2008 Wiccan Calendar:

Pagans and Wiccans love to celebrate, and as the Wheel of the Year turns, a number of milestones are reached. Each is a time for gathering together with friends and family, working on our spiritual development, and feasting and merrymaking! The following is a list of dates for 2008, as well as resources for celebration in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

Also, before you go to an event, make sure you read about proper Pagan and Wiccan Festival Etiquette. It'll make your experience even more enjoyable.

January
8: New moon at 6:37 am
22: Full moon (Cold Moon) at 8:35 am
30: Birthday of Z Budapest, founder of Dianic Wicca


February
2: Imbolc
2: Lammas or Lughnasadh (Southern Hemisphere)
4: New moon at 10:44 pm
7: Annular solar eclipse
12: Death of Gerald Gardner in 1964
15 - 18: PantheaCon (San Jose, CA)
20: Full moon (Quickening Moon) at 10:30 pm
21: Total lunar eclipse


March
7: New moon at 12:14 pm
20: Ostara
20: Mabon (Southern Hemisphere)
21: Full moon (Storm Moon) at 2:40 pm
28: Death of author Scott Cunningham in 1993


April
5: New moon at 11:55 pm
20: Full moon (Wind Moon) at 6:25 am
22: Earth Day
25 - 27: Beltane Festival (Tampa)


May
1: Beltane
1: Samhain (Southern Hemisphere)
2 - 4: May Moon Beltaine Festival (Newport News, VA)
5: New moon at 8:18 am
19: Full moon (Flower Moon)at 10:11 pm


June
1: England's Witchcraft Act of 1563 goes into effect
3: New moon at 3:22
13: Birthday of Gerald Gardner in 1884
15: Father's Day
15 - 22: Pagan Spirit Gathering (Southeastern OH)
18: Full moon (Strong Sun Moon) at 1:30 pm
20: Litha
20: Yule (Southern Hemisphere)
22: England's last Witchcraft Law is repealed in 1951
27: Birthday of author Scott Cunningham in 1956


July
2: New moon at 10:18 pm
4: Independence Day
18: Full moon (Blessing Moon) at 3:59 am
19: Rebecca Nurse is hanged in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692


August
1: Lammas or Lughnasadh
1: Imbolc (Southern Hemisphere)
1: New moon at 6:12 am
1: Total solar eclipse
1 - 2: Shreveport Pagan Pride Day (Shreveport, LA)
16: Full Moon (Corn Moon) at 5:16 pm
16: Partial lunar eclipse
30: New moon at 3:58 pm
31: Birthday of author Raymond Buckland


September
13: Arkansas Pagan Pride Day (Little Rock, AR)
14: Birthday of Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa in 1486
15: Full Moon (Harvest Moon) at 5:13 am
21: Mid-Missouri Pagan Pride Day (Columbia, MO)
22: Fall Equinox or Mabon
22: Ostara (Southern Hemisphere)
29: New moon at 4:12 am


October
1: Birthday of Isaac Bonewits, founder of Ár nDraíocht Féin
14: Full moon (Blood Moon) at 4:02 pm
28: New moon at 7:14 pm
31: Samhain
31: Beltane (Southern Hemisphere)


November
14: Full moon (Mourning Moon) at 1:17 am)
27: New moon at 11:54 am


December
12: Full moon (Long Nights Moon) at 11:37
21: Winter Solstice or Yule
21: Litha (Southern Hemisphere)
27: New moon at 7:22 am