Today
is Beltane,
Calen Mai, or May 1, 2009 CE.
The
Festival of Beltane began at Sunset
on April 30th.
It
is the 1st day of the Season of Samradh,
and the 1st day of the Month of Mi na Bealtaine.
It
is also Friday, in the common tongue, or Dydd
Gwener in Welsh.
It is the Druidic day of the
Apple.
The
Reformed Druids of North America were
formed on this day in 1961, at Carleton College in Northfield MN.
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Samradh. Sun is at 15 degrees Taurus.
Many Druid groups celebrate Beltane
on this day. It is also National Naked Day.
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Samradh - FULL
MOON
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Samradh - The Sun enters Gemini.
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Samradh - Birthday of Gwydion Pendderwen,
Pagan Bard.
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Samradh - NEW
MOON
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Samradh - Birthday of Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart.
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Samradh - Me·n Samradh (June)
begins (a Monday - Dydd Llun - Day of the Willow)
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Samradh - FULL
MOON
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Samradh - Midsummer / Alban Heruin,
or the Summer Solstice.
The Sun enters Cancer.
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Samradh - NEW
MOON
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Samradh - Deireadh Samhraidh (July)
begins (a Wednesday - Dydd
Mercher -- Day of the Hazel).
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Samradh - FULL
MOON
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Samradh - BGR 05: The members of what
was then called the "Covenant of
the Mithril Star" unaminously joined the Reformed
Druids of North America , thus becoming the "(New)
Order of the Mithril Star," one of the "side orders"
of the RDNA.
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Samradh - Birthday of His Holiness, the 14th Dalai
Lama. He will be 73.
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Samradh - Birthday of Robert A. Heinlein,
author of "Stranger In A Strange Land."
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Samradh - Birthday of Henry David Thoreau,
author and naturalist.
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Samradh - NEW
MOON
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Samradh - The Sun enters Leo
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Samradh - Birthday of Ellen Evert Hopman,
Druid herbalist.
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Samradh - The Season of Foghamhnar
begins at Sunset (1 Foghamhnar,
1 MÌ na Lÿnasa, August 1, 2009). The Festival of Lughnasadh
begins at Sunset. |