2009 Calendar
January
- 1: Birthday of folkorist Sir James Frazier, 1854
- 10: Full moon — Cold Moon at 10:27 pm
- 13: Last of Austria’s witchcraft laws repealed in 1787
- 19: Birthday of Dorothy Clutterbuck
- 25: Birthday of poet Robert Burns, 1759
- 26: New moon at 2:35 am
- 27: Up Helly Aa celebration, Shetland Islands, Scotland
- 30: Birthday of Z Budapest, founder of Dianic Wicca
- 30 – Feb. 2: Roman celebration of Februalia
February
- 2: Imbolc
- 2: Lammas or Lughnasadh (Southern Hemisphere)
- 9: Full moon — Quickening Moon at 9:49 am
- 12: Death of Gerald Gardner in 1964
- 13 – 16: PantheaCon (San Jose, CA)
- 14: Valentine’s Day
- 15: Lupercalia
- 21: Birthday of author Patricia Telesco
- 24: New moon at 8:35 pm
March
- 1: Matronalia, the Festival of Women
- 6: Birthday of “official witch of Salem” Laurie Cabot in 1933
- 10: Full moon Storm Moon at 10:38 pm
- 20: Ostara
- 20: Mabon (Southern Hemisphere)
- 20: Ostara at Dragonmarsh (Riverside, CA)
- 26: New moon at 12:06 pm
- 26: Birthday of author and folklorist Joseph Campbell in 1904
- 28: Death of author Scott Cunningham in 1993
- 28: Earth Hour
April
- 6: National Tartan Day
- 9: Full moon — Wind Moon at 10:56 am
- 16: Birthday of author Margot Adler
- 22: Earth Day
- 23: Wiccan pentacle is officially added to the list of VA-approved emblems for gravestones, 2007
- 24: New moon at 11:22 pm
- 25: Beltane Celebration with Wendy Rule (Salem, MA)
- 30: Walpurgisnacht celebrated by German witches
May
- 1: Beltane
- 1: Samhain (Southern Hemisphere)
- 3: Beltane Celebration at Dragonmarsh (Riverside, CA)
- 9: Full moon — Flower Moon at 12:01 am
- 10: Mother’s Day
- 24: New moon at 8:11 am
June
- 1: England’s Witchcraft Act of 1563 goes into effect
- 7: Full moon — Strong Sun Moon at 2:12 pm
- 10: Hanging of Bridget Bishop, first victim in the Salem Witch Trials
- 13: Birthday of Gerald Gardner in 1884
- 14 – 21: Pagan Spirit Gathering (Salem, MO)
- 14 – 21: Wisteria Summer Solstice Gathering (Southern Ohio)
- 16 – 21: Free Spirit Gathering (Darlington, MD)
- 17: Birthday of Wiccan author Starhawk
- 21: Father’s Day
- 21: Litha
- 21: Yule (Southern Hemisphere)
- 22: New moon at 3:35 pm
- 22: England’s last Witchcraft Law is repealed in 1951
- 27: Birthday of author Scott Cunningham in 1956
July
- 3 – 5: GoddessFest 2009 (Anderson, SC)
- 4: Independence Day
- 7: Full moon — Blessing Moon at 5:21 am
- 19: Rebecca Nurse is hanged in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692
- 21: New moon at 10:34 pm
- 22: Solar eclipse
- 29 – August 2: Wisteria Cornstalk Festival (Southern Ohio)
- 31 – August 2: Dublin Irish Festival (Dublin, OH)
- 31 – August 3: House of Danu Gorsedd (Watsonville, CA)
August
- 1: Lammas or Lughnasadh
- 1: Imbolc (Southern Hemisphere)
- 1: Dragonmarsh Lughnasadh Celebration (Riverside, CA)
- 1: Birthday of medium Edward Kelley, 1555
- 5: Full Moon — Corn Moon at 8:55 pm
- 15: Birthday of Charles Leland, folklorist and author, 1824
- 20: Birthday of author Ann Moura in 1947
- 20: New moon at 6:01 am
- 31: Birthday of author Raymond Buckland
September
- 4: Full Moon — Harvest Moon at 12:02 pm
- 5: Pagan Pride Day Chicago (Park, Ill.)
- 12: Arkansas Pagan Pride Day (Little Rock, AR)
- 17: Television welcomes Bewitched in 1964
- 18: New moon at 2:44 pm
- 18 – 20: Mountain Mysteries Mabon Festival (Stanardsville, VA)
- 19 – 20: Central NC Pagan Pride Day (Raleigh, NC)
- 20: Dragonmarsh Mabon Celebration (Riverside, CA)
- 21: International Day of Peace
- 22: Fall Equinox or Mabon
- 22: Ostara (Southern Hemisphere)
- 26: Oklahoma City Pagan Pride (Norman, OK)
October
- 1: Birthday of Isaac Bonewits, founder of Ár nDraíocht Féin
- 3: Stanislaus , Modesto, CA
- 4: Full moon — Blood Moon at 2:10 pm
- 10: Atlanta Pagan Pride Day (Atlanta, GA)
- 12: Birthday of occultist Aleister Crowley
- 15 – 18: Autumn Fires (Southern Ohio)
- 18: New moon at 1:33 am
- 20: Birthday of Selena Fox of Circle Sanctuary
- 31: Samhain
- 31: Beltane (Southern Hemisphere)
- 31: Covenant of the Goddess formed in 1975
November
- 1: Dragonmarsh Samhain Celebration (Riverside, CA)
- 2: Birthday of Wiccan author Sirona Knight
- 2: Full moon — Mourning Moon at 2:14 pm
- 7: Lowcountry Pagan Unity Day (Charleston, SC)
- 16: New moon at 2:14 pm
- 30: Birthday of Oberon Zell-Ravenheart, founder of Church of All Worlds
- 30: Festival of Hecate Trivia
December
- 2: Full moon — Long Nights Moon at 2:30 am
- 16: New moon at 7:02 am
- 17: Beginning of Saturnalia
- 21: Winter Solstice or Yule
- 21: Litha (Southern Hemisphere)
- 25: Christmas Day
- 25: Feast of Frau Halle, Germanic goddess
- 31: Full moon — Blue Moon at 2:13 pm
- 31: Partial lunar eclipse
- 31: Festival of Hogmanay
