February 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 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 Asar in Abydos:

Feast of Asar in Abydos: Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) holy day. Feast of Asar [Osiris] in Abydos.

Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes:

Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes: French holy day. Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. Bernadette Soubirious’ first vision of the Goddess in 1858. The site of Lourdes, France, was known as a place of Persephone (who corresponds to Bast) before the advent of Christianity. Sometimes conencted with the Lesser Eleusinian Mysteries.

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 28

Zoroastrian information
(Fasli calendar)

Month of Vohuman (eleventh month)
Day of Zam
Day 28

The day of Zam celebrates the Av. Zam, Earth. 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: “(146) On the day of Zam (the Earth) do not take medicine.” 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

Luis (L)

Rowan Moon
Day 22

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

a.d. III Id. Feb.
3 days before the Ides of February
Month: Februa or Febrvarivs or Februarius

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

tarot

Today’s tarot card is Justice.

date:	Thursday	February 11, 2010
Moon:	waning crescent	4th Quarter	enters Aquarius
Mercury:	Direct until April 18
Mars:	Retrograde until March 10
Saturn:	Retrograde until May 30

lunar information 2010

Moon:	waning gibbous	3rd Quarter	enters Aquarius
Next New Moon February 13	Next Waxing Quarter February 21	Next Full Moon February 28	Next Waning Quarter March 7

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 7:39 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) or 4:39 a.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.

Moon enters Aquarius:

Moon Enters Aquarius: Lunar Ingress. The Moon enters the sign Aquarius at 6:24 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) or 3:24 p.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST).

Fourth Quarter in Aquarius:

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

Planting: The Moon makes this day excellent for planting.

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

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

astrological information 2010

Venus enters Pisces:

--> Venus Enters Pisces: Planetary ingress. Venus enters the sign Pisces at 7:10 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) or 4:10 a.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST). Dreamy, compassionate, intuitive time. Help those who are less fortunate. Deeply spiritual ritual. Meditation tirual. Altered states of reality.

Moon Sextile Uranus: The Moon is sextile Uranus at 7:39 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) or 4:39 a.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST). Moon Void of Course (V/C). Time to be original, creative, and inventive. Creativity and originality magick spells. Innovation and new ideas. Ritual to Nun and Bast (before the Moon is void of course).

Moon Conjunct Mercury: The Moon is in conjunction with Mercury at 11:39 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) or 8:39 p.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST). Beware tempermental words and actions.

Moon Trine Saturn: The Moon is trine Saturn at 2:18 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) tomorrow (Feb 12) or 11:18 p.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST) today. Patience leads to results. Be patient and accomplish your goals.

Magick Color:

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

Magick Incense:

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

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:	Wednesday	February 11, 2009
Moon:	waning gibbous	3rd Quarter	in Virgo
Mercury:	Direct until May 7
Saturn:	Retrograde until May 16

lunar information 2009

Moon:	waning gibbous	3rd Quarter	in Virgo
Next Waning Quarter February 16	Next New Moon February 24	Next Waxing Quarter March 4	Next Full Moon March 10