| date: | Saturday | May 16, 2009 | |
Moon: | waning gibbous | 3rd Quarter | in Aquarius |
Mercury: | Retrograde until May 30  | ||
Pluto: | Retrograde until September 11 | ||
- 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
fixed holy days
These holy days are on the same day every year on the solar calendar.
Festivity of Awe:
Festivity of Awe: Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) holy day. It is the day every neteru (god and Goddess) spends the day in festivity and great awe in the sacred temple. (from the Cairo Calendar)
Armed Forces Day:
Armed Forces Day: American (U.S.) holiday.
lunar information 2009
| Moon: | waning gibbous | 3rd Quarter | in Aquarius |
 Next Waning Quarter May 17 |  Next New Moon May 24 |  Next Waxing Quarter May 30 |  Next Full Moon June 7 |
Third Quarter in Aquarius:
Third Quarter: The moon is in the third (3rd) quarter (waning gibbous) in Aquarius.
Harvesting: The Moon makes this day excellent for harvesting.
Aquarius Rewarding: This day in 2009 is rewarding for those who are Sun sign Aquarius because the Moon is in your Sun sign.
Leo Challenging: This day in 2009 is challenging for those who are Sun sign Leo because the Moon is in the sign opposite your Sun sign.
astrological information 2009
Moon Quincunx Saturn: The Moon is quincunx Saturn at 4:13 a.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT).
Sun Square Jupiter: The Sun is square Jupiter at 4:45 a.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT).
Sun Sextile Uranus: The Sun is sextile Uranus at 9:09 a.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT).
Moon Sextile Mars: The Moon is sextile Mars at 11:24 a.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT).
Saturn Goes Direct:
D Saturn Goes Direct: Saturn goes direct in the sign Virgo at 10:06 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT).
Magick Color:
Indigo: The magick color for this day, based on planetary influences and the day of the week, is indigo. You may want to burn a indigo candle or wear some indigo this day.
Magick Incense:
Parsley, Patchouli, Thyme: The magick incense for this day, based on planetary influences, is patchouli. The magick incense for this day, based on the day of the week, is parsley or thyme. You may want to burn parsley, patchouli, or thyme incense this day. You may substitute a similar incense if you don’t have or don’t like parsley, patchouli, or thyme.
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 Epipi or Epep-abet (Wadjet)
Day 2
Zoroastrian information
(Fasli calendar)
Month of Ardwahisht (second month)
Day of Asman
Day 27
The day of Asman celebrates the Av. Asman, Sky. 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: “(145) On the day of Asman (the Sky) set out on a long journey so that you may return safely.” 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 4
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: 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. XVII Kal. Ivn.
17 days before the Kalends of June
Month: Maius
The a.d. XVII Kal. designation means ante diem or 17 “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 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 7 in modern Western numerology. See the article on seven for more information.
| date: | Sunday | May 16, 2010 | |
| Moon: | waxing crescent | 1st Quarter | |
lunar information 2008
Second Quarter in Libra:
Second Quarter: The moon is in the second (2nd) quarter (waxing gibbous) in Libra.
Void of Course:
Moon Void of Course: The moon is Void of Course (V/C) starting at 11:29 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
Planting: The Moon makes this day excellent for planting.
astrological information 2008
Moon Trine Mercury: The Moon is trine Mercury at 10:12 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
Moon Quincunx Venus: The Moon is quincunx Venus at 3:01 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
Moon Quincunx Uranus: The Moon is quincunx Uranus at 7:01 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
Moon Square Jupiter: The Moon is square Jupiter at 7:36 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
Moon Trine Neptune: The Moon is trine Neptune at 11:29 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Moon Void of Course (V/C).
lunar information 2007
New Moon:
New Moon: Lunar. Occurs at 2:28 PM GMT in 2007. This is a Wiccan Esbat. See also Aphrodite New Moon love spell.
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