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AEDRINI

Warmth

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quarter First Quarter
March 14, 2008
At zenith at sunset 		full Full Moon
March 21, 2008
Eastern horizon 		quarter Last Quarter
March 29, 2008
At nadir at sunset 		new New Moon
April 6, 2008
Western horizon
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CIAL SAMHRADH - SAMON - SUMMER GEIMHREADH - GIAMMON - WINTER
SAM DUM RIUR ANAG OGR CUT GIAM SEMI EQU ELEM AED CANT

The eleventh month of the Celtic year is the fifth month of the Celtic winter. Etymology reveals it is derived from the Common Celtic *aed-, 'fire': we find the name Aedh 'a flame of fire' in the Irish myth The Fate of the Children of Lir, and the meaning of this spring month's name can be understood as 'the Warmer month' : the Spring. The meaning of this month name is very clear. In Aedrini occurs the vernal equinox, and this month is the complementary month to the autumnal equinox month, Ogronnos, whole name means 'cold'. Again we encounter the Celtic acknowledgement of the solar quarters built into the Beltaine/Samhain division of the year. The spring equinox was noted as the time the sun god came to visit the Land of the Hyperboreans, where he celebrated until the rising of the Pleiades (at Beltaine).


Etymology

Aedh - a flame of fire
EW. Aed
I. Aed
I. aidh, light, fire
I. áith a kiln




MacBain's

"So place the two on either hand, like the love that bound me -
Aedh as close before my face and twine their arms around me"
- The fate of the Children of Lir

This month in the Southern Hemisphere

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



cybersky

503BC: CELTIC DAWN

aedrini dawn 502BC

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 March 502BC, Aedrini.


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