* 10/1: Mindfulness Day--Zen Buddhist day for being mindful that fear and hatred of others results from ignorance of interconnectedness.
* 10/1 eve to 10/10 eve: Muharram/Muslim New Year (Year 1438) & A’ashurah. The Five Pillars of Islam are confession, prayer, alms-giving, fasting, and pilgrimage.
* 10/1 to 10/11: 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.
* 10/2: Feast of the Guardian Angels; day to honor one’s personal guardian and guide.
* 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.
* 10/2 eve to 10/4 eve: Rosh Hashanah/Jewish New Year (Year 5777)--Commemorates Creation of the World by Elohim, the one universal Deity; begins ten days of self-examination and penitence for harm done.
* 10/4: Christian feast of St. Francis of Assisi (d. 1226), and Animal Blessing Day.
* 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.
* 10/6 eve to 10/7 eve: Proerosia--Old Greek festival in which fruits of all the harvest were offered to Goddess Demeter.
* 10/11 eve to 10/12 eve: Yom Kippur/Day of Atonement--Jewish day of fasting, prayer, reconciliation, making reparation for harm done, and helping those in need.
* 10/11 eve to 10/14 eve: Thesmophoria--Old Greek festival commemorating Goddess Kore eloping to Elysium with God Dionysos, accompanied by Goddess Hekate and spirits of the dead.
* 10/12 (Obs. 10/10): 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.
* 10/13: Final appearance of Our Lady of Fatima, Lady of Oracles and Miracles (Portugal 1917).
* 10/14 to 10/28 (I 10/22): 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.
* 10/16 (12:23 a.m. EDT): Full Moon (Indigo/Wise-Crone Moon).
* 10/16 eve to 10/23 eve: Sukkot/Feast of Ingathering--Jewish thanksgiving for the fruit harvest. Originally, a dance procession was made to vineyards and wine was offered to Elohim.
* 10/17: Old Egyptian feast of Neteret Hathor, Goddess of Fate.
* 10/17: Shukaku Matsuri--Shinto rite offering thanks and first fruits of the rice harvest to the Kami.
* 10/18 eve to 10/26 eve (10/22 peak): Orionid Meteor Showers.
* 10/19: Chinese Buddhist festival of Goddess Kuan Yin; celebrates Her attainment of Bodhisattvahood. * 10/19 eve to 10/22 eve: Apaturia--Old Greek festival in which newcomers and children were welcomed into the community.
* 10/20: Day the Granth Sahib (Adi Granth), the holy scripture of the Sikhs, was recognized as eternal guru (1708). Sikhs believe the infinite and formless Deity should be sought within one’s self.
* 10/23: Beginning of Scorpio (the Scorpion). .
* 10/23 eve to 10/24 eve: Shemini Atzeret/Feast of Assembly--Jewish festival of praise and thanksgiving for life-giving rain. * 10/24: Yoruba/Santeria feast of Orisha Erinle, Healer of the Sick and Injured.
* 10/24: Feast of Raphael, Angel of Healing.
* 10/24 eve to 10/25 eve: Simchat Torah/Rejoicing with the Torah--Jewish festival celebrating the Torah.
* 10/27 to 10/30: 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.
* 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.
* 10/30 (1:38 p.m. EDT): New Moon.
* 10/30: Kali Puja--Hindu festival honoring Great Goddess Maha Devi as Kali - decay, death, and transformation.
* 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 11/7 eve: Mid-Autumn/Day of the Dead/Hallowmas--Festival marking the transformation of life to death - the end of the agricultural year, departure of migrating and hibernating animals, and decay and death of vegetal and animal life. Observed by remembering departed ancestors and contemplating one’s own mortality.
Excerpted fromTHE MYSTIC'S WHEEL OF THE YEAR 2016A Multifaith Calendar Reflecting Eco-Egalitarian Spirituality© 2015 Marija Miovskiwww.WheeloftheYear.com
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