JUNE 1

Festival of the Oak Nymph

A Pagan celebration honoring all HAMADYRADS - beings born bonded to trees.

Wear acorns & oak leaves.  If you kiss an oak tree or place a small offering before it, and the tree nymphs who dwell within it will bestow a blessing on you.

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DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL

31•MAY•25 - 2•JUN•25

The Dragon Boat Festival, also called the Double Five Festival, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar.

Associated today with health, loyalty, honor and food, at one time it was a summer solstice ritual to appease the dragon gods of the rivers.

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love is here!

...waiting for the bee.

                                - Ymatruz

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DEER • CORN PLANTING MOON

21 MAY - 20 JUN

EARTH ASTROLOGY • NATIVE AMERICAN

Birth Totem: Deer

• Element: Air with Fire

 Totem: Eagle • Clan: Butterfly

Your birth totem represents the teacher you chose to study under, not so much your personality or ego, as in Western Astrology - by Sun Bear + Wabun

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 World Environment Day

5•JUN•25

BEAT PLASTIC POLLUTION

Action 2025: Solutions to Plastic Pollution

Host Country 2025: Republic of Korea

Jeju Island, South Korea

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 Corn Dance Ceremony

5•JUNE

NATIVE  AMERICAN

The first of the Corn Dance Ceremonies observed by many First Nation/Native American peoples to ensure an abundant corn harvest. Corn being the first plant in the

 3 Sisters Garden.

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Sulfur Butterflies

of the Amazon

Yasuni National Park, Ecuador

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 World Oceans Day

8•JUN•25

The Oceans hold about 96.5% of all Earth's water. However if squeezed into a ball all of that water would be a 860 miles (1,385 kilometers) diameter sphere - covering less distance than New York to St. Louis.

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PRAIRIAL

The Month of the Meadows

prairie

20 MAY - 18 JUN

From the French Republican Calendar created during the French Revolution. It removed religious, royalist & classical references & honored liberty & secularism. The twelve months were named after natural elements; the days were named for seeds, trees, flowers, fruits, animals & tools common to France & French country living.

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National Herbs & Spices Day

10•JUNE

UNITED STATES

Spices & Herbs have been used for both  culinary and medicinal purposes for centuries. Herbs & Spices not only enhance the flavor, aroma, and color of food and beverages, but they also protect us from acute & chronic diseases.

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STRAWBERRY MOON

Full Moon in June

11•JUN•25

 Rose Moon • Hot Moon • Hay Moon

The lone month when strawberries are

at their ripest

 & perfect for picking

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ZEUS

12•JUNE

King of the Gods

God of the sky, lightning, thunder, law,

 order & justice

 The ancients honored ZEUS on June 12th by lighting golden candles & wearing oak leaves.

Zeus/Jupiter got the day, but his wife JUNO got the month.

BRONZE ZEUS, National Archaeological Museum, Athens Greece

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The Mayflies of Summer

Despite the name, Mayflies hatch all summer. They thrive in unpolluted waters. Their appearance en masse is a  sign that aquatic ecosystems are healthy & functioning

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Feast of the Forest

Pista ng Kagueban

THIRD WEEK OF JUNE 2025

 (PUERTO PRINCESA, PALAWAN, INDONESIA)

 A Festival of Reforestation

“Preservation starts with one seedling and one person who cares”

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BŌSHU • 芒種

Seeds of Cereals

5 JUN - 20 JUN

二十四節季

NIJYUUSHI SEKKI • THE 24 JAPANESE SEASONS

The Japanese have 24 mini-seasons called Nijyuushi Sekki marked by celestial events including solstices, equinoxes & ecliptical degrees of the sun.

Bōshu, when the sun moves from 75° to 90° along the ecliptic, is the seeding time.

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Bald Eagle Day

20•JUN•25

(UNITED STATES)

The only eagle unique to North America.

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Summer Solstice

(NORTHERN HEMISPHERE)

20•JUN•25

Bighorn Medicine Wheel

Bighorn Range Wyoming

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 World Music Day

21•JUN•25

"The earth has music for those who listen."

—George Santayana

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Aspen Gold

• Radiant & Uplifting

• Stimulates the Brain

• Mental Agility & Intelligence

• A time for Communication

               - Colorstrology by Michele Bernhardt

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International Fairy Day

24•JUN•25

"Hand in hand, with fairy grace,

Will we sing, and bless this place."

—A Midsummer-Night's Dream

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Proverb:

 It's not summer until the crickets sing.

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DUIR

 25•JUN•25 - 23•JUL•25

7TH LUNATION

CELTIC ASTROLOGY

The Oak Tree • The Wren

• The White Horse

   • Dagna - Father of the Gods

Considered the king of the birds to the Celts - Wrens symbolize wit & subtlety.

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A MONTH OF MOONS

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With constant motion as the moments guide,

Behold in running life the rolling tide!

For none can stem by art, or stop by power

The flowing ocean, or the fleeing hour.

- The Old Farmers Almanac 1827

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