Blog – Druidcraft Calendar

Using the Druidcraft calendar to predict human behaviour.

July 29, 2019August 11, 2019 Calendar Uses

For centuries legends have persisted that directly link the phases of the moon to the behaviours of human beings. In addition to the legends of werewolves, the word lunacy derives from the word for the

Using the Druidcraft Calendar to predict the tides.

July 18, 2019August 11, 2019 Calendar Uses

The tides of the world’s oceans and seas are caused by the gravitational pull of the Sun and the Moon, which creates bulges of water in the oceans. As these bulges move around the planet

A History of Calendars: Babylonia to Greece

July 3, 2019August 11, 2019 Calendar History

As you may have already noticed, this website is largely focused on the exploration of the 19 year cycle of the sun and the moon known as the Metonic cycle, and its place in history

The Druidcraft Calendar’s Historical Basis

February 19, 2019August 11, 2019 Calendar History

The Druidcraft calendar was never intended as a genuine authentic ancient druidic calendar. Instead it is a tool to help modern pagan practitioners to understand the movements of the sun and moon for ritual and

The Metonic Anomaly of 1699/1700 and the 371 year cycle

February 17, 2019August 10, 2019 Calendar Development

If you become interested in lunisolar calendars you will undoubtedly come across the Metonic system which is defined rather simply. The Metonic system is a way to reconcile the movements of the sun and the

A History of Calendars: The Nebra Sky Disk

February 15, 2019August 10, 2019 Calendar History

In my last article in this series I discussed a number of prehistoric calendar sites that show that early humans were concerned with reconciling the movements of the sun and moon in order to follow

Using the Druidcraft Calendar to tell the time

February 14, 2019August 10, 2019 Calendar Uses

The Druidcraft calendar can be used for many additional purposes beyond being a simple calendar. In this article I would like to explain how the calendar can be used as a very simple clock for

Calendar Year and Month Corrections – Fixing the Calendar

February 12, 2019August 10, 2019 Calendar Development

If you spend any time following this calendar you may have noticed over the last month that there have been a number of updates to the online calendar application. Importantly the way that months, years

Version 2

February 2, 2019August 10, 2019 Calendar Development

It has now been over a year since the Druidcraft Calendar was first conceived. In that time I have spoken to a lot of people and tried to spread the word far and wide in

Moon Names around the world and the importance of Blue Moons

January 27, 2019August 10, 2019 Calendar Development

In this article I would like to discuss the naming of moons, and the importance of Blue Moons in doing so. I will also share some of the various names for the full moons or