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 Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 4:46 pm
I'm not really sure if this is right but Halloween is the wiccan new year right? My birthday is on Halloween and someone wiccan said it was the new year so I just want to know.
And also can someone tell me what exactly it is you do on that day?
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 5:09 pm
HunterPunter1031 I'm not really sure if this is right but Halloween is the wiccan new year right? My birthday is on Halloween and someone wiccan said it was the new year so I just want to know. And also can someone tell me what exactly it is you do on that day? thats cool that your birthday is on hallowe'en [i wish mine was, i would so rock the hallowe'en parties, lol] but why put so much emphasis on the wiccan part? if i'm not mistaken, november 1st is actually Samhain, but i may be wrong.
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 6:54 pm
To my knowledge, Samhain is celebrated on the 31st, however, whether or not this is in particular to each pagan faith, but to my recollection, Samhain is celebrated on the such and such moon (I believe the holiday originated on a culture that was using a Lunar Calendar, again, to my recollection). Although it is used by Wiccans I believe, it isn't just a wiccan holiday.
As for celebration, I'm sure it would depend loosely on the particular cultural influences and beliefs, both inside and outside of religious faith.
Again, this is all speculation, and I can't truly back any of it up.
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 7:00 pm
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 7:12 pm
I've heard some holidays are celebrated on the eve and also the day of. I don't remember if Samhain is one of those or not though.
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 7:22 pm
Samhain is a lunar festival.
Not a solar one.
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 7:26 pm
CuAnnan Samhain is a lunar festival. Not a solar one. where did anyone say it was solar? did i misread something?
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 7:30 pm
whiporwill-o CuAnnan Samhain is a lunar festival. Not a solar one. where did anyone say it was solar? did i misread something? October 31st is a solar calender date. To suggest that it could possibly have been determined by a solar calender to be a specific day of that year is to ignore the calender that the Celts used.
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 7:32 pm
TeaDidikai whiporwill-o CuAnnan Samhain is a lunar festival. Not a solar one. where did anyone say it was solar? did i misread something? October 31st is a solar calender date. To suggest that it could possibly have been determined by a solar calender to be a specific day of that year is to ignore the calender that the Celts used. oh, i see, thank you. i am not familiar with solar vs. lunar calendar days sweatdrop
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 7:36 pm
TeaDidikai whiporwill-o CuAnnan Samhain is a lunar festival. Not a solar one. where did anyone say it was solar? did i misread something? October 31st is a solar calender date. To suggest that it could possibly have been determined by a solar calender to be a specific day of that year is to ignore the calender that the Celts used. And Samhain is a Celtic holiday?
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 7:48 pm
kage no neko TeaDidikai whiporwill-o CuAnnan Samhain is a lunar festival. Not a solar one. where did anyone say it was solar? did i misread something? October 31st is a solar calender date. To suggest that it could possibly have been determined by a solar calender to be a specific day of that year is to ignore the calender that the Celts used. And Samhain is a Celtic holiday? indeed 3nodding [see above link for source]
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 7:50 pm
whiporwill-o kage no neko TeaDidikai whiporwill-o CuAnnan Samhain is a lunar festival. Not a solar one. where did anyone say it was solar? did i misread something? October 31st is a solar calender date. To suggest that it could possibly have been determined by a solar calender to be a specific day of that year is to ignore the calender that the Celts used. And Samhain is a Celtic holiday? indeed 3nodding [see above link for source] Ooooh. Okay. Thanks. smile
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 7:53 pm
kage no neko whiporwill-o kage no neko TeaDidikai whiporwill-o CuAnnan Samhain is a lunar festival. Not a solar one. where did anyone say it was solar? did i misread something? October 31st is a solar calender date. To suggest that it could possibly have been determined by a solar calender to be a specific day of that year is to ignore the calender that the Celts used. And Samhain is a Celtic holiday? indeed 3nodding [see above link for source] Ooooh. Okay. Thanks. smile not a problem 3nodding
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 7:54 pm
whiporwill-o TeaDidikai whiporwill-o CuAnnan Samhain is a lunar festival. Not a solar one. where did anyone say it was solar? did i misread something? October 31st is a solar calender date. To suggest that it could possibly have been determined by a solar calender to be a specific day of that year is to ignore the calender that the Celts used. oh, i see, thank you. i am not familiar with solar vs. lunar calendar days sweatdrop The Celts actually used a Lunar-Solar calender, as opposed to a pure lunar calender. See, true lunar calenders don't match up very close to solar ones, creating time shifts that over the course of years will cause dates to fall in completely different seasons. Solar calenders orient towards the rotation of the earth around the sun, thus the seasons stay pretty much the same with really only about a days worth of shift here or there, and our modern calender makes up for this with leap year day and leap minutes. Lunar-Solar calenders use a solar event to begin tracking the lunar phases. In the case of the Gael, I want to say they used the Autumnal Equinox to track the first moon after as Summer's End. It's been a little while since I looked the stuff up.
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 7:59 pm
TeaDidikai whiporwill-o TeaDidikai whiporwill-o CuAnnan Samhain is a lunar festival. Not a solar one. where did anyone say it was solar? did i misread something? October 31st is a solar calender date. To suggest that it could possibly have been determined by a solar calender to be a specific day of that year is to ignore the calender that the Celts used. oh, i see, thank you. i am not familiar with solar vs. lunar calendar days sweatdrop The Celts actually used a Lunar-Solar calender, as opposed to a pure lunar calender. See, true lunar calenders don't match up very close to solar ones, creating time shifts that over the course of years will cause dates to fall in completely different seasons. Solar calenders orient towards the rotation of the earth around the sun, thus the seasons stay pretty much the same with really only about a days worth of shift here or there, and our modern calender makes up for this with leap year day and leap minutes. Lunar-Solar calenders use a solar event to begin tracking the lunar phases. In the case of the Gael, I want to say they used the Autumnal Equinox to track the first moon after as Summer's End. It's been a little while since I looked the stuff up. thank you. i think i get it now. biggrin stupid question alert wahmbulance what constitutes the difference between a solar day and a lunar day, specifically? [google was of no help...again]
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