The Ancient Calendar



The week of the ancients was ten days, or rather ten nights, as their day began at sun-down. This ten day period was called Dechmad ,in modern English a dekan. The ancient Egyptians also used a ten-day period. Each Moon, or Month, contains 3 Dechmadean. The astronomical references have been corrected for both change of Aion (Aquarius rising at dawn at the Spring Equinox) and the Synetic Vernal Point.

The Tree/letter calendar was revised Spring 2001 c.e. to agree with the Precession of the Equinoxes: the ancient Holly, or Holy Month is the birth month of the children of Nuit-Isis/Nantosuelta following the five interstitial days.

Moon Calendar
Moon
Number Date Oghum Letter (BLF) English Equiv. Dechmad North Amerikan
1 9 Nov. to 8 Dec. G G 1
2
3 		Beaver
2 9 Dec. to 7 Jan. P 1 (Ng) 1 4
5
6		 Cold
3 8 Jan. to 6 Feb. B B 7
8
9
 Wolf
4 7 Feb. to 8 March L L 10
11
12		 Snow
5 9 March to 7 April F F 13
14
15		 Sap
6 8 April to 7 May S Sh 16
17
18		 Pink
7 8 May to 6 June N N 19
20
21		 Flower
8 7 June to 6 July H 1 (H) 1 22
23
24		 Strawberry
9 7 July to 5 Aug. D D 25
26
27		 Buck
10 6 Aug. to 10 Aug. Q (Q)1 Five Interstitial Days - Uthar
11 11 Aug. to 9 Sept. T T 28
29
30		 Green Corn
12 10 Sept. to 9 Oct. C C 31
32
33		 Harvest
13 10 Oct. to 8 Nov. M M 34
35
36		 Hunters'
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Moon
Number Pre-Patriarchal White Bear-Sow (Night Signs) X-tian Era (error) - Taliesin's Changes Astronomical Day Sign At Sunrise Tree / Plant (Gaelic-English) Colour and Symbol3
1 Stag The Stag Libra Gort 2
(Gart) - Standing Corn, or Starvation		 Black point-down triangle.
2 Woman Iron Scorpio Gròban (Artemisia spp.) Sage-brush; Mionnt - Mint Blue sphere.
3 The Hare Spear-Head Sagittarius Beithe (Be) - Birch Sky-blue upright triangle.
4 The Greyhound
Bitch (Boat)		 Bull Capricorn Leamham (Levan) - Hagberry Blue-green square.
5 Bear Boar Aquarius Fearna (Fiarnu) - Alder Green triangle.
6 Grain Grain Pisces Seudar (Shoodur?) - Cedar Yellow-green sphere.
7 Crow; Black Hen Roe Aries Nuin (Noon) - Ash White upright triangle.
8 Hawk Wolf Taurus Uadh-dris - Thorn Yellow square.
9 Robin Robin Gemini Darag (Darag) - Oak Amber triangle.
10 Five Interstitial Days - Uthar A blue pentagram. Cùairt
(Cuärst) - Apple		 An orange pentagram.
11 Vixen or Cat Fox Scarab Tombaca - Tobacco Glowing orange sphere.
12 The River / a fish
Horse		 Marten Leo Calltuinn (Caultin) - Hazelnut Red upright triangle.
13 The Otter Squirrel Virgo Muileag (Moolag) - Cranberry Magenta square.
1 The letters in parentheses have no modern Scottish Gaelic equivalent. There is no NG, Q, or H in S-G.
2 Alternate Giubhar (Juwes) - Spruce.
3 Based on the Tibetan Tattvas (symbols)