SEPTEMBER CALENDAR

 

1st        Celtic Tree month of Hazel ends. Death of Doreen Valiente, Witch, author and poet 1999. Thargalia, Mediterranean Feast of first Fruits. Father’s Day, NZ and Australia.
2nd     Celtic Tree month of Vine begins. Grapevine Festival in honour of the Greek Fertility Goddess, Ariadne and Dionysus, the God of Wine. The Great fire of London, UK begins in Pudding Lane in 1666. In 1752 the British ended their use of the Julian calendar changing it to the Gregorian calendar that most use today.

4th      Changing Woman, honoured by the Apache.
6th        Origination of Gaia theory by Oberon Zell, 1970.
7th      Theosophical Society founded by H.P Blavatsky, Henry Steele Olcott and others, 1875. Healers Day.
9th      Horned Dance, English. Else Pfraum a baker from Koppern, Germany sentenced to death for witchcraft, 1603.

10th     Birthday of Karl Llewellyn Weschcke. President of Llewellyn worldwide. Egyptian Day of Queens.

11th      Day of Queens, dedicated to the Egyptian Goddess Hatshepsut, Nefertiti and Cleopatra. Birthday of Silver Ravenwolf, aka Jenine E.Trayer born 1956, Wiccan author.

13th    Friday the Thirteenth. Phillip IV of France draws up the order for the arrest of the Knights Templars 1306. The Ceremony of Lighting the Fire, dedicated to Nepthys, the Egyptian Goddess of Darkness. Banquet of Venus, Roman.Roald Dahl Day in Great Missenden, England. This is a day that honours the Authors birthday. 13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990.

14th     Agrippa Von Nettesheim born, 1486. Egyptian Feast of Lights. Holy Rood Day.

15th      Birthday of the Moon, Chinese. Acorn Festival, Native American.

17th     Bewitched debuts on ABC-TV 1964. Day sacred to Greek Corn Goddess, Demeter. Hildegard of Bingen’s Day.
19th     Fast of Thoth, Egyptian God. Death of Giles Cory in Salem Massachusetts, 1692. He was pressed to death by large stones.

20th    Birthday of Quetzalcoatl, Aztec Sun God.
21st     Death of Eleanor Bone, “Matriarch of British Witchcraft” 2001. Birth of the Greek Goddess of War, Athena. Celebration to honour Raudthestrong (Raud the Strong) a Norse Chieftain and seafaring warrior who resisted conversion of Christianity in the late 10 century.

22nd     Autumn Equinox, Northern hemisphere.

23rd     Spring Equinox - Southern hemisphere. Start of the greater Eleusinian mysteries. Dedicated to Demeter the Greek Corn Goddess.
24th    Death and rebirth of Osiris, Egyptian Fertility God.
25th     Sacred to Inuit Sea Goddess Sedna. Pyanopsia Festival sacred to Helios, the Greek Sun God and the Horae, Goddesses of the Seasons.

26th    Leo Martello, Wiccan priest and gay rights activist was initiated into a Sicilian Coven at the age of 21.

27th     Raymond Buckland, Witch and author dies in 2017.
29th      Celtic Tree month of Vine ends. Michaelmas. Festival of Nemesis, Greek Goddess of Fate. Daylight Savings NZ, time to put the clocks forward 1 hour.
30th   Celtic Tree month of Ivy begins. Medetrinalia, festival for Roman Goddess of Medicine.

 

THE SEED MOON

The full moon is known as the Seed Moon and quite rightly so. It is when ploughing and planting took place and the plans made from the winter months now put into practice. It is also the pregnant stage of Eostre and the new growth that is appearing throughout the land. Some Witches also refer to this moon as the Chaste Moon. Chaste is a word meaning pure and with the season of spring, this is a time of new beginnings, birth, initiations and blessings. A time to sow the seeds of intention, including within the garden. 

MOON PHASES

3rd - 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.

New Moon in Virgo.

11th - 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.

18th - 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.

Full Moon in Pisces.

25th - 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.

 

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) 6th

Perigee (Closest to the Earth) - 19th

Partial Eclipse  17th– 18th September. This is when only part of the Moon enter the Earth’s shadow.

 

THE SEPTEMBER STAR SIGNS 

VIRGO - August 23rd – September 22nd.

Symbol – The Virgin, Element – Earth, Planet – Mercury, Quality – Mutable, Personal Creed - I analyze, Negative/Feminine Sign
Virgoans are the craftsmen of the Zodiac, forever trying to better our planet with their earthy natures.

Some of the famous Virgos. Jack Black, Tim Burton, Agatha Christie, Sean Connery, Roald Dahl, Cameron Diaz, Idris Elba, Elizabeth I, Tom Hardy, Salma Hayek, Buddy Holly, Michael Jackson, Rupert Grint, Stephen King, Prince Harry, Melissa McCarthy, Freddie Mercury, Bill Murrya, Keanu Reeves, Colonel Sanders, Adam Sandler, Leo Tolstoy, H. G. Wells and Amy Winehouse.

 

LIBRA - September 23rd – October 23rd.

Symbol – The Scales, Element – Air, Planet – Venus, Quality – Cardinal, Personal Creed- I balance, Positive/Masculine Sign. The Scales of justice that weighed the souls of the dead against a feather.Balance and harmony for all.

Some Famous Librans include Augustus, Issac Bonewits, Aleister Crowley, Arnold Crowther, Selena Fox, Mickey Rooney, Paul Simon, Julio Igesias, Michael Douglas, George Gershwin, Olivia Newton-John, Ed Sullivan, Peter Finch, Brigitte Bardot, Jerry Lee Lewis, Truman Capote, Groucho Marx, Walter Matthau, Chubby Checker, Charlton Heston, Bob Geldolf, Susan Sarandon, Bishop Desmond Tutu, Sigourney Weaver, John Lennon, Eleanor Roosevelt, Dwight D Eisenhower, Roger Moore, Oscar Wilde, Evel Knievel, Rita Hayworth, Bela Lugosi.

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.