I have researched the names of the 8th month of the Deanic calendar and concluded the following: The 8th month begins on 03 October and ends on 30 October It is called "The Golden Month" because: The month of October is called "the Golden Month" in art, poetry and song in recognition of the fact that, in the Northern Hemisphere, Mother Nature turns the leaves on many trees to golden yellow during this season of the year. It is called "The Month of Hathor" because: The Egyptian festival dedicated to the goddess Hathor was celebrated on 03 October It is called "The Month of Vac" (or Vois pronounced Voish) a word that means "speech" or "butter". Latin "vacca", a cow (French vache) as well as to "vox", "voice" etc...because: The Hindu goddess Vac has similar attributes to the Egyptian goddess Hathor. Question: What do the goddess Hathor (Egyptian) and Vac (Hindu) have in common? Answer: 1) They are both cow goddesses (nourishing celestial mothers); 2) they are both creative goddesses (mothers of the arts, music, language); and 3) they are both "golden-skinned" goddesses (lifegiving solar mothers). My research could not discover the etymological meaning or history of the other name for the 8th month "Hadora". Reverend Mother Georgia

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Additional notes by site editors: Could Hadora be a corruption of "Hathor"? Or could the "ora" part mean either or both of "gold" and/or "speech" (as in oration)? Interestingly, while Vois/Hathor is the Golden Month, the Golden Festival is Chelanya, or the Festival of Regeneration in Kerea/August. This festival begins the Mysteries of Life cycle, which is ended by Tamala, The Feast of the Dead directly after Vois ends. Vois and the following month, Werde, are the only two Deanic months to fit wholly into one Gregorian month. While the names Vois/Hathor are rich in meaning, October simply means "eighth (month)", though actually it is the tenth Gregorian month. Vois, however, is the eighth month of the Deanic calendar.