June

Air heavy with pollen.
grasses exploding their flower seed.
Time of pollination and fertilisation, weddings and honey moons, fertility, birth and blooming

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Linda Goodman – Lovesigns

Named after the Roman goddess Juno – she was the god of marriage and childbirth, and queen of the goddesses, as well as being the wife of Jupiter, king of the gods. 

Juno was especially associated with married women, though she was considered the guardian of all women. Over time, the Romans even began to use juno as a term for the tutelary deity that accompanied every woman from birth to death. (The male equivalent was called the genius.)

Juno was invoked in connection with all aspects of female life. As Juno Lucina, for example, she was a goddess of childbirth. As Juno Iugalis (or Juno Iuga), she was a goddess of marriage and wedding rituals. More specifically, as Juno Cinxia, “Juno of the Girdle,” she presided over the loosening of the girdle on a woman’s wedding night.[1]

Juno was also a goddess of the state and of adolescent male soldiers. Much of the evidence for this role comes from central Italy. At Lanuvium, Juno was worshipped as Juno Sospita (also attested as Sispes or Sispita),[2] the protectress of warriors. This Juno had a particularly distinctive appearance, wearing a horned goatskin and pointed shoes and carrying a spear and shield.[3]

https://mythopedia.com/topics/juno

Poppies & roses & ox eye daisies opening to the sun

Dragonflies & thunder bugs on elderflowers

1st start of meteorological summer

1st – 3rd Shavuot, the giving of the torah

6th mángzhòng – corn in ear

8th Whitsun, from white Sunday, commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon Christ’s disciples

11th Full moon in Sagittarius Honey or Strawberry moon

21st Summer solstice – start of astronomical summer – Chinese xiàzhì

21st Sun enters Cancer

25th New Moon in Cancer Islamic New year

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