> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.risingfireflyjournal.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # The Holy Days of Tehuti - URL: https://www.risingfireflyjournal.com/the-holy-days-of-tehuti/ - Published: 2026-09-18T14:35:44.000Z - Updated: 2026-09-18T14:35:44.000Z - Author: Irishapi Pernebsati - Tags: Indigenous Wisdom *Reconciliation with Life and the Divine Education of Humanity* **By Irishapi Pernebsati** **The month of Tehuti opens the Kemetic seasonal year with a question:** What kind of human beings will we choose to become? Governed by Aishat, the Divine Mother associated with love, faithfulness, protection, family devotion and the power to restore life, Tehuti begins a new cycle by calling humanity back into right relationship with nature, with one another, with the Ancestors and with the Divine World. Two major holy days within the month give practical form to that calling: Sebbit, or Fish Day, on the ninth of Tehuti, and the Day of Tehuti, also called the Day of Hermes, on the nineteenth. Together, they move us from restraint and reconciliation to moral instruction and conscious civilization. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/49/7f/497f4f37-7bbd-4850-b9e3-83b980cbe079/content/images/2026/09/tehuti-1.png) Tehuti in Medu- the original Pharaonic Language **Tehuti and the Beginning of the Year** The Pharaonic Sidereal Calendar does not treat time as a collection of arbitrary numbers. It measures humanity’s place within observable natural and cosmic rhythms, especially the cycle of the Septet, or Sirius, star. The seasonal New Year begins around the time of the heliacal rising of Septet, when the star rises in relationship with the sun. Because the calendar follows astronomical reality, its correspondence to Gregorian dates can shift; the current calendar should always be consulted for the exact date, and the Kemetic day begins at sunrise rather than at midnight. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/49/7f/497f4f37-7bbd-4850-b9e3-83b980cbe079/content/images/2026/09/image-4.png) The first page of the Pharaonic Calendar To follow along with the whole Sidereal Calendar: [Calendar Link Here](https://www.risingfirefly.org/shop/p/kemetic-sidereal-calendar-426?ref=risingfireflyjournal.com) Tehuti is therefore not merely the name of a month. It is the threshold of a renewed cycle. The month is governed by Aishat, known widely as Isis or Aset and honored in the Dogon-Kemetic tradition as humanity’s first maternal Ancestor and a model of love, loyalty, motherhood and family devotion. Her governing presence gives Tehuti a distinctly restorative character. The year begins with the work of repairing relationships, remembering sacred values and choosing what we will imitate: the disorder of instinct and appetite, or the harmonious model of the Divine World. The holy days of Tehuti express this movement in sequence. On the ninth day, humanity restrains its appetite in order to honor and reconcile with the animals who share the land. On the nineteenth day, humanity remembers receiving the principles that make moral life and civilization possible. Fish Day teaches that power must be limited by respect for life. The Day of Tehuti teaches that human freedom must be guided by truth, justice and goodness. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/49/7f/497f4f37-7bbd-4850-b9e3-83b980cbe079/content/images/2026/09/image.png) The NTR Tehuti - Poster Available at RisingFirefly.org **The Ninth of Tehuti** **Sebbit or Fish Day** The ninth of Tehuti is observed as Sebbit, commonly called Fish Day. According to the teachings preserved by Rising Firefly, it has been celebrated for more than 45,000 years. On this day, everyone, from the Pharaoh to the farmer, eats fish alongside vegetables and cereals and refuses to kill or eat land animals. The practice is not simply a dietary custom. It is a spiritual act of reconciliation between humanity and the animals who live with us on land. The observance honors land animals that have red blood, breathe through lungs, move upon the land and express themselves as living beings advancing on Divine paths. By refusing to consume animals who inhabit the same terrestrial environment as humanity, people interrupt the ordinary exercise of human dominance. For one day, appetite yields to recognition. The meal becomes a declaration that the other creatures of the land possess a place and purpose within existence that does not depend on human use. Fish is eaten as a symbol of the equality of human beings before the Gods. Social rank, wealth and status do not change the sacred obligation: the same observance applies to ruler and farmer alike. Fish Day therefore reconciles not only humanity with animal life, but people with one another. Its meal collapses artificial hierarchy and returns everyone to a shared condition before the Divine World. **Why Sharing the Meal Matters** The Fish Day meal is meant to circulate. Tradition calls for sharing fish with relatives, friends, neighbors and passers-by. This hospitality is part of the holy day, not an optional decoration added to it. A private meal may satisfy the dietary instruction, but sharing turns the observance into a social ethic. It asks each household to extend nourishment beyond its usual boundaries and to make reconciliation visible in community. Someone who does not yet understand the spiritual philosophy can still benefit through participation. The action teaches through the body: refrain from harming land animals, prepare a common meal, give a portion away and eat in equality with others. In this sense, Sebbit is both a festival and an education. Its wisdom is carried through conduct. **The Divine Observance of the Day** Rising Firefly also identifies the ninth of Tehuti as a Divine Holy Day in which honor is raised to the Divine World through the Ancestors. The published guidance describes offering frankincense from 6:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. and myrrh from 3:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. Those trained in the spiritual practices of The Earth Center or their lineage should follow the precise ritual instruction they have received. People without that training can still approach the day sincerely through cleanliness, restraint, gratitude, respectful prayer and the shared meal, without improvising initiatic ritual. **How to Celebrate Fish Day** Begin at sunrise. Clean yourself and the space in which the food will be prepared. Set a clear intention to practice non-harm, reconciliation and generosity throughout the day. Eat no land animal and use no meat or animal byproducts. Build the day’s food around fish, vegetables and cereals or grains, following the guidance preserved in the tradition. Prepare enough food to share. Offer plates to relatives, friends, neighbors or a passer-by. If direct sharing is not possible, feed someone outside your household or contribute the cost of a meal. Acknowledge the animals of the land. Families may speak with children about the lives, intelligence and ecological roles of the creatures around them, or spend quiet time observing animals without disturbing them. Repair a relationship. Because this is a day of reconciliation, reach out where peace can be made safely and honestly. Offer an apology, release a petty conflict or restore cooperation with someone in the community. If you have received formal ritual training, make the prescribed offerings. Otherwise, keep the spiritual practice simple and respectful, and seek instruction rather than inventing sacred procedures. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/49/7f/497f4f37-7bbd-4850-b9e3-83b980cbe079/content/images/2026/09/image-1.png) **A Fish Day Table** The published Rising Firefly recipes suggest celebratory dishes that can be served communally. One option is a nourishing fish stew made with fresh fish such as tilapia, red snapper or mackerel, vegetables, parsley, ginger, garlic, hot pepper, sozeh and sumbala. Another is Moroccan-style fish, in which fillets simmer in a seasoned vegetable sauce until tender and flaky, then are finished with lemon. Either can be served with rice, millet, couscous or another grain and vegetables. The essential principle is not culinary complexity but preparing a fish-based meal with care and sharing it generously. For those looking for traditional fish day recipes click here: [Link to Recipes.](https://www.risingfirefly.org/sunnyside-blog/fish-day-recipes?ref=risingfireflyjournal.com) **The Nineteenth of Tehuti** **The Day of Tehuti or Day of Hermes** Ten days after Fish Day comes the nineteenth of Tehuti, known as the Day of Tehuti or the Day of Hermes. This holy day commemorates the introduction of the Seventy-Seven Commandments to humanity. It celebrates the awakening of human moral and intellectual qualities and the moment humanity chose to distinguish itself from purely instinctive existence through the quality of the civilization it would build. The teachings explain that early humanity lived according to instinct and emotion, without sacred values capable of directing life toward a future. The Neteru revealed the harmony and purity of the Divine World and asked humanity what it intended to become. Humanity chose the Divine World as its model. Wsr then brought the commandments as the education required to approach that model. This makes the nineteenth of Tehuti a celebration of enlightenment in its original sense: the arrival of guidance where there had been darkness. The commandments supplied a measure by which behavior could be evaluated. Good is not reduced to personal preference; it is what moves a person closer to the Gods and toward the harmonious order of the Divine World. Bad is what carries the person away from that goal. Moral life becomes the deliberate work of shaping oneself, the family and society according to a sacred model. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/49/7f/497f4f37-7bbd-4850-b9e3-83b980cbe079/content/images/2026/09/image-2.png) The 77 Commandments Poster, known as the Perfect Model, available at RisingFirefly.org **Education and the Purpose of Civilization** The Day of Tehuti teaches that becoming human is not completed by physical birth. Humanity must be educated. A human being learns from what he or she is exposed to and copies the models placed before the mind. Civilization therefore has a sacred responsibility: its rules, values and institutions should help each person develop the quality needed to approach the Divine World. Education is not merely the transfer of information or preparation for employment. At its highest level, it is the disciplined cultivation of character. The observance also asks every person to examine his or her agenda. What are we trying to achieve on Earth? What model do our habits imitate? What do our homes teach children about truth, justice, self-control, cleanliness, responsibility and reverence for life? The holy day brings these questions out of abstraction and places them inside daily conduct. A civilization is built through repeated choices, and each household participates in its construction. **Fruit Honey and Maata** The nineteenth of Tehuti is traditionally celebrated with fruit and honey. Before eating fruit dipped in honey, the following affirmation is repeated: > *“Maata is sweet. Maata is our light.The truth is sweet. The truth is our path.Justice is sweet. Justice is our path.Goodness is sweet. Goodness is our path.”* The sweetness is symbolic and instructional. Truth and justice may demand discipline, correction and sacrifice, but they are not punishments. They are the path to a life of quality. Eating the fruit and honey joins the idea to a physical experience so that the teaching can be remembered by the mind, the senses and the family gathered together. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/49/7f/497f4f37-7bbd-4850-b9e3-83b980cbe079/content/images/2026/09/image-3.png) Fruit dipped in honey should be sweet fruit, not bitter, and no red or black fruit. **How to Celebrate the Day of Tehuti** - Prepare fruit and honey for the household and gather after sunrise at a time when everyone can be attentive. - Read the affirmation together before eating. Speak slowly enough for children and guests to understand each line. - Study a selection from the Seventy-Seven Commandments. Those who have the complete Code of Human Behavior can choose several ordinances for reflection rather than rushing through all of them without discussion. - Shop the commandments poster [here.](https://www.risingfirefly.org/shop/p/77-commandments-poster?ref=risingfireflyjournal.com) - Conduct a personal moral inventory. Identify one behavior that brings you closer to truth, justice and goodness, and one behavior that draws you away. Choose a concrete correction for the coming month. - Hold a family or community teaching. Ask what a harmonious home, school, temple or community would require from each person. Let elders explain how values become habits. - Honor Wsr for bringing Divine guidance to humanity and honor the Neteru as the model of order and harmony, according to the prayers and instruction appropriate to your level of training. - Turn reflection into service. Repair something neglected, teach a child, assist an elder, fulfill an obligation or settle a conflict justly. The best celebration of moral instruction is moral action. **Observing the Two Holy Days as One Teaching** Fish Day and the Day of Tehuti should not be understood as unrelated events. Sebbit begins with restraint: human beings voluntarily limit what they take from the world. The Day of Tehuti follows with direction: human beings receive a code that teaches what to build. One day restores relationship with life; the other restores relationship with sacred order. One teaches humility before creation; the other teaches responsibility for civilization. Their placement at the beginning of the year is significant. Before filling the new cycle with plans and ambitions, humanity is asked to reconcile, share, remember equality and submit behavior to a higher measure. A meaningful Tehuti observance therefore does more than recreate old customs. It uses inherited actions to reorder the present: how we eat, how we treat animals, how we share resources, how we resolve conflict, how we educate children and how seriously we take the spiritual consequences of our conduct. **A Family Observance Plan** | Day | Holy Day | Central Meaning | Core Observance | | --------- | ------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Tehuti 9 | Sebbit or Fish Day | Reconciliation with land animals and equality among humans before the Gods | Avoid land animals and animal byproducts; eat fish with vegetables and grains; share meals; honor the Divine World through the Ancestors. | | Tehuti 19 | Day of Tehuti or Day of Hermes | Humanity receives the Seventy-Seven Commandments and chooses Divine harmony as the model of civilization | Eat fruit dipped in honey after the Maata affirmation; study the commandments; examine conduct; teach and practice truth, justice and goodness. | **Keeping the Observance Rooted** There is room for families and communities to make these days beautiful through music, decoration, storytelling, children’s activities and shared meals. Yet the central practices should not be buried beneath celebration. Fish Day is about refraining from consuming land animals, sharing fish and reconciling with life. The Day of Tehuti is about receiving Divine moral guidance, tasting the sweetness of Maata and committing to a higher quality of behavior. Additions should support these meanings rather than replace them. Sacred observance also requires humility. Some elements belong to initiatic training and cannot be reconstructed from a public article. Where Rising Firefly or The Earth Center gives a specific public instruction, it can be followed as given. Where a ritual requires lineage-based knowledge, the respectful path is to seek guidance from qualified teachers. Sincerity is important, but sincerity and precision belong together. **The Invitation of Tehuti** The holy days of Tehuti place a complete program for renewal at the beginning of the year. Humanity reconciles with the creatures of the land, recognizes equality before the Gods, feeds others, receives the principles of moral life and recommits itself to truth, justice and goodness. The observances remind us that a new year is not made new by a number alone. It becomes new when conduct changes. To celebrate Tehuti fully is therefore to ask: Where can I do less harm? What can I share? Which relationship needs repair? What am I teaching through my behavior? Which Divine quality will I practice until it becomes part of my character? In answering these questions through action, the holy days become living instruments of education, guiding individuals, families and communities toward the harmony they were created to pursue. **Sources** Neb Naba Lamoussa Morodenibig, “Spiritual Observation: The Important (Holy) Days of Tehuti, Penipt & Ateeri,” Rising Firefly. https://www.risingfirefly.org/rising-firefly-65/spiritual-observation-the-important-holy-days-of-tehuti-penipt-amp-ateeri Kasabez Maakmaah, “Kemetic Holiday: Fish Day,” Rising Firefly. https://www.risingfirefly.org/sunnyside-blog/kemetic-holiday-fish-day Neb Naba Lamoussa Morodenibig, “Spiritual Observations,” Rising Firefly 70\. https://www.risingfirefly.org/rising-firefly-70/spiritual-observations Neb Naba Lamoussa Morodenibig, “Day of Tehuti – Education to Achieve Perfection,” Rising Firefly. https://www.risingfirefly.org/sunnyside-blog/day-of-tehuti-education-to-achieve-perfection Imy Maktitaoui, “Happy Kemetic New Year,” Rising Firefly. https://www.risingfirefly.org/sunnyside-blog/happy-kemetic-new-year ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/49/7f/497f4f37-7bbd-4850-b9e3-83b980cbe079/content/images/2026/09/tehuti.png)