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The Fasli, or seasonal, calendar is one of three Zoroastrian calendars still in use.
Celtic (ancient Druid) information
Ogham tree calendar
Nion (N)
Ash Moon
Day 6
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).
Polarity: Feminine
Planet: Neptune
Archetype: Lir (Celtic God of the Sea)
Symbol: trident
Folk Names:
Moon of Waters
Asatru (ancient Norse) information
Month: Horning
Roman information
a.d. VII Kal. Mart.
7 days before the Kalends of March
Month: Februa or Febrvarivs or Februarius
The a.d. VII Kal. designation means ante diem or seven “days before” the Kalends (first day or New
Moon) of the next 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 February is named for a feast of purification. Romans called February the
“Month of Purification”. During the festival of Lupercalia, priests would beat barren women with a
goatskin thong called a februa (“means of purification”) in the belief it would make them fertile.
February was originally given over the the infernal deities, making the purification feast essential as a
counterbalance to all the evil that could occur in the world. February had 28 days (an even number)
because of a Roman superstitious dread of even numbers. February eventually became sacred to Juno
Februra, the Roman Queen Goddess.
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