JULY CALENDAR 2025

1st     Death of Nostradamus, 1566. Canada Day, a national holiday since 1867.

2nd     Festival of pregnant women celebrated in ancient Rome. Trial of Joan Prentice who was accused of sending an imp in the form of a ferret to bait children, 1549.

3rd       Festival of Cerridwen, Celtic Fertility Goddess. The day sacred to Egyptian Supreme Goddess Isis, the Greek War Goddess Athena and the Witch of Gaeta in Italy. Beginning of Dog Days. The ‘Dog days’ are defined as the period from July 3rd through to August 11th when the Dog Star, Sirius rises in conjunction or nearly so with the sun.

4th        Independence Day, America.

5th       Conviction of Witches at the Chelmsford Trials, 1589. Sun Dance festival, Native American Indian. Sacred to Maat, the Egyptian Goddess of Truth and Justice.

6th       Scott Cunningham, Wiccan Author initiated into the Ancient Pictish Gaelic Way, 1981. In 1885, Louis Pasteur gave his first and successful anti-rabies vaccine inoculation to a boy who had been bitten by an infected dog.

7th       Feast of Juno, Queen of the Roman Gods. The feast is also known as Nonae Capritinae or ‘The Nones of the Wild Fig.’ Celtic Tree month of Oak ends.

8th        Celtic Tree month of Holly begins.

9th       Birthday of Amber K, Wiccan author. Festival for Unnr the Deep-Minded, Teutonic.

Death of Herman Slater, proprietor of the store, Magickal Childe in New York,1992.

10th      Day of Hel, the Norse Goddess of the Underworld. The Rainbow Warrior was sunk in the Waitemata harbour, New Zealand in 1985 by French Secret Agents. Photographer Fernando Pereira was killed when the second mine exploded.

11th      Feast of Min, Egyptian God of fertility. An ancient God that dates back to Predynastic times.

12th      Julius Caesar born 100BC, Rome, Italy. Assassinated 15th March 44BC, Rome, Italy.

13th     Birthday of Dr John Dee, Magician 1527. An English astronomer, astrologer, occult philosopher, mathematician and advisor to Queen Elizabeth. (Henry the VIII’s daughter by Anne Boleyn)  Birthday of Ra, Egyptian God of the Sun and King of Gods.

14th     First recorded appearance of crop circles recorded on Silsbury Hill, England, 1988.

Birthday of Osiris, Egyptian Lord of the Underworld, Judge of the dead and brother/husband to Isis. Birth of the Egyptian Sky and Sun God, Horus.

15th     Birthday of Raumi, Finnish Goddess of the Rowan Tree.

16th      Birthday of Set (Seth) Egyptian God of deserts, disorder, storms and violence.

17th     Birthday of Isis, Egyptian Mother Goddess.

18th     Birthday of Nephthys, Egyptian Goddess of Death.

19th     Sacred to Venus and Adonis, Roman. Marriage of the Egyptian God Osiris and Goddess Isis is celebrated. Rebecca Nurse of Salem, Massachusetts hanged in 1692 for witchcraft.

20th      Lord Hunterford executed in England for treason for consulting Mother Roche, a Witch and speculating on the Kings death, 1540.

22nd     Sun into Leo Zodiac. North Hampshire Witches condemned, 1612.

25th      Death of Pope Innocent III who issued famous anti-witchcraft bull Summis Desiderantes Affectibus, 1492. The world’s first test tube baby was born in Oldham General Hospital near Manchester, North West England in1978

26th    Pueblo Buffalo and Corn Dances, Native American. Confession of witches at first of four major witch trials in Chelmsford, England 1566.

27th     Jennet Preston becomes the first of the Malkin Tower Witches to be hanged, 1612.

28th      Domhnach Chrom Dubh, Irish Grain God Festival. Sacred to the Norse God of Sky and Thunder, Thor. Festival of the Egyptian Goddess of weaving, Hedjihotep.

29th     Agnes Waterhouse, accused of having a spotted cat Familiar named Sathan is hanged, 1566. International Global Tiger Day.

31st     Lithasblot. Norse harvest festival. Usually held July 31st – August 1st. Helena Petrovna Blavatsky born, 1831. Some say she was born August 12th 1831. Birthday of Harry Potter author, J.K Rowling, born 1965, Yate, UK.

Wycksted School of Witchery, Term One ends.

 

MOON PHASES

3rd - 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.

11th - 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.

18th - 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.

25th - 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.

First Quarter Moon in Libra

The Full Moon is in Capricorn

Last Quarter Moon in Taurus

The New Moon is in Cancer

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) 5th

PERIGEE (Closest to the Earth) - 21st

 

 

THE JULY STAR SIGNS 

CANCER - June 23rd - July 22nd
Symbol – The Crab, Element – Water, Planet – The Moon, Quality – Cardinal, Personal Creed- I feel, Negative/Feminine sign. The home-makers of the Zodiac, Cancerians are known as guardians of the Hearth and Home.

Some of the Cancerians in history. Edward VIII, Pamela Andersen, Kathy Bates, Robert the Bruce, Julius Caesar, John Dillinger, Eva Green, Tom Hanks, Ernest Hemingway, Edmund Hillary, Helen Keller, Cindy Lauper, Nelson Mandala, Meryl Streep, Princess Diana, Liv Tyler, Natalie Wood.

LEO - July 23rd – August 23rd.  Symbol – The Lion, Element – Fire, Planet – The Sun, Quality – Fixed, Personal Creed- I will, Positive/Masculine Sign. The Lion, King of the Beasts, links with royal nobility and ruled by the Sun, the brightest star in the universe.

Some of the Leo’s. Alfred Hitchcock, Alfred Tennyson, Amelia Earhart, Andy Warhol, Arnold Schwarzenegger,  Benito Mussolini, Bill Clinton,  Carl Jung,  Davey Crockett, Edain McCoy, Emily Bronte, Fidel Castro, George Bernard Shaw, Henry Ford, Hulk Hogan, Jacqueline Kennedy, Jennifer Lopez, Lucille Ball, Madonna the singer, Mae West, Mata Hari, Mick Jagger, Napolean Bonaparte, Neil Armstrong, Nerys M, Nicole W, Pam T, Peter O’Toole,  Queen Mother, Raymond Buckland, Robert De Niro, Rowan of Wycksted, Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson, Yves St Laurent.

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.   

OAK - Duir - June 10th – July 7th

These people born under the Oak sign have an uncanny strength and courage about them, they are very protective and often become champions for those who are unable to speak out for themselves. Oak signs seem to love history and are well suited to teaching.

The Oak is the known as the King, the tree of the God and protector of the forests. It imparts endurance, courage, fertility, protection and strength. The trees noble presence assured ancient people that with the good will of their Gods, leader and warriors that they could prevail against all odds. The Celtic word ‘Duir’ is believed to mean door and possibly the root word of druid.

HOLLY – Tinne – July 8th – August 4th

Holly people overcome obstacles easily, therefore are ones to take on challenges easily. They are ambitious, competitive and confident in nearly everything they do and can make great leaders and although some may think of them as arrogant because of this, Holly people can be very generous and kind. 

Holly is the ruler of Winter and the King of the darker half of the seasonal wheel. While around us many other trees lie dormant the Holly is bright and rich with his greenery and red berries. Due to their prickly leaves they are an ideal herb for protection and are said to guard against lightning strikes and used in defence magick and spells. Bring Holly branches into the home over winter to honour this season and add a touch of greenery and protection to the home and all who reside there.