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World Religious Calendar 396
Moon of Utility
Moon of Efficacy
Moon of Self-Guidance
Asatru (ancient Norse) information
Month: Ostara
Roman information
a.d. III Non. Apr.
3 days before the Nones of April
Month: Aprilis
The a.d. III Non. designation means ante diem or three “days before” the Nones (First Quarter
Moon) of the 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 Aprilis is named for Aphrilis, a corruption of name of the Greek Goddess
Aphrodite. The Greek Goddess Aphrodite was considered to be the same as the Roman Goddess
Venus. Ovid said “I have come to the fourth month, full of honor for you; Venus, you know both the
poet and the month are yours.” April was sacred to Venus, Roman Goddess of love.
The earliest Roman months were lunar. According to Roman mythology, the ten month solar calendar
aligned to the vernal equinox was introduced by Romulus, the founder of Rome, around 753 BCE. In
Romulus’ calendar, April (the second month) had 30 days. Numa Pompilius, the second of the seven
traditional kings of Rome, added two more months, for a 12 month year. In Numa’s calendar, April had
29 days. Gaius Julius Caesar, as Pontifex Maximus (supreme bridge-builder, a religious title),
reorganized the calendar on the first day of 45 BCE. In Caesar’s calendar (the Julian Calendar), April
had 30 days. Caesar’s calendar was calculated by Sosigenes, an Egyptian astrologer/astronomer. In 8
BCE, Augustus Caesar fixed errors by pontiffs after Julius’ death and made other minor modifications,
resulting in the modern Western calendar. The modern Gregorian Calendar, named for Roman Catholic
Pope Gregory the Thirteenth, was a realignment in 1582.
Today totals 3 in modern Western numerology.
numerology
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