APRIL CALENDAR 2025

The Egyptian Cat Goddess, Bastet’s festivals at Bubastis, Egypt are held in April and May where feasting and merriment are enjoyed along with dancing, singing and much wine drinking. 

Tomb sweeping Day, Chinese Day of Ancestor Remembrance falls fifteen days after the Spring Equinox in China. 

1st      Aprils Fools Day. Veneralia Festival dedicated to Roman Goddess, Venus,Fortuna and Concordia. Corn planting Festival, Iroquois.

2nd     Battle of Flowers, French. Hans Christian Anderson born, 1805. National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day, USA.

3rd       Celebration of the return of Persephone, the Greek Goddess of the Underworld and healing from the Underworld. The Pony Express in America started today in 1860 as the first rider left from St Joseph Missouri.

4th       Start of the Megalesia, sacred to the Roman Mother Goddess Cybele.1949, twelve nations signed the treaty creating NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. In 1968 Civil Rights Leader, Martin Luther King was shot and killed in Memphis Tennessee, USA.

5th       Sacred to Kuan Yin, the Goddess of Compassion in China. Lady Luck Day, dedicated to Fortuna the Roman Goddess of good fortune and luck.

6th     Ching-Ming, Chinese All Souls Day. In 1896 and after 1,500 years the first Olympics were held in Athens, Greece. Daylight Savings time ends NZ and Australia, turn clocks back one hour.

7th        World Health Day. National Beer Day, UK. Church of All Worlds established 1962.

8th       William Alexander Aynton initiated into the Golden dawn, 1896. The celebration of Buddha’s birthday. (563-483 BC.)

9th       The Hocktide Festival in England, honouring the Saxon women who repelled Danish invaders in AD 1002. Mordrons Day, Celtic. Lumeria Day, Festival honouring the Spirits of dead family members who wander the earth. 1865, the Civil War ended after over 500,000 American deaths. General Robert E. Lee surrender to General Ulysses S. Grant.

10th     Dedicated to Bau, the Babylonian Sumerian Mother Goddess. The festival Megalesia that honours the Roman Goddess, Cybele ends. In 1633, bananas that had never seen before in England went on sale in a shop.

11th     National Pet Day. Festival of Anahit, the Armenian Moon Goddess. Feast of San Leo, Mexican. The burning of Major Weir, alleged Scottish Sorcerer, 1670.

12th      Cerealia begins - Roman. The American Civil War began 1861.

13th      Start decorating for Samhain. (Southern Hemisphere) Familiars Day, although every day should be Familiars day!  Festival of Water, Buddhist.

14th     Celtic Tree month of Alder ends. Sommarblot, Norse Summer Festival. Celtic Tree month of Willow begins. In 1865 John Wilkes Booth shot President Lincoln at Ford’s theatre in Washington DC, USA. Cuckoo Day, UK. A day to welcome the Cuckoo who heralds the spring.

15th    The Titanic ship sank in 1912.

16th      Birthday of Margot Adler, born 1946, author of Drawing down the Moon.

18th     Thargelia, Greek festival of Purification for Apollo and Artemis. Easter Good Friday for those who follow the Christian ways or like a good chocolate egg hunt.

19th      Cerealia ends - Roman. Balinese Woman’s Celebration.

20th     Yaqui Pageant - Native American. Egg Rolling Day – British. Bram Stoker, the author of Count Dracula dies in 1912 in London, UK.

21st      Palala Festival honouring Pales, the Roman Goddess of the Flocks, cleansing the sheep and the shepherd  Parilia Festival honouring Roma, Goddess of Rome. Easter Monday.

22nd   Earth Day. A day to work with Earth elementals and nature spirits.

23rd     The Vinalia Festival dedicated to Venus the Roman Goddess of the Vineyard, and Jupiter the Supreme God. Edward III founds the Order of the Garter in 1350 which is later linked to the Order of Witchcraft by Anthropologist Margaret Murray. William Shakespeare dies in 1616. He was also born in April in the year 1564 although the actual day is disputed.

25th    Anzac Day, Australia and New Zealand. In 1915 during World War I, over 70,000 Australian, NZ and British troops meet fierce resistance as they land on Gallipoli.

28th     Floralia begins, Roman. Celtic celebration of Lludd, (Silver hand) God and legendary King of Britain.

29th      Birthday of Ed Fitch, born 1937, Wiccan author and High Priest of the Gardnerian Wiccan Tradition. In 1884 Oxford University, UK agrees to let female students sit examinations however they are not allowed to be awarded degrees

30th     Samhain Eve/Halloween, Southern Hemisphere. May Day Eve, Northern Hemisphere. Walpurgis Night, Germany. Taliesin Nights, Merlin’s Night, Celtic celebration of the High Priests of Magick. Alex Sanders, English occultist dies 1988.

 

 

MOON PHASES

5th - 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.

13th - 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.

21st - 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.

28th - 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.

The Full Moon is in Libra.

The New moon is in Taurus.

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) 14th

PERIGEE (Closest to the Earth) - 28th 

Lyrids Meteor Shower  is usually 16th – 25th April, it peaks between the 22nd and 23rd.

 

 

THE APRIL STAR SIGNS 

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.

TAURUS - April 21st- May 21st

Symbol – The Bull, Element – Earth, Planet – Venus, Quality – Fixed, Personal Creed- I have, Negative/Feminine sign. An ancient symbol of strength and fertility within nature, Taureans are known as being loving and gentle 

Some of the Taurean people. Hank Azaria, Glen Campbell, John Cena, Giancarlo Esposito, Ella Fitzgerald, Kevin James, Dwayne Johnson, Casey Kasem, Jet Li, Lee Majors, James McAvoy, Jack Nicholson, Queen Elizabeth II, Roy Orbinson, Iggy Pop, Shirley MacLaine, Willy Nelson, Michelle Pfeiffer, Shirley Temple, Uma Thurman, William Shakespeare, Barbra Streisand, Channing Tatum, Leonardo da Vinci, Renee Zellweger.

 

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.   

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.

WILLOW – Saille - April 15th – May 12th

Willow people are ruled by the Moon and the water element and can be highly creative, intuitive, intelligent and are usually very psychic and literally bursting with potential. They have also be known to observe well and sit back to see what unravels before them, said to be more patient than many of the other tree signs.  

The Willow is the tree that sits by the water and helps ease us into the Summerland. Tree of enchantment, healing, immortality and its branches are used to bind the brushes of the Witches besom.