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<strong>World</strong> <strong>Religious</strong> <strong>Calendar</strong> 143<br />

Rashnu life is gay: do, in holiness, anything you will.” Adarbad Mahraspandan was a famous saint,<br />

high priest, and prime minister of Shapur II (309-379 C.E.).<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 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: 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: Horning<br />

Roman information<br />

Kal. Feb.<br />

Kalends of February<br />

Month: Februa or Febrvarivs or Februarius<br />

The Kalends is the first day of the month and was celebrated as a religious holy day to Juno, the<br />

Roman Queen Goddess. In the earliest Roman lunar calendar, the Kalends was the day of the New<br />

Moon. In Roman society, interest on a debt was due on the Kalends. Under the lunar calendar, a<br />

pontifex (priest) would observe the sky and call out the first sighting of the thin lunar crescent of the<br />

New Moon, indicating the start of a new month. The English word calendar comes from the Latin word<br />

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