October: Tenth Month Of The Ancient Roman Calendar

October is from the Latin word for "eight", octo. October was the eigth month of the ancient Roman calendar. Now, on our current Gregorian calendar and the earlier calendar, Julian calendar, October is the tenth month of the year. October has always had 31 days. In common years, not leap years, January starts on the same day of the week as October, but no other month starts on the same day of the week as October in leap years. October ends on the same day of the week as February every year, January in common years only. It is another month not named after a god or goddess, but just a number.
Let me spice this up a bit for you. First, I must confess that I couldn't find any informations on gods and goddesses that were completely associated

isn't is another word for Halloween? About 2000 years ago in Celtic Ireland, Samhain was the mark between the lighter half and darker half of the year. This division was the time of the year when the veil between this world and the underworld are the thinnest. Samhain was a celebration to welcome and honor families' ancestors and warding off evil spirits. Bonfires were lit, the home fires were extiguished and relit from the bonfires, there were feasts cooked to honor the ancestors, who can't actually be able to eat the foods put beore them; so the foods were ritually given to the poor, and people wore masks and/or costumes to disguish themselves from evil spirits. Samhain was the great festival of the dead. Also, during Samhain, is the Great Fire Festival in Tlachtga, which is to honor God Lugh, the leader the Tuatha De Danaan, the tribe of the Goddess Danu, a race of supernaturally-gifted people. Lugh was also named for another of the four Sabbats, Lughnasadh, the celebration to mark the time of the harvest and honor the Sun gods; between the summer and autunm equinix. The Irish emigarants that came to American brought there holidays and celebrations with them in the 1840's. The Christians then incorporated the Samhain celebrations into their Hallow Eve and All Souls Day into

October's planet is Venus (Libra) and the two other planets are Mars and the dwarf planet Pluto (Scorpio). The month of October weekdays are Friday (Libra) and Tuesday (Scorpio). October's colors are: Indigo blue (Libra) and Deep Red (Scorpio). The sun signs qualities for September are Cardinal (Libra) and Fixed (Scorpio). Cardinal signs are responsible for initiative, movement, and vitality. Fixed signs are steadfastness, stable, and earthiness. The October Full moons in the Northern Hemisphere are: Harvest Moon and Hunter's Moon, and in the Southern Hemisphere the October Full Moons are Egg Moon, Fish Moon, Seed Moon, Pink Moon, and Waking Moon. The herb correspondences associated with the month of October are: pennyroyal, thyme, catnip, uva ursi, angelica, and burdock. I love thyme any time of the year, but in October I use it not only in kitchen magick, but also to cleanse and purify myself and spirit. Thyme will call forth the angels to help you in your search to find your ancestors during