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<strong>World</strong> <strong>Religious</strong> <strong>Calendar</strong> 870<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 />

Tinne (T)<br />

Holly Moon<br />

Day 28<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: Feminine<br />

Planet: Earth<br />

Archetype: Danu<br />

Symbol: flaming spear<br />

Folk Names:<br />

Moon of Encirclement<br />

Moon of Polarity<br />

Asatru (ancient Norse) information<br />

Month: Harvest<br />

Roman information<br />

prid. Non. Avg. or prid. Non. Sex.<br />

(pridie) eve of the Nones of August<br />

Month: Sextilis or Avgvstvs or Augustus<br />

The pridie Nones is the eve of the Nones. <strong>Pr</strong>idie (abbreviated prid.) is Latin for “the evening before”.<br />

The Roman month of Sextilis is named for sex or sext, because it was originally the sixth month of<br />

the Roman solar year. In 8 BCE, the Roman Senate renamed the month Augustus (August), for then<br />

Roman Emperor Augustus Caesar. August was sacred to Ceres, Roman Goddess of grain.<br />

The earliest Roman months were lunar. According to Roman mythology, the ten month solar calendar<br />

aligned to the vernal equinox was introduced by Romulus, the founder of Rome, around 753 BCE. In<br />

Romulus’ calendar, Sextilis (the sixth month) had 30 days. Numa Pompilius, the second of the seven<br />

traditional kings of Rome, added two more months, for a 12 month year. In Numa’s calendar, Sextilis<br />

had 29 days. Gaius Julius Caesar, as Pontifex Maximus (supreme bridge-builder, a religious title),<br />

870 of 1413 7/14/08 9:29 AM

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