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a coupla years back, I fell into the Dreamspell Calendar (www.tortuga.com) - a calendar based on the Mayan calendrical system, but adjusted by Jose Arguilles for North Americans.
for the mayan systems (haab, tzolkin, long count) check out
http://www.pauahtun.org/tools.html
it's an amazing tool for manifestation, as it uses interlocking measures of different magnitudes of time, with a numerological progression.
4, 7, 9, 13, 20, multiples and harmonics thereof, are key numbers.
The Mayans were really big on measuring the cycles of Venus (ie Kukulkan, the plumed serpent), and her cycle of 584 days (between helical risings, I think).
His plan is to reform our calendar, such that the Dreamspell becomes the global standard, all others observed as per one's preference.
It lead me down a path of looking at Hebrew, Muslim, Chinese, Gregorian (the one we commonly use), Julian, Erisian, Astrological and other calendars. Even Crowley has one based on the Tarot.
The most appealing part of the Dreamspell, is that it synchronises the Lunar Cycle with the Solar Cycle (none of the others do this). As such:
13 months of 28 days (4 x 7-day weeks) = 364
there are 13 lunar cycles (not phase cycles) during a solar year.
Take the day left over, call it the "Day out of Time," and celebrate it as the New Year on July 25th (the Rising of Sirius - I think - which was acknowledged by the Egyptians as the start of the Nile's flooding season). It is celebrated in many cities in the Americas, who acknowledge the day as an international day of Peace (what's not to like?).
The 1/4 day that we incorporate as February 29th every four years is a matter of dispute (apparently), as the amount of the fraction isn't agreed upon universally (or so I'm lead to believe).
It is immersed in a lot of New-Age (rhymes with Sewage) terminology, which I find dilutes it into vaguely positive platitudes, but that aside, the system's got a lot of merit.
Curiouser and curiouser.
All this to say: anyone use any of these tools to effect?
I find using the symbolism of the days of the week (Sun, Moon, Tiw/Mars/Fire, Wodan/Mercury/Water, Thor/Jupiter/Wood, Freya/Venus/Metal, Saturn/Earth), as it seems to be consistent across the cultures with which I am familiar.
Also, the names of the months, and the progression of the Sun through the Astrological houses, creates an intriguing progressive narrative, From March (Mars) to February (Februus - personification of the Underworld), or Aries (Mars) to Pisces (Neptune). Take your pick. It's the story of the harvest.
anyone else care to share?
peace.
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