The Celtic Lunar Calendar

In today's world it is often difficult for us to imagine that there were ancient civilizations that came long before us who were more aware and in tune with nature, astronomy, and astrology than we are today with all of our advanced intelligence and technology.
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Historical records and archeological discoveries have made us all too aware of ancient peoples who had acquired such knowledge, which they used to alter and influence the activities of their daily life.
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Approximately one thousand years B.C., a religious order of Celtic priests known as the Druids lived in the British Isles.  They used a lunar calendar that consisted of 13 months, with each month having within it 28 days, plus an additional day which was added to the calendar as in a leap year, to correspond to the solar/lunar year.
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This 13 month calendar was used by the Druids to calculate their year and important festivals.
The Druidic religion focused on the natural and supernatural energies of the universe which they identified with the spirits of their sacred trees.  These sacred trees formed the basis of the Druid astrological zodiac.

The Druidic Zodiac
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The last day of the calendar, December 23rd, is known as The Nameless Day which is represented by the Mistletoe and symbolized by the black pearl.

(The information and beautiful illustrations associated with this page and those of the sacred tree signs were obtained from the book "The Celtic Lunar Zodiac" written by Helena Patterson and illustrated by Margaret Walty.)