The following is a calendar of the sacred days of the year, listing the dates on which many Pagan gods and goddesses from various cultures are honored.

          DECEMBER

          1 - Poseidon.
          2 - All patrongoddesses of Japanese craftswomen.
          3 - Cybele, Bona Dea (the Good Goddess).
          4 - Minerva, Chango (Yoruban god of lightning bolts.
          5 - Poseidon, Lucina (Pagan goddess of light who was later Christianized into Saint Lucia).
          7 - Demeter.
          8 - Astraea (Greek goddess of justice), Amaterasu, Neith (ancient Egyptian Earth-Goddess of the Delta).
          9 - Tonantzin.
          10 - Liberty (goddess of freedom).
          11 - Bruma (Roman goddess of the winter season), Arrianrhod, the Snow Queen Goddess, and Yuki Onne.
          12 - Coatlique, Tonantzin, the Black Madonna.
          13 - Lucina (Sweden).
          15 - Alcyone (Greek goddess).
          16 - Sapientia (or Sophia, goddess of wisdom), Athena, Kista, Maat, Minerva, the Shekinah, Spider Woman (Hopi tribe), Hawk Maiden (Hopi tribe).
          17 - Saturn (through December 24).
          18 - Diev (Latvian god), Epona (Celtic Mother-Goddess and the patroness of horses).
          19 - Ops, Sankrant (Hindu goddess).
          21 - The Horned God.
          23 - Laurentina (Roman mother of the Lares), Balomain ( Kalish demi-god).
          25 - Imvicti Solis (ancient Roman solar deity, the Invincible Sun), Lutzelfrau and Perchta (German Yuletide Witches).
          26 - Frau Sonne, Igaehindvo, the Star Faery, Sunne, Yemaya.
          27 - Freya (Norse goddess of fertility, love, and beauty).
          29 - Andromeda, Ariadne, Artemis.
          31 - Hogmagog (Scottish god of the sun).

          JANUARY

          1 - Janus, the Three Fates, Bertha (German goddess), the Morrigan the Parcae, and all Japanese household gods .
          2 - Isis and Inanna (Sumerian Queen of Heaven).
          3 - Dionysus, the Deer Mothers (Native American spirit- goddesses).
          4 - The Korean god who rules Ursa Major.
          6 - Kore.
          7 - Sekhmet.
          8 - Babo, Freya, Justica (Roman goddess of justice).
          11 - Carmenae (Roman nymphs of prophecy), Juturno.
          12 - The Lares (Roman household gods), Frigg (the chief goddess of Old England).
          13 - Tiu (an ancient Teutoniic chief god and ruler of the year).
          14 - Surya (Indian god of the sun).
          16 - Concordia, Betoro Bromo (Indonesian god of fire).
          17 - Felicitas (Roman goddess of good fortune).
          18 - Zao Jun (Chinese kitchen-god).
          19 - Thor (Norse god of thunder and lightning).
          21 - Yngona (Danish goddess).
          22 - The Muses.
          23 - Hathor (Egyptian cow-headed goddess).
          24 - Ekeko (Aymara Indian god of prosperity).
          25 - All ancient gods and goddesses of Sweden.
          27 - Ishtar (Babylonian goddess of love and war).
          29 - Irene.
          30 - Pax (Roman goddess of peace).
          31 - The Valkyries, The Norns, Kuan Yin (Chinese goddess of healing and mercy).

          FEBRUARY

          1 - Brigit (Celtic Earth-Mother and goddess of fire, wisdom, poetry, and sacred wells).
          2 - Juno Februa.
          5 - Tyche, Fortuna, Wyrd, Ia.
          6 - Aphrodite (Greek goddess of love).
          9 - Apollo.
          10 - Anaitis (Persian goddess of the moon).
          12 - Artemis, Diana.
          14 - Vali (Norse archer-god), Juno Februa, Juno Lupa ( Roman she-wolf goddess).
          15 - Faunus, Lupercus.
          17 - Kali (Hindu destroyer-goddess). 18 - Tacita (Roman goddess of silence), Spandarmat ( Persian goddess).
          19 - Minerva, Nammu, Nina.
          22 - Concordia.
          23 - Terminus (Roman god of boundaries).
          24 - Shiva (Hindu god of destruction and renewal)>
          28 - Zamyaz (ancient Persian deity) and the Earth-Goddesses Ceres, Demeter, Gaia, Ge, and Mauri.

          MARCH

          1 - Juno Lucina, Granny March (Bulgarian Witch-Goddess).
          2 - Ceadda (god of healing springs and sacred wells).
          3 - Aegir (Teutonic god of the sea), and Triple Goddesses.
          4 - Rhiannon (Celtic/Welsh Mother Goddess).
          5 - Isis.
          6 - Mars, all Roman household gods.
          7 - Juno.
          8 - Mother Earth.
          11 - Herakles (Hercules).
          14 - Goddess of the Birch Tree, Ua Zit (Egyptian serpent- goddess).
          15 - Rhea (Greek Earth Goddess).
          16 - Dionysus, Holika (Indian demon-goddess).
          17 - Dionysus.
          18 - Sheela-Na-Gid (Irish fertility goddess).
          19 - Athena, Minerva, Sitala (Indian goddess).
          20 - Iduna (Norse goddess), Fortuna, the Morrigan, the Norns, the Three Fates, and the Three Mothers (Lakshmi, Parvati, and Sarasvati).
          21 - Aries (god of battle).
          22 - Eostre (Saxon fertility goddess), Ostara (German fertility goddess), the Green Goddess, Lord of the Greenwood.
          23 - Mars, Saturn.
          24 - Prytania (Britainnia), Heimdall, Cybele.
          27 - Liber Pater (Roman god of wine), Gauri (Indian goddess of marriage).
          28 - Kwan Yin, Rudra.
          29 - Ishtar, all African gods of rain and harvest.
          30 - Janus, Concordia.
          31 - Luna (Roman goddess of the moon).

          APRIL

          1 - Loki (Norse trickster-god).
          3 - Persephone.
          4 - Cybele (the Great Mother).
          5 - Fortuna, Kuan Yin.
          7 - The Blajini (Rumanian spirit-gods of both water and the underworld).
          9 - A-Ma (Portuguese patroness of fishermen), all Amazon goddesses.
          10 - Bau (Babylonian goddess and mother of Ea).
          11 - Anahit (Armenian goddess of love).
          12 - Ceres (Roman goddess of the fruiful Earth), Chu-Si-Niu, (Taiwanese goddess who presides over the birth of mortals).
          13 - Libertas (Roman goddess of liberty).
          14 - Maryamma (Mariamne), all Hindu sea-gods.
          15 - Tellus Mater (Mother Earth).
          16 - Apollo.
          17 - Machendrana (Himalayan rain-god).
          18 - Rama (Hindu god) and Sita.
          20 - All bull-gods.
          21 - Pales (Roman pastoral deity).
          22 - Gaia (Mother Earth).
          23 - Jupiter, Venus (Roman goddess of love).
          24 - Luna Regia (Gnostic lunar-goddess).
          27 - Tyi Wara (African god of agriculture).
          28 - Flora (Roman goddess of flowers).
          30 - Walpurga (Saxon goddess whom the Walpurgisnacht sabbat is named after).

          MAY

          1 - Maia (Roman goddess of springtime).
          2 - Elena (Helen, goddess of the holy road), Ysahodhara (consort of Buddha).
          3 - Bona Dea.
          4 - All Irish fairy-folk.
          5 - All Mexican and Central American rain-goddesses.
          6 - Buddha.
          7 - Apollo.
          8 - The Horned God (Wiccan).
          9 - The Lemures.
          10 - Shiva and his consort Meenakshi, Tin Hau (Chinese goddess of the North Star).
          12 - Aranya Sashti (Indian god of woodlands).
          14 - The ancient Norse goddess of the sun, Ing (hearth-god).
          15 - Maia, Mercury, Vesta (goddess of the hearth).
          17 - Dea Dia (goddess of the cosmos).
          18 - Apollo.
          20 - Thor, Athena.
          23 - Flora, Venus.
          24 - Hermes Trismegistus (the patron of alchemists), Artemis (Greek lunar-goddess who also presides over wild beasts and the art of hunting), the Three Celtic Mothers.
          25 - Apollo.
          27 - Diana, Proserpina, the Three Fates.
          28 - Python (Greek serpent-goddess).
          29 - Ceres, Dea Dia, Mars.
          30 - Frigg (Norse Queen of Heaven).
          31 - Buddha.

          JUNE

          1 - Carna (Roman goddess of doors and locks), Tempestas (a powerful ancient goddess who controlled storms).
          2 - Mother Earth, Ishtar, Apollo.
          3 - Befana, Bona Dea, Kuan Yin, Rumina, and Surabhi.
          5 - Domna (Irish goddess of sacred stones), the Rain People, and the Earth Mothers (Native American).
          6 - Bendi (lunar-goddess of the Balkan Peninsula).
          7 - Vesta.
          8 - Mens (Roman goddess of the mind), all Chinese grain- gods.
          9 - Vesta.
          11 - Fortuna.
          12 - Zeus (the most powerful of Greek gods).
          13 - Athena.
          14 - Vidar (son of the Norse god Odin), Minerva, Jagannath (a benevolent incarnation of the Indian god Vishnu).
          17 - Eurydice (Greek tree nymph/underworld goddess).
          18 - Anna (Roman goddess).
          20 - Cerridwen (Celtic goddess of fertility).
          21 - Hera, Kupala (Russian fertility goddess).
          23 - The Green Man (ancient Pagan fertility-god).
          24 - Fortuna.
          25 - Parvati (Indian goddess).
          26 - Salavi (Native American spruce tree/rain-god), the Corn Mothers and the Kachinas.
          27 - God of the Summer Sun (Native American, Plains tribe).
          28 - Hemera (Greek goddess of day).
          29 - Frey, Freyja, Papa Legba (Voodoo god of crossroads).
          30 - Aestas (Roman corn-goddess of summer), Ceres, Changing Woman (Native American), Chicomecoatl (Aztec), the Corn Mothers, Demeter, Gaia, Ge, Hestia, Iatiku, Oraea, Pachamama, Spider Woman (Native American), and Tonantzin.

          JULY

          This list is not finished yet. I promise it will have each month as they come along. Thanks for being patient.

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