On this day, the birth of the vegetation and fertility god Osiris is celebrated by many Wiccans of the Egyptian tradition. The annual death and rebirth of Osiris personifies the self-renewing vitality and fertility of nature.

In the country of Japan, the annual Bon festival is celebrated in honor of the ancestral spirits on this date.

On this date in 1527, John Dee was born in London, England. He was renowned as an alchemist and was skilled in the arts of wizardry. For many years he served as the royal astrologer of Queen Elizabeth I. He died in poverty in the year 1608.