* 10/31 eve to 11/2 eve: Samhain. * 10/31 eve to 11/6 eve: Mid-Autumn/Day of the Dead/Hallowmas. * 11/1: All Saints Day--Day Christians remember all the virtuous dead, known and unknown.
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* 11/1 to 11/2: Fon/Vodou feast of Ghede, Loa of the Dead; time for honoring ancestral spirits. Fon/Vodouisants believe all Loas (Deities) originate from Co-Creators Goddess-God Mawu-Lisa. * 11/2: Aztec Day of the Dead--Day for honoring the departed and Mictlancihuatl-Miclanteuctli, Goddess-God of the Dead. Aztecs believe all Gods are united in Great God Ometeuctli, all Goddesses are united in Great Goddess Omecihuatl, and the Great God and Goddess are united in Ometeoltl. * 11/2: Hopi & Zuni Ancestors’ Day--Food offerings are put into rivers and lakes in honor of the ancestors. * 11/2: All Souls Day--Day Christians remember all the beloved dead.
* 11/3: Mindfulness Day--Zen Buddhist day for mindfully seeing and acting with compassion for the Earth and all creatures.
* 11/3 eve to 11/6 eve: Apaturia--Old Greek festival in which newcomers and children were welcomed into the community.
* 11/4 (2:00 a.m.): Daylight Savings Time ends - set clocks back 1 hour.
* 11/6: Lha Bab Duchen--Day Tibetan Buddhists celebrate the Buddha’s descent from heaven after teaching the Dharma there. * 11/6: Election Day--remember to vote! The only way to ensure a healthy democracy is to have full participation by the electorate in choosing government decision makers.
* 11/11: Veterans Day--Day to honor all warriors who have defended us against evil of all kinds.
* 11/11 to 11/13: Diwali/Lunar New Year/Festival of Lights--Hindu festival for Goddess Lakshmi (source of health, fertility, and prosperity) and Her consort, God Vishnu (the preserver); focus is on peace-making and new beginnings.* 11/11 to 11/17: Old Anglo-Teutonic fast marking Hod (God of Darkness) unintentionally killing Balder (God of Light), and his true love Nanna (Goddess of Flowers) dying of a broken heart. The dead were honored.
* 11/12 to 11/15: Tewa Buffalo Dance--focused on healing. Tewa rites honor Mother Earth, Father Sky, and the four directions and elements of life - air of the North, earth of the East, fire of the South, and waters of the West.
* 11/13 (5:08 p.m. EST): New Moon. * 11/13: Kali Puja--Hindu festival honoring Great Goddess Maha Devi as Kali - decay, death, and transformation. Hindus believe all Gods and Goddesses are aspects of the limitless, attributeless, immanent, and transcendent Brahman.* 11/13 to 11/26: Hopi & Zuni Shalako Festival--welcoming back to the pueblos the Kachinas/Kokos - Spirits of Nature and the ancestors that provide protection, health, fertility, and food.
* 11/14 eve to 11/20 eve (11/17 peak): Leonid Meteor Showers. * 11/14 eve to 11/24 eve: Muharram/Muslim New Year (Year 1434) & A’ashurah.
* 11/20: Remembrance day for Meister Johannes Eckhart (d. 1328), Christian mystic. He taught the four ways of the mystic’s journey - the creating, positive, negating, and transforming ways.
* 11/21: Day for meditation on Tantric Bodhisattva Goddess White Tara, who guides the dead to Buddha Amitabha’s Pure Land, where all will find salvation.
* 11/22: Beginning of Sagittarius (the Hunter/Huntress). * 11/22: Thanksgiving Day--Day to give thanks for the abundance of our land and for our food, clothes, shelter, and health.
* 11/28 (7:13 a.m. to 11:53 a.m. EST): Penumbral Lunar Eclipse (visible in North America). * 11/28 (9:46 a.m. EST): Full Moon (Snow/Fire Moon).* 11/28: Day commemorating the birth of Guru Nanak Dev Sahib (1469), founder of the Sikh faith. Sikhs attempt to merge the human spirit with the Divine Spirit by reciting Akal Purakh, one of Deity’s sacred names. * 11/28: Birthday of William Blake (1757), artist, poet, and mystic, who recognized the unity of all religions.
Excerpted fromTHE MYSTIC'S WHEEL OF THE YEAR 2012A Multifaith Calendar Reflecting Eco-Egalitarian Spirituality© 2011 Marija Miovskiwww.WheeloftheYear.com
