OGRONNOS
The Colder month
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First QuarterSeptember 19, 2007 At zenith at sunset |
Full MoonSeptember 26, 2007 Eastern horizon |
Last QuarterOctober 4, 2007 At nadir at sunset |
New MoonOctober 10, 2007 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 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
"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
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 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 Anagantios may be named 'the Aedrini moon' to express the seasonality of the Celtic calendar. The Southern Celtic Year 2007 explores the southern hemisphere perspective.
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.
The Celtic Calendar - Introductory Sections
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Ciallos | Samon | Duman | Riuros | Anagantios | Ogronnos | Cutios || Giammon | Semiuisonna | Equos | Elembiuos | Aedrini | Cantlos
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Celtic Year 2007
Introduction Ciallos Samon Duman Riuros Anagantios Ogronnos Cutios Giammon Semiuisonna Equos Elembiuos Aedrini CantlosCeltic Year 2008
Enter Here for 2008Southern Seasons Celtic Calendar 2007 The Southern Seasons Celtic Fire Feasts 2002-2006 Cycle Saturn Return 2002 Samhain is not the Celtic New Year