DECEMBER CALENDAR 2025

1st       Festival of Poseidon, the Greek God of horses, seas and storms. Birthday of Anodea Judith, president of Church of All Worlds.

2nd      Festival of Shiva, Hindu. Arianrhod’s Festival, Celtic Goddess aka the Lady of the Silver Wheel.

3rd        Feast of Fauna, Roman. Sacred day to the Greek Mother Goddess Rhea, the Roman Cybele and Bona Dea, and the Roman Corn Goddess, Ceres.

5th      Krampus Night also known as Krampusnacht. This is when he is celebrated across Germany and parts of Europe with great revelry, mischief and fun. Sinterklaas Day, Dutch Tradition. Death of Aleister Crowley, 1947. Walt Disney was born in 1901, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

6th       Death of Jacob Sprenger, co-author of the Malleus Maleficarum aka The Witches Hammer, 1495. Birthday of Dion Fortune, member of the Golden Dawn, 1890. “Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer” airs on television for the first time in 1964. The Feast of Saint Nicholas celebrated in parts of Europe.

7th        The ABC of Witchcraft of Doreen Valiente is published, 1973.

8th        Bodhi Day, Buddhism. Commemorates the Enlightenment of Siddhartha Gautama who became the Buddha. Sacred to Neith, the Egyptian Earth Goddess. Birth of the Japanese Sun Goddess, Amaterasu. Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, European.

9th      Tonantzin, Festival for Mexican Earth Mother and Goddess of Health. Festival for Egill Skallagrimson, a Viking-age poet, warrior and farmer. Born 910 AD, Borg a Myrum, Borgarnes, Iceland. Birthday of Margaret Hamilton who played the wicked witch of the West in the Wizard of Oz, 1902.

10th      Day of Goddess of Liberty, French. First Gardnerian Coven formed in America, 1963.

11th      Day of Bruma, Roman Goddess of Winter. This festival starts around November 24th.

12th      Day of Coatilque, Aztec. Appearance of the Virgin of Guadalupe to Juan Diego at the site of a former Aztec temple, 1531.

13th     St Lucy’s Day, a festival of lights held in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.

14th    Festival of Nostradamus, French. A.E Waite’s Tarot Deck is published, with art by Pamela Coleman Smith. This deck later became known as the Rider Waite Deck, 1910. Hanukah the Jewish festival starts at nightfall and ends at nightfall on December 22nd 2025.

15th     Halcyon Days begin. Sioux Chief Sitting Bull killed by Indian Police in 1890.

16th      Festival of Sapientia, Wisdom Goddess of Rome. On this day in 1773 unruly protesting American colonists boarded three ships in Boston harbour and emptied 342 chests of tea into the sea. What a waste of tea!

17th     Saturnalia begins, Roman. The Samuel family of Huntington, the benefactors of several poor families, one of which accused them of witchcraft, is hanged, 1592.

18th      Eponalia Festival, Celtic-Roman Goddess of Horses, Epona.

19th      Opalia Festival, dedicated to Ops the Roman Goddess of Plenty. 1848 Emily Bronte author of Wuthering Heights dies from tuberculosis. She was 30 years old.

20th    Grimm’s Fairy tales by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm is published in 1812. Feast of Frau Holle, German weather Goddess, she blessed the good and punished the bad. Celebrated from the 20th December – January 6th.

21st     Summer Solstice, Southern Hemisphere. Winter Solstice, Northern Hemisphere. 1964 whaling ended in New Zealand after more than 170 years. Hopi Ritual Ceremony to bring back the sun after the long winter.

22nd    Sacred day to the Egyptian Goddess Isis, the Greek Corn Goddess Demeter and Sul, the ancient Briton Goddess of healing and the Sun. Celtic Tree month of Elder ends. Janet and Stewart Farrar begin their first coven together, 1971. The Mayflower pilgrims land at Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA in 1620 although some say the 18th and others the 21st. Thomas Edison creates the first string of Christmas lights in 1882.

23rd    Secret of the Unhewn Stone, Celtic Feast of Potential. Saturnalia ends, Roman. Between Celtic Tree Month, Mistletoe. In 1690, the English Astronomer John Flamsteed observes the planet Uranus not realising it was undiscovered. Born August 19th 1646, he died 31st December 1719.

24th      Christmas Eve. Celtic Tree month of Birch begins.

25th     Christmas Day. Festival of Astarte, Mesopotamian. William the Conquer is crowned King of England, 1066.

26th     Dr Fiann arraigned for 20 counts of witchcraft and treason, 1590. Boxing Day. A British custom when servants of the wealthy were allowed a day off to visit family and were usually given a special box of left-over foods from Christmas day to take with them. Sometimes there were also treats and gifts in the boxes including new material so they could make their own servant clothing uniforms. Turtle Dance, Native American. A ceremonial dance to welcome back the sun, the turtle symbolising the beginning of each new annual cycle. Kwanzaa, Swahili Festival First fruits celebrates African heritage, unity and culture usually celebrated December 26th – January 1st.

27th     Birthday of Gerina Dunwich, born 1959, Wiccan author.

28th      Bairn’s Day, Celtic Festival of Children. Halcyon Days end.

29th     Birthday of Ra, Egyptian.

30th      In 1924 Edwin Hubble announces the existence of other Galactic systems.

31st      Shop keepers in England brick up their windows to avoid window tax, 1695.

 

MOON PHASES

5th - FULL MOON. The Earth is between the Sun and Moon. The Moon, rising at sunset and setting at dawn, is 180-135 degrees behind the Sun. The Full Moon is the time to celebrate the complete.

12th - LAST QUARTER MOON. Time to clear out anything that hasn´t worked or isn´t needed. Rising at midnight and setting at noon, this Moon is 90-45 degrees behind the Sun. Time to clear out anything that hasn’t worked or isn’t working.

20th - NEW MOON. Start new projects. A time to plan and prepare especially if it is so cold outdoors and one just wants to curl up in front of the fire or heater. Think about what has been and what you would like to change and do in your future. New job, moving house, new relationship or perhaps a new life is coming into the family be it kith, kin, fur or fin. An ideal time to write up notes, fill in your book of shadows, journals and herbal grimoires as we work under the phase of the moon.

28th - FIRST QUARTER MOON. Rising at Noon and setting at Midnight, the Moon is 90-135 degrees ahead of the Sun. Light and dark are in equal balance. Consolidate and give form to projects. Be creative and deal with any challenges that may arise.

The Full Moon is in Gemini

Last Quarter Moon in Virgo

The New Moon is in Capricorn

First Quarter Moon in Aries

 

APOGEE AND PERIGEE  From timeanddate.com The Moon's orbit around Earth is not a perfect circle, but elliptical, with one side closer to Earth than the other. As a result, the distance between the Moon and Earth varies throughout the month and the year. On average, the distance is about 382,900 kilometers (238,000 miles). The point on the Moon's orbit closest to Earth is called the Perigee and the point farthest away is the Apogee. 

APOGEE (Furthest away from the Earth) 17th

PERIGEE (Closest to the Earth) - 5th

Geminids Meteor Showers

Considered to be one of the most spectacular meteor showers peaking around December 13th - 14th. Named from the constellation Gemini as the meteors seem to emerge from this constellation.

 

THE DECEMBER STAR SIGNS 

SAGITTARIUS - November 23rd -December 21st
Symbol – The Archer, Element – Fire, Planet – Jupiter, Quality – Mutable, Personal Creed - I see, Positive/Masculine Sign. Aiming an arrow at the stars, Sagittarius links to Chiron the freedom loving and divine healing Centaur.

Some of the Sagittarians-  Judith Anodea, Otter Zell, John F Kennedy Jr, Harpo Marx, Tina Turner, William Blake, Mark Twain, Billy Idol, Winston Churchill, Janetlouise, Woody Allen, Bette Midler, Gianni Versace, Walt Disney, Sammy Davis Jr, Jim Morrison, Kirk Douglas, Christina Onassis, Dick Van Dyke, Patty Duke, Jane Austen, frank Sinatra, Ludwig van Beethoven, Arthur C Clarke, Betty Grable, Uri Geller, Joseph Stalin, Phil Donahue, Jane Fonda, Samuel L Jackson, Kiefer Sutherland, Frank Zappa.

CAPRICORN - December 22nd – January 20th
Symbol – The Goat, Element – Earth, Planet – Saturn, Quality – Cardinal, Personal Creed- I use, Negative/Feminine sign. The Star sign that seems to grow young, rather than old. Always striving for the top.

Some of the Capricorns. Michel de Nostradamus, Dorothy Clutterbuck, Gerina Dunwich, Annie Lennox, Howard Hughes, Elizabeth Arden, Denzel Washington, Mao Tse Tung, Louis Pasteur, Elvis Presley, Marlene Dietrich, Rudyard Kipling, J Edgar Hoover, JRR Tolkien, Mel Gibson, Issac Newton, Jean Dixon, Marilyn Manson, Richard Nixon, Rod Stewart, Joan Baez, Shirley Bassey, Bernadette of Lourdes, Joan of Arc, David Bowie, Muhammad Ali, Martin Luther King, AA Milne, Cary Grant, Edgar Allen Poe, Charles G Leland.

CELTIC LUNAR TREE

The Celtic Tree calendar is based on thirteen lunar divisions. Each division has a sacred tree assigned to it that were said to have been chosen by ancient Druids. The trees rich in history and folk lore have many magickal energies associated to them. Please note that the Celtic Tree calendar was written from the Northern Hemisphere.