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<strong>World</strong> <strong>Religious</strong> <strong>Calendar</strong> 5<br />

coming year.<br />

There is a folk superstition that if you use scissors on New Year’s Day that you will cut off your<br />

own good fortune for that year.<br />

German New Year:<br />

German New Year: German holy day. German New Year (based on Roman New Year), dedicated<br />

to Perchta or Bertha.<br />

Roman New Year:<br />

Roman New Year: Roman holy day. Sacred to Jupiter, Juno, and Janus.<br />

Japanese New Year:<br />

Japanese New Year: Japanese holy day. Japanese New Year. To compute the Japanese year<br />

add 660 to the Western year.<br />

Day of the Tuatha de Danaan:<br />

Day of the Tuatha de Danaan: Celtic holy day. Day of the Tuatha de Danaan (the<br />

people of Danu). Their Gods are Brian, Luchar, and Uar, sons of Brighid, who is associated<br />

with Danu, the ancestral Goddess and grandmother of the Tuatha de Danaan. — Celtic information<br />

provided by Shelley M. Greer ©1997.<br />

Day of Keeping Things:<br />

Day of Keeping Things: Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) holy day. Day of keeping things of the Wabet<br />

of Asar [Osiris] which have been placed in the hands of Anpu [Anubis].<br />

Oshogastu:<br />

Oshogastu: Japanese holy day. Oshogastu (or Shogastu)is for the Household Gods. This is<br />

the first of a six day Shinto New Year festival, originally aligned with the start of the Chinese/Asian<br />

New Year, but now aligned with the Western calendar. Honor the kami (divine spirits) of the four<br />

directions and they will provide good health, prosperity, and happiness for those who live in divine<br />

order.<br />

Fortuna:<br />

Sacrifice Day for Fortuna: Roman holy day. Day of offerings to the Roman Goddess Fortuna in<br />

hope that she will bless the new year. Romans made offerings to Fortuna, first-born daughter of Jupiter<br />

and Goddess of fortune, women, and fertility, in hopes that she would grant them good luck. In addition<br />

to offerings of material goods, Romans could make offerings to Fortuna through their actions, such as<br />

helping the poor or unfortunate. Because Fortuna had a capricious and unpredicatable nature, these<br />

offerings of good works could result in Fortuna treating you less cruelly when she turns bad fortune to<br />

you.<br />

Birthday of Chronos:<br />

Birth of Chronos: Roman holy day. Birthday of Chronos (same as the Greek Uranus), lord of time<br />

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