Most of the calendars we’ve used for the various iterations of the Starry Bull and previous Dionysian, Hellenic, and syncretic groups I’ve run have employed a lunisolar calendar, or some variation thereof.
The White Way is different in that it has a 7-day and 10-day week, with roughly 52 weeks in a year (except during leap years) broken up into 12 months of roughly 4 weeks like the calendar that most people in our contemporary Western societies are familiar with.
Each month has 28 to 31 days; each day in a month is named after one of the Symbols of the Starry Bull tradition; each day in a Decad (10-day week) represents a Pythagorean concept; and each month in a year has a Dionysian animal associated with it.
That’s a lot of information to bombard you with, so today I’m going to limit myself to just the months of our year and our “Bacchic Orphic Zodiac.”
January = Goat (τράγος)
February = Wolf (λύκος)
March = Deer (ἔλαφος)
April = Bull (ταύρος)
May = Fox (ἀλώπηξ)
June = Spider (ἀράχνης)
July = Leopard (πάρδαλις)
August = Snake (όφις)
September = Dolphin (δελφίς)
October = Ass (ὄνος)
November = Bear (άρκτος)
December = Swine (σῦς)
What animal are you according to this system?
The House of Vines 
Wolf
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Niiiiiice.
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I so wanted to be an Ass but am a Wolf.
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As awesome as asses are (especially the battle-donkey variety) wolves are pretty badass,
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Goat
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I go around and give businesses 1-star reviews, saying “There was a decided lack of goats at this establishment.” A couple of the businesses have even contacted me and tried to get me to change my review. Still, no goats — no stars.
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Swine
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If you need to dispose of a body, pig farm is your best bet.
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You need to make sure to remove the teeth first from the body.
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You collect those afterwards and make jewelry out of them, which you sell on Etsy.
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Dolphin of course. How did you decide on the calendar to follow? How did you set it up? I am following the Roman/ Mesopotamian ones, and want to see if I can smush them together. Or not.
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Well, it was weird. As much as I loved lunisolar calendars, I always wanted to tap into the energy of our New Year’s. I’ve made it work for the last 10-15 years no matter how different I made the calendars, but then I got to thinking: why am I going through all this trouble, especially considering how important solar symbolism is to Dionysos. Especially since I’m not very in tune with the cycles of nature, which is one of the things using a lunisolar calendar is supposed to help with. Once I put together the calendar and printed a wall calendar, I just checked the date off that rather than paying attention to the moon’s cycles, etc. So I dispensed with the trappings, and named the months after animals that have a strong association with Dionysos. And the days are named after non-animal Dionysian symbols. (I’m going to post them shortly.) This may be a bit confusing since it’s just for the White Way, and the Starry Bull festivals are all lunar, but it does work and ensures that time will be told by the dance of both the Sun and Moon. It’s just that there’ll be multiple calendars within the same tradition.
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Oh, and many of the month-animals sync up with the general Starry Bull festival calendar. So while the White Way doesn’t have festivals, and isn’t generally community-focused (being itinerant religious specialists and lore-tenders) all the pieces do ultimately fit together.
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As the teeth of a taxidermy salmon, yes?
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That’s certainly one option…
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