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Month: Festival: God: Goddess: Time: Solar Dec.
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Feb. Oimelc Angus Og Brighid 16 deg. 18'S
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Mar. Mean Earrach Angus Og Danu 0 deg. Aries
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May Beltane Belenos Danu 16 deg. 18'N
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June Mean Samradh Belenos Aine 0 deg. Cancer
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Aug. Lughnasadh Lugh Aine 16 deg. 18'N
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Sept. Mean Foghamhar Lugh Morrigan 0 deg. Libra
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Oct. Samhain Cernunnos Morrigan 16 deg. 18'S
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Dec. Mean Geimredh Cernunnos Brighid 0 deg. Capricorn
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The Minor High Days are Mean Earrach (Spring Equinox), Mean Samradh
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(Summer Solstice), Mean Foghamhar (Fall Equinox), Mean Geimredh (Winter
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Solstice). These are based on the fixed signs of Aries, Cancer, Libra and
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Capricorn. These are calculated by standard means.
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The Major High Days are calculated as to when the Sun reaches 16
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degrees 18 minutes declination, North or South. This puts them half way
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between the Minor High Days, plus or minus a couple of hours. This is based on
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the research of Robert Larson into the Famous "Cologny Calendar" as well as his
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analysis of the observaton angles he believes were used at Stonehenge.
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For observing purposes, the Celts reckoned each day as starting with
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sunset of the night before.
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For each holiday, two deities have been assigned. One is the major,
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the other is the minor. The deity is first honored as a minor deity one
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festival. The next festival, it is the major one. It is recommended, that one
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male and one female deity be honored each festival. These are the Irish ones.
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Feel free to use Gods and Goddesses from any Indo-European culture.
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Druid New Moons are celebrated on the sixth night after the night in
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which the New Moon is first visible. In other words, the "first quarter".
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