Announcing The Aun Year

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[Dibzva]

I'm very enthusiastic about this. At first, I thought it an excellent excuse for another scandinavian family holiday. Thinking on, though, I really like the idea of a lot of smaller events at historic sites around the world. All celebrating the Year of Aun.

[waywardbard]

I think making an 11-month mead would be a great way to pay tribute! I would have preferred to make an 8-YEAR mead, but seeing as this is the first awakening of the old ritual, I'll make the adjustments.

[jenncampus]

I appreciate that you invited others into planning this over the next year! Looking forward to participating however I can. There are plenty of sacred places here in Sardinia, and some that our family has been making regular pilgrimages to over the last decade. Thanks for the initiative!

[zulu]

Brilliant about time we all pulled together to celebrate the year of Aun, I'm sure there is going to be some fantastic ideas for everyone.

[babykraken]

When you used the word yarning I thought Tyson Yunkaporta. A good bloke. Yes, thank you I am getting excited about this.

[TheNinjaFromNuevo]

Thank you for your work! What a valuable contribution to reestablishing traditional practices to our modern world. I look forward to joining with you all in celebration, and I will share this with all the practitioners I know.

[MrEnaric]

Great idea! I also support the hallowed sacrifice of faulty leaders on this occasion. A truly healthy Iron Age solution we should also honor.

[MrManse]

toppen bra ide! vi är med från norra dalarna

[hornandhearth]

Here for it! Our hearth is excited to participate!

[karitauring]

Do you think the Sónargöltr/Boar Sacrifice was only done every eight years?
I wonder...these days I only do a pig shaped bread and a bit of sausage, but raising a boar for the occasion of next Jul would be a pretty cool undertaking. Many thoughts. Glad of the conversations!

[jochemvanrijswijk]

What a great idea! Let's make this happen!

[MaudMargretheRex]

Such Great you tube invitation today.. Thanks a million 🙏🏼🙏🏼 brilliant initiative

Tak for sådan en smuk gestus, i dag
Og med White Raven, der vejrer foran min butik, vil jeg virkelig gerne finde en måde at deltage på. 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[enochanglin]

Is the book and calendar combo not able to be shipped to the USA? I want to purchase it but am unable.

[dentonstales]

This is very good indeed, I'd like to back it too. A very fine idea.

[renata_of_the_craft]

How marvellous! Something I have been hoping for for a long time. I myself have already the leap month in my personal moon calendar which I follow. I hope I find a way to get involved in this project! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[renata_of_the_craft]

As we are now slowly moving closer I updated my mobile calendar to include my important dates. i noticed that these Aun days appear to be held on the day prior to the full moons each time. The only way for me to make sense these celebrations would have to start at sunset, and by counting the days the old way. I hope I´m correct in my assumptions and calculations.

[vegahimsa]

There are approximately 99 lunar months in eight tropical years or 235 months in 19 years (Meton cycle). They differ from eachother by exactly one month in 152 years. Neither cycle is perfect nor are the sun and moon perfectly predictable nor consistent. The 99/8 cycle will probably be long one month about every 143 years.

[sylviawoodham]

if nine was the sacred number, where do you get the 8 year cycle for this? After every 8 years the 9th is the cycle?

[donworley]

I'm very excited to participate in this way to reckon Yule, the year of Aun, and the cycle of the year! I got the book, the Nordic Animist Calendar for Christmas, by the way, and I love it.
I have a comment and a question about inclusive counting...
First, this counting system sounds the same as how to count your age in some east Asian cultures, like China (I think). When a child is born, they are 1. One year later they turn 2, because they're beginning their 2nd year of life. Someone who says they are 18 by inclusive counting is actually 17 by modern western counting. (They've completed 17 years, and in the process of completing their 18th.)
So now, my question: is year "9" always also year 1? This would make sense because it's the beginning of year 1. This would mean the year after is year 2, because it's the beginning of year 2 (and the end of year 1)...
I want to call inclusive counting "processional", because it declares the number in process of completion, rather than the count completed.

[ddub]

There is no zero in counting because zero is the logical representation of “a lack of anything to count.” This is why we always start counting at 1. But what creates the biggest confusion is how we count time passing on the clock (and our birthdays) vs how we count calendar time. Time on a clock and birthdays is “time passed”, so 1am marks that one hour has passed; just like 1 year old means that one year has passed since your birth. Calendar time, on the other hand, denotes the period of time within which we are currently existing. You wouldn’t say that it was Monday right at the 24th hour. No, it’s Monday all day long. This is why a clock can start at zero but a calendar never will. This is also why most people celebrate the end of the decade/century/millennium a year too early as they think that a 10 year cycle somehow ends on a 9 instead of a 10, which is logically impossible since you must always start “counting” at 1.