THE GODDESS AND MAGICK
WICCAN CALENDAR 2008
(Times given are USA Eastern Standard Time)
January
* 8: New moon at 6:37 am
* 22: Full moon (Cold Moon) at 8:35 am
* 30: Birthday of Z Budapest, founder of Dianic Wicca
February
* 2: Imbolc
* 2: Lammas or Lughnasadh (Southern Hemisphere)
* 4: New moon at 10:44 pm
* 7: Annular solar eclipse
* 12: Death of Gerald Gardner in 1964
* 15 - 18: PantheaCon (San Jose, CA)
* 20: Full moon (Quickening Moon) at 10:30 pm
* 21: Total lunar eclipse
March
* 7: New moon at 12:14 pm
* 20: Ostara
* 20: Mabon (Southern Hemisphere)
* 21: Full moon (Storm Moon) at 2:40 pm
* 28: Death of author Scott Cunningham in 1993
April
* 5: New moon at 11:55 pm
* 20: Full moon (Wind Moon) at 6:25 am
* 22: Earth Day
* 25 - 27: Beltane Festival (Tampa/St. Pete, FL)
May
* 1: Beltane
* 1: Samhain (Southern Hemisphere)
* 2 - 4: May Moon Beltaine Festival (Newport News, VA)
* 5: New moon at 8:18 am
* 19: Full moon (Flower Moon)at 10:11 pm
June
* 1: England's Witchcraft Act of 1563 goes into effect
* 3: New moon at 3:22
* 13: Birthday of Gerald Gardner in 1884
* 15: Father's Day
* 15 - 22: Pagan Spirit Gathering (Southeastern OH)
* 18: Full moon (Strong Sun Moon) at 1:30 pm
* 20: Litha
* 20: Yule (Southern Hemisphere)
* 22: England's last Witchcraft Law is repealed in 1951
* 27: Birthday of author Scott Cunningham in 1956
July
* 2: New moon at 10:18 pm
* 4: Independence Day
* 18: Full moon (Blessing Moon) at 3:59 am
* 19: Rebecca Nurse is hanged in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692
August
* 1: Lammas or Lughnasadh
* 1: Imbolc (Southern Hemisphere)
* 1: New moon at 6:12 am
* 1: Total solar eclipse
* 1 - 2: Shreveport Pagan Pride Day (Shreveport, LA)
* 16: Full Moon (Corn Moon) at 5:16 pm
* 16: Partial lunar eclipse
* 30: New moon at 3:58 pm
* 31: Birthday of author Raymond Buckland
September
* 13: Arkansas Pagan Pride Day (Little Rock, AR)
* 14: Birthday of Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa in 1486
* 15: Full Moon (Harvest Moon) at 5:13 am
* 21: Mid-Missouri Pagan Pride Day (Columbia, MO)
* 22: Fall Equinox or Mabon
* 22: Ostara (Southern Hemisphere)
* 29: New moon at 4:12 am
October
* 1: Birthday of Isaac Bonewits, founder of Ár nDraíocht Féin
* 14: Full moon (Blood Moon) at 4:02 pm
* 28: New moon at 7:14 pm
* 31: Samhain
* 31: Beltane (Southern Hemisphere)
November
* 2: Birthday of Wiccan author Sirona Knight
* 14: Full moon (Mourning Moon) at 1:17 am)
* 27: New moon at 11:54 am
December
* 12: Full moon (Long Nights Moon) at 11:37
* 21: Winter Solstice or Yule
* 21: Litha (Southern Hemisphere)
* 27: New moon at 7:22 am