<p>The summer and winter solstices, and the vernal and autumnal equinoxes were venerated for a very long time throughout Western Europe.</p>
<p>Solar and Lunar eclipses where so significant, from a religious perspective, that many efforts were made to predict their occurrences well into the modern era.</p>
<p>Cometary close-approaches also were seen as omens and portents (see also the star of Christmas in Judeo-Christian circles), as were detectable nova and super-nova.</p>
<p>There are probably more, but I can't think of what they might be right now.  Humans have been obsessed with the heavens since humans could human, so...</p>

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Thanks, what do you mean by "humans could human"? Lol
SpiralDev
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It's a play on words in English, meant to indicate that we have been doing a thing for as long as we have been around
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<p>In the past people celebrated important astronomical events and some of those events are still celebrated in some cultures and traditions. 
For example: March/September equinox, New Moon, Winter/Summer solstice. </p>

<p>I am looking for a list of astronomical events that people celebrated in the past. Do you know any other important astronomical events that were celebrated in the past?</p>

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More examples. 
New year's Eve: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/star-sirius-torchbearer-of-the-new-year
Halloween: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/halloween-derived-from-ancient-celtic-cross-quarter-day
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Astronomical events and Celebrations
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# Astronomical events and Celebrations

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-01-03)

In the past people celebrated important astronomical events and some of those events are still celebrated in some cultures and traditions.
For example: March/September equinox, New Moon, Winter/Summer solstice.

I am looking for a list of astronomical events that people celebrated in the past. Do you know any other important astronomical events that were celebrated in the past?

**Tags:** star, the-sun, planet, the-moon, earth

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: More examples.  New year's Eve: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/star-sirius-torchbearer-of-the-new-year Halloween: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/halloween-derived-from-ancient-celtic-cross-quarter-day  

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### Answer by username_1 on 2021-12-11. Score: 1

The summer and winter solstices, and the vernal and autumnal equinoxes were venerated for a very long time throughout Western Europe.

Solar and Lunar eclipses where so significant, from a religious perspective, that many efforts were made to predict their occurrences well into the modern era.

Cometary close-approaches also were seen as omens and portents (see also the star of Christmas in Judeo-Christian circles), as were detectable nova and super-nova.

There are probably more, but I can't think of what they might be right now. Humans have been obsessed with the heavens since humans could human, so...

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks, what do you mean by "humans could human"? Lol  
> **username_1**: It's a play on words in English, meant to indicate that we have been doing a thing for as long as we have been around  

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