December-January 2000-2001 Vol. I , Issue IV
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Celebrations Calendar: January
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| Color Legend |
| Celestial |
Religious |
| Pagan |
Traditional |
| Historical |
Birthday |
Old Church Calendar |
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January 1
| Moon enters Aries 5:14 pm |
New Year's Day |
Kwanzaa ends |
January 2
| St. Marcarius' Day - patron of chefs |
January 3
January 4
| Moon enters Taurus 1:57 am |
January 5
| Slip a bean or coin into your Twelfth Night Cake and crown your own Lord of Misrule in your revelries tonight |
| Twelfth Night |
January 6
| Moon enters Gemini 6:44 am |
Epiphany |
1540 - King Henry VIII married Anne of Cleves |
| Opentyde - Marriages were commonly performed between the Feast of the Epiphany through Ash Wednesday |
January 7
January 8
| Moon enters Cancer 8:09 am |
January 9
| Full Moon 3:24 pm |
Lunar Eclipse 3:22 pm |
St. Basilissa's Day - patroness of chilblain sufferers |
January 10
January 11
January 12
| Moon enters Virgo 7:26 am |
January 13
| St. Hilary's Day - patroness of lawyers |
January 14
| Moon enters Libra 9:05 am |
January 15
| Feast Day of St. Paul the Hermit - patron of weavers |
St. Marius' Day - invoked against head colds |
January 16
| Moon enters Scorpio 2:02 am |
January 17
| St. Anthony's Day - patron of gravediggers and swineherds |
January 18
| Moon enters Sagittarius 10:35 pm |
| 1486 - King Henry VII married Elizabeth of York merging the houses of Lancaster and York on the English throne
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January 19
| Sun enters Aquarius 7:16 pm |
St. Fillian's Day |
January 20
| Feast Day of St. Paula the Bearded |
St. Sebastian's day - patron of pinmakers |
January 21
| Maidens may fast and pray to St. Agnes tonight in hopes of dreaming of their destined mate. |
| Moon enters Capricorn 9:57 am |
Celtic Tree Month of Rowan begins |
St. Agnes' Eve - patroness of chastity |
January 22
| St Vincent of Saragossa - patron of winemakers and drunkards |
January 23
| Moon enters Aquarius 10:43 pm |
St. Emerentiana's Day - patroness of those who suffer from digestive disorders |
January 24
January 25
| St. Dwynwen's Day - 5th century Welsh patron of lovers |
January 26
| Moon enters Pisces 11:39 am |
St. Timothy's Day - patron of those who suffer from intestinal difficulties |
January 27
January 28
| Moon enters Aries 11:35 pm |
St. Thomas Aquinas' Day |
January 29
| St. Francis de Sales Eve - patron of writers |
January 30
| St. Aldegard's Day - patron of those who suffer lung cancer |
| Up Helly Aa - Shetlanders celebrate the Viking Fire Festival throughout the night celebrating their Nordic ancestry |
January 31
| Moon enters Taurus 9:21 am |
St. John Bosco's Day - patron of editors |
| 1606 - Guy Fawkes along with other conspirators of the Gunpowder Plot were executed in England
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