So in some years an extra moon makes a longer Summer or Winter, to keep the moons in synchrony with the Sun’s cycle. This includes about seven extra moons over the nineteen years. There is a ‘Great Year’ cycle of nineteen years, where solar and lunar times catch up with each other. The moon’s cycle slips back and forth in her relation to Sun festivals. The philosophy of this calendar is our shared belonging to mother earth.

Some of these point to links with natural events and seasonal concerns and provide common ground for celebration. Significant days from religions and other traditions have been included. These are supported by myths and tales which give meaning to our lives. Many celebrations and duties have grown out of the natural order and cycle of the seasons. Religion, or Res Ligio means the rules by which we live. Celebration and awareness of the changing seasons is health-giving and brings us close to nature.

The calendar is based on the pagan tradition of celebrating the cycle of the year. The Sun signs from Astrology have been included, and letters from the Druidic alphabet but also the eclipses of sun and moon.

The Germanic Rune and its name are given, with its meaning in English. Some guidance is given on the character of each moon season with its characteristics, associated trees or plants, and names by which they have been personified and sometimes worshiped. This Moon calendar, or Lunar Calendar, draws inspiration from the common spirit of different European traditions and mythologies From the Gaul’s Coligny Calendar, the Celtic Tree Calendar, Druidic and Anglo-Saxon traditions.