Guest Author - Leslie Ravenwing
January
•15: New moon
•30: Full moon -- Cold Moon at 01:18 am
•30: Birthday of Z Budapest, founder of Dianic Wicca
•30 - Feb. 2: Roman celebration of Februalia
February
•2: Imbolc
•2: Lammas or Lughnasadh (Southern Hemisphere)
•12: Death of Gerald Gardner in 1964
•13: New moon
•15: Lupercalia
•21: Birthday of author Patricia Telesco
•28: Full moon -- Quickening Moon at 11:38 am
March
•1: Matronalia, the Festival of Women
•6: Birthday of "official witch of Salem" Laurie Cabot in 1933
•15: New moon
•20: Ostara
•20: Mabon (Southern Hemisphere)
•29: Full moon Storm Moon at 10:25 pm
April
•14: New moon
•16: Birthday of author Margot Adler
•22: Earth Day
•23: Wiccan pentacle is officially added to the list of VA-approved emblems for gravestones, 2007
•28: Full moon -- Wind Moon at 8:19 am
•30: Walpurgisnacht celebrated by German witches
May
•1: Beltane
•1: Samhain (Southern Hemisphere)
•9: Mother's Day
•13: New moon
•27: Full moon -- Flower Moon at 7:07 am
June
•1: England's Witchcraft Act of 1563 goes into effect
•10: Hanging of Bridget Bishop, first victim in the Salem Witch Trials
•12: New moon
•13: Birthday of Gerald Gardner in 1884
•17: Birthday of Wiccan author Starhawk
•20: Father's Day
•21: Litha
•21: Yule (Southern Hemisphere)
•22: England's last Witchcraft Law is repealed in 1951
•26: Full moon -- Strong Sun Moon at 7:30 am
July
•11: New moon
•11: Solar eclipse, at 3:33 pm
•19: Rebecca Nurse is hanged in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692
•25: Full moon -- Blessing Moon at 9:37 pm
August
•1: Lammas or Lughnasadh
•1: Imbolc (Southern Hemisphere)
•9: New moon
•24: Full Moon -- Corn Moon at 1:05 pm
•31: Birthday of author Raymond Buckland
September
•8: New moon
•21: International Day of Peace
•22: Fall Equinox or Mabon
•22: Ostara (Southern Hemisphere)
•23: Full Moon -- Harvest Moon at 5:17 am
October
•7: New moon
•22: Full moon -- Blood Moon at 9:37 pm
•31: Samhain
•31: Beltane (Southern Hemisphere)
•31: Covenant of the Goddess formed in 1975
November
•6: New moon
•11: Veteran's Day
•21: Full moon -- Mourning Moon at 12:27 pm
•25: Thanksgiving day (United States)
December
•5: New moon
•17: Beginning of Saturnalia
•21: Full moon -- Long Nights Moon at 3:13 am
•21: Winter Solstice or Yule
•21: Litha (Southern Hemisphere)
