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<strong>World</strong> <strong>Religious</strong> <strong>Calendar</strong> 1058<br />

September 23<br />

fixed holy days<br />

These holy days are on the same day every year on the solar calendar.<br />

Mabon:<br />

Mabon: Wiccan holy day. One of eight Wiccan Sabbats. Many Wiccans and Neo-pagans<br />

celebrate Mabon on September 21st, although traditionally it is celebrated on the autumn<br />

equinox (usually September 23rd in the northern hemisphere, sometimes on September 22nd). Also<br />

called Harvest Home, Feast of the Ingathering, Thanksgiving, or Autumn Equinox.<br />

The name of this holy day may possibly come from the Welsh Mabon ap Modron, the divine son of<br />

the divine mother. He is the same as the British god Maponos. Roman soldiers garrisoned at Hadrian’s<br />

Wall worshipped Apollo Maponos. The Anglo-Saxons called September the “Haleg-monath” (or “holy<br />

month”). Neo-Druidicals call this day Alban Elfed, a term created by Iolo Morganwg.<br />

Wiccans and Neo-pagans hold a feast and/or ritual of thanksgiving for the fruits of the earth and share<br />

their harvest to obtain the blessings of the deities (gods and Goddesses) through the winter months.<br />

Mabon is the middle of three harvest festivals, the Wiccan Sabbats of Lammas (early harvest), Mabon<br />

(middle harvest), and Samhain (late harvest).<br />

Demokratia:<br />

Demokratia: Greek holy day. Festival celebrating democracy and justice under rule of the law.<br />

Honored Zeus Agoraios (Zeus of the low place), Athena Agoraias (Athena of the low place), and<br />

Themis. Images of Zeus and Athena of the low place were paraded in the agora, the lower city below the<br />

Acropolis (high place). Themis (order), mother of King Evander (Hermes was the father) taught her son<br />

prophecy and letters. Authorities differ, claiming Demokratia was celebrated on August 25th (sunset of<br />

August 24th through sunset of August 25th), September 8th, or September 23rd.<br />

lunar information 2008<br />

Fourth Quarter in Cancer:<br />

Fourth (Last) Quarter: The moon is in the fourth (4th) quarter (waning crescent) in Cancer.<br />

Void of Course:<br />

Moon Void of Course: The moon is Void of Course (V/C) starting at 5:16 p.m. Eastern Standard<br />

Time.<br />

Fishing: The Moon makes this day excellent for fishing.<br />

astrological information 2008<br />

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