- 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 holy days
- 2008 lunar days
- 2008 astrological
- 2007 astrological
fixed holy days
These holy days are on the same day every year on the solar calendar.
Feast of Asar-Onnophris:
Feast of Asar-Onnophris: Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) holy day. It is the day of the feast of Asar-Onnophris (Osiris-Onnophris). The neteru who are in his retinue are in great festivity. The Ennead is pleased.
Opet Festival:
Opet Festival: Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) holy day.
Grape Vine Festival:
Grape Vine Festival: Greek holy day.The city of Athens held the Grape Vine Festival in honor of Ariadne and Dionysus. The island of Crete honored Ariadne as Goddess of the Moon and Dionysus as God of Grape and Wine (son of Semele, another Goddess of the Moon).
calendar
This day on different world calendars.
Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) information
Season of Akhet (Inundation)
Month of Paopi (Ptah)
Day 16
Zoroastrian information
(Fasli calendar)
Month of Shahrewar (sixth month)
Day of Mihr
Day 16
The day of Mihr celebrates the Av. Mithra, Yazad of the Contract. 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: “(134) On the day of Mihr, if you have been wronged by anyone, stand before Mihr (Mithra) and ask justice of him and cry out aloud (to him).” 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
Muin (M)
Vine Moon
Day 1
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). Robert Graves claimed that the Celts used a 13 month tree calendar. Critics dispute this claim. Graves’ claims are based on 19th century work by Edward Davies, who found references to the trees in the 1685 work Ogygia by Ruairi Ó Flaitheartaigh, which was in turn derived from oral history and older works such as Book of Ballymote and Auraicept na n-Éces.
Polarity: Androgynous
Planet: Venus
Archetype: Branwen or Guinevere
Symbol: swan
Folk Names:
Moon of Celebration
Asatru (ancient Norse) information
Month: Shedding
Roman information
a.d. IV Non. Sept.
4 days before the Nones of September
Month: September
The a.d. IV Non. designation means ante diem or four “days before” the Nones (First Quarter 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 September is named for septem, because it was originally the seventh month of the Roman solar year September was sacred to Vulcan (Vvlcan), Roman God of fire.
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, September (the seventh 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, September 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), September 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, 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 The High Priestess.
| date: | Thursday | September 2, 2010 | |
Moon: | waning crescent | 4th Quarter | in Gemini |
Mercury: | Retrograde until September 12  | ||
Jupiter: | Retrograde until November 18 | ||
Uranus: | Retrograde until December 5 | ||
Neptune: | Retrograde until November 7 | ||
Pluto: | Retrograde until September 14 | ||
lunar information 2010
| Moon: | waning crescent | 4th Quarter | in Gemini |
 Next New Moon September 8 |  Next Waxing Quarter September 15 |  Next Full Moon September 23 |  Next Waning Quarter September 30 |
Fourth Quarter in Gemini:
Fourth (Last) Quarter: The moon is in the fourth (4th) quarter (waning crescent) in Gemini.
Void of Course:
Moon Void of Course: The moon is Void of Course (V/C) starting at 1:40 a.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT) tomorrow (Sept 3) or 10:40 p.m. Pacific Daylight Savings Time (PDT) today. 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 Cancer:
Moon Enters Cancer: Lunar Ingress. The Moon enters the sign Cancer at 2:50 a.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT) tomorrow (Sept 3) or 11:50 p.m. Pacific Daylight Savings Time (PDT) today.
Fishing: The Moon makes this day excellent for fishing.
Gemini Rewarding: This day in 2010 is rewarding for those who are Sun sign Gemini because the Moon is in your Sun sign.
Sagittarius Challenging: This day in 2010 is challenging for those who are Sun sign Sagittarius because the Moon is in the sign opposite your Sun sign.
astrological information 2010
Moon Trine Mars: The Moon is trine Mars at 12:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT) or 9:30 a.m. Pacific Daylight Savings Time (PDT). Perform harmony spells. Time of harmony, cheer, and excitement. Ritual to Seth, Thor, Mars, Ares.
Moon Trine Venus: The Moon is trine Venus at 6:46 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT) or 3:46 p.m. Pacific Daylight Savings Time (PDT). Time to redocorate your altar. Buy beautiful things to redecorate your room, house, and life. Witchy shopping time. Ritual to Het Heret (Hathor) or Aphrodite.
Moon Trine Neptune: The Moon is trine Neptune at 9:26 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT) or 6:26 p.m. Pacific Daylight Savings Time (PDT). Time for idealism, friendship, and romance. Romance and friendship spells. Ritual to Het Heret (Hathor), Venus, and Aphrodite.
Moon Square Uranus: The Moon is square Uranus at 1:40 a.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT) tomorrow (Sept 3) or 10:40 p.m. Pacific Daylight Savings Time (PDT) today. Moon Void of Course (V/C). Time of erratic or eccentric behavior. Quick thinking. Chaos spells. Perform magick and ritual before the Moon is void of course.
Magick Color:
Purple: The magick color for this day, based on planetary influences and the day of the week, is purple. You may want to burn a purple candle or wear some purple this day.
Magick Incense:
Apricot: The magick incense for this day, based on planetary influences and the day of the week, is apricot. You may want to burn apricot incense this day. You may substitute a similar incense if you don’t have or don’t like apricot.
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 | September 2, 2009 | |
| Moon: | waxing gibbous | 2nd Quarter | in Aquarius |
| 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: | waxing gibbous | 2nd Quarter | in Aquarius |
Next Full Moon September 4 | Next Waning Quarter September 11 | Next New Moon September 18 | Next Waxing Quarter September 26 |
Second Quarter in Aquarius:
Second Quarter: The moon is in the second (2nd) quarter (waxing gibbous) in Aquarius.
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 Conjunct Jupiter: The Moon is in conjunction with Jupiter at 3:26 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT). [See also conjunction]
Moon Quincunx Saturn: The Moon is quincunx Saturn at 10:24 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT).
Magick Color:
Brown: The magick color for this day, based on planetary influences and the day of the week, is brown. You may want to burn a brown candle or wear some brown this day.
Magick Incense:
Ginger, Honeysuckle, Sage: The magick incense for this day, based on planetary influences, is honeysuckle. The magick incense for this day, based on the day of the week, is sage or ginger. You may want to burn ginger, honeysuckle, or sage incense this day. You may substitute a similar incense if you don’t have or don’t like ginger, honeysuckle, or sage.
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.
holy days 2007 and 2008
These holy days are on different day each year on the solar calendar.
Maidyozarem:
Maidyozarem: Zoroastran holy day. ‘Mid-spring’ feast, one of the seven obligatory feasts of Zoroastrianism and one of the six gahanbars (or gahambars). The gahanbars date back to the pre-Zoroastrian agricultural people of the Iranian Plateau and mark the changing of the agricultural seasons. The gahanbars were absorbed into Zoroastrianism as religious holy days and are celebrated with feasting and fun.
In the Fasli (seaonsal) calendar, Maidyozarem is celebrated from April 30 to May 4. In the Shahanshahi (or Shenshai) calendar, Maidyozarem is celebrated from September 29 to October 3 during the years 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008. In the Qadimi (ancient) calendar, Maidyozarem is celebrated from August 30 to September 3 during the years 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008.
Ramadan:
Ramadan: Islamic holy month. The Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins today in 2008. Devout Muslims older than 12 years old refrain from eating and drinking during daylight hours (from sunrise to sunset). Some Muslims start fasting as young as eight years old. The daily fast is broken with a communal meal called the iftar. The purpose of the fasting is as a spiritual exercise of self-restraint intended to inspire compassion and generosity for those who are less fortunate. Devout Muslims are also expected to pray in mosques and give to the poor. pregnant women, the elderly, children under 12, and the ill or those who can’t fast for medical reasons are exempt, but are expected to instead donate money to feed the hungry.
lunar information 2008
First Quarter in Libra:
First Quarter: The moon is in the first (1st) quarter (waxing crescent) in Libra.
Planting: The Moon makes this day excellent for planting.
astrological information 2008
Moon Square Jupiter: The Moon is square Jupiter at 6:59 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
Moon Quincunx Uranus: The Moon is quincunx Uranus at 10:57 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
astrological information 2007
Saturn enters Virgo:
Saturn Enters Virgo: Planetary ingress.
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