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ELEMBIUOS

The Circuit

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Feb14 Feb15 Feb16 Feb17 Feb18 Feb19 Feb20 Feb21 Feb22 Feb23 Feb24 Feb25 Feb26 Feb27 Feb28
quarter First Quarter
February 14, 2008
At zenith at sunset 		full Full Moon
February 21, 2008
Eastern horizon 		quarter Last Quarter
February 28, 2008
At nadir at sunset 		new New Moon
March 7, 2007
Western horizon
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Feb29 Mar1 Mar2 Mar3 Mar4 Mar5 Mar6 Mar7 Mar8 Mar9 Mar10 Mar11 Mar12 Mar13 noday

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

The tenth month of the Celtic year is the fourth month of the Celtic winter. Etymology suggests it is derived from the proto-Indo-European term *el-n-bh-oi indicating 'stags'. The compound word may possess relationships to hunting (W 'hela'; OI 'selg'): February is the end of the stag hunting season, and hinds are usually pregnant with their next calf. The second particle -em- is found in Early Irish ét, 'herds, riches': *em-tâli-, root em, 'hold'. The 'el' may relate to the Celtic stem 'go', and the term for 'circuit' *imb-el is a reversal of el-emb. In Celtic legend often is made a tour or circuit of the kingdom, such as related in Math ap Mathonwy 'as had been their custom', or as in the tour King Dathi made in the winter months returning to Tara by Beltaine. In the mabinogi of Math, the fate of Gwydion and Gilfaethwy had them return to court three years in succession, having been sent as deer, swine and wolves, each time returning with a young at foot. As the solar cycle approaches the spring equinox, so is its circuit drawing to a close when considering the meaning of earrach as the last season.


Etymology

Indo-E. *el-n-bh-oi 'stags'
W. hela, hunting
OI. selg, hunting
Celt. stem el go
I. imiol a border, limit
E.I imbel, W. ymyl:
*imb-el, circuit
Celtic root em *em-tâli- hold:
ét, 'herds, riches'

MacBain's

"And meantime they came not near the court, but made a circuit of the land: A stag, a hind and a fawn between them"
- The Mabinogi of Math ap Mathonwy, the fate of Gwydion and Gilfaethwy

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 Elembiuos occurs in earliest autumn. As in the Gregorian Calendar, in the Southern Hemisphere all month names retain their Northern attributes. The lunation of Southern Elembiuos may be named 'the Anagantios moon' to express the seasonality of the Celtic calendar. The Southern Celtic Year 2007 explores the southern hemisphere perspective.



cybersky

503BC: CELTIC DAWN

elembiuos 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 February 502BC, Elembious.


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