth (4th) quarter (waning crescent) in Aquarius.
astrological information 2008
Moon Square Mercury: The Moon is square Mercury at 12:54 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Moon Void of Course (V/C).
Moon Quincunx Saturn: The Moon is quincunx Saturn at 2:28 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
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