2 Nisannu, Obama 7 (2nd day of the Akitu festival)

2015-03-22T23:23:26Z

[Note for sacred calendar dates: I'm using the Achaemenid-era Chaldean calendar because it's the one that's easiest to use. Since the new moon and the equinox fell on the same day this year, I'm assuming that 1 Nisannu was the evening of the 20th/morning of the 21st (Babylonians counted from sunset, like most Semitic peoples still do). I'm not entirely sure what to do about the year count, since I'm actively an anti-monarchist, but listing off the current Congress seems even more awkward than treating the Presidency as if it were a reign, so I'm doing that for the moment.]

Got two different suggestions in 48 hours that cleaning off and re-dedicating my home altar would be the correct thing to do for Akitu. My right wrist is hurting too badly to do the grading I really ought to be doing right now, but gross motor movement doesn't hurt nearly as much as fine motor stuff, so I went ahead and did so. I hadn't quite realized how much extra stuff had accumulated on top of the altar. Fortunately, it has drawers, and they weren't full yet, so I dusted everything off and put most of it inside the altar. I have two votive figures for deities I'm not currently doing reverence for (Tehuti and Sarasvati), so I found honored places on the bookshelves for them (they're both deities of learning, among other things, so I can't imagine them objecting to being placed with books). I also have an un-dedicated image of Hecate, but I need to do a proper ceremony for that one, so I wrapped it up and put it in one of the drawers for right now.

( The rest back here for space )

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2 Nisannu, Obama 7 (2nd day of the Akitu festival)