tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382184804747180588.post4154015958248384122..comments2024-03-27T09:04:12.454-07:00Comments on Baring the Aegis: When is the Noumenia, exactly?Elani Temperancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05611003885755154591noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382184804747180588.post-21766217493544498172013-12-19T13:57:25.744-08:002013-12-19T13:57:25.744-08:00@Jonathan Agathokles: You are right; it really wou...@Jonathan Agathokles: You are right; it really would be so much easier if we still grew up with this type of calendar. As a Hellenic Polytheist, I want to stick to at least something resembling the Hellenic calendar; I don't want to resort to a Roman solution. Would it be easier? Yes, probably, but I'm not going there. <br /><br />@Julia Ergane: I use the local data as well, but like you said; sometimes you are still just trying to fit something in that does not want to fit naturally. Thankfully, this happens only very rarely.<br /><br />@Condēuios Roudodercūs: Our calendar is tied to the moon, which in turn is connected to the equinoxes (so luni-solar as well). Usually it fits together really well if you just look at the current moon, but there simply are days when it does not work. thankfully these days are few and far between ;-)Elani Temperancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05611003885755154591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382184804747180588.post-43326196331698334632013-12-04T13:15:39.202-08:002013-12-04T13:15:39.202-08:00Have you thought about using a separate lunar cale...Have you thought about using a separate lunar calendar like the ancient Hellenes did, like Jonathan suggested?<br />I personally use the methodology of the Gaulish calendar found at Coligny (France) - which is lunisolar - to keep track of time and when it would be appropriate to celebrate the few known festivals according to the old dates. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382184804747180588.post-49835786950069475352013-12-04T10:39:09.015-08:002013-12-04T10:39:09.015-08:00I've been using the data from the US Naval Obs...I've been using the data from the US Naval Observatory (how is that for being a bit anal compulsive) and putting it my latitude and longitude. It is the most precise -- then I sometimes round things off if the New Moon falls in the middle of the afternoon. I'll move it to the evening. You can also get data from the site for your country, too. It is much better than always trying to guess.Julia Erganehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04613625453621934834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382184804747180588.post-40736166775879652402013-12-04T01:34:06.597-08:002013-12-04T01:34:06.597-08:00't would be much easier if we still had the sa...'t would be much easier if we still had the same lunar calendar as the Hellenes did, then we'd be used to this kind of stuff... Alternatively, more innovative types might just use the Roman calendar and celebrate the Deipnon on the last day of the Roman month, and so on. Sometimes I wish I'd would just do that, but I kind of like the idea of being connected to the lunar cycle and take more heed of natural cycles in general >_>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com