December      

2007

1st - Birthday of Anodea Judith, President of Church of All Worlds.

4th - Solar eclipse, 2:38 am 11 degrees Sagittarius 58'.

5th - Papal bull "Summis Desierantes Affectibus" issued by Pope Innocent VIII in 1484, removing obstacles to inquistors in their prosecution of witches. Death of Aleister Crowley, 1947. Birthday of Robert Hand, astrologer.

6th - Death of Jacob Sprenger, co-author of the "Malleus Malificarum", 1495. Birthday of Dion Fortune, member of the Golden Dawn, 1890.

7th - Hanukkah begins.

8th - Ramadan ends.

9th - Birthday of Margaret Hamilton, who played the Wicked Witch of the West in "The Wizard of Oz." Death of Cecil Williamson, 1999.

10th - First Gardnerian Coven formed in America, 1963.

12th - Appearance of the Virgin of Guadalupe to Juan Diego at the site of a former temple to the Aztec goddess Tonantzin, 1531.

13th - First papal bull against black magic issued by Alexander IV, 1258.

14th - Birthday of Nostradamus, 1503.

15th - Full Moon - Long Nights Moon.

21st - Winter Solstice/Yule. Sun enters Capricorn.

22nd - Celtic Tree Month of Elder ends.

23rd - Hanukkah ends. Birthday of Robert Bly, author. Between (Celtic Tree Month).

24th - Christmas Eve. Celtic Tree Month of Birch begins.

25th - Christmas Day. Solar Eclipse 12:35 pm. Feast of Frau Holle, Germanic weather goddess.

26th - Kwanzaa begins. Dr. Fian (aka John Cunningham) arraigned for twenty counts of witchcraft and treason.

27th - Birthday of Gerina Dunwich, Wiccan author, 1959.

28th - Janet and Stewart Farrar begin their first coven together, 1970.

29th - Death of Thomas A. Beckett, Archbishop, 1170.

31st - New Year's Eve.

Source:
     The source of all material was taken from Llewellyn's Witches' Calendar September 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 & 2002. Everything represented here is for educational purposes only.