February 1 pagan holy day calendar

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

Feast of Nuit:

Feast of Nuit: Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) holy day. Feast of Nuit, She who counts the days. Make a holiday.

Brighid’s Feast Day:

Brighid’s Feast Day: Irish Celtic holy day. Also called St. Bridget’s Feast Day. In the fifth century, Christian missionaries desecrated the Goddess Brighid’s (= Power) shrine at Kildare, turned her into St. Bridget, and dubbed her Queen of Heaven. This feast day was established to replace Imbolc. — Celtic information provided by Shelley M. Greer ©1997.

Brigit — Goddess of Healing, Smithcraft, and Queenship. She is patroness of the Celtic spring festival of Imbolc, and was served by a female priesthood at Kildare. Her name derives from her worship by the pre-Christian Brigantes, who honored her as identical with Juno, Queen of Heaven. Brigit also shares attributes with the ancient Greek triple goddess Hecate. She is Ruler, Bringer of Prosperity; her two sisters display the alchemical sword and tongs of blacksmithing and the twin serpents connoting medical skill. Her Irish consort was the Dagda. — Sacred Source (formerly JBL Statues)

Imbolc:

Imbolc: Wiccan holy day. Imbolc is one of the eight Sabbats of the Wiccan religions. Some Wiccans celebrate Imbolc on February 2nd. Some Wiccans celebrate Midwinter’s Day on February 3rd.

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Purification of Mary:

Purification of Mary: Christian holy day. Purification of Mary, based on Imbolc, Candlemas, and Brigid.

Lesser Eleusinian Mysteries:

Lesser Eleusinian Mysteries: Greek holy day. Lesser Eleusinian Mysteries (February 1-3), dedicated to Demeter and Persephone or Ceres and Proserpine. Kore Persephone is related to Bast. Celebrates the marriage of Kore and Dionysos.

Feast of Isis the Healer:

Feast of Isis the Healer: Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) holy day. Feast honoring Aset (Isis) as Goddess of healing.

La Fheill Brighde:

Là Fhèill Brìghde: Irish holy day. The Irish and Scottish Goddess Cailleach (the Winter Queen) passes control of the seasons to Brighde, the Summer Queen. This is the latest of three dates (February 1, March 25, and May 1). Cailleach gathers her firewood for the rest of the winter. If she intends to make winter longer, she will make sure that February 1st is bright and sunny so she can gather plenty of firewood for herself. This is the source of Groundhog’s Day.

Festival Dionysos:

Festival Dionysos: Greek holy day. Two week fesitival to Dionysos from February 1st through February 14.

calendar

This day on different world calendars.

Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) information

Season of Proyet (Sowing)
Month of Pamenot or Phamenoth (Amenhotep)
Day 18

Zoroastrian information
(Fasli calendar)

Month of Vohuman (eleventh month)
Day of Rashnu
Day 18

The day of Rashnu celebrates the Av. Rashnu, Yazad of Truth. 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: “(136) On the day of Rashnu life is gay: do, in holiness, anything you will.” Adarbad Mahraspandan was a famous saint, high priest, and prime minister of Shapur II (309-379 C.E.).

The third week (eight days) of each Zoroastrian month celebrates moral qualities.

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

Celtic (ancient Druid) information

Ogham tree calendar

Luis (L)

Rowan Moon
Day 12

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: Uranus
Archetype: Brigantia
Symbol: green dragon
Folk Names:
Moon of Vision
Spirit Moon
Astral travel Moon

Asatru (ancient Norse) information

Month: Horning

Roman information

Kal. Feb.
Kalends of February
Month: Februa or Febrvarivs or Februarius

The Kalends is the first day of the month and was celebrated as a religious holy day to Juno, the Roman Queen Goddess. In the earliest Roman lunar calendar, the Kalends was the day of the New Moon. In Roman society, interest on a debt was due on the Kalends. Under the lunar calendar, a pontifex (priest) would observe the sky and call out the first sighting of the thin lunar crescent of the New Moon, indicating the start of a new month. The English word calendar comes from the Latin word Kalends, which in turn came from the Latin word calare meaning to announce solemly or to call out.

The Roman month of February is named for a feast of purification. Romans called February the “Month of Purification”. During the festival of Lupercalia, priests would beat barren women with a goatskin thong called a februa (“means of purification”) in the belief it would make them fertile. February was originally given over the the infernal deities, making the purification feast essential as a counterbalance to all the evil that could occur in the world. February had 28 days (an even number) because of a Roman superstitious dread of even numbers. February eventually became sacred to Juno Februra, the Roman Queen Goddess.

    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, Ferbuary did not exist.
    Numa Pompilius, the second of the seven traditional kings of Rome, added two more months, for a 12 month year. In Numa’s calendar, February was added to the end of the year (after December) and had 28 days (or 23 days with an extra five intercalary days in some years). The extra five days at the end of February were viewed as unlucky and not considered to be part of the normal year.
    In some years, an intercalary month (Mensis Intercalaris) called Mercedinus or Mercedonius or Intercalaris, was placed into February in order to bring the year into alignment. The intercalary month followed February 23rd and then after the intercalary month, February resumed with February 24th. Plutarch wrote “Numa … added an intercalary month, to follow February, consisting of twentty-two days, and called by the Romans the month Mercedinus. This amendment, however, itself, in course of time, came to need other amendments.” Some scholars claim that Intercalaris was added to the Roman calendar in 452 BCE.
    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), February was moved to after January and had 28 days, except in leap years, when it had 29 days. The extra leap day was added after February 23, rather than at the end of the month. 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 1 in modern Western numerology. See the article on one for more information.

tarot

Today’s tarot card is The Magician.

date:	Monday	February 1, 2010
Moon:	waning gibbous	3rd Quarter	in Virgo
Mercury:	Direct until April 18
Mars:	Retrograde until March 10
Saturn:	Retrograde until May 30

lunar information 2010

Moon:	waning gibbous	3rd Quarter	in Virgo
Next Waning Quarter February 5	Next New Moon February 13	Next Waxing Quarter February 21	Next Full Moon February 28

Third Quarter in Virgo:

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

Void of Course:

Moon Void of Course: The moon is Void of Course (V/C) starting at 11:17 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) or 8:17 p.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST). 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

Sun Quincunx Moon: The Sun is quincunx the Moon at 4:06 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) or 1:06 a.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST). Self-analysis and change. Time for self-examination. Magick spells for self-transformation. Perform ritual for positive transformation.

Moon Quincunx Venus: The Moon is quincunx Venus at 12:43 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) or 9:43 a.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST). Time to be discerning and careful in romance. Spells regarding discernment about love and romance (especially picking romantic partners).

Moon Trine Mercury: The Moon is trine Mercury at 2:12 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) or 11:12 a.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST). Come to decisions. Influence and persuade others.

Moon Opposite Uranus: The Moon is in opposition with Uranus at 11:17 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) or 8:17 p.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST). Moon Void of Course (V/C). Be aware of distractions. Time for unconventional thoughts and deeds.

Moon Quincunx Neptune: The Moon is quincunx Neptune at 1:36 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) tomorrow (Feb 2) or 10:36 p.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST) today. Postpone decisions. Relax but avoid apathy.

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:

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

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	February 1, 2009
Moon:	waxing crescent	1st Quarter	enters Taurus
Mercury:	Direct until May 7
Saturn:	Retrograde until May 16

lunar information 2009

Moon:	waxing crescent	1st Quarter	enters Taurus
Next Waxing Quarter February 2	Next Full Moon February 9	Next Waning Quarter February 16	Next New Moon February 24