Despite my general dislike of the Gregorian calendar, it’s hard not to notice a definite energetic shift as we go from September to October, possibly more than any other two months besides its New Year. Perhaps it was ingrained into our minds in grade school. The days grow shorter, the shadows grow longer. The Chaos Serpent gains a bit more of an upper hand against Ra. But it never wins, thanks to our Lord and Savior Sutekh.
One holiday I wanted to draw your attention to falls on October 18th. The Feast of the Children of the Storm, dedicated to Sutekh. This is out of the Cairo calendar used by Luigi Tripani in his book. Tantalizing as its name sounds, there’s no other information on this holiday in the book besides the name, and that Seth was associated with it. Wouldn’t it be so cool if Set followers all called themselves Children of the Storm? His historic followers get called the Confederates of Set, which does sound cool but has too many negative connotations in the USA. What do you think, my fellow Setians? Late in the month we get a series of holidays centered around the reconciliation between Set and Horus. This was when they were going to divide Egypt evenly, with Set getting Upper Egypt and Horus getting Lower Egypt. Too bad this deal wasn’t good enough for a certain sister, who wouldn’t be happy until Set was wiped out of existence, seemingly, and just had to continue to traumatize her son into making him fight his uncle. Yes, I may have a few biases. But it really should have ended there, with Egypt split evenly.
It’s also Spooky Season! I was Wiccan for a time, and I loved to celebrate Samhain. I’ve taken it with me into my Armeno-Kemetic pagan path. I do have some Gaelic ancestry too after all, even if I find it a little less interesting than my Armenian side, so it’s not really cultural appropriation. I still honor all my akhu. Today I dedicate Halloween/Samhain to Anubis and Medjed the Smiter. Don’t forget to leave a bowl of Halloween candy out for Medjed on Halloween night.
Important Past Dates:
Հոռի Սրեգ/September 10 ~ Armenian Month of Hori begins.
Հոռի Անի/September 21 ~ Kemetic Month of Menkhet (𓏠𓈖𓐍𓏏, Mnḫt) begins. Netjer of the month is Tefnut . Also Day that Sobek’s Tongue Was Severed.
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Հոռի Գրգոռ/October 1 ~ The Feast of Min
Հոռի Լուսնակ/October 4 ~ Do Not Burn Incense or look at fire this day.
Հոռի Վահագն/October 7 ~ Feast of Ma’at. Focus on order and balance.
Հոռի Գիշերավառ / October 9 ~ Ra’s Ennead Rejoices
Սահմի Արեգ/October 10 ~ Armenian Month of Sahmi (Samhain) Begins
Սահմի Հրանդ/October 11 ~ Indigenous People’s Day; a day of remembrance of the genocide of the native people of Turtle Island and other victims of colonialism. (Can be repeated on Thanksgiving.)
Սահմի Միհր/October 18 ~ Feast of the Children of the Storm, hosted by Sutekh
Սահմի Ձոպաբեր/October 19 ~ Feast of Bast 𓎯𓏏𓏏𓁐 (Bast Goes Forth in Anger, Lady of the Life of the Two Lands).
Սահմի Մուրց/October 20 ~ Feast of Shu
Սահմի Երեզկան/October 21 ~ Month of Hathor Begins 𓉡; Feast of Raising Ma’at
Սահմի Անի/October 22 ~ Nephthys Rejoices
Սահմի Արամազդ/October 25 ~Reconciliation of Set and Horus
Սահմի Մանի/October 26 ~ The Judgment of Horus and Set
Սահմի Ասակ/October 27 ~ Horus Ascends to the Throne of Lower Egypt
Սահմի Մասիս/October 28 ~Set Ascends to the Throne of Upper Egypt
Սահմի Գրգոռ/October 31 ~ Samhain (Halloween); Day of Remembrance of the Dead, of Heka (magick) and of Spellwork, when the veil is thinnest between the physical and astral realms. Netjeru of this holiday are Anpu and Medjed.
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October’s Favorable (𓄤)/Adverse (𓊢) Days
1. 𓄤𓄤𓄤
2. 𓄤𓄤𓄤
3. 𓊢𓊢𓊢
4. 𓊢𓊢𓊢
5. 𓄤𓄤𓄤
6. 𓄤𓄤𓄤
7. 𓄤𓄤𓄤
8. 𓊢𓊢𓊢
9. 𓄤𓄤𓄤
10. 𓄤𓄤𓄤
11. 𓄤𓄤𓄤
12. 𓊢𓊢𓊢
13. 𓊢𓊢𓊢
14. 𓊢𓊢𓊢
15. 𓄤𓄤𓄤
16. 𓊢𓊢𓊢
17. 𓊢𓊢𓊢
18. 𓊢𓊢𓊢
19. 𓊢𓊢𓊢
20. 𓄤𓄤𓄤
21. 𓄤𓄤𓄤
22. 𓊢𓊢𓊢
23. 𓄤𓄤𓄤
24. 𓄤𓄤𓄤
25. 𓄤𓄤𓄤
26. 𓄤𓄤𓄤
27. 𓄤𓄤𓄤
28. 𓄤𓄤𓄤
29. 𓄤𓄤𓄤
30. 𓄤𓄤𓄤
31. 𓄤𓄤𓄤
May Set rise and A𓌜p𓌜e𓌜p𓌜 fall. 𓇼𓀢𓏛𓃪
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~ Siamanto the Foreigner
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