May 13

fixed holy days

These holy days are on the same day every year on the solar calendar.

Festival of Lemuria:

    Festival of Lemuria: Roman holy day. Third day of the Festival of Lemuria. The Festival of Lemuria was held on May 9, May 11, and May 13.

Kemetic tradition:

    Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) tradition. If you see anything on this day, it will be good. (from the Cairo Calendar)

Deity of the Day:

    Goddess of the Day:Maat was a teenage Goddess of Science, Integrity & Honor, who is represented as a pair of twins.”—@LadyOceanStar on Twitter



calendar

This day on different world calendars.

Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) information

Season of Semut or Shemu (Harvest or Summer)
Month of Payni or Paoni (Heru [Horus])
Day 29

Zoroastrian information
(Fasli calendar)

Month of Ardwahisht (second month)
Day of Den
Day 24

    The day of Den celebrates the Av. Daena, Religion, also Inner Self or Conscience. 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: “(142) On the day of Den (the Religion) kill noxious beasts and reptiles.” 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

Huath (H)

Hawthorn Moon
Day 1

    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). Robert Graves claimed that the Celts used a 13 month tree calendar. Critics dispute this claim. Graves’ claims are based on 19th century work by Edward Davies, who found references to the trees in the 1685 work Ogygia by Ruairi Ó Flaitheartaigh, which was in turn derived from oral history and older works such as Book of Ballymote and Auraicept na n-Éces.

Polarity: Masculine
Planet: Vulcan
Archetype: Govennan (Celtic God of Smiths)
Symbol: chalice
Folk Names:
Moon of Restraint
Moon of Hinderance
Summer Moon

Asatru (ancient Norse) information

Month: Merrymoon

Roman information

a.d. III Id. Mai.
3 days before the Ides of May
Month: Maius

    The a.d. III Id. designation means ante diem or three “days before” the Ides (Full Moon) of the 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 Maius is named for Maia. Maia was a daughter of Atlas. May was sacred to Maia, Roman Goddess of spring.

    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, May (the third 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, May 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), May 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.


tarot

    Today’s tarot card is The Emperor.


date:ThursdayMay 13, 2010
Moon:
New Moonin Taurus
Mercury:
Direct until August 20
Saturn:
Retrograde until May 30
Pluto:
Retrograde until September 14

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 9:04 p.m. Eastern Time (EST) or 6:04 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 Moonin Taurus

Next New Moon
June 12

Next Waxing Quarter
May 20

Next Full Moon
May 27

Next Waning Quarter
June 4

Fourth Quarter in Taurus:

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

New Moon:

    New Moon: Lunar. Occurs at 9:04 p.m. Eastern Time (EST) or 6:04 p.m. Pacific Time (PST) in 2010. This is a Wiccan Esbat. See also Aphrodite New Moon love spell.

First Quarter in Taurus:

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

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

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


astrological information 2010

         Moon Square Mars: The Moon is square Mars at 11:42 a.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT) or 8:42 a.m. Pacific Daylight Savings Time (PDT). Impulsive time. Very emotional thinking. Ritual to Sekhmet.

         Sun Conjunct Moon: The Sun is in conjunction with the Moon at 9:04 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT) or 6:04 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. New Moon.

         Moon Sextile Jupiter: The Moon is sextile Jupiter at 2:45 a.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT) tomorrow (may 14) or 11:45 p.m. Pacific Daylight Savings Time (PDT) today. Cheerful time. Time for cooperation. Spells for good times together. Cooperation rituals.

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:

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

    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:WednesdayMay 13, 2009
Moon:
waning gibbous3rd Quarterin Capricorn
Mercury:
Retrograde until May 30
Saturn:
Retrograde until May 16
Pluto:
Retrograde until September 11

lunar information 2009

Moon:waning gibbous3rd Quarterin Capricorn

Next Waning Quarter
May 17

Next New Moon
May 24

Next Waxing Quarter
May 30

Next Full Moon
June 7

Third Quarter in Capricorn:

    Third Quarter: The moon is in the third (3rd) quarter (waning gibbous) in Capricorn.

    Planting: The Moon makes this day excellent for planting.

    Capricorn Rewarding: This day in 2009 is rewarding for those who are Sun sign Capricorn because the Moon is in your Sun sign.

    Cancer Challenging: This day in 2009 is challenging for those who are Sun sign Cancer because the Moon is in the sign opposite your Sun sign.


astrological information 2009

         Moon Square Venus: The Moon is square Venus at 4:21 a.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT).

         Moon Trine Saturn: The Moon is trine Saturn at 3:20 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT).

         Moon Square Mars: The Moon is square Mars at 6:24 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT).

Mercury enters Taurus:

     --> Mercury Enters Taurus: Planetary ingress. Mercury enters the sign Taurus at 7:53 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT).

Magick Color:

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

Magick Incense:

    Ginger, Honeysuckle, Sage: The magick incense for this day, based on planetary influences, is honeysuckle. The magick incense for this day, based on the day of the week, is sage or ginger. You may want to burn ginger, honeysuckle, or sage incense this day. You may substitute a similar incense if you don’t have or don’t like ginger, honeysuckle, or sage.

    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.


lunar information 2008

Second Quarter in Virgo:

    Second Quarter: The moon is in the second (2nd) quarter (waxing gibbous) in Virgo.

    Planting: The Moon makes this day excellent for planting.


astrological information 2008

         Moon Square Mercury: The Moon is square Mercury at 7:20 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

         Moon Trine Venus: The Moon is trine Venus at 10:03 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).


lunar information 2007

Moon enters Aries:

     Moon Enters Aries: Lunar Ingress. The Moon enters the sign Aries at 2:18 am GMT.


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