MARCH CALENDAR
1st Rekindling of the sacred flame in the Temple of Vesta, Goddess of the Hearth. Preliminary hearings in the Salem Witch trials held 1692. Birthday of the Golden Dawn, 1888. Matronalia, Roman Festival of Women and Marriage. 1872, Yellowstone, becomes the US’s first national park. President John F Kennedy established the Peace Corps in 1961. National Welsh Day.
2nd Mother March, Bulgaria. The first Groundhog Day is observed, Punxsutawney, PA in 1887.
3rd World Wildlife Day. Telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh 1847. Sacred to Idun, Norse Fertility Goddess and Keeper of the apples of immortality.
4th Festival of Rhiannon, the Celtic Moon Goddess. King Charles II of England granted a huge parcel of land to William Penn that later became known as Pennsylvania, USA. “Happy Birthday to you” is published by Claydon Sunny in 1924.
6th The Compitalia Festival dedicated to the Roman Household Goddesses, the Lares. Mars Day. Renaissance Genius Michelangelo was born in Caprese, Italy, 1475. In 1899 Felix Hoffman at the German Bayer Company patents aspirin.
8th International Women’s Day
7th The Junonalia Festival, dedicated to the Roman Supreme Goddess, Juno. Birthday of Laurie Cabot, Wiccan author.
8th Birthday of Mother Earth, Chinese.
9th Celebration of Aphrodite and Adonis. For all you doll fans out there, Mattel debuts Barbie dolls at the International American Toy Fair in New York City, US, 1959.
10th Dedicated to Venus, the Roman Goddess of Love and Fertility. Sacred to the Assyro-Babylonian Fertility Goddess Ishtar.
11th Hercules Day. Execution of Jacques de Molay, the Grand Master of the Order of the Knights Templar 1314. For the Star Trekkies, the ashes of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry are launched into space, 1997.
12th Martyrdom of Hypatia, the Divine Pagan. Sacred to Marduk in ancient Babylonia. The Church of England ordained 32 women as its first female priests, 1994. That did not go down to well with the male ones of which many clergy and church members left and joined the Roman Catholic Church who did not allow women priests. Coca Cola is sold in bottles for the first time in a candy store in Vicksburg, Mississippi, US, 1894.
13th Purification Feast, Balinese. Burgsonndeg Fire Festival celebrated in Luxemborg, Europe.
14th Sacred to the Egyptian Mother and Cobra Goddess, Uazit. Veturius Mamurius, Roman Festival of Armour making. Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany, 1879. The first female Dentist, Lucy Hobbs was born in New York State, 1833.
15th Festival of Attis and the Mother Goddess, Cybele. Julius Caesar was assassinated 44 B.C.
16th Feast of Dionysus, Greek God of the Vines. The Liberalia Festival dedicated to Libera, the Roman Goddess of Viticulture.
17th Festival of Astarte, Canaanite. St Patricks Day, the patron saint of Ireland who burned many books and felt that only the rich should be able to read. Hated Witches!
18th Feast of Athena, Greek Goddess of the hunt. Celtic Tree month of Alder begins. Sacred to Shelia-na-gig, the Celtic Fertility Goddess in Ireland. Birthday of Edgar Cayce, psychic researcher 1877.
19th Feast of Minerva, Roman Goddess of wisdom, justice and the arts. Elizabethan statute against Witchcraft enacted, 1563, this statute was replaced in 1604 by a stricter one from King James I. Legendary gunfighter and lawman, Wyatt Earp was born in Monmouth, Illinois, US, 1848.
20th Feast of Ba-nab-dedet, Egyptian God of Sexual fertility. International Astrology Day. 1930, Kentucky Fried Chicken is founded by Colonel Harlan sanders in North Corbin, Kentucky, USA. Death of Lady Sheba, Wiccan author of “The Book of Shadows” 2002.
21st Mandate of Henry VIII against Witchcraft enacted in 1542, repealed in 1547. Dies Sanguinis, “Day of Blood” and traditional day of the Dedication of new priests to the Roman Mother, Cybele. A festival held on the Spring Equinox or any time between March 21st – 25th. Alcatraz Prison, San Francisco USA is closed, 1963.
22nd World Water Day
23rd Dance of the Salii, an invocation of Saturn and Mars, in ancient Rome. Marzenna Spring Festival in Poland.
24th St Gabriel’s the Archangels Day (old date later changed to September 29th) Buddhist “Butter Lamp Festival” celebrated in Tibet to invoke the Gods and neutralize the power of Demons. Harry Houdini, magician and escape artist was born in Budapest, Hungary 1874.
26th Greek Astrologer, geographer and mathematician Ptolemy begins his observations of the heavens, motions of the stars and planets in 127. (2nd century)
28th Birth of Kwan-Yin, the Goddess of compassion, celebrated in Taiwan. Scott Cunningham, Wiccan author dies, 1993.
29th Coca Cola is invented, 1886 by John Pemberton a pharmacist in Atlanta, Georgia USA.
30th Festival of Concordia, the Roman Goddess of Harmony. Vincent Van Gogh the post-impressionist painter was born in Groot Zundert, Holland, 1853. Said to be plagued by bouts of mental illness and despair he cut off his left ear and committed suicide by gunshot in 1890. 1867, the United States buys Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million.
31st Festival of Luna, the Roman Moon Goddess. Last Witch Trial in Ireland, held at Magee Island 1711.
MOON PHASES
4th - 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.
10th - 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.
Super New Moon also the New Moon in Pisces.
17th - 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.
25th - 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.
Micro Full Moon also Full Moon in Libra.
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) 24th
Perigee (Closest to the Earth) - 10th
THE MARCH STAR SIGNS
PISCES - February 19th – March 20th. Symbol – Fish, Element – Water, Planet – Neptune, Quality – Mutable, Personal Creed- I believe, Negative/Feminine sign. The Two fish that symbolize the spiritual and material, expressed through the natural world.
Some of the Pisceans. Laurie Cabot, Prince Andrew, Peter Fonda, Ivana Trump, Fats Domino, Johnny Cash, Rudolph Steiner, Elizabeth Taylor, Mario Andretti, Ron Howard, Dr Seuss, Mikail Gorbachev, Jon Bon Jovi, Jean Harlow, Rex Harrison, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Rob Reiner, Alexander III, Prince Edward, Michael Caine, Liza Minnelli, Billy Crystal, Jerry Lewis, Kurt Russell, Glenn Close, Spike Lee, Holly Hunter, Rob Lowe, Nat King Cole, Michelangelo, Albert Einstein, Pierre Auguste Renoir and George Harrison.
ARIES March 21st – April 20th. Symbol – The Ram, Element – Fire, Planet – Mars, Quality – Cardinal, Personal Creed- I am, Positive/Masculine Sign. Assertive, courageous and ruled by the God of War, Aries will take on who or whatever ever comes his way.
Some of the Aries are Johann Sebastian Bach, Marlon Brando, Jackie Chan, Charlie Chaplin, Jeremy Clarkson, Robert Downey Jr, Guy Fawkes, James Franco, Aretha Franklin, Vincent Van Gogh, Jane Goodall, Hugh Hefner, Adolf Hitler, Harry Houdini, Charlie Hunnam, Thomas Jefferson, Elton John, Heath Ledger, Ewan McGregor, Steve McQueen, Eddie Murphy, Gary Oldman, Debbie Reynolds, Doris Day, Emma Thompson, Leonardo da Vinci, Emma Watson and Resse Witherspoon.
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.
ASH – Nion - February 18th – March 17th
Artistic, flexible, imaginative and compassionate. It is said that the realm between earth and sky is connected by the Ash tree and has long been recognized for its magickal energies and connection to the Gods of the Sea, mainly Lir, a Celtic sea God. The staff of the traditional Witches besom is made from Ash, so too is the Stang. The Stang is a staff that represents the Teutonic world tree, Ygdrasill that connects to the Underworld and the physical world. The prongs, are seen as the antlers of the God. The Ash is said to attract lightening and as Lammas has much thunder and lightning around this season, then ideally you should not stand under the Ash tree during a storm! Ash is also a tree of love, prosperity and protection.
ALDER – Fearn - March 18th- April 14th
Bold and courageous people, very strong willed. They also have a desire to seek new adventures and like to keep moving and stay busy.
When the tree of the Alder is cut, the sap runs red and is seen as blood to the Celts and also a reminder of the sacrifice the tree has given so that it may be used for charcoal, house building and keeping one warm over the cold nights and days. The root system of the Alder is nurturing and provides essential nutrients for the soils, more so than other trees.
The Alder is a tree of divination and will make you face up to situations that you have been avoiding, it will of course help you do this and not just leave you alone as you work through these situations.