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The Intercalary Days

UCC Year
'Intercalary' Days are not part of the standard calendar cycle of the 12 'Triad' Months
They are inserted to keep the calendar perennial, the year 'in synch' with the equinoxes and to 'balance' the 4 Quarter Seasons, which would otherwise have different lengths

The standard (non leap) UCC Year is 'balanced' by 5 Intercalary Days

These are shown in the above graphic as Day 1 in the centre and Days 2, 93, 184 & 275 around the edge

Leap Years are balance by 6 Intercalary Days with an extra Day 0 inserted at the start of the year

  

The Intercalary Days are highlighted in the graphic below
UCC Intercalary Days
  

    This is based on the orbit of the Earth ⊕ around the Sun ☉ with its 2 equinoxes & 2 solstices as shown below

The Four Seasons

Note: This graphic shows the cycle rotated 90° anti clockwise from the previous graphic so you can see the angle at the 2 solstices better

  

The equinoxes & solstices create the 4 Seasons and together with the Sun ☉ at the centre give us the 5 Special Days each year (4+1=5)  

We can see this symbolised in the Ancient Solar (Celtic) Cross

Solar Celtic Cross

 And, the symbol for the Earth is '⊕' : a circle with a '+' added, based on this ancient symbol

 

Also, having developed the UCC based on this principle, I later came across this ancient archaic Mexican Calendar on Wikipedia!

Archaic Mexican Calendar (Wikipedia)

  

The attributes of the Intercalary Days are summarised in the table below

Summary of UCC Intercalary Days
 Intercalary Day No. 0 1 2 3 4 5
 Name Leap Year's Day New Year's Day 1st Season's  Day 2nd Season's Day 3rd Season's Day 4th Season's  Day
 Symbol ✶ ❂ ◷ ◴ ◵ ◶
 Numerical UCC Date in Format     'Year:Month:Day' [YYYYY.MM.DD] YYYYY.00.00 YYYYY.00.01 YYYYY.01.00 YYYYY.04.00 YYYYY.07.00 YYYYY.10.00
 Can Be Written In Full As: 0 of ZERO YYYYY 1st of ZERO YYYYY 0 of ONE-Aries♈ YYYYY 0 of FOUR-Cancer♋ YYYYY 0 of SEVEN-Libra♎ YYYYY 0 of TEN-Capricorn♑ YYYYY
 Can Also Be Written As: 0.0.YYYYY 1.0.YYYYY 0.1.YYYYY 0.4.YYYYY 0.7.YYYYY 0.10.YYYYY
 Can Also Be Written As: 0/0/YYYYY 1/0/YYYYY 0♈YYYYY 0♋YYYYY 0♎YYYYY 0♑YYYYY
 Day of Year No. (of 365) 0 1 2 93 184 275
 Event This Day Is Inserted For Leap Year New Year

Aries♈ Equinox (North Bound Equinox)

 Cancer♋ Solstice (Northern Solar Stasis) Libra♎ Equinox (South Bound Equinox) Capricorn♑ Solstice (Southern Solar Stasis)
 (UCC Event Name) (Leap Year) (New Year) ('Nobenox') ('Nolstice') ('Sobenox') ('Solstice')
 Part of Cardinal Festival [☉⊕] of Aries [♈] Aries [♈] Aries [♈] Cancer [♋] Libra [♎] Capricorn [♑]
 UCC Quarter Season Marked / / Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
 Northern Hemisphere Season / / Spring Summer Autumn Winter
 Northern Hemisphere Day Name / / Spring Day Summer's Day Autumn Day Winter's Day
 Southern Hemisphere Season / / Autumn Winter Spring Summer
 Southern Hemisphere Day Name / / Autumn Day Winter's Day Spring Day Summer's Day
 Equivalent Gregorian Date (circa) 20th Mar 21st Mar 22nd Mar 21st June 20th Sept 20th Dec

  

Details

Intercalary Day 1 - 'New Year's Day'

Inserted for the Sun ☉ and the start of a new yearly cycle

It is always the 1st Full Day After the occurrence of the Northern Hemisphere Spring Equinox, when the Sun crosses the celestial equator rising north and which I therefore call the 'Nobenox' (a contraction of 'North Bound Equinox')

(The 'Nobenox' itself is celebrated by Intercalary Day 2)

 

Intercalary Days 2, 3, 4 & 5  - 'New Season's Days'

These are inserted for the 2 Equinoxes and the 2 Solstices and their respective Quarter Seasons

Aries♈ Equinox

The 'Nobenox'

Cancer♋ Solstice

The 'Nolstice'

Libra♎ Equinox

The 'Sobenox'

Capricorn♑ Solstice

The 'Solstice'

  

Intercalary Day 0 - Leap Year's Day

Balances Leap Years
It is inserted before New Year's Day in Leap Years to make 6 Intercalary Days and 366 Days in total

 

All the Intercalary Days are also days within one of 4 'Cardinal Festivals'

  

Numerology of the Intercalary Days

There is a nice 'synchronicity' to the numerology of the intercalary days whereby:

their day of the year numbers reduce to their intercalary day numbers:

Day 000 of the year = intercalary day 0

Day 001 of the year = intercalary day 1

Day 002 of the year = intercalary day 2

Day 093 of the year = intercalary day 3

0 + 9 + 3 = 12 then 1 + 2 = 3

Day 184 of the year = intercalary day 4

1 + 8 + 4 = 13 then 1 + 3 = 4

Day 275 of the year = intercalary day 5

2 + 7 + 5 = 14 then 1 + 4 = 5

AND

in standard (non leap) years of 365 days there are 5 intercalary days

3 + 6 + 5 = 14 then 1 + 4 = 5

AND

in leap years of 366 days there are 6 intercalary days

3 + 6 + 6 = 15 then 1 + 5 = 6

 

Next, read about the 4 Quarter Seasons

  

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