January Magicks and Rituals

January - the month of new beginnings.  Like February, January was introduced into the Roman calendar by a legendary king of Rome, Numa Pompilius (c. 715 - 673 BCE), who named it in honor of Janus, the god of doors and openings.

This page serves as a jumping off point for January holy days, spells, magicks, lore, rituals, superstitions and  more.

General information on the month of January:

• January Moon Names
• January Magick

Astrology and Birth Signs for January:

(note: some of the dates will overlap with December and February)

• Sign of the Carnation (Dec 22 to Jan 21)
• Sun in Capricorn (Dec 22 to Jan 19)
• Sign of the Orchid (Jan 21 and Feb 19)
• Sun in Aquarius (Jan 21 to Feb 19)

Celtic and Nordic Tree astrology and signs for January:

(note: some of the dates will overlap with December and February)

• Apple (Dec 23 to Jan 1)
• Birch (Dec 24 - Jan 21)
• Fir (Jan 1 to Jan 11)
• Elm (Jan 12 to Jan 24)
• Rowan (Jan 21 - Feb 17)
• Cypress (Jan 25 to Feb 3)

Holidays, Feast Days and Holy Days in January:

• 2: Advent of Isis
• 3: Festival of Pax the Roman goddess of peace.
• 3: Snow Day
• 4: Evergreen Day
• 5: Festival of Lares Compitales - Roman guardian deities of crossroads.
• 5: Twelfth Night
• 6: Epiphany
• 6: Festival of Kore
• 7: Feast of Sekhmet, the Egyptian New Year's Day.
• 7: Distaff Day
• 8: It's Midwives' Day
• 9: The Agonium, festival of Janus, the Roman god of gates and doors, beginnings and endings.
• 10: Plough Monday
• 11: New Moon
• 11 and 15: The Carmentalia, festival of Carmenta, the Roman goddess of childbirth
• 16: Festival of Concordia, the Roman goddess of harmonious relations
• 17: Good Luck Day, the festival of Felicitas, the Roman goddess of good luck
• 19: Blessing of the Waters
• 24: Feriae Sementivae - blessing the seeds
• 24: Gold Rush Day
• 25: Up Helly Aa - Scottish Viking celebration
• 25: St Paul's Day 
• 26: Full moon - Wolf Moon
• 30 - Feb. 2: Roman celebration of Februalia
• 31: Disfest/Disablot
• 31: Hecate's Feast

Spells and Magicks for January:

• Farewell to Christmas
• Invocation to the Full Wolf Moon
• Spells for St Agnes
• St Agnes Eve
• To Dismiss Winter Greens
• Wolf Moon

The Stories and Lore of January:

• Epiphany Lore and Superstitions
• Good Luck Day
• Janus - Lord of Beginnings
• More on St. Distaff's Day
• New Year Moon Lore
• St Paul's Day Lore
• Symbolism of the Full Wolf Moon

Just for New Year's Eve and New Year's Day:

• An Ablution For The New Year
• First Footing
• For a Lucky New Year
• Grapes At Midnight
• Iroquois Good Luck Spell
• Listening To Your Needs
• New Beginnings
• New Year's Divinations
• New Year's Eve
• Not a Lucky New Year
• Old New Year's Customs and Lore
• Out With The Old In With The New
• Russian Bath House Oracle
• Snapdragon - A Wishing Game
• Unfinished Business

Recipes for food, incense, potpourri, and more:

• Twelfth Night Cake

For anything newly posted on this subject and not on this list see: January Spells and Rituals