#wicca Uruguay

[kema-croi]

The Hidden Perils of Light Pollution: Unseen Impact on Wildlife, Health, and Climate

The Often Overlooked Consequences of Light Pollution— A Man-Made Phenomenon Disrupting Our ( Only ) Natural World and Its Beauty

Light pollution is the alteration of outdoor light levels caused by human activity, as compared to naturally occurring levels. Most of us are aware of air, water, and land pollution, but light can also be a pollutant: the increased nocturnal brightness of urban areas, lighting where it’s not needed—such as beaches, forests, etc.

Light pollution interferes with wildlife, impacts human health by disrupting circadian rhythms, wastes energy, contributes to climate change, and obscures our view of the wonderful spectacle of the universe. Light pollution is a contaminating side effect of our capitalist societies, and its manifestations range from excessive illumination of buildings to highlight their symbols and grandeur, to enormous advertising billboards, fireworks, etc. Following responsible lighting practices, passing laws that protect dark skies, and advancing research are ways to mitigate light pollution, and we can agree on this even if we think differently politically.

The infamous Punta Ballena towers project will not be built. This is a clear model of what civil initiatives, environmental activism, and effective dissemination can achieve (the Maldonado wetlands are still a concern, and the racetrack that the mayor wants to build over the Maldonado stream worsens everything). You’ve probably also noticed the proliferation of high-impact lights from private residences illuminating the entire coastal strip.

Following @redprocielosuy IG is something we can all do to show interest, stay informed, and share activities. Sharing their content is a step further, because little grains make the hen fat. This is easy to do and can make a big difference. Follow the Dark Sky initiatives in your country. Thank you.

[kema-croi]

Brujas feministas de Uruguay

"Tú nunca estás simplemente 'pudriéndote'. Estás fermentando, efervesciéndote, cocinándote a fuego lento, burbujeando, macerando. Eres una obra artesanal en proceso. Eres chucrut. Kimchi. Sopa. Tienes muchísimo que ofrecer."

@luhaenten

Wholesome Wednesday Vibes

[the-cosmic-cauldron]

Astrology Observation: ✈️🛫🇺🇸🇻🇳🇬🇧😜🫦💋☀️🥇🧘‍♀️🌳Places You Should Visit, Your Flirt Style, How You’ll Find Success & Spirituality That Resonates Based on Your Rising Sign ✈️🛫🇺🇸🇻🇳🇬🇧😜🫦💋☀️🥇🧘‍♀️🌳

Disclaimer: As always, if it doesn’t apply, let it fly. This was fun to make and I enjoyed being random and combining different themes. Happy December, the last month of 2024 & cheers to the holidays approaching 🎉🎊🥳

Aries Rising:

Places You Should Visit: Finland, Sweden, Switzerland, New Zealand, Japan, Canada, Costa Rica, Chile.

Flirt Style: Direct and clear, flirty teasing, compliments, showing off, taking intiative.

How You’ll Find Success: When you understand that your life is not meant for settling, you are the embodiment of constant refinement. If you succumb to pressure and don’t move at your own pace, you risk failure. For you, life is about finding pleasure and enjoyment in every moment.

Spirituality: Advaita Vedanta, Mystical Christianity, Kabbalah, Taoism, Shamanism, Buddhism, New Age Spirituality Animism, Theosophy, Pagnanism and Wicca, Indigenous Spiritualities

Taurus Rising:

Places To Visit: Traveling across the United States, Germany, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, Canada, Australia, UAE

Flirt Style: Subtle signals, listening, patient flirts, intentional compliments, subtle affirmations, quality time.

How You’ll Find Success: You are such an intellectually sound person who has the ability to change your trajectory at the drop of a hat. If you do not continue to explore your mental complexity and versatility, you will feel stuck. Explore all of your options; you are meant to expand, not limit yourself. Fill your cup up with all your wonderful ideas.

Spirituality: Stoicism, Confucianism, Bhagavad Gita, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Paganism, Theosophy, New Age Spirituality, Indigenous Spirituality

Gemini Rising:

Places To Visit: Iceland, Finland, Netherlands, Sweden, Singapore, Switzerland, Canada, Uruguay, New Zealand.

Flirt Style: Open body language, sweet gestures, humorous, openly sharing, story telling, romantic gestures, casual and flexible.

How You’ll Find Success: Life for you is an intimate experience; the more intimacy you allow into your life, the more connected you will feel to all that is, which will spur much creativity to go after what you want. With support from the right sources, you’ll find that you are ready to kick-start your way to becoming a boss.

Spirituality: Buddhism, Taoism, Shintoism, Sufism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Christianity, Islam, Judaism.

Cancer Rising:

Places To Visit: Italy, France, Ireland, Switzerland, Japan, New Zealand, Greece, Indonesia, Turkey.

Flirt Style: Intense eye contact, calm demeanor, indirect comments, giving hints, subtle touches, deep conversations, giving full attention, engaging in shared interests.

How You’ll Find Success: When you embrace your playful side and allow life to be a mix of a hilarious comedy and a romantic film, you will find success. Instead of pigeonholing yourself to the mundane, express the most beautiful expressions of your mind and heart. When you’re supported by those who admire you and validate you, you will win! When your life is focused more on positivity and adventure, you will thrive!

Spirituality: Humanism, Unitarian Universalism, Rationalist Spirituality, Buddhism, Sufism, Modern Paganism.

Leo Rising:

Places To Visit: Major cities in the USA, Mexico, Spain, Switzerland, Iceland, UAE, Thailand, Japan, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Morocco

Flirt Style: Adventurous and spontaneous, playful teasing, asking questions, animated body language, chill, very open, smiles a lot and expressive eyes, playful touching.

How You’ll Find Success: You have to be very clear and intentional about your goals. But you must find routines that work for you—your routine is everything. This includes your health, your presentation, how much you know, and how well you execute tasks. Carefully crafting these aspects helps create a successful person. Neatness, learning to communicate, and being a self-learner—constantly looking for ways to improve—are key to creating success.

Spirituality: Hinduism, Confucianism, Judaism, Shinto, Catholic, Islam, Wicca and Paganism, Tibetan Buddhism, Yoruba Religion, Ingenious Spiritualities

Virgo Rising:

Places To Visit: France, Italy, Switzerland, Greece, Portugal, Japan, Thailand, Bali, Vietnam, traveling across USA, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, New Zealand, Australia

Flirt Style: Cautious, straightforward and intentional, talking about their goals and standards, dressing up, emotionally distant, controlled body language, calm confidence, subtle tease.

How You’ll Find Success: The key for you is to put yourself out there. Once you start hanging around different people and having a great time doing it, you’ll find what really suits you and meet important people in your journey. Falling in love can also help give you purpose and drive. When you find more balance in your personality and life and can feel less driven towards hyperfixation, you will succeed.

Spirituality: Prosperity Gospel, New Thought Movement, Law of Attraction, Hinduism, Sufism, Yoruba, Taoism, Paganism, Buddhism, Kabbalah, Shamanism, Jainism

Libra Rising:

Places To Visit: Traveling throughout the USA, Japan, Germany, Singapore, Sweden, Canada, South Korea, Netherlands, UK, India, Finland, Israel

Flirt Style: Subtle and chill, quirky sense of humor, thoughtful and shares, mystery, hard to get energy, conversational, witty banter, talking about ideas, friendly debates, unique way of complimenting or gifting

How You’ll Find Success: To find success, you need to gain a very acute and keen focus and dedicate yourself to your passion—complete dedication for years and years. This starts with a need to experience change: change where you live, change your appearance. But overall, overcome your shadow side, embrace your darker elements, heal, and get deeply introspective. Through healing and becoming extremely focused and dedicated, you will reach success. Don’t let the past define you.

Spirituality: Buddhism, Jainism, Shinto, Taoism, Ayurveda, Zoroastrianism, Sufism, Christian Mysticism, Sikhism, Hygee, Stoicism, Native Spiritualities

Scorpio Rising:

Places To Visit: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, travel around the USA, Netherlands, Japan, Italy.

Flirt Style: Expressive through art forms, soft spoken, kind gestures, gentle touch, genuine interactions, calm and serene, understanding and patient.

How You’ll Find Success : To succeed, you have to allow yourself to think outside of the box and give yourself freedom. You need something that allows you to spread your wings and enjoy. Traveling will help you find success, as will moving your body, doing different things, and being explorative. Don’t limit yourself and stay positive—shaping your thoughts positively will help a lot, as well as surrounding yourself with different people, as they will bless you with a lot of support to gain success. Lastly, being authentic is a great way to ensure success.

Spirituality: Taoism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sufism, New Age Spirituality, Progressive Christianity, Animism, Paganism, Humanism, Zen Spirituality.

Sagittarius Rising:

Places To Visit: Traveling around the USA, Spain, Brazil, UAE, Japan, France, Australia, South Africa, Netherlands, Hungary, Portugal, Argentina.

Flirty Style: Initiates conversations, expressive body language, playful and lively, uses compliments and verbal affirmations, playful teasing, direct, confident, engaged, positive vibes, animated.

How You’ll Find Success: The focus here has to be on patience. The key is to be patient so that when you take action, it’s not about instant gratification but about the long gain. Quality over quantity. Look towards what’s going to be lasting. Be discerning about who you let into your life, have discipline with what you do, be ambitious and go full throttle. Get deep into what you want out of life and be loyal to your goals. Grow thick skin and be resilient to any challenges by believing in yourself the most. Watch what you do because you have great positive karma—if you wield it well.

Spirituality: Gnosticism, Taoism, Mysticism, Occultism, Shamanism, Buddhism, Neopaganism, Sufism.

Capricorn Rising:

Places To Visit: Switzerland, Japan, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, New Zealand, Canada, Australia, Netherlands.

Flirt Style: Touchy feely, eye contact, enjoying quality time, bonding over shared activities, consistency, building a foundation, being present, slow and steady.

How You’ll Find Success: Invest in your grand ideas; you have just the right amount of ambition and pragmatism to execute them. Don’t ever feel like you’re the odd one out because your brain is your asset, and it will carry you far. So, allow your vivid mind to be seen. Don’t be afraid because you can make predictions about the future without even knowing how—your intuition will lead you far if you don’t suppress it. Friends are important for your success, as well as being involved in life. Be hands-on, get out there, speak your truth, and share your voice. Show up, socialize, and share your message. A lot of people will be invested in you—don’t back out. Go far and accept the odd and eccentric parts of yourself. Don’t be afraid of giving because you will be blessed tenfold in return.

Spirituality: Taoism, Sufism, Buddhism, Humanism, New Age Spirituality, Paganism, Existentialism.

Aquarius Rising:

Places To Visit: France, Italy, Spain, Greece, around the USA, Australia, Switzerland, Canada, UK, Portugal, Thailand, New Zealand, Japan

Flirt Style: Quick witted, sharing knowledge, switching topics, funny jokes, teasing, switching up moods, constantly desiring stimulation or intrigue, intellectual conversations.

How You’ll Find Success: Look at your emotions and pay attention to them—they have such an impact. Don’t just abandon your feelings or retreat into hermit mode when you experience them; explore the reasons behind the feelings, do art, dance, and allow yourself to think of and imagine the endless possibilities available to you! Embrace your pure heart and connect with people who are calm, artistic, and chill—they will help you pour more into your essence and guide you towards your imagination. In your imagination lies the key to your success. Focus on your dreams, your intuition, those moments you can’t explain, and connect to your ancestors. Truly dive deep into the other world and heal your soul. Connect and find a genuine, loving group of people who will continue to create art, come up with endless imaginative ideas, and nurture you without judgment. This is where you flourish.

Spirituality: Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Taoism, Mormonism, Sikhism, African Religions.

Pisces Rising:

Places To Visit: Italy, France, UK, Greece, Turkey, Egypt, Japan, Czech Republic, Russia, India, Peru, Sweden, Mexico, Ireland

Flirt Style: Openly and thoughtfully express feelings, take their time to open up, slow and steady, kind and considerate, moody and can be expressive and then introspective, meaningful conversations.

How You’ll Find Success: Embrace your passions, as they fuel you to take action. Without engaging in things you truly love, you risk stagnation. Allow your passions to move you and get hands-on. Don’t feel forced into a box; allow your passions to change and to shift focus. The bottom line is to go after what ignites a fire in you and what brings peace to your inner child. Take action and don’t hesitate—you have the universe on your side when you make bold decisions. Learn to communicate clearly and don’t be afraid to work on your many ideas and fantasies alone! You shine brightly on your own, and people will be intrigued by you. Hang around people with dynamic, passionate, and assertive energy—they will help you significantly and allow you to take the reins yourself.

Spirituality: Humanism, Paganism, Unitarian Universalism, Sufism, Spiritual Humanism, Buddhism, Daoism, New Age Spirituality, New Thought Movement, Feminist Spirituality.

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 1.23

Holidays

Archery Day

Asian Corpsetwt Day [Every 23rd]

Birthday of the Grand Duchess (Luxembourg)

Bounty Day (Pitcairn Island)

BPDCN (Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm) Awareness Day

Cold, Cold, Cold Day

Django Day

Ed Roberts Day (California)

Fundación del Estado Plurinacional Holiday (Bolivia)

Grandmother's Day (Bulgaria)

International Integrative Health Day

Maternal Health Awareness Day (New Jersey)

Measure Your Feet Day

National Freedom Day

National Handwriting Day

National King Day

National Musician Day (Día Nal. del Músico; Argentina)

National Reading Day

National Report Pharmaceutical Fraud Day

National School Nurse Day

National Security Technician Day

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's Jayanti (Parts of India)

One-Tooth Rhee Landing Day

Paul Pitcher Day (Cornwall)

Ranked Choice Voting Day

Snowdrop Day (French Republic)

Snowplow Mailbox Hockey Day

Tiananmen Square Day

20th Amendment Day (US)

25th Amendment Day (US)

Wakakusa Yamayaki (Grass Burning; Japan)

Women in Medicine Day

World Endangered Writing Day

World Freedom Day (South Korea, Taiwan)

Food & Drink Celebrations

International Sticky Toffee Pudding Day

National Pie Day

National Rhubarb Day

Rhubarb Pie Day

Nature Celebrations

Bullsrub Day (Obedience; Korean Birth Flowers)

Independence, Flag & Related Days

Foundation Day (Lichtenstein)

Kingdom of Abrus (Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]

Poland (2nd Partition by Russia & Prussia; 1793)

New Year’s Days

Gann-Hgal (Zeliangrong People’s New Year’s Festival; Parts of India)

4th Thursday in January

Clashing Clothes Day [4th Thursday]

National Cheat Day [4th Thursday]

Thinking Thursday [4th Thursday of Each Month]

Thirsty Thursday [Every Thursday]

Three for Thursday [Every Thursday]

Thrift Store Thursday [Every Thursday]

Throwback Thursday [Every Thursday]

Thuringer Thursday [4th Thursday of Each Month]

Weekly Holidays beginning January 23 (3rd Full Week of January)

Mozart Week (Salzburg, Austria) [thru 2.2]

Festivals Beginning January 23, 2025

Cairo International Book Fair (Cairo, Egypt) [thru 2.5]

Grand Lighthouse Bad Gastein (Bad Gastein, Austria) [thru 1.26]

GrassWorks Grazing Conference (Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin) [thru 1.25]

The Great Northern (Minneapolis & St. Paul, Minnesota) [thru 2.2]

Montevideo Carnival (Montevideo, Uruguay) [thru 3.8]

OAK Conference (Frankfort, Kentucky) [thru 1.25]

Organic Vegetable Production Conference (Madison, Wisconsin) [thru 2.1]

Rolex 24 at Daytona (Daytona, Florida) [thru 1.26]

Saint Paul Winter Carnival (St. Paul, Minnesota) [thru 2.2]

Sundance Film Festival (Park CIty, Utah) [thru 2.2]

Sun Wine & Food Fest (Uncasville, Connecticut) [thru 1.26]

Feast Days

Abakuh (Egyptian Christian; Martyr)

Agathangelus (Christian; Martyr)

Asclas (Christian; Martyr)

Banba (a.k.a. Banbha; Matron Goddess of Ireland; Celtic Book of Days)

Bernard of Vienne (Christian; Saint)

Betrothal of Mary and Joseph (Christian)

Bruma VII (Pagan)

Chantecler, by Edmond Rostand (Play; 1911)

Clement of Ancyra (Christian; Martyr)

Cunning Linguine Day (a.k.a. Get Your Tongue Round Some Linguine Day; Pastafarian)

Day of Hathor (Ancient Egypt; Everyday Wicca)

Day of Hathor (Egyptian Goddess of Drunkenness)

Emerentiana (Christian; Virgin)

Espousals of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Christian)

Eusebius (Christian; Saint)

The Great God Brown, by Eugene O’Neill (Play; 1926)

Ildefonsus of Toledo (Christian; Saint)

John the Almsgiver (Christian; Saint)

Knot Magic Day (Cornwall; Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Leon Golub (Artology)

Lufthildis (Christian; Virgin)

Maimbod (Christian; Martyr)

Marianne of Molokai (Christian; Blessed)

The Peasants (Muppetism)

Phillips Brooks (Episcopal Church (USA))

Ragwort Dance (Pixies Only; Shamanism)

Raymund of Pennafort (a.k.a. Rayman;  Christian; Confessor) [Original Date]

Samuel (Positivist; Saint)

Sergei Eisenstein (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Lunar Calendar Holidays

Chinese: Month 12 (Ding-Chou), Day 24 (Ren-Chen)

Day Pillar: Water Dragon

12-Day Officers/12 Gods: Balance Day (平 Ping) [Inauspicious]

Holidays:

None Today

Secular Saints Days

Jean-Michel Atlan (Art)

Belkis Ayón (Art)

Georg Baselitz (Art)

Gary Burton (Music)

Abraham Diepraam (Art)

Sergei Eisenstein (Entertainment)

Leon Golub (Art)

John Hancock (Politics)

Ernie Kovacs (Entertainment)

Jerry Kramer (Sports)

Édouard Manet (Art)

Walter M. Miller Jr. (Literature)

Charlie Papazian (Beer)

Dhango Reinhardt (Music)

Standahl (Literature)

Fred Wah (Literature)

Derek Walcott (Literature)

Fred Williams (Art)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Prime Number Day: 23 [9 of 72]

Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]

Premieres

The A-Team (TV Series; 2003)

Barney Miller (TV Series; 1975)

Batman: Gotham by Gaslight (WB Animated Film; 2018)

The Blair Witch Project (Film; 1999)

Boys For Pele, by Tori Amos (Album; 1996)

Bushfire Fairytales, by Jack Johnson (Album; 2001)

The Butterfly Effect (Film; 2004)

Casablanca (Film; 1943)

Dave the Barbarian (Animated TV Series; 2004)

The Donny & Marie Show (TV Series; 1976)

Dragonwyck, by Anya Seton (Novel; 1944)

Fear on the Pier or What’s Up, Duck? (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S3, Ep. 145; 1962)

Fire-Fire (Flip the Frog MGM Cartoon; 1932)

Goodbye Cream, by Cream (Album; 1969)

Happy Circus Days (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1942)

The Herring Murder Mystery (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1944)

I Left My Heart in San Francisco, recorded by Tony Bennett (Song; 1962)

I’m Just a Jitterbug (Baby-Face Mouse Cartoon; 1939)

Inkheart (Film; 2008)

Jamaica Inn, by Daphne du Maurier (Novel; 1936)

Katherine, by Anya Seton (Historical Novel; 1954)

Lady in the Lake (Film; 1947)

Material Girl, by Madonna (Song; 1985)

Mythbusters (TV Series; 2003)

Neck ’n’ Neck (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1928)

The New Spirit (Disney Cartoon; 1942)

Our Friend the Atom (Animated DIsnet TV Cartoon; 1957)

Puppy Tale (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1954)

Roots (TV Mini-Series; 1977)

Skeleton Frolics (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1937)

Spice World (Film; 1998)

Star Trek: Picard (TV Series; 2020)

Station to Station, by David Bowie (Album; 1976)

Strange Magic (Animated Film; 2015)

Suspicious Minds, recorded by Elvis Presley (Song; 1969)

They’re Off (Disney Cartoon; 1948)

TNT For Two or Fright Cargo (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S3, Ep. 146; 1962)

Trust, by Elvis Costello (Album; 1981)

The Way You Do the Things You Do, by The Temptations (Song; 1964)

West of the Pesos (WB LT Cartoon; 1960)

The Witch of Pickyoon, Parts 1 & 2 (Underdog Cartoon, S1, Eps. 33 & 34 1965)

Today’s Name Days

Hartmut, Heinrich, Nikolaus (Austria)

Ema, Emercijana, Vjera (Croatia)

Zdeněk (Czech Republic)

Emerentius (Denmark)

Räni, Reeno, Rene (Estonia)

Eine, Eini, Enna, Enni (Finland)

Banard (France)

Esmerentia, Guido, Hartmut (Germany)

Agathangelos, Dionisis (Greece)

Rajmund, Zelma (Hungary)

Armando, Emerenziana, Ramona (Italy)

Grieta, Ortrude, Rieta (Latvia)

Algimantas, Gailigedas, Gunda, Raimundas (Lithuania)

Emil, Emilie, Emma (Norway)

Emerencja, Ildefons, Jan, Klemens, Maria, Rajmund, Rajmunda, Wrócisława (Poland)

Clement, Paulin (Romania)

Miloš (Slovakia)

Ildefonso (Spain)

Frej, Freja (Sweden)

Clem, Clement, Clementine, Ksenia, Oksana (Ukraine)

Emerald, Esmeralda, Rachael, Rachel, Rachelle, Rae, Ramon, Ramona, Raquel, Ray, Raymond, Raymundo (USA)

National Name Days:

National Aiden Day

National Fay Day

National Pedro Day

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 23 of 2025; 342 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 4 of Week 4 of 2025

Celtic Tree Calendar:

Druid Tree Calendar: Elm (Jan 12-24) [Day 12 of 13]

Graves Calendar: Luis (Rowan) [Day 3 of 28]

Chinese: Month 12 (Ding-Chou), Day 24 (Ren-Chen)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Coptic: 15 Tubah 1741

Hebrew: 23 Teveth 5785

Islamic: 23 Rajab 1446

J Cal: 23 White; Twosday [23 of 30]

Julian: 10 January 2025

Moon: 33%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 23 Moses (1st Month) [Samuel]

Runic Half Month: Elhaz (Elk) [Day 2 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 34 of 90)

Week: 3rd Full Week of January

Zodiac:

Tropical (Typical) Zodiac: Aquarius (Day 4 of 30)

Sidereal Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 9 of 29)

Schmidt Zodiac: Sagittarius (Day 23 of 25)

IAU Boundaries (Current) Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 4 of 28)

IAU Boundaries (1977) Zodiac: Capricornus (Day 5 of 28)

[brookston]

Holidays 1.23

Holidays

Archery Day

Asian Corpsetwt Day [Every 23rd]

Birthday of the Grand Duchess (Luxembourg)

Bounty Day (Pitcairn Island)

BPDCN (Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm) Awareness Day

Cold, Cold, Cold Day

Django Day

Ed Roberts Day (California)

Fundación del Estado Plurinacional Holiday (Bolivia)

Grandmother's Day (Bulgaria)

International Integrative Health Day

Maternal Health Awareness Day (New Jersey)

Measure Your Feet Day

National Freedom Day

National Handwriting Day

National King Day

National Musician Day (Día Nal. del Músico; Argentina)

National Reading Day

National Report Pharmaceutical Fraud Day

National School Nurse Day

National Security Technician Day

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's Jayanti (Parts of India)

One-Tooth Rhee Landing Day

Paul Pitcher Day (Cornwall)

Ranked Choice Voting Day

Snowdrop Day (French Republic)

Snowplow Mailbox Hockey Day

Tiananmen Square Day

20th Amendment Day (US)

25th Amendment Day (US)

Wakakusa Yamayaki (Grass Burning; Japan)

Women in Medicine Day

World Endangered Writing Day

World Freedom Day (South Korea, Taiwan)

Food & Drink Celebrations

International Sticky Toffee Pudding Day

National Pie Day

National Rhubarb Day

Rhubarb Pie Day

Nature Celebrations

Bullsrub Day (Obedience; Korean Birth Flowers)

Independence, Flag & Related Days

Foundation Day (Lichtenstein)

Kingdom of Abrus (Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]

Poland (2nd Partition by Russia & Prussia; 1793)

New Year’s Days

Gann-Hgal (Zeliangrong People’s New Year’s Festival; Parts of India)

4th Thursday in January

Clashing Clothes Day [4th Thursday]

National Cheat Day [4th Thursday]

Thinking Thursday [4th Thursday of Each Month]

Thirsty Thursday [Every Thursday]

Three for Thursday [Every Thursday]

Thrift Store Thursday [Every Thursday]

Throwback Thursday [Every Thursday]

Thuringer Thursday [4th Thursday of Each Month]

Weekly Holidays beginning January 23 (3rd Full Week of January)

Mozart Week (Salzburg, Austria) [thru 2.2]

Festivals Beginning January 23, 2025

Cairo International Book Fair (Cairo, Egypt) [thru 2.5]

Grand Lighthouse Bad Gastein (Bad Gastein, Austria) [thru 1.26]

GrassWorks Grazing Conference (Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin) [thru 1.25]

The Great Northern (Minneapolis & St. Paul, Minnesota) [thru 2.2]

Montevideo Carnival (Montevideo, Uruguay) [thru 3.8]

OAK Conference (Frankfort, Kentucky) [thru 1.25]

Organic Vegetable Production Conference (Madison, Wisconsin) [thru 2.1]

Rolex 24 at Daytona (Daytona, Florida) [thru 1.26]

Saint Paul Winter Carnival (St. Paul, Minnesota) [thru 2.2]

Sundance Film Festival (Park CIty, Utah) [thru 2.2]

Sun Wine & Food Fest (Uncasville, Connecticut) [thru 1.26]

Feast Days

Abakuh (Egyptian Christian; Martyr)

Agathangelus (Christian; Martyr)

Asclas (Christian; Martyr)

Banba (a.k.a. Banbha; Matron Goddess of Ireland; Celtic Book of Days)

Bernard of Vienne (Christian; Saint)

Betrothal of Mary and Joseph (Christian)

Bruma VII (Pagan)

Chantecler, by Edmond Rostand (Play; 1911)

Clement of Ancyra (Christian; Martyr)

Cunning Linguine Day (a.k.a. Get Your Tongue Round Some Linguine Day; Pastafarian)

Day of Hathor (Ancient Egypt; Everyday Wicca)

Day of Hathor (Egyptian Goddess of Drunkenness)

Emerentiana (Christian; Virgin)

Espousals of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Christian)

Eusebius (Christian; Saint)

The Great God Brown, by Eugene O’Neill (Play; 1926)

Ildefonsus of Toledo (Christian; Saint)

John the Almsgiver (Christian; Saint)

Knot Magic Day (Cornwall; Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Leon Golub (Artology)

Lufthildis (Christian; Virgin)

Maimbod (Christian; Martyr)

Marianne of Molokai (Christian; Blessed)

The Peasants (Muppetism)

Phillips Brooks (Episcopal Church (USA))

Ragwort Dance (Pixies Only; Shamanism)

Raymund of Pennafort (a.k.a. Rayman;  Christian; Confessor) [Original Date]

Samuel (Positivist; Saint)

Sergei Eisenstein (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Lunar Calendar Holidays

Chinese: Month 12 (Ding-Chou), Day 24 (Ren-Chen)

Day Pillar: Water Dragon

12-Day Officers/12 Gods: Balance Day (平 Ping) [Inauspicious]

Holidays:

None Today

Secular Saints Days

Jean-Michel Atlan (Art)

Belkis Ayón (Art)

Georg Baselitz (Art)

Gary Burton (Music)

Abraham Diepraam (Art)

Sergei Eisenstein (Entertainment)

Leon Golub (Art)

John Hancock (Politics)

Ernie Kovacs (Entertainment)

Jerry Kramer (Sports)

Édouard Manet (Art)

Walter M. Miller Jr. (Literature)

Charlie Papazian (Beer)

Dhango Reinhardt (Music)

Standahl (Literature)

Fred Wah (Literature)

Derek Walcott (Literature)

Fred Williams (Art)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Prime Number Day: 23 [9 of 72]

Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]

Premieres

The A-Team (TV Series; 2003)

Barney Miller (TV Series; 1975)

Batman: Gotham by Gaslight (WB Animated Film; 2018)

The Blair Witch Project (Film; 1999)

Boys For Pele, by Tori Amos (Album; 1996)

Bushfire Fairytales, by Jack Johnson (Album; 2001)

The Butterfly Effect (Film; 2004)

Casablanca (Film; 1943)

Dave the Barbarian (Animated TV Series; 2004)

The Donny & Marie Show (TV Series; 1976)

Dragonwyck, by Anya Seton (Novel; 1944)

Fear on the Pier or What’s Up, Duck? (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S3, Ep. 145; 1962)

Fire-Fire (Flip the Frog MGM Cartoon; 1932)

Goodbye Cream, by Cream (Album; 1969)

Happy Circus Days (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1942)

The Herring Murder Mystery (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1944)

I Left My Heart in San Francisco, recorded by Tony Bennett (Song; 1962)

I’m Just a Jitterbug (Baby-Face Mouse Cartoon; 1939)

Inkheart (Film; 2008)

Jamaica Inn, by Daphne du Maurier (Novel; 1936)

Katherine, by Anya Seton (Historical Novel; 1954)

Lady in the Lake (Film; 1947)

Material Girl, by Madonna (Song; 1985)

Mythbusters (TV Series; 2003)

Neck ’n’ Neck (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1928)

The New Spirit (Disney Cartoon; 1942)

Our Friend the Atom (Animated DIsnet TV Cartoon; 1957)

Puppy Tale (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1954)

Roots (TV Mini-Series; 1977)

Skeleton Frolics (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1937)

Spice World (Film; 1998)

Star Trek: Picard (TV Series; 2020)

Station to Station, by David Bowie (Album; 1976)

Strange Magic (Animated Film; 2015)

Suspicious Minds, recorded by Elvis Presley (Song; 1969)

They’re Off (Disney Cartoon; 1948)

TNT For Two or Fright Cargo (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S3, Ep. 146; 1962)

Trust, by Elvis Costello (Album; 1981)

The Way You Do the Things You Do, by The Temptations (Song; 1964)

West of the Pesos (WB LT Cartoon; 1960)

The Witch of Pickyoon, Parts 1 & 2 (Underdog Cartoon, S1, Eps. 33 & 34 1965)

Today’s Name Days

Hartmut, Heinrich, Nikolaus (Austria)

Ema, Emercijana, Vjera (Croatia)

Zdeněk (Czech Republic)

Emerentius (Denmark)

Räni, Reeno, Rene (Estonia)

Eine, Eini, Enna, Enni (Finland)

Banard (France)

Esmerentia, Guido, Hartmut (Germany)

Agathangelos, Dionisis (Greece)

Rajmund, Zelma (Hungary)

Armando, Emerenziana, Ramona (Italy)

Grieta, Ortrude, Rieta (Latvia)

Algimantas, Gailigedas, Gunda, Raimundas (Lithuania)

Emil, Emilie, Emma (Norway)

Emerencja, Ildefons, Jan, Klemens, Maria, Rajmund, Rajmunda, Wrócisława (Poland)

Clement, Paulin (Romania)

Miloš (Slovakia)

Ildefonso (Spain)

Frej, Freja (Sweden)

Clem, Clement, Clementine, Ksenia, Oksana (Ukraine)

Emerald, Esmeralda, Rachael, Rachel, Rachelle, Rae, Ramon, Ramona, Raquel, Ray, Raymond, Raymundo (USA)

National Name Days:

National Aiden Day

National Fay Day

National Pedro Day

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 23 of 2025; 342 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 4 of Week 4 of 2025

Celtic Tree Calendar:

Druid Tree Calendar: Elm (Jan 12-24) [Day 12 of 13]

Graves Calendar: Luis (Rowan) [Day 3 of 28]

Chinese: Month 12 (Ding-Chou), Day 24 (Ren-Chen)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Coptic: 15 Tubah 1741

Hebrew: 23 Teveth 5785

Islamic: 23 Rajab 1446

J Cal: 23 White; Twosday [23 of 30]

Julian: 10 January 2025

Moon: 33%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 23 Moses (1st Month) [Samuel]

Runic Half Month: Elhaz (Elk) [Day 2 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 34 of 90)

Week: 3rd Full Week of January

Zodiac:

Tropical (Typical) Zodiac: Aquarius (Day 4 of 30)

Sidereal Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 9 of 29)

Schmidt Zodiac: Sagittarius (Day 23 of 25)

IAU Boundaries (Current) Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 4 of 28)

IAU Boundaries (1977) Zodiac: Capricornus (Day 5 of 28)

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Human beings can only function correctly if we follow stages and cycles. This is primarily due to our evolutionary synchronization with astronomical cycles, the climate of our geography, and the seasons. In addition to this evolutionary condition, our activities are regulated by calendars and clocks.

In ancient times, we measured cycles by the apparent movement of the Sun, the Moon, and other celestial bodies, as well as by agricultural, fishing, and gathering activities. Although it may seem incredible, this synchronization with natural cycles remains ingrained in our DNA, as modern life represents only a minuscule span in evolutionary terms. With this in mind, modern pagans strive to align with these cycles because, beyond our beliefs, we live healthier lives both physically and psychologically by doing so.

Moreover, there is an additional reason: this connection with the Cosmos intuitively leads us to the certainty that everything has its moment of ending and renewal. We have numerous observations and direct and indirect experiences of the death of the obsolete and its subsequent rebirth, filled with new possibilities. This archetype of death and resurrection is present in all human societies and is no less symbolically important or psychologically powerful because New Year is a secular celebration ( the same archetype is reflected in birthdays, wedding anniversaries, etc.).

Therefore, it is not at all absurd to renew our wishes at the beginning of a new year. One must be very disillusioned with life and its possibilities to be against or mock hope. As a pagan, my only advice is that we seek a balance between our desires and circumstances and, in the restlessness that the new year brings, discern which aspirations are worth fighting for. Small steps are the foundation of everything: the primal fire, the energy of life, burning everything to recreate itself until the end of time.

( still miss you, dad)

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Holidays 12.8

Holidays

Astraea Asteroid Day

Battle Day (Falkland Islands)

Be Someone's Pillow While You Watch TV Night

Bodhi Day (Buddhism; Secular Date)

CARICOM-Cuba Day

Charity Day (Ukraine)

Colorism Awareness Day

COVID-19 Origin Day

Day of Finnish Music (Finland)

Day of Loyalty & Love for Hugo Chavez (Venezuela)

Day of Radio and Television Workers (Kyrgyzstan)

Human Rights and Peace Day (Kiribati)

International Artist’s Day

Ivy Day (French Republic)

Kliment Ohirdski (Macedonia)

Mother’s Day (Panama)

National Bad Hair Day

National Blue Collar Day

National Christmas Tree Day

National Crossword Solvers Day

National Dave Day

National Donair Day (Canada)

National Family Day Darn It

National Health Savings Account Day

National Simon Day

National Students’ Day (Bulgaria)

National Tree Planting Day (Malawi)

National White People Take BLM Out of Your Profile Day

National Youth Day (Albania)

Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ Day (Ethiopia)

Nicki Minaj Day

Night of the Lizard King

Panama Beach Day (Uruguay)

Pansexual Pride Day

Popeye Day

Pretend To Be A Time Traveler Day

St. Kliment Ohridski Day (Macedonia)

Studrntski Praznik (Students’ Day; Bulgaria)

Take It In the Ear Day

Virgin of Caacupé Day (Paraguay)

Winter Flowers Day

World Climate Day

World Indica Day

World TAPS Awareness Day

World VFX Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Lemon Squeezer Day

National Bartender Day

National Chocolate Brownie Day (a.k.a. Brownie Day)

National Concha Day (Mexico)

National Lard Day

Portland Holiday Brew Fest

Independence & Related Days

Constitution Day (Romania; Saipan; Uzbekistan)

H.E.R. (Humanitarian Empire and Realm; Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]

Taguig City Charter Day (Philippines)

2nd Sunday in December

International Children’s Day [2nd Sunday]

Jashan-e Sadeh (a.k.a. Adar-Jashen; Zoroastrian/Parsi)

Lager Beer Week begins [Sunday of 2nd full week]

National Children’s Memorial Day [2nd Sunday]

Sandwich Sunday [2nd Sunday of Each Month]

Seven For Sunday [Every Sunday]

Sleepy Sunday [2nd Sunday of Each Month]

Sundae Sunday [Every Sunday]

Sunday Funday [Every Sunday]

Survey Sunday [2nd Sunday of Each Month]

2nd Sunday in Advent [3rd Sunday before Xmas] (a.k.a. ... 

Advent Sunday

Love Sunday

Transfiguration Sunday

Waiting Sunday

World Choral Day [2nd Sunday]

Worldwide Candle Lighting Day (7 PM) [2nd Sunday]

Weekly Holidays beginning December 8 (2nd Full Week of December)

Computer Science Education Week (thru 12.14) [Week including 12.9]

Lager Beer Week (thru 12.14) [2nd Week]

Festivals Beginning December 8, 2024

British Independent Film Awards (London, United Kingdom)

Good Things Brisbane (Brisbane, Australia)

Heritage Fire (Charleston, South Carolina)

Mill Valley WinterFest (Mill Valley, California)

Feast Days

Adolph Menzel (Artology)

Afflux (Discordian)

Albert Gleizes (Artology)

Amaterasu Day (Goddess of the Sun; Shinto; Japan; Everyday Wicca)

Aristide Maillol (Artology)

Army Day (Spain)

Astraea's Day (Greek Goddess of Justice)

Bill Bryson (Writerism)

Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (Writerism)

Bodhi Day (a.k.a. Secular Bodhi; Buddhism) (Lunar Bodhi: 8th Day, 12th Moon)

Bodhi Season, Day 8 (Buddhism; Secular Date) [Leading Up to 12.8] (a.k.a. ... 

Principles: Enso

Secular: Bodhi Day Eve

Eightfold Path: Awakened Mindfulness and Concentration

The Heart Sutra: Kintsugi (Golden Repair)

Budoc (Beuzec) of Dol (Christian; Saint)

Camille Claudel (Artology)

Chesty Puller Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Clement of Ohrid (Julian Calendar)

Day of Tiberinus (Pagan)

Diego Rivera (Artology)

E. C. Segar (Artology)

Eucharius (Christian; Saint)

Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Christian) [a.k.a. ... 

Blessing of the Water Day (Uruguay)

Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Anglican Communion)

Dia de las Playas (Day of the Beaches or Family Day; Uruguay)

Festa da Conceição da Praia, celebrating Yemanjá, Queen of the Ocean in Umbanda (Salvador, Bahia)

Festival of Lights (Lyon)

Immaculate Conception Day (Christian Nations)

Mother's Day (Panama)

Our Lady of Camarin Day (Guam)

Festival of Neith (Ancient Egypt)

Festival of Tiberinus (Ancient Rome)

Festa da Conceição da Praia (celebrating Yemanjá, Queen of the Ocean; Brazil)

Fiber Projects Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Garlic Bread Day (Pastafarian)

Hanukkah Day #1 (Judaism) [thru Dec. 15th]

Hari-Kuyō (Shinto Festival of Broken Needles; Japan)

James Thurber (Artology; Writerism)

John Banville (Writerism)

Kliment Ohridski (Christian; Saint ) [Malta]

Louis de Bernières (Writerism)

Lucien Freud (Artology)

Marian Kamalen (Christian; Saint) [Guam]

Patapios of Thebes (Christian; Saint)

Pope Eutychian (Christian; Saint)

Richard Baxter (US Episcopal Church)

Rohatsu (Bodhi; Buddhism)

Romaric (a..k.a. Romanic; Christian; Saint)

17 Triads Day (Celtic Book of Days)

The Six Dwarves (Muppetism)

Virgin of Caacupé Day (Paraguay)

Volta (Positivist; Saint)

Wifredo Lam (Artology)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Lucky Day (Philippines) [67 of 71]

Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]

Premieres

Anne of a Thousand Days, by Maxwell Anderson (Play; 1948)

Babe, by Styx (Song; 1979)

Blade: Trinity (Film; 2004)

Blood Diamond (Film; 2006)

California Dreaming’, by the Mamas & the Papas (Song; 1965)

Cat Napping (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1951)

Children’s Hospital (TV Series; 2008)

Cigars of the Pharaoh, by Hergé (Graphic Novel; 1934) [Tintin #4]

Crouching Tiger, Hidden dragon (Film; 2000)

The Deer Hunter (Film; 1978)

The Disaster Artist (Film; 2017)

Dungeons & Dragons (Film; 2000)

Gandy’s Dream Girl (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1944)

The Holiday (Film; 2006)

The Honey Mousers (WB LT Cartoon; 1956)

Hotel California, by The Eagles (Album; 1976)

In Flanders Field (Poem; 1915)

I, Tonya (Film; 2017)

Little Televillain (Chilly Willy Cartoon; 1958)

Lolly Bomb, by Little Big (Song; 2017)

Luisa Miller, by Giuseppe Verdi (Opera; 1849)

Merry Little Batman (WB Animated Film; 2023)

Moon River, recorded by Henry Mancini (Song; 1960)

Mr. Fantasy, by Traffic (Album; 1967)

My Heart Will Go On, by Celine Dion (Song; 1997)

On the Town (Film; 1949)

Permanent Damage, by The GTO’s [Girls Together Outrageously] (Album; 1969)

Poor Things (Film; 2023)

Pop Gos Your Heart (WB MM Cartoon; 1934)

She-Sick Sailors (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1944)

Shishkabugs (WB LT Cartoon; 1962)

Silver Streak (Film; 1976)

Sophie’s Choice (Film; 1982)

A Star is Born (Film; 1976)

The Sundowners (Film; 1960)

Symphony No. 7 in A Major, by Ludwig van Beethoven (Symphony; 1813)

Their Satanic Majesties Request, by The Rolling Stones (Album; 1967)

Surfin’, by The Beach Boys (Song; 1961)

Termites from Mars (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1952)

The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1964)

Wise Owl (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1940)

Today’s Name Days

Edith, Elfriede (Austria)

Edita, Euharije, Ljiljana, Marija, Nevenka, Sabina (Croatia)

Květoslava (Czech Republic)

Maria (Denmark)

Külli, Küllike, Külliki, Külve, Külvi (Estonia)

Kylli, Kyllikki (Finland)

Edith. Mariä Empfängnis (Germany)

Patapios (Greece)

Mária (Hungary)

Immacolata (Italy)

Guna, Gunārs, Marieta, Vladimirs (Latvia)

Gedmintė, Guntilda, Vaidginas, Zenonas (Lithuania)

Marion, Marlene, Morgan (Norway)

Boguwola, Klement, Maria, Światozar, Wirginiusz (Poland)

Patapie (Romania)

Marína (Slovakia)

Concepción, Inmaculada (Spain)

Virginia (Sweden)

Potap (Ukraine)

Rohan, Spence, Spencer, Spenser (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 343 of 2024; 23 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 7 of Week 49 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Ngetal (Reed) [Day 15 of 28]

Chinese: Month 11 (Bing-Zi), Day 8 (Bing-Wu)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 7 Kislev 5785

Islamic: 6 Jumada II 1446

J Cal: 13 Black; Sixthday [13 of 30]

Julian: 25 November 2024

Moon: 50%: 1st Quarter

Positivist: 7 Bichat (13th Month) [Galileo]

Runic Half Month: Jara (Year) [Day 2 of 15]

Season: Autumn or Fall (Day 77 of 90)

Week: 2nd Full Week of December

Zodiac: Sagittarius (Day 17 of 30)

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Holidays 1.6

Holidays

Armed Forces Day (Iraq)

Blessing of the Waters (Greece, Turkey)

Carnaval Blancos Negros, Day 3: The Day of the Whites (Colombia)

Carnival season begins (until Shrove Tuesday)

Children’s Day (Uruguay)

Cuddle Up Day

Daruma Ichi (Takasaki City, Japan)

Dezome-shiki (Tokyo, Japan)

Flying V Day

Four Freedoms Day

Greek Cross Day

Haxey Hood (Traditional Old English race, pushing a leather tub to a local pub)

Hornschlittenrennen (Horn Runners Race; Germany)

I Am A Mentor Day

International Day of Astrology

International Jewish and Proud Day

Insurrection USA Day (a.k.a. Jan. 6 Anniversary Day)

Kolmekuninga Päev (Belgium, Estonia)

Maroon Festival (Jamaica)

Missionary Childhood Day

National Davis Day

National Samantha Day

National Share a DAG Day

National Smith Day

National Standard Poodle Day

National Take a Poet to Lunch Day

National Take Down the Christmas Tree Day

National Technology Day

National Weigh-In Day

Nurse Day (Mexico)

Parents and Parents-in-Law Day (India)

Pathet Lao Day (Laos)

Phi Day

Ray Epps Awareness Day

Reionization Era Day (Early stars begin Ionizing Interstellar Gas; Universal Timeline)

Schoolhouse Rock Day

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell Day (Abeldane Empire)

Sherlock Holmes Day [also 5.22]

Shorinzan Daruma-Ichi (Shorinzan, Japan)

Surb Tsnund (Armenian Christmas)

Swap Day

Take a Poet to Lunch Day

Wheel of Fortune Day

World Day of War Orphans

Food & Drink Celebrations

Bean Day (New Orleans)

Creole Cuisine Day

Dry Bean Day

King Cake Day

King of the Bean (a.k.a. National Bean Day)

Marzipan Day (Sweden)

National Shortbread Day

Walker’s Shortbread Day

Nature Celebrations

Apple Tree Day

Pepe Le Pew Day

Wassailing the Apple Trees (UK)

Independence, Flag & Related Days

New Mexico Statehood Day (#47; 1912)

New Year’s Days

Kayin New Year (Myanmar)

1st Monday in January

Divorce Monday [1st Monday]

Handsel Day (Scotland) [1st Monday]

Makeover Monday [1st Monday of Each Month]

Meatloaf Monday [1st Monday of Each Month]

Meditation Monday [Every Monday]

Monday Musings [Every Monday]

The Most Depressing Day of the Year (UK) [1st Monday]

Motivation Monday [Every Monday]

National Rondling Day [1st Monday]

National Thank God It’s Monday Day [1st Monday; also 1st Monday in June]

National Weigh-In Day [1st Monday]

Postum Day

Weekly Holidays beginning January 6 (1st Full Week of January)

Braille Literacy Week [1st Week]

Diet Resolution Week [1st Week]

Napa Valley Restaurant Month (Napa Valley, California) [thru 2.2]

National Folic Acid Awareness Week [1st Week]

National Law Enforcement Training Week [1st Week]

Silent Record Week [1st Week]

Festivals Beginning January 6, 2025

Carnival (Cayenne, French Guiana) [thru 3.5]

Carnival (Guadeloupe) [thru 3.5]

Feast Days

André Bessette (Roman Catholic Church)

British Comedy Quotes Day (Pastafarian)

Carnival Season begins (Christian) [thru Tuesday before Ash Wednesday]

Charles of Sezze (Christian; Saint)

Christmas (Original Date) (a.k.a. ...

Christmas (Armenian Apostolic Church, Amish)

Christmas Day (Ethiopia)

Coptic Christmas (Egypt)

Día De Reyes (Kings Day; Mexico)

Heilige Drei Könige (Liechtenstein)

Kolmekuninga Päev (Belgium, Estonia)

Little Christmas (Ireland)

Nalujuit (Inuit Communities in Labrador)

Old Christmas (England before 1752)

Reyes Magos (Spain)

Sure Tsnund (Armenia)

Sveta Tri Kralja (Croatia)

Christmas Eve (Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Russia, Serbia, Ukraine)

Circle Sancuary of Mount Horeb Foundation Day (Wisconsin; Everyday Wicca)

Day of Kore Underground (Pagan)

Epiphany (a.k.a. ...

Adoration of the Magi

Baptism of the Lord (Romania)

Día de los Niños (Uruguay)

Dia de los Santo Reyes (Dominican Republic)

Dia de Reyes (Venezuela)

Heilige Drei Könige; Liechtenstein)

La Befana (Italy)

Nollaig na mBan (Ireland)

Þrettándinn (Iceland)

Race of the Three Kings (San Pablo, Peru)

Reyes Magos (Spain)

Theophany (Eastern Christian Church)

Three King's Day (Florida, US Virgin Islands)

Three Wise Men Day

Trettondagen (Sweden)

Uphaliday (a.k.a. Uphalimas; Scotland)

Epiphic (The Season of Bad Noise, Devoted to the Indefinable; Church of the SubGenius)

Erminold (Christian; Saint)

Extra Cuddles Day (Pastafarian)

Faery Lovers Day (Celtic Book of Days)

Guarinus (a.k.a. Guerrin; Christian; Saint)

Haley Hood (England)

Nalujuk Night (Inuit)

Orthodox Christmas Eve (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro)

Pinky (Muppetism)

Romulus (Positivist; Saint)

Taos Pueblo Deer or Buffalo Dance (Native American)

Triple Goddess Day (Paganism)

Tursi (Slavic pagan fertility rite of Jar-tur, the bull) 

Twelfth Day (a.k.a. Twelfthtide)

Twelfth Night Wassail (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Twelve Holy Days #12 (Pisces, the feet; Esoteric Christianity)

William McGonagall Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Wiltrudis (Christian; Saint & Widow)

Orthodox Christian Liturgical Calendar Holidays

Theophany  (a.k.a. ... 

Denho (Syriac Christian; Saint)

Epiphany (Eastern and Oriental Orthodox)

Great Blessing of the Waters (Eastern Orthodox)

Natlisgeba (Georgia)

Sure Tsnund (Armenian Apostolic Church)

Timket (a.k.a. Timkat, Coptic Epiphany; Eritrea, Ethiopia)

Secular Saints Days

Rowan Atkinson (Entertainment)

José Campeche (Artist)

E.L. Doctorow (Writer)

Gustave Doré (Artist)

Aleksandra Ekster (Artist)

Kahlil Gibran (Philosopher)

Jean-Robert Ipoustéguy (Sculptor)

Wright Morris (Writer, Photographer)

Charles E. Pont (Artist)

Carl Sandburg (Poet)

Alexander Scriabin (Music)

Earl Scruggs (Music)

Elizabeth Strout (Writer)

Baldassare Verazzi (Artist)

Alan Watts (Philosopher)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]

Tycho Brahe Unlucky Day (Scandinavia) [4 of 37]

Uncyclopedia Bad to Be Born Day (because Christmas decorations come down this day. It's a sad day for all.)

Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [3 of 57]

Unglückstage (Unlucky Day; Pennsylvania Dutch) [5 of 30]

Premieres

Ace of Spades (Fleischer Tarlkartoons Cartoon; 1931)

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (Animated Disney Film; 1950)

Agent Carter (TV Series; 2015)

The Bastard, by John Jakes (Novel; 1974) [Kent Family Chronicles #1]

The Body Machine (Science Rock Cartoon; 1979)

Casanova Cat (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1951)

Come Fly with Me, by Frank Sinatra (Album; 1958)

The Danny Kaye Show (Radio Series; 1945)

Don Quixote de la Mancha (Novel; 1605)

Frampton Comes Alive!, by Peter Frampton (Live Album; 1976)

Hallmark Hall of Fame (TV Series; 1952)

Hare We Go (WB MM Cartoon; 1951)

Hell’s Fire, a.k.a. Vulcan Entertains (Willie Whopper MGM Cartoon; 1934)

High School DXD (Anime TV Series; 2012)

Inspector Morse (UK TV Series; 1987)

County Fair (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1930)

Land of the Lost Jewels Noveltoons Cartoon; 1950)

Little Earthquakes, by Tori Amos (Album; 1992)

Luvcast U.S.A. (Animated TV Film; 1973)

My Hero, Zero (Schoolhouse Rock! Cartoon; 1973)

Mystic Pink (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1976)

Pill Peddlers (Heckle & Heckle Cartoon; 1953)

Pinknic (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1967)

Pluto’s Heart Throb (Disney Cartoon; 1950)

Polly Wants a Doctor (Phantasies Cartoon; 1944)

The Revenant (Film; 2015)

Schoolhouse Rock (Animated TV Series; 1973)

Shape of You, by Ed Sheehan (Song; 2017)

SWAT Kats: A Special Report (Hanna-Barbera TV Cartoon Special; 1995)

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Film; 2012)

Wheel of Fortune (TV Game Show; 1975)

Today’s Name Days

Erminold (Austria)

Bogdan, Bogdana, Bogomil, Bogomila, Iordan, Iordanka, Teodosii, Yordan, Yordanka (Bulgaria)

Baltazar, Gašpar, Melkior (Croatia)

Tri králové (Czech Republic)

Aabel, Aabi, Aabo, Aap, Aapo (Estonia)

Harri (Finland)

Balthazar, Gaspard, Mélaine, Melchior, Tiffany (France)

Raimund (Germany)

Fani, Fotika, Fotine, Fotini, Fotis, Jordan, Ourania, Peristera, Photini, Photis, Theofania, Theofanis, Theopoula (Greece)

Boldizsár (Hungary)

Baldassarre Gaspare, Melchiorre Raffaello, Rafaelo (Italy)

Arnita, Spulga (Latvia)

Arūnas, Arūnė, Baltazaras, Kasparas, Merkelis (Lithuania)

Åslaug, Aslaug (Norway)

Andrzej, Balcer, Baltazar, Bolemir, Epifania, Kacper, Kasper, Melchior (Poland)

Evgenia, Klavdia (Russia)

Antónia (Slovakia)

Baltasar, Epifanía, Gaspar, Melchor (Spain)

Baltsar, Kasper, Melker (Sweden)

Cheyanne, Cheyenne, Howell, Hoyle, Kahlil, Khalil, Melchior, Rowan, Talullah, Tiffani, Tiffanie, Tiffany (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 6 of 2025; 359 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 1 of Week 2 of 2025

Celtic Tree Calendar: Ruis (Elder) [Day 16 of 28]

Chinese: Month 12 (Ding-Chou), Day 7 (Yi-Hai)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Coptic: 28 Kiyahk 1741

Hebrew: 6 Teveth 5785

Islamic: 6 Rajab 1446

J Cal: 6 White; Sixthday [6 of 30]

Julian: 24 December 2024

Moon: 50%: 1st Quarter

Positivist: 6 Moses (1st Month) [Romulus]

Runic Half Month: Eihwaz or Eoh (Yew Tree) [Day 15 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 17 of 90)

Week: 1st Full Week of January

Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 16 of 30)

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