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<strong>World</strong> <strong>Religious</strong> <strong>Calendar</strong> 1022<br />

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

Celtic (ancient Druid) information<br />

Ogham tree calendar<br />

Muin (M)<br />

Vine Moon<br />

Day 12<br />

The Celtic calendar started out as a moon calendar, but was aligned with the solar year during<br />

antiquity. Robert Graves proposed the Celtic tree calendar described here. While widely used by<br />

Neo-<strong>Pagan</strong>s, many critics dispute the authenticity. The Beth-Luis-Nion calendar (the one used here)<br />

starts with New Year on the Winter Solstice. The Beth-Luis-Faern calendar starts with New Year on<br />

Samhain.<br />

Each Celtic tree month (or moon) is named for a Celtic Ogham letter (first line above) and a tree<br />

(second line above). All of the Celtic months also had additional folk names (folk names for this month<br />

listed below).<br />

Polarity: Androgynous<br />

Planet: Venus<br />

Archetype: Branwen or Guinevere<br />

Symbol: swan<br />

Folk Names:<br />

Moon of Celebration<br />

Asatru (ancient Norse) information<br />

Month: Shedding<br />

Roman information<br />

aId. Sept.<br />

the Ides of September<br />

Month: September<br />

The Ides was originally the Full Moon on the early Roman lunar calendar. The Latin word idus<br />

means “half division” of a month and comes from an older Etruscan word meaning “divide”. The Ides<br />

occurred on the 15th day of March, May, July, and October, and on the 13th day of all other months.<br />

The Romans considered the ides to be a particularly auspicious (good) day, dedicated to Jupiter, the<br />

Roman King deity.<br />

The Roman month of September is named for septem, because it was originally the seventh month of<br />

the Roman solar year September was sacred to Vulcan (Vvlcan), Roman God of fire.<br />

The earliest Roman months were lunar. According to Roman mythology, the ten month solar calendar<br />

aligned to the vernal equinox was introduced by Romulus, the founder of Rome, around 753 BCE. In<br />

Romulus’ calendar, September (the seventh month) had 30 days. Numa Pompilius, the second of the<br />

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