January

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Kalends of January, new year's day, fortuna, of juno.

New year's day is sacred to the Greek Zeus and Hera and the Roman Jupiter and Juno.
Today is a day of offering to the Roman goddess Fortuna, of women, fortune and fertility.

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Advent of Isis, birth of Our Lady Inanna.

Our Lady Inanna is the Sumerian goddess, the princess of earth and queen of heaven.
Isis, the Egyptian goddess of love, is also know as Aphrodite, Astarte, Ishtar and Cybele.

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Customary Kalends of January.

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Nones of January

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Twelfth night, epiphany of Persephone.

Twelfth night is the day by which the debris of the yule feast must be cleared away. The rite in honour of Kore was held overnight between January fifth and sixth to prepare for Persephone's rise into the world after six months in Hades.

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Justita, disting moon.

Today is sacred to Justita, the Roman goddess of justice.

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Geraint's day.

Today is sacred to the ninth-century Welsh bard Garaint, the blue bard of Wales.

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Carmentalia, Juturna, Plough Monday.

Today is the Roman festival of Carmentalia, celebrating the camenae, nymphs of prophesy. This is the day of Juturna, the divinity of fountains and prophetic waters. Plough Monday is traditionally the day to return to work after the yule.

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Compitalia, the Lares, Distaff's day.

The Roman festival of Compitalia cenebrates the household gods, the Lares. On this day women are to resume their spinning after the yule. The day is sacred to frigg, the wofe of Odin and the goddess of the sky, who is said to know the future of human-kind.

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Ides of January, Tiugunde day, Midvintersblot, Runic half-month of Peorth begins.

On this day new year's observances such as wassailing are performed. This is the day of the Norse rite of Midvintersblot, the mid-winter's offering, called Tiegunde Day in old England.

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This is the second Roman festival of Carmentalia, celebrating the Camenae, the nymphs of prophesy.

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Today is the festival of the Roman goddess Concordia, for harmonious relationships.

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This day is sacred to Felicitas, a Roman goddess of good fortune.

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Saint Agnes' eve, the Celtic tree month of Beth ends.

Saith Agnes' day is a time for divination by fire.

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Saint Agnes' day, the Celtic tree month of Luis begins.

Saith Agnes' day is a time for divination by fire.

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St. Vincent's day, the goddess month of Hesta ends.

Saint Vincent is a christianization of Apollo, the sun god. Apollo is also the god of archery, agriculture, animal husbandry, crops, cattle, farmers, shepherds, sheep, poetry, medicine, prophesy and ethics.

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The goddess month of Bridhe begins today.

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Cornish tinner's and seafarer's day.

This is an ancient labour day, celebrating a new season of sailing and mining in Cornwall

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Old disting, Burns night.

Disting is the feast of the Disir in old runic calendars, the Norse Guardian goddess. Burns night celebrates Robert Burns, the Scots poet.

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The Runic half-month of Elhaz begins.

The rune Elhaz signifies power and sanctuary.

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Festival of peace.

This day is dedicated to the Roman goddess Pax Augusta.

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February eve, Norns, disir and valkyries.

Today is the beginning of the festival of lmbolc, or Brigantia. this day is sacred to the Valkyries and the Norns Urd, Verdandi and Skuld, who sit by the Well of Urd under the tree Yggdrasil and determine the fates of men and gods.