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The Blue Ball Press MOON CALENDAR is a lunar based calendar. This Moon Calendar has a new page for each new moon, with Gregorian calendar dates; giving you the moon name,phase, its rune and tree, and key associations.

Drawn mainly from Celtic and Norse traditions, the Moon Calendar helps you to develop a feeling for the nature of each moon season, and the annual lunar and solar cycles.

The 2011 Moon Calendar makes an ideal gift for people interested in paganism, wicca and all things new age. Using the Moon Calendar you can meet each season as a friend, and be at one with the earth.

Moon Calendar - Description

The Moon calendar draws inspiration from the common spirit of different European traditions and mythologies; In particular, from the Gaul's Coligny Calendar, the Celtic Tree Calendar and Anglo-Saxon month names.

The Moon Calendar starts with the first new moon of 2011 (8th January) and continues with a page for each month. The Days of the week are named: Sun, Moon, Tiw, Woden, Thor, Freya and Bran.
Each month details the derivation of it's name/character:-

January - February is the Sun's Moon. "The Anglo-saxons called it Sol Monath to celebrate and encourage the increasing day length"

Associated plants and trees and the names by which they have been worshipped are given. "In the Celtic Tree Calendar the Rowan was the Sun's tree, protecting the household. Rowan's were often planted at the door of a dwelling to keepbad witchcraft away"

The Germanic Rune and its name are given, with its meaning in English

Each page also contains a Freda Davis pen and ink drawing.

Ancient Calendars

Links to sites explaining ancient calendars

Discover more about these fascinating calendars and discover where today's calendars have come from

Moon Calendar: Blue Ball Press Moon Calendar 2011 -
Anglo-Saxon Heathen Calendar: Great site about anglo-Saxon gods, heathen worship, heathen names, rune and rune-lore
the Celtic Tree Calendar: Evidence of ancient peoples keeping time by the phases of the moon have been found carved into rocks and cave walls the world over. The famous tree calendar of the Celts was such a time-keeping device, and, like other tribal cultures, the Celts found names and associations for their moon which were developed and codified over many years of ritual and experimentation
the Heathen Calendar: detailed description of how the Heathen Calendar worked
The Coligny Calendar: The Coligny Calendar is a series of bronze plates found with inscriptions near the French town of Coligny about 70 miles east of Paris and is another Lunar based Anglo Saxon Calendar

Picture Detail from Moon Calendar 2010

Each Moon Calendar page features a Freda Davis pen and ink drawing. This is the drawing from The Moon of Blossoms

Some Interesting Moon Links

Discover more about our Moon

The Moon: A multimedia tour of the moon and the planets
Google Moon: Google map of Appollo landing sites
Earth and Moon Viewer: View photographs of the Earth and Moon from different perspectives and at different times of the day

Pagan Sun and Fire Festivals

Pagans mark the annual cycle of the Sun by four points:the Solstices, seasons of 'Lith' at midsummer and 'Yule' at midwinter and the Equinoxes in Spring and Autumn. There are also ancient pagan fire festivals to mark four mid points between these.
Imbolc; candles are lighted in the dark to mark the new strengthening of the Sun after Winter, (Imbolg - Irish for 'in the belly')
Beltane, (tr. 'bright fire') the bold fires of Spring,
Lughnasadh; with sacrifice to the sky god, campfires and barbecues. Samhain, when the Autumn bonfires burn off decaying vegetation and blaze against the dying of the light.

The Current Moon Calendar Page

The Moon of Blood - key date: Samhain - 1st November

Sunday 22nd October to Munday 20th November
The Moon of Blood

Ivy, resurrection, remembrance.
Mute swan, hound and hunter.
Winter Cull.
Broomsticks, bonfire and beacon.
Visiting the dead.
Growth through conflict.
Facing your Fear.

Learn more about Runes

Runes are an ancient Germanic alphabet, used for writing, divination and magick. They were used throughout northern Europe, Scandinavia, the British Isles, and Iceland from about 100 B.C.E. to 1600 C.E. Runic inscriptions of great age have even been found in North America, supporting stories that the Vikings arrived in the Americas long before Columbus.

Runes:Alphabet of Mystery: An excellent website dedicated to understanding runes, rune forecasting, poetry.
Write your name in Runes: Learn you runic Alphabet and translate from English to Rune
Omniglot: A study of writing systems and languages around the world. Great section on runes

Celtic, Pagan Books on Amazon

These are well worth reading if you can get hold of them

Pagan Links

Links to pagan sites

Pagan News: A wealth of pagan information
Pagan Name Generator: Become a pagan - a fun program to generate pagan name
The White Godess: Pagan Portal and an online resource for Pagans, Wiccans and Witches
The Blessed Bee: be Guided in your path of magick

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The Current Moon Calendar Page
The Moon of Blood - key date: Samhain - 1st November
Sunday 22nd October to Munday 20th November
The Moon of Blood

Ivy, resurrection, remembrance.
Mute swan, hound and hunter.
Winter Cull.
Broomsticks, bonfire and beacon.
Visiting the dead.
Growth through conflict.
Facing your Fear.

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