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World Religious Calendar 432
The Fasli, or seasonal, calendar is one of three Zoroastrian calendars still in use.
Celtic (ancient Druid) information
Ogham tree calendar
Faern (F)
Alder Moon
Day 27
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: Masculine
Planet: Mars
Archetype: Bran or Arthur
Symbol: pentacle
Folk Names:
Moon of Utility
Moon of Efficacy
Moon of Self-Guidance
Asatru (ancient Norse) information
Month: Ostara
Roman information
Id. Apr.
the Ides of April
Month: Aprilis
The Ides was originally the Full Moon on the early Roman lunar calendar. The Latin word idus
means “half division” of a month and comes from an older Etruscan word meaning “divide”. The Ides
occurred on the 15th day of March, May, July, and October, and on the 13th day of all other months.
The Romans considered the ides to be a particularly auspicious (good) day, dedicated to Jupiter, the
Roman King deity.
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.
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