August 11 pagan holy day calendar

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

Peaceful Wind:

Peaceful Wind: Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) holy day. Re (or Ra) sails peacefully with a favorable wind.

Puck Fair:

Puck Fair: Irish holy day. First day of the three day Puck Fair, an Irish fertility festival. The medieval festival pays homage to Robin Goodfellow, a mischievous Irish sprite.

calendar

This day on different world calendars.

Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) information

Season of Akhet (Inundation)
Month of Tot-abet or Djehuti (Djehuti [Thoth])
Day 24

Zoroastrian information
(Fasli calendar)

Month of Amurdad (fifth 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

Coll (C)

Hazel Moon
Day 7

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: Mercury
Archetype: Ogma
Symbol: rainbow fish
Folk Names:
Moon of the Wise
Crone Moon

Asatru (ancient Norse) information

Month: Harvest

Roman information

a.d. III Id. Avg. or a.d. III Id Sex.
3 days before the Ides of August
Month: Sextilis or Avgvstvs or Augustus

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 Sextilis is named for sex or sext, because it was originally the sixth month of the Roman solar year. In 8 BCE, the Roman Senate renamed the month Augustus (August), for then Roman Emperor Augustus Caesar. August was sacred to Ceres, Roman Goddess of grain.

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, Sextilis (the sixth 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, Sextilis 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), Sextilis had 30 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 (including expanding August to 31 days), resulting in the modern Western calendar. The Roman Senate changed the name of the month Sextilis to Augustus (August) in honor of the Roman Emperor Augustus Caesar. The modern Gregorian Calendar, named for Roman Catholic Pope Gregory the Thirteenth, was a realignment in 1582.

numerology

Today totals 2 in modern Western numerology. See the article on two for more information.

tarot

Today’s tarot card is Justice.

date:	Wednesday	August 11, 2010
Moon:	waxing crescent	1st Quarter	in Virgo
Mercury:	Direct until August 20
Jupiter:	Retrograde until November 18
Uranus:	Retrograde until December 5
Neptune:	Retrograde until November 7
Pluto:	Retrograde until September 14

holy days 2010

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

Ramadan:

Ramadan begins: Islamic holy day. Start of the month of Ramadan in 2010. During this lunar month devout Muslims demonstrate their devotion to Allah by doing good works and by fasting during daylight. The young, elderly, and sick can eat during the daytime, but healthy adults fast from sunrise to sunset throughout the holy month of Ramadan.

lunar information 2010

Moon:	waxing crescent	1st Quarter	in Virgo
Next Waxing Quarter August 16	Next Full Moon August 24	Next Waning Quarter September 1	Next New Moon September 8

First Quarter in Virgo:

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

Void of Course:

Moon Void of Course: The moon is Void of Course (V/C) starting at 8:04 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT) or 5:04 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.

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

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

astrological information 2010

Moon Conjunct Mercury: The Moon is in conjunction with Mercury at 8:04 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT) or 5:04 p.m. Pacific Daylight Savings Time (PDT). Moon Void of Course (V/C). Beware tempermental words and actions. Perform magick and ritual before the Moon is void of course.

Magick Color:

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

Magick Incense:

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

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:	Tuesday	August 11, 2009
Moon:	waning gibbous	3rd Quarter	in Aries
Mercury:	Direct until September 7
Jupiter:	Retrograde until October 13
Uranus:	Retrograde until December 1
Neptune:	Retrograde until November 4
Pluto:	Retrograde until September 11

lunar information 2009

Moon:	waning gibbous	3rd Quarter	in Aries
Next Waning Quarter August 13	Next New Moon August 20	Next Waxing Quarter August 27	Next Full Moon September 4