January 22 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 holy days

fixed holy days

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

Making Way for Khnum:

Making Way for Khnum: Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) holy day. Day of making the way for Khnum.

Day of Apollo:

Day of Apollo: Greek holy day. Apollo is God of prophecy, healing, and art.

St. Vincent’s Day:

St. Vincent’s Day: Christian holy day. St. Vincent is a Christianized version of Apollo, the Greek sun deity.

calendar

This day on different world calendars.

Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) information

Season of Proyet (Sowing)
Month of Pamenot or Phamenoth (Amenhotep)
Day 8

Zoroastrian information
(Fasli calendar)

Month of Vohuman (eleventh month)
Day of Day-pa-Adar
Day 8

The day of Day-pa-Adar celebrates the Av. Dadvah, the Creator’s day before Adar. 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: “(126) On the day of Day-pa-Adar wash your head and trim your hair and nails.” Adarbad Mahraspandan was a famous saint, high priest, and prime minister of Shapur II (309-379 C.E.).

The second seven days (second week) of each Zoroastrian month celebrates light and nature.

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 2

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: Snowmoon

Roman information

a.d. XI Kal. Feb.
11 days before the Kalends of February
Month: Ianvarivs or Ianuarius or Januarius or Janus

The a.d. XI Kal. designation means ante diem or eleven “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 January is named for Janus (Ianvs). January was sacred to Janus, the Roman God of gates, doors, and entrances. Janus was an early Italic sky god that long predated Rome. Ovid claimed that Janus said “The ancient called me chaos, for a being from of old am I.” Ovid also claimed that after the world’s creation, Janus said, “It was then that I, till that time a mere ball, a shapeless lump, assumed the face and members of a god.” Joannes of Lydia said, “Our own Philadelphia still preserves a trace of the ancient belief. On the first day of the month there goes in procession no less a personage than Janus himself, dressed up in a two-faced mask, and people call him Saturnus, identifying him with Kronos.” The beginning of each day, month, and year were sacred to Janus. The Romans believed that Janus opened the gates of heaven each day at dawn , letting out the monring, and closed the gates of heaven each day at dusk.

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, January 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, January was added to the beginning of the year (following February) and 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), January had 31 days and February was moved to after January. 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. The Romans avoided giving January 30 days (skipping from 29 to 31) because of a superstitious dread of even numbers.

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:	Friday	January 22, 2010
Moon:	waxing crescent	1st Quarter	enters Taurus
Mercury:	Direct until April 18
Mars:	Retrograde until March 10
Saturn:	Retrograde until May 30

lunar information 2010

Moon:	waxing crescent	1st Quarter	enters Taurus
Next Waxing Quarter January 23	Next Full Moon January 30	Next Waning Quarter February 5	Next New Moon February 13

First Quarter in Aries:

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

Void of Course:

Moon Void of Course: The moon is Void of Course (V/C) starting at 2:46 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) or 11:46 a.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST).

Moon enters Taurus:

Moon Enters Taurus: Lunar Ingress. The Moon enters the sign Taurus at 11:39 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) or 8:39 p.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST).

First Quarter in Taurus:

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

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

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

astrological information 2010

Venus Trine Saturn: Venus is trine Saturn at 1:07 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) or 10:07 p.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST) yesterday (Jan 21). Time of stability and sincerity. Be real. Ritual to Ma’at.

Moon Sextile Neptune: The Moon is sextile Neptune at 2:46 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) or 11:46 a.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST). Time for intuition, creativity, and meditation. Meditation magick. Spells for ceativity, music, and art. Intuition activated. Moon void of course (V/C). Perform magick before the Moon is void of course.

Moon Sextile Jupiter: The Moon is sextile Jupiter at 1:51 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) tomorrow (Jan 23) or 10:51 p.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST) today (Jan 22). Cheerful time. Time for cooperation. Spells for good times together. Cooperation rituals.

Magick Color:

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

Magick Incense:

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

date:	Thursday	January 22, 2009
Moon:	waning crescent	4th Quarter	in Sagittarius
Mercury:	Retrograde until February 1
Saturn:	Retrograde until May 16

lunar information 2009

Moon:	waning crescent	4th Quarter	in Sagittarius
Next New Moon January 26	Next Waxing Quarter February 2	Next Full Moon February 9	Next Waning Quarter February 16