June

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Kalends of June, Carna, Syn, Tempestas

Today is the festival of the Roman goddess Carna and the Norse goddess Sys, patroness of doors and locks. Today is also the festival of Tempestas, the goddess of storms.

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Mother Earth day, Ursula Sontheil's day

Today is sacred to Mother Earth in her fecund aspect. It is also a remembrance of Ursula Sontheil, a seer in Cambridge and the patroness of women who wash clothes.

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Socrates was born on this day in 470 BCE.

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Domna

Today is sacred to Domna, the Irish goddess of sacred stones and cairns.

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Nones of June, Vesta Aperit

On this day the sanctuary of the temple of the Vesta in old Rome was opened.

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Mens, Lindisfarne day

Today is the Roman festival of the goddess Mens, the patroness of conscience. It's equivalent in the Norse calendar is Lindisfarn day.

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Vesta, the celtic tree month of Huath ends.

Today is the festival of Vesta, the Roman goddess of fire and of the hearth. Her handmaidens were the Vestal Virgins of Rome, who kept the holy fires alight.

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The celtic tree month of Duir begins

Duir is the oak tree, the tree which Druids revere above all others. This is the month that contains the summer's solstice.

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Fortuna

This day was a festival at the temple of Fortuna in old Rome. Fortuna is a goddess of women, fortune and fertilty.

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The goddess month of Hera ends.

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The goddess month of Rosea begins, Athena and Minerva

Today is the festival of the Greek goddess Athena, known in Rome as Minerva, patroness of the arts and of the wise use of power.

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Vidar, the runic half-month of Dag begins

Today is sacred to Vidar, one of the sons of Odin. When the Aesir gods die, Vidar will be charged with slaying the wolf Fenrir, and will thus becume a god of the new world. The rune Dag symbolizes light, health, prosperity and the culmination of the year.

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Ides of June, Vestalia

Today is sacred to the Roman goddess Vesta. It's the womens' festival of first fruits, and the day on which the sanctuary at the temple of Vesta in old Rome was closed.

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Ludi Piscatari

Today is the Roman festival of Ludi Piscatari, sacred to fisherman.

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Summer solstice, midsummer, Litha, Alban Hefin, seventh station of the year, all heras

Today is midsummer, the Druidic festival of Alban Hefin, the Anglo-Saxon festival of Litha and the longest day of the year. Today is also the day of all heras, of women who have achieved knowledge of the good goddess.

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Fortuna, old midsummer, English quarter day

Today is sacred to the Roman goddess Fortuna, the patroness of luck. Today is also midsummer day in many older calendars. Tradition has it that one should light bonfires on hilltops today, to celebrate the apex of the year.

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Initium Aestatis

Today is the Roman festival of Aestas, the Roman goddess of summer, and is the beginning of summer in the Roman calendar. Traditionally, if rain falls today it will be a wet summer.

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Runic new year's eve

Today is the close of the runic year, and the final day of the month of Dag. Today signifies completion.

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Runic new year, the runic half-month of Feoh begins, Petosiris

Today begins the first month of the runic year, Feoh, sacred to Frey and Freyja, the god and goddess of the earth. In East Anglia, today is considered the proper day for gathering herbs.

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