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




13: Pomona

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.

7 - Feast Day for Yemaya

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

Navajo Night chant

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

December 24 - January 20 - Celtic Tree Month Birch

31: Festival of Hogmanay

The festive Scottish New Year