2024 Celebration Calendar
Highlighted holidays have a full-length article with ways to rejoice/honor
January
1: Janus
Celebrate New Year with the Roman God Janus
3 - Pueblo and Apache Deer Dances
Struggle between good and evil, natures balance and celebration of big game
6 - Vodokres
Rodnovery Celebration of Water
18 - Day of Danu
Celtic Mother Goddess
24: Thorrablot
Norse Heathen celebration honoring Thor. A mid-winter feast.
21 - February 17 - Celtic Month Rowan Moon
Associated with Brigid and Imbolc. Power, success, and travel.
24: Sementivae
This grain-oriented festival celebrates the planting of the fields in preparation for new gardens.
31: Disablot
This Norse celebration marks new beginnings honors the land and revitalizes the plow for the upcoming planting season
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February
1-2 - Imbolc/Candlemas
Celtic pagan holiday marking the beginning of spring. Christians refer to it as the feast day of Saint Brigid.
1 - 2 - Feburalia
Honoring the God Februus, Roman God of death and purification.
11 - Veles
Rodnovery God
15 - Lupercalia
Festival in Ancient Rome to purify the city, promoting health and fertility.
18 - Feast of Nut
Ancient Egyptian Goddess of the Sky
18 - March 17 - Celtic Month Ash Moon
The ash is strength and power. Learn how to make a besom from ash. Pan’s day.
21: Parentalia
Ancient Roman time to honor the ancestors.
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March
1: Matronalia
The original Mother’s Day. This is the Festival of Women which is observed to honor Juno Luciana.
4 - Feast of Rhiannon( Epona)
Celtic Moon Goddess of the underworld
15: Sigrblot/Sumarsdag
Celebrate the first day of summer in Scandinavian countries
March 18 - April 14 - Celtic Month Alder
20 - Ostara/Alban Eilir/Spring Equinox
Spring Equinox
21 - Quetzalcoatl
Aztec celebration of the feathered snake god, Quetzalcoatl at Vernal Equinox
Iroquois Maple Ceremony
April
3 - Iroquois Thunder Ceremony
Honors Sky woman and gives thanks for rain
April 15 to May 12 Celtic Month Willow
Willow is a very magical month, great for drawing down the moon and love spells.
22 - Earth Day
Honor Gaia
22 - Yggdrasil Fest
A festival to honor Odin’s sacrifice on Yggdrasil, for wisdom and the knowledge of the runes.
28–May 3: Floralia
This holiday celebrates Floralia, the goddess of spring flowers and vegetation.
30 - Walpurgisnacht - For or Against Witches?
Norse/Germanic celebration of spring
May
1 - Beltane
Beltane is a Celtic/Gaelic festival that celebrates spring
2 - Lykaia
Ancient Greek to Apollo/ Wolf/Werewolf transformation
9, 11, 13 - Lemuria
Roman festival to rid the home of dead spirits
May 13 to June 9 - Celtic Month Hawthorn
15 - Mokash
Mokosh is the Mother Goddess in Native Slavic Paganism
Green Corn Dance
The Southern Ute Bear Dance (Memorial Day Weekend)
June
7 - 15 Vestalia
Ancient Roman Goddess Vesta, the goddess of the hearth and sacred fire
June 10 to July 7 - Celtic Month Oak
21 - Litha/Midsomer/Alban Hefin/
Summer Solstice
22 - Aztec Goddess Xilonen/Chicomecoatl
Goddess of Maize
24 - Fortuna
Roman Goddess of luck and good fortune
Sun Dance
Summer - Slavic Nature Transformation Festival
Rodnovery holiday - a phenomenon used as an orientation point for certain jobs and obligations.
July
July 5 - 8 Ludi Apollinares Games to honor the roman God Apollo
July 6-7 Kupala in Eastern Slavic Regions
Honor the Slavic Goddess Kupala
July 8 to August 4 - Celtic Month Holly
Apache (Girls Sunrise Ceremony)
17 Marina's Day Romania
19 Festival of Adonia
Ancient Greek festival to mourn the death of Adonis
22 - Concordia
Roman goddess. She represents peace and a stable socity
23 - Neptunalia
August
1 - Lammas /Lughnasadh/ Freyfaxi
Celebration of harvest and honor God Lugh
Norse celebration of the first harvest and honor Frey
Eagle Dance
Hopi Flute Ceremony
4 - WAG Festival
Egyptian Festival of the Dead: Sunset Ceremony
August 5 to September 1 - Celtic Month Hazel
Pomona is the Roman goddess of apples and orchards.
17 - National Black Cat Day
22 - Feast of Montu
Egyptian God of War
23: Roman Festival of Vulcanalia
September
September 2 to September 29 - Celtic Month Vine
3: Roman Festival of Bacchus
The God of vines, vegetation, and wine.
The Mother goddess of the Nigerian people
23 - Mabon /Alban Elfed /Autumnal Equinox
One of the eight major annual sabbats in the Wiccan calendar.
25 - Haustblot
Norse Autumn Fest
27 - Festival of Astarte
Mesopotamian Goddess of fertility and healing. Day of Willows
September 30 to October 27 - Celtic Month Ivy
October
4 - Roman Jejunium Cereris: Fast Day for Ceres
Roman festival that involved abstaining from food to honor the goddess Ceres.
7 - Feast Day of Ma'at
Egyptian goddess of harmony, law, and balance.
18 - Great Horn Festival
Horned God and Lady of the Wood invoked for the fertility of wild game and the Hunting Season.
21 - Feast of Artio
Celtic Bear Goddess
October 28 to November 23 - Celtic Month Reed
The Makahiki
Hawaiian New Years Festival Wednesday, 11/20/2024 Makahiki Commemoration Day
OCT. 26 – NOV. 2: Egyptian Zetesis and Heuresis search and recovery of Osiris by Isis. – Isia – Egyptian festival recalling Set (God of Destruction) killing God Osiris; Goddess Isis mourning Him, resurrecting Him, and conceiving God Horus with Him; and Osiris becoming Lord of Amenta, land of the dead. He weighs souls against the Feather of Truth on Goddess Maat’s Scale of Justice, but defers to Isis for those who fail the test.
29 - Mokash
Mokosh is the Mother Goddess in Native Slavic Paganism
31 - Samhain
November
1 - Winter Nights/Vetrnaetr/Alfablot
Norse first day of winter
5 - Days of Wolves
Rodnovery celebration of the Cult of the Ancestors.
11 - Dajbog
Rodnovery God - first ancestor of all the Slavic people in the world
November 24 to December 23 - Celtic Month Elder
The Navajo Night Chant also referred to as the Yeibicheii Ceremony, is a healing ceremony that happens in late fall or early winter and extends for nine nights.
16 - Hecate’s Night
The Greek Goddess Hecate/Hekate of crossroads, death often seen with her sacred dogs.
24 - Feast of Sekhmet
Egyptian Goddess of war and healing. A powerful woman.
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December
17: Saturnalia
A Roman celebration honoring the god Saturn.
18-26 Heliogenna
Honoring the Greek God Helios
21 - Yule/Midwinter/
Winter Solstice
25: Mithras
Birthday of Mithras, Persian God of light
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