Post by Emmarie on May 24, 2011 23:20:22 GMT -5
The Calendar has a 12 month cycle, corresponding to our mun 12 month calendar. There are celebrations within each month of the calendar year, most associated with one of the gods or goddesses of Eldon Heath. We call the planet that Eldon Heath is upon, "Spirydon". We have three moons in the skies of Eldon Heath.
[Winter]
(January) Month of ...
Sign of the Kraken
3 - Spirydon at perihilion at mid-afternoon, closest to the sun.
5 - Twelfth Night, Last day of Yuletide
14- Wolf Moon (unity, oneness, group efforts)
15 - Aurora Borealis
20-21 - Meteor Shower
29- New Moon
Garden: Prune grapes, also fruit trees. Transplant fruit trees, shrubs etc. Prepare the garden soil deeply with compost.
(February) Month of ...
Sign of the Basilisk
1 - Imbolg, Candlemas
2- Snow Moon (duality and polarity)
14 - xxx (Valentine's Day)
17 - New Moon
25 - Dancing Comet
Gardens: Transplant dormant shrubs, fruit and shade trees, roses, hardy perennials, grapes and muscadines. Continue to plant cold-hardy vegetables.
[Seed Time )( Spring]
(March) Month of the Lifegiving
Sign of the Beholder
1 - New Year's Day
3 - Chaste Moon (Total Moon Eclipse)
6 - Purification Day
18 - New Moon (Partial Eclipse of the Sun)
20 - Springtide (Equinox)
Garden: Plant evergreens. Prune evergreens, and summer flowering shrubs and roses. Can plant frost-hardy vegetables such as sweet peas, beets, carrots, chard, turnips, radish, potatos. Start tender vegetables in cold frames or indoors.
(April) Month of Blessings
Sign of the Harpy
1 - Day of Fools
2 - Seed Moon (the future)
5 - Aurora Borealis
9 - Tournament of Honor (knight's tourney)
9-12 Meteor Shower "The Josias Meteor Shower"
17- New Moon
30 - Beltaine Eve
Garden: Fertilize growing crops. Plant container shrubs, trees, roses and keep well watered. Plant summer bulbs. Set out vegetables.
(May) Month of Bel's Fires
Sign of the Ettin
1 - Beltaine
2 - Hare Moon (self-control, personal awareness)
8 - Mother's Day (honoring our maternal figures)
15 - Twilleliah's Challenge (healers)
16 - New Moon
21 - Magic Mirror Day
Garden: Plant summer grasses, prune and fertilize early spring blooming shrubs. Keep watch in vegetable and flower gardens for pests such as aphids and other insects/diseases.
[Sun Time )( Summer]
(June) Month of
Sign of the Dryad
14- New Moon
19 - Father's Day (honoring our paternal figures)
21 - Summer Solstice, Midsummer
30 - Rose Moon (time, lifetime, boons)
Garden: Continue to plant summer vegetables. Harvest when mature.
(July) Month of ....
Sign of the Stirge
4 - Aphelion of the Sun - Farthest from the Planet
7 - Solar Flare
Varies - Summer Games
14 - New Moon
26 - Annual Masked Ball & Singles Auction
29 - Mead Moon (fertility, dreams, sexuality)
Garden: Continue to plant summer vegetables as most mature in 90 days or less. Pull up all exhausted plants.
(August) Month of Mazana's Chalice
Sign of the Wyvern
1 - Lugnasad
12 - New Moon
15 - Astrae's Comet
24 - Wine Festival
28 - Thunder Moon (healing, purification) (Total Moon Eclipse)
Garden: Plant bush beans, beets, carrots, etc.. cold weather crops.
[Harvest Time )( Harvest]
(September) Month of
Sign of the Dragon
11 - New Moon (Partial Sun Eclipse)
23 - Harvesttide (Equinox)
26 - Red Moon (wisdom, knowledge)
Garden: Fertilize your summer and evergreen lawns. Plant cold weather crops.
(October) Month of
Sign of the Unicorn
7 - Harvest Moon (prophecy, creativity)
22 - New Moon
27 - Hunter's Moon (ancestry, maternity) (Blue Moon)
31 - Thinning of the Veil
Garden: Harvest of autumn vegetables. Plant cold weather crops.
[Frost Time )( Frost]
(November) Month of
Sign of the Hydra
1 - Samhain
9 - New Moon
20 - Oracle's Cup Horse Race
24 - Frost Moon (divine connection and purpose)
27 - Day of Thanksgiving
Garden: Plant fall bulbs. Harvest of autumn vegetables.
(December) Month of
Sign of the Chimera
4 - Andraliah's Day (birthday of Emmarie)
9 - New Moon
22 - Winter Solstice, First day of Yuletide
23 - Oak Moon (shapeshifting, rebirth, new beginnings)
Garden: Tidy up the garden, clean up trash, old plants, etc burning those that may carry pests or disease.
Celebrations
Purification Day - Held under the chaste moon, it is a time of renewal, cleaning out our houses and hearths, buying new clothing, and getting rid of old bad habits and attempting to be a better person.
Springtide (Equinox) - A celebration of the coming of Spring, with rites of blessing upon the earth by the druids and clerics. A time of celebrating the fertility of life.
Day of Fools - A fun day of pranks and tricks, where things are never as they seem.
Beltaine - A religious celebration led by the druids of the land, the highlight of the celebration has always been jumping through the flames and lighting the bonfires, and the dancing of the maypole.
Summer Solstice, Midsummer
Magic Mirror Day - A fun time of celebrating the oddities and interesting adventures within Wonderland, the land beyond Emmarie's Magic Mirror. Fanciful dress is required, a grand tea party is held, and bards are given the chance to entertain. Often a jaunt into Wonderland (a quest) is held.
Annual Masked Ball and Singles Auction - A costume ball, and our annual singles auction. Every year we try and make it a little different. One year we auctioned off baskets of food, and the "dates" were with the person that made the food. Sometimes we actually strut the singles across the stage and let people bid on them.
Lugnasad
Wine Festival - Trampling the grapes, dancing within the vines under the moon, and tasting the newest wine from the vineyards. Our wine festival is always a fun time, and the drinking contest isn't to be missed!
Mother's Day/ Father's Day - A special day for our mothers and fathers of the land, to show our appreciation. Sometimes a father/daughter dance is held, and mother/son tea party.
Harvesttide (Equinox) - A day of thanksgiving, with a huge feast, celebrating the harvest.
Thinning of the Veil - Celebrated with scrying and fortunetelling, and games such as dunking for apples and pumpkin carving contests.
Samhain - The Day of the Dead, we honor those who have gone on before us.
Oracle's Cup Horse Race - Betting and racing, all for the coveted Oracle's Cup. Come dressed in your best hat, with a picnic.
Winter Solstice - Our celebration of the longest and darkest night of the year, the midpoint of the dark point of the year, when the sun is reborn. A tree is decorated with things for the "snow angels" - the beasts of field and air-- to eat. A Solstice poem contest is held.
Twelfth Night - A quirky and fun celebration of the ending of the Yuletide Season. A Lord and Lady of Misrule is chosen, there is much drinking and merry-making and silly games.
Imbolg/Imbolc / Candlemas - A time of looking towards the planting in spring, midway between the darkest portion of the year. A barndance is usually held, along with other farm-oriented games.
Sweetheart's Day - A day to celebrate all forms of love, focusing on appreciating friendships and making new friends, and telling those we care about how much we appreciate them.
[Winter]
(January) Month of ...
Sign of the Kraken
3 - Spirydon at perihilion at mid-afternoon, closest to the sun.
5 - Twelfth Night, Last day of Yuletide
14- Wolf Moon (unity, oneness, group efforts)
15 - Aurora Borealis
20-21 - Meteor Shower
29- New Moon
Garden: Prune grapes, also fruit trees. Transplant fruit trees, shrubs etc. Prepare the garden soil deeply with compost.
(February) Month of ...
Sign of the Basilisk
1 - Imbolg, Candlemas
2- Snow Moon (duality and polarity)
14 - xxx (Valentine's Day)
17 - New Moon
25 - Dancing Comet
Gardens: Transplant dormant shrubs, fruit and shade trees, roses, hardy perennials, grapes and muscadines. Continue to plant cold-hardy vegetables.
[Seed Time )( Spring]
(March) Month of the Lifegiving
Sign of the Beholder
1 - New Year's Day
3 - Chaste Moon (Total Moon Eclipse)
6 - Purification Day
18 - New Moon (Partial Eclipse of the Sun)
20 - Springtide (Equinox)
Garden: Plant evergreens. Prune evergreens, and summer flowering shrubs and roses. Can plant frost-hardy vegetables such as sweet peas, beets, carrots, chard, turnips, radish, potatos. Start tender vegetables in cold frames or indoors.
(April) Month of Blessings
Sign of the Harpy
1 - Day of Fools
2 - Seed Moon (the future)
5 - Aurora Borealis
9 - Tournament of Honor (knight's tourney)
9-12 Meteor Shower "The Josias Meteor Shower"
17- New Moon
30 - Beltaine Eve
Garden: Fertilize growing crops. Plant container shrubs, trees, roses and keep well watered. Plant summer bulbs. Set out vegetables.
(May) Month of Bel's Fires
Sign of the Ettin
1 - Beltaine
2 - Hare Moon (self-control, personal awareness)
8 - Mother's Day (honoring our maternal figures)
15 - Twilleliah's Challenge (healers)
16 - New Moon
21 - Magic Mirror Day
Garden: Plant summer grasses, prune and fertilize early spring blooming shrubs. Keep watch in vegetable and flower gardens for pests such as aphids and other insects/diseases.
[Sun Time )( Summer]
(June) Month of
Sign of the Dryad
14- New Moon
19 - Father's Day (honoring our paternal figures)
21 - Summer Solstice, Midsummer
30 - Rose Moon (time, lifetime, boons)
Garden: Continue to plant summer vegetables. Harvest when mature.
(July) Month of ....
Sign of the Stirge
4 - Aphelion of the Sun - Farthest from the Planet
7 - Solar Flare
Varies - Summer Games
14 - New Moon
26 - Annual Masked Ball & Singles Auction
29 - Mead Moon (fertility, dreams, sexuality)
Garden: Continue to plant summer vegetables as most mature in 90 days or less. Pull up all exhausted plants.
(August) Month of Mazana's Chalice
Sign of the Wyvern
1 - Lugnasad
12 - New Moon
15 - Astrae's Comet
24 - Wine Festival
28 - Thunder Moon (healing, purification) (Total Moon Eclipse)
Garden: Plant bush beans, beets, carrots, etc.. cold weather crops.
[Harvest Time )( Harvest]
(September) Month of
Sign of the Dragon
11 - New Moon (Partial Sun Eclipse)
23 - Harvesttide (Equinox)
26 - Red Moon (wisdom, knowledge)
Garden: Fertilize your summer and evergreen lawns. Plant cold weather crops.
(October) Month of
Sign of the Unicorn
7 - Harvest Moon (prophecy, creativity)
22 - New Moon
27 - Hunter's Moon (ancestry, maternity) (Blue Moon)
31 - Thinning of the Veil
Garden: Harvest of autumn vegetables. Plant cold weather crops.
[Frost Time )( Frost]
(November) Month of
Sign of the Hydra
1 - Samhain
9 - New Moon
20 - Oracle's Cup Horse Race
24 - Frost Moon (divine connection and purpose)
27 - Day of Thanksgiving
Garden: Plant fall bulbs. Harvest of autumn vegetables.
(December) Month of
Sign of the Chimera
4 - Andraliah's Day (birthday of Emmarie)
9 - New Moon
22 - Winter Solstice, First day of Yuletide
23 - Oak Moon (shapeshifting, rebirth, new beginnings)
Garden: Tidy up the garden, clean up trash, old plants, etc burning those that may carry pests or disease.
Celebrations
Purification Day - Held under the chaste moon, it is a time of renewal, cleaning out our houses and hearths, buying new clothing, and getting rid of old bad habits and attempting to be a better person.
Springtide (Equinox) - A celebration of the coming of Spring, with rites of blessing upon the earth by the druids and clerics. A time of celebrating the fertility of life.
Day of Fools - A fun day of pranks and tricks, where things are never as they seem.
Beltaine - A religious celebration led by the druids of the land, the highlight of the celebration has always been jumping through the flames and lighting the bonfires, and the dancing of the maypole.
Summer Solstice, Midsummer
Magic Mirror Day - A fun time of celebrating the oddities and interesting adventures within Wonderland, the land beyond Emmarie's Magic Mirror. Fanciful dress is required, a grand tea party is held, and bards are given the chance to entertain. Often a jaunt into Wonderland (a quest) is held.
Annual Masked Ball and Singles Auction - A costume ball, and our annual singles auction. Every year we try and make it a little different. One year we auctioned off baskets of food, and the "dates" were with the person that made the food. Sometimes we actually strut the singles across the stage and let people bid on them.
Lugnasad
Wine Festival - Trampling the grapes, dancing within the vines under the moon, and tasting the newest wine from the vineyards. Our wine festival is always a fun time, and the drinking contest isn't to be missed!
Mother's Day/ Father's Day - A special day for our mothers and fathers of the land, to show our appreciation. Sometimes a father/daughter dance is held, and mother/son tea party.
Harvesttide (Equinox) - A day of thanksgiving, with a huge feast, celebrating the harvest.
Thinning of the Veil - Celebrated with scrying and fortunetelling, and games such as dunking for apples and pumpkin carving contests.
Samhain - The Day of the Dead, we honor those who have gone on before us.
Oracle's Cup Horse Race - Betting and racing, all for the coveted Oracle's Cup. Come dressed in your best hat, with a picnic.
Winter Solstice - Our celebration of the longest and darkest night of the year, the midpoint of the dark point of the year, when the sun is reborn. A tree is decorated with things for the "snow angels" - the beasts of field and air-- to eat. A Solstice poem contest is held.
Twelfth Night - A quirky and fun celebration of the ending of the Yuletide Season. A Lord and Lady of Misrule is chosen, there is much drinking and merry-making and silly games.
Imbolg/Imbolc / Candlemas - A time of looking towards the planting in spring, midway between the darkest portion of the year. A barndance is usually held, along with other farm-oriented games.
Sweetheart's Day - A day to celebrate all forms of love, focusing on appreciating friendships and making new friends, and telling those we care about how much we appreciate them.
