* 4/1: Veneralia--Old Roman festival celebrating Venus (Goddess of Peace) vanquishing Mars (God of War) with love.
* 4/6: Mindfulness Day--Zen Buddhist day for being mindful that the joys and suffering of others are your joys and suffering.
* 4/7: Birthday of William Wordsworth (1770), poet and mystic who found connection with Deity while communing with Nature.
* 4/8: Hana Matsuri--Shinto rite honoring the Kami of Flowers.
* 4/10 (5:35 a.m. EDT): New Moon.
* 4/10: Day Tibetan Buddhists meditate on the Buddha's teachings and strive to fulfill the Precepts. The Buddha taught an Eightfold Path to enlightenment - right understanding, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration.
* 4/10 to 4/13: Iroquois Thunder Ceremony--in thanksgiving for the rains.
* 4/11 to 4/20: Navaratri--Hindu festival honoring Great Goddess Maha Devi as Gauri - life, growth, and fruition. Tantric Hindus recognize gender equality and reject caste.
* 4/13 eve to 4/14 eve: Feast of Old Greek Goddess Aphrodite--Day to honor peace and compassion.
* 4/14: Cetacean Day--Day to honor all creatures of the sea and to meditate on Deity manifesting as sea creatures
* 4/14 to 4/25 (I 4/25): Old Norse Summer Days Feast--Offerings were made to the Deities (particularly Odin, Thor, and Freyr) for success, peace, and plenty.
* 4/15: Tax Day--Day to give back to the community for the benefits of community.
* 4/15 eve to 4/16 eve: Feast of Old Greek Goddess Artemis, who represents the feminine in Nature and protects women throughout their lives.
* 4/17 eve to 4/18 eve: Feast of God Poseidon, Goddess Amphritrite, and all Old Greek Gods and Goddesses of the seas.
* 4/18: Day for meditation on Tantric Bodhisattva Deities Avalokitesvara and Green Tara, consciousness and empowerment of Compassion. Buddhists recognize the equality of all sentient beings.
* 4/20: Beginning of Taurus (the Bull/Cow/Calf).
* 4/20 eve to 4/23 eve (4/21 peak): Lyrid Meteor Showers.
* 4/21: Birthday of John Muir (1838), naturalist and conservationist.
* 4/22: Earth Day--Day to honor the Earth and to meditate on Deity manifesting as Mother Earth.
* 4/25 (3:57 p.m. EDT): Full Moon (Flower/Corn-Planting Moon).
* 4/26: Arbor Day--Day to honor trees, to plant trees, and to meditate on Deity manifesting as trees.
* 4/26 to 5/3: Mayan Rain Festival--honoring Rain God Chac and His attendant Chacmool, and welcoming the fructifying rains.
* 4/27: Death day of Ralph Waldo Emerson (1882), Transcendentalist Unitarian who believed in equality, self reliance, and the immanence of Deity in humans and in all Nature.
* 4/28 eve to 5/3 eve: Floralia--Old Roman festival devoted to Flora, Goddess of Flowers.
* 4/30 eve to 5/2 eve: Beltaine--Old Celtic/Welsh feast of Blodeuwedd (Goddess of Flowers) and Llew (the Oak King - God of the waxing Sun).
Excerpted fromTHE MYSTIC'S WHEEL OF THE YEAR 2013A Multifaith Calendar Reflecting Eco-Egalitarian Spirituality© 2012 Marija Miovskiwww.WheeloftheYear.com
