* 10/2: Feast of the Guardian Angels; day to honor one's personal guardian and guide.
* 10/2: Non-Violence Day--Day to assess your exposure to violence in all its forms and to purge it from your life.
* 10/2: Birthday of Mahatma Mohandas Gandhi (1869), Hindu advocate for human rights and self-reliance, who practiced active non-violent resistance to injustice. Gandhi envisioned a world where women and untouchables would be empowered and respected, and where members of all faiths would live harmoniously together.
* 10/3: Mindfulness Day--Zen Buddhist day for being mindful that fear and hatred of others results from ignorance of interconnectedness.
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* 10/4: Christian feast of St. Francis of Assisi (d. 1226), and Animal Blessing Day.
* 10/4 eve to 10/5 eve: Shemini Atzeret/Feast of Assembly--Jewish festival of praise and thanksgiving for life-giving rain.
* 10/4 to 10/7: Tewa Deer Dance--celebrating the cosmic duality of feminine and masculine. The Tewa recognize gender equality and honor both male and female ancestors.
* 10/5: Day honoring Zen Buddhist philosopher Bodhidharma (470-543), who believed one could attain Buddhahood by realizing one's own Buddha nature.
* 10/9 eve to 10/10 eve: Old Greek festival honoring Gaia and the Nymphs (the male and female Spirits of Nature).
* 10/10: Fall Migratory Bird Day.
* 10/12 (8:06 p.m. EDT): New Moon.
* 10/12 (Obs. 10/12): Columbus Day--Commemorates Europeans' colonization of America (1492); day to mourn Native American victims of conquest and oppression (past and present), make peace, and celebrate empowerment of Native Americans.
* 10/12 eve: Old European feast of the Triple Goddess (Goddess of the Moon and the Seasons), marking the transformation of the Mother into the Crone.
* 10/13: Final appearance of Our Lady of Fatima, Lady of Oracles and Miracles (Portugal 1917).
* 10/13 to 10/23: Navaratri/Durga Puja--Hindu festival of Great Goddess Maha Devi as Durga, Protector of the Powerless; celebrates Her destruction of evil and restoration of cosmic order. Hindus believe all Gods and Goddesses are aspects of the limitless, attributeless, immanent, and transcendent Brahman.
* 10/13 eve to 10/23 eve: Muharram/Muslim New Year (Year 1437) & A'ashurah. The Five Pillars of Islam are confession, prayer, alms-giving, fasting, and pilgrimage.
* 10/14 to 10/28 (I 10/24): Old Norse Winter Nights Feast--The ancestors were remembered and offerings were made to the Deities (particularly the Norns, Freyja, and the Disir) to survive the season.
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* 10/17: Shukaku Matsuri--Shinto rite offering thanks and first fruits of the rice harvest to the Kami.
* 10/18: Day the Clean Water Act was enacted (1972); day to give thanks for the water we drink.
* 10/18: Old Egyptian feast of Neteret Hathor, Goddess of Fate.
* 10/18 eve to 10/19 eve: Proerosia--Old Greek festival in which fruits of all the harvest were offered to Goddess Demeter.
* 10/18 eve to 10/26 eve (10/22 peak): Orionid Meteor Showers.
* 10/23: Beginning of Scorpio (the Scorpion).
* 10/23 eve to 10/26 eve: Thesmophoria--Old Greek festival commemorating the transformation of Goddess Kore (Queen of the Living) into Persephone (Queen of the Dead), when She eloped to Elysium with Her partner, God Dionysos/Plouton, accompanied by Goddess Hekate and spirits of the dead.
* 10/24: Feast of Raphael, Angel of Healing.
* 10/27 (8:05 a.m. EDT): Full Moon (Wolf/Hunting Moon).
* 10/28 to 11/3: Isia--Old Romano-Egyptian festival recalling Set (God of Destruction) killing God Osiris; Goddess Isis mourning Him, resurrecting Him, and conceiving God Horus with Him; and Osiris becoming Lord of Amenta, realm of the dead.
* 10/31: Chinese Buddhist festival of Goddess Kuan Yin; celebrates Her attainment of Bodhisattvahood. * 10/31: Day to mourn the women tortured and killed as "witches" because of their independence, wealth, wisdom, or religion.
* 10/31 eve: Halloween--Night that the dead return to visit their families; celebrated by children, dressed as spirits, going door to door for treats.
* 10/31 eve to 11/2 eve: Samhain--Old Celtic/Welsh New Year and feast of Cerridwen (Goddess of Death) and Beli (the Holly King - God of the Waning Sun).
* 10/31 eve to 11/3 eve: Apaturia--Old Greek festival in which newcomers and children were welcomed into the community.
* 10/31 eve to 11/7 eve: Mid-Autumn/Day of the Dead/Hallowmas.
Excerpted fromTHE MYSTIC'S WHEEL OF THE YEAR 2015A Multifaith Calendar Reflecting Eco-Egalitarian Spirituality© 2014 Marija Miovskiwww.WheeloftheYear.com
