The Celtic Solar Calendar The author (Michael Vescoli) developed the "Celtic Solar Calendar" using the sacred Druid trees to be used with solar configured astrology placing more importance in the Greco-Roman Zodiac rather than the Celtic Lunar Zodiac of Helena Peterson. In the construction of the Celtic tree circle we find 29 'Egyptian weeks' (the Egyptians originally divided the year into 36 large weeks of 10 days and one small week of 5 days) and the question is: where does the number 29 come from? The Celts certainly knew the solar month, the time span between two consecutive transits of the moon of the meridian of the vernal equinox. It last just over 27 days. On the other hand, they were also certainly familiar with the synodic month, the time span between two similar phases of the moon. This lasts for about 29 days. We could leave it at that. But whilst we are wondering why the period of the walnut tree lasts for 19 days, the yew, which was driven out, steps into the breach. The yew takes up nine days. Thus the walnut has only ten days left instead of 29, we now have 30 periods of ten days. This fits in well with the number three, the favourite number of the Celts. So we have 300 days accounted for. Then we have the time to assign to the poplar: a short week in February (five days), 14 days in May (a fortnight) and nine days in August, which makes 28 days. The elm has 13 days in January, which is the number of consinants in the Beth-Luis-Nion, and 11 in July. Now all we need is the nine 'secret' days of the yew and one day each for the oak, the birch, the olive and the beech for a total of 365 days. Thus we arrive at : Oak (21 March) Hazel (22-31 March) Rowan (1-10 April) Maple (11-20 April) Walnut (21-30 April) Poplar (1-14 May) Chestnut (15-24 May) Ash (25 May - 3 June) Hornbeam (4-13 June) Fig (14-23 June) Birch (24 June) Apple (25 June - 4 July) Fir (5-14 July) Elm (15-25 July) Cypress (26 July - 4 August) Poplar (5-13 August) Cedar (14-23 August) Pine (24 August - 2 September) Sail, the Willow (3-12 September) Lime (13-22 September) Olive (23 September) Hazel (24 September - 3 October) Rowan (4-13 October) Maple (14-23 October) Walnut (24 October - 11 November) Yew (3-11 November) Chestnut (12-21 November) Ash (22 November - 1 December) Hornbeam (2-11 December) Fig (12-21 December) Beech (22 December) Apple (23 December - 1 January) Fir (2-11 January) Elm (12-24 January) Cypress (25 January - 3 February) Poplar (4-8 February) Cedar (9-18 February) Pine (19-29 February) Willow (1-10 March) Lime (11-20 March) From "The Celtic Tree Calendar" by Michael Vescoli