It is important to understand that people in the ancient world adhered primarily to a Lunar calendar. Important dates were noted by the lunar cycle, which is why dates tracked by the lunar calendar may vary several days from year to year. According to the Irish text "The Book of the Dunn Cow", Brighid's sacred number, representing the nineteen stages of the Celtic Great Year, the time it takes from one new moon to the next to coincide wth the Winter Solstice. It is on the twentieth day that the Goddess tends the flame herself. The Lunar image at the top of the page is a live Lunar image and reflects the current Moon phase. |
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I take Bride as my advocate, Dear to me is Erin, Dear to me each land, Praise be to it! O white flame of Leinster, Enlighten the whole land, Chief of Erin's maidens Chief of finest women. Dark the bitter winter, Cutting its sharpness' But Bride's mantle Brings spring to Ireland. |
Links for Moon Rituals |
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