OGRONNOS - the fifth month

G. Ogronnos eqiv. W. Oer corresp. September: transl. 'Colder'

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First Quarter
September 8, 2008
At zenith at sunset

Full Moon
September 15, 2008
Eastern horizon

Last Quarter
September 22, 2008
At nadir at sunset

New Moon
September 29, 2008
Western horizon

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SAMHRADH - SAMON - SUMMER						GEIMHREADH - GIAMMON - WINTER
SAM	DUM	RIUR	ANAG	OGR	CUT	GIAM	SEMI	EQU	ELEM	AED	CANT

The fifth month of the Celtic year is the fifth month of the Celtic summer. Ogronnos marks the turn of the seasons toward the autumn and the harvest: in Welsh, the season is called cynauaf meaning before winter and is extended to mean the harvest; likewise the autumn in Ireland is termed the before winter, fóghmhar and includes the term gamur the stem of winter, geimhreadh. Ogronnos reflects the autumnal season and includes the autumnal equinox. Its stem *ogro- is the Celtic root of words for 'cold', such as welsh oer and Irish fuar. There is a clear marking of the two equinox months in the Celtic calendar. The companion month six months hence hold the meaning of Warmth (aedrini, aedh ' a flame of fire'), and in these names we find the Celtic expression of the turning points of the seasons, and discover that the inventions of the neo-pagans are both unnecessary and misrepresentations. 'Mabon' has crept in as some sort of term for the autumnal equinox and is singularly inappropriate, since Mabon is born at Beltaine (Gwri, Setanta, etc) and marked at the Lughnasa at his conception nine months earlier on the Celtic calendar. Ogronnos and Aedrini marking respectively the autumnal and vernal equinoxes once again demonstrate that Samon, the first month of the Celtic calendar, begins at cét-Samhin, the opening of Summer.

Etymology

I. fuar - cold EI. uar
W. oer - cold Corn. oir
Celt. stem *ogro- cold
I. fuarálach, chill
I. fuachd OI. uacht, ócht cold
Before Winter:
I. foghar, fóghmhar
EI. fogamur (gamur - winter)
W. cynauaf - cyn + gauaf

MacBain's

"Song is no use - coldest omen - summer's bard is banned
When autumn comes I ask Alas, where is summer?"
- Dafydd ap Gwilym: 'Summer', Mid fourteenth century

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503BC: CELTIC DAWN

In 503BC, the planet Saturn appeared in Taurus marking the start of a Celtic 30 year cycle as described by Plutarch.
Caer Australis presents the hypothesis that this was the first 'Celtic Calendar Year', at the dawn of the La Tène Period.
Shown above (using Cybersky) is the European dawn of September 503BC, Ogronnos, around the autumnal equinox.

In Australia and the Southern Lands the seasons are offset by half a year and so the month of Ogronnos occurs at the spring equinox. As in the Gregorian Calendar, in the Southern Hemisphere all month names retain their Northern attributes. The lunation of Southern Ogronnos may be named 'the Aedrini moon' to express the seasonality of the Celtic calendar. The Southern Celtic Year 2007 explores the southern hemisphere perspective.

The Celtic Calendar - Introductory Sections

Celtic Year 2008
Ciallos | Samon | Duman | Riuros | Anagantios | Ogronnos | Cutios || Giammon | Semiuisonna | Equos | Elembiuos | Aedrini | Cantlos