Calendar of the Dark Lady


1/8 Midwife's Day (Hecate, the Divine Midwife; Greece, 
Macedonia)

1/20 Grandmother's Day, Baba Den (Bulgaria)

1/29 Moon of Hecate the Crone (Roman)

1/31 IMBOLC EVE; The Ending of the Dark

2/25 Day of Frau Holle/Shrove Tuesday (Germany)

2/27 Time of The Old Woman;2/25-3/4 (Morroco; dangerous 
weather)

2/29 Moon of Hecate (Leap Year)

3/4 Feast of Flowers; The Anthesteria, Hecate/Flora (Greece, 
All Souls Day)

3/19 Hindu New Year for Sitala (India, Kali as Death Goddess)

3/29 Moon of Hecate (Roman)

4/7 Feast of Blajini; Offerings to the Kindly Ones (Rumania;
underworld and water spirits)

4/29 Moon of Hecate Prosymna (Roman)

5/21 Day of the Goddess Devi as Kali and Parvati; Goddess of 
Light and Dark (India)

5/29 Moon of Hecate Prosymna (Roman)

6/6 CAKES FOR ARTEMIS OF THE CROSSROADS (Greece)

6/14 The lesser Quinquatrus of Minerva (Roman; related 
to Medusa as well)

6/17 Day of Eurydice; Goddess of the Underworld (Greece,
equiv.of Persephone)

6/29 Moon of Hecate (Roman)

7/3 Dog Days (Greek? For the Dog Star, Siruis; Hecuba 
period goes from 7/3-8/15)

7/10 DAY OF HOLDE (Germany, Norse, Anglo Saxon; also Hel)

7/14 O-Bon Festival, the Festival of Lanterns (Japan; All 
Soul's Day)

7/15 Chung Yuan, Festival of the Dead (China)

7/18 Birthday of Nepthys, Goddess of Death (Egypt)

7/27 PROCESSION OF THE WITCHES; Diana/Hecate (Belgium)

7/29 Moon of Hecate (Roman)

8/13 CELEBRATION OF HECATE OF THE MOON (Greece, Protection of 
the Harvest)

8/24 OPENING OF THE UNDERWORLD; The Mundus Cereris (Roman)

8/29 Moon of Hecate (Roman)

9/13 Ceremony of Lighting the Fire (Egypt; Nepthys, All Souls 
Day)

9/21 Feast of Divine Life; Maiden, Mother, Crone (Greece; 
Elusinian Mysteries, the 7th day, sports and games)

9/29 Moon of Hecate (Roman)

10/2 Selene's Moon

10/6 Artemis' Moon

10/22 Day of the Willows (Mesopotamia)

10/29 Moon of Hecate (Roman)

10/31-11/2 HALLOWEEN/SAMHAIN/Geisternacht

11/10 Feast of Kali Puji, the Destroyer of Evil(Bengal,
India)

11/16 Deepvali/Diwali; Celebration of Lights and the 
New Year (India; Kali)

11/29 Moon of Hecate (Roman)

11/30 DAY OF HECATE AT THE CROSSROADS (Greece)

12/10 Eskimo December Moon The Goddess Sedna (Eskimo, Sea and 
Underworld Goddess; to appease the souls of 
killed whales)

12/29 Moon of Hecate (Roman)

Source: "The Goddess Book of Days" by Diane Stein
Compiled by Greg Crowfoot. Copyright 1997, Greg Crowfoot