Pirts day
Every layer is read at this time; sunrise and sunset are the chosen day's.
Waxing moon 80% illuminated
As the moon waxed, strength was thought to be building. A pirts visit in this phase was taken more for enjoyment and vitality than for deep cleansing — a good time for warmth and company.
The fiery sword
Lunar day 11 was held as the most energetically charged day of the cycle — strength surged, but so did carelessness, and tradition warned against inattention near water. A pirts visit called for care with water poured on the stones and with any dip afterward, rather than a rushed or careless one.
The most energetically charged day of the cycle. A vast force wakes in the body — which is exactly why restraint was advised.
- + Finishing everything you have started
- + Cleansing, prayer
- + Long journeys, moving house
- − Heavy exertion, sharp objects
- − Quarrels, killing insects
- − Bread to be broken, not cut
- − Alcohol
- Symbol
- a sword, a crown, a labyrinth
- Body
- the spine (Kundalini)
- Stones
- selenite, fire opal, hematite
Health — a divinatory system, not medicine
A raised chance of injury; sensitive skin, possible allergy. Operations on the sense organs, the legs and the liver were forbidden. No alcohol; fluids to be limited. A good day to begin a fast.
Moon in Sagittarius fire
The road, wide space, learning, faith. You are drawn to distance and to meaning. A good time to travel, to study, to plan in broad strokes. The risk is to promise more than you can carry out.
Latvian folk tradition
a separate layer · by moon phase, not by numbered day- What is sown on the old moon does not grow; on the new moon it grows “twisting upward.”
- This is the time of planting and gathering.
Source: Pēteris Šmits, Latviešu tautas ticējumi. Not the numbered-day corpus above.
Planetary week
a third, independent systemFriday · Venus ♀︎. Relationships, beauty, pleasure, art, peace. A good day to meet, to reconcile, to tend to yourself, to shop for beauty, to make and to enjoy. Agreements reached on a Friday tend to hold, because they rest on liking rather than pressure. A poor day for rough work and confrontation. The shadow side is idleness, indulgence, waste.
Current planetary hour: Moon ☽︎ — hour 1 of the night.
Fertility, dreams, home, mood, memory. A good hour for inner and family matters, for water, sleep, and caring for others. A poor one for public steps and final decisions: mood and thought will still shift.
The year wheel
Last: Jāņi
Next: Māras, in 14 days
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The sun
- Sign
- ♌︎ in Leo, 1.9° fire
- Day of the solar month
- day 3
- Next turning point
- the autumn equinox, in 61 days
- Day length
- 16.7 h · sunrise 05:07 · sunset 21:51
In Leo the sun stood at its fullest strength, and the body's own heat was said to run highest with it — good for anything that needed vigour, poor for anything needing a cool head. The grain ripened under this sun, and so, tradition warned, did a person's pride. Rest in shade was taken seriously, not as weakness.
The day, read as one
Four strands, and most of them lean toward energy and openness rather than caution. The lunar day calls this the most charged point of the cycle, high in force but asking restraint — heavy exertion and sharp edges set aside, cleansing and finishing things favoured instead. The waxing moon and its Sagittarius mood agree on growth, reach, and gathering, while Friday's Venus adds a pull toward ease, company, and tending to oneself rather than hard confrontation. The Leo sun, running hot and proud, suggests vigour was present but best cooled in shade rather than pushed. Together the traditions pointed to a gentler pirts day — fitting for washing, quiet company, and unhurried warmth, but not for anything strenuous or sharp.
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Your lunar birth day
computed on your device · only the day (1–30) is used, never the dateThis is folk and divinatory material, not health advice. It is written in the past tense on purpose — "was avoided", "was considered" — and describes what tradition held, not what you should do. A pirts visit is a real load on the heart and circulation; judge heat, duration and frequency for your own body.