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Pr Ntr Kmt World Religious Calendar Pagan Holy Days

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<strong>World</strong> <strong>Religious</strong> <strong>Calendar</strong> 134<br />

The third week (eight days) of each Zoroastrian month celebrates moral qualities.<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 />

Luis (L)<br />

Rowan Moon<br />

Day 10<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: Masculine<br />

Planet: Uranus<br />

Archetype: Brigantia<br />

Symbol: green dragon<br />

Folk Names:<br />

Moon of Vision<br />

Spirit Moon<br />

Astral travel Moon<br />

Asatru (ancient Norse) information<br />

Month: Snowmoon<br />

Roman information<br />

a.d. III Kal. Feb.<br />

3 days before the Kalends of February<br />

Month: Ianvarivs or Ianuarius or Januarius or Janus<br />

The a.d. III Kal. designation means ante diem or three “days before” the Kalends (first day or New<br />

Moon) of the next month. When counting days, the Romans included both the start and end day (in<br />

modern Western culture, we skip the start day). When the Romans switched to a solar calendar, they<br />

continued to use the lunar day names.<br />

The Roman month of January is named for Janus (Ianvs). January was sacred to Janus, the Roman<br />

God of gates, doors, and entrances. Janus was an early Italic sky god that long predated Rome. Ovid<br />

claimed that Janus said “The ancient called me chaos, for a being from of old am I.” Ovid also claimed<br />

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