June 2010...
* 6/1:
Partners’ Day--Day to give thanks to your spouse/partner for precious love
shared. * 6/1 to 6/30: June dedicated to Old Roman Goddess Juno -
partner of Jove (God of Happiness), protector of marriage and family, and
punisher of abusive and adulterous spouses. * 6/1 to 6/30: Gay and
Lesbian Coming Out Month--Time to celebrate all forms of love and family. *
6/3 (some transfer to 6/6): Corpus Christi--Christian day for veneration of
Christ Immanuel in the Host - divine immanence in the grain. * 6/3:
Day the first woman was ordained a rabbi in Reform Judaism (1972). * 6/4:
Day to mourn the massacre of the peaceful pro-democracy protesters in China
(1989); vigil for democracy and respect for the human rights of all in China. *
6/5: Mindfulness Day--Zen Buddhist day for mindfully seeing the
interdependence of all things at all times. * 6/5: Baha’i feast honoring
the one Deity as Nur - Light. Baha’is recognize ethnic equality. * 6/5:
World Environment Day--Day to mourn the harm done to Mother Earth (past
and present), make reparation, and celebrate Her beauty. * 6/6: First
appearance of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, Compassionate Mother who
answers all pleas (France 1830). * 6/7 to 6/15: Vestalia--Old Roman
festival honoring Goddess Vesta. Women made food offerings at the sacred
hearths of home and temple. * 6/10: Day Alcoholics Anonymous was founded
(1935); day to begin/celebrate recovery from alcohol and drug abuse. * 6/11:
Birthday of Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan (1881), founder of Reconstructionist Judaism.
He perceived Deity to be a genderless Cosmic Force of Nature, and promoted a
Judaism that recognizes gender equality and rejects violence and social
injustice. * 6/12 (7:15 a.m. EDT): New Moon. * 6/12 eve: Old
European feast of the Triple Goddess (Goddess of the Moon and the
Seasons), marking the transformation of the Virgin into the Mother.
* 6/12 eve to 6/13 eve: Remembrance day for Sufi saint Haji Bektash (d.
1337). He initiated women into his order equally with men and advocated gender
equality in Islamic society. * 6/12 to 6/15: Iroquois Strawberry
Ceremony--in thanksgiving for the strawberry harvest. Iroquois consider
themselves kin to all of Nature. * 6/13 (A 7/24): Old Egyptian feast of
Neteret Hathor, Goddess of Love and Fertility. * 6/13: Christian
feast of St. Anthony (d. 1231), guardian of the poor and the powerless, and
guide of social justice activists. * 6/14: Day the world’s nations
committed to sustainable development (1992). * 6/14 eve to 6/15 eve:
Feast of Old Greek Goddess Athena - as protector and defender. * 6/15:
Suijin Matsuri--Shinto rite honoring the Kami of Water. * 6/15 eve to
6/16 eve: Feast of Old Greek Deities Aphrodite and Hermes--Day
to honor the divine feminine and divine masculine in harmony. * 6/16:
Birthday of Fr. Sergei Bulgakov (1871), Orthodox Christian mystic who believed
the one universal Deity to be Father and Mother, Spirit and
Matter. * 6/17: Day to celebrate Starhawk’s work in reclaiming the
Goddess and raising Goddess-consciousness. She teaches an eco-egalitarian
form of Wicca. Wiccans advocate for environmental protection and gender
equality out of reverence for Goddess, who controls, and is manifested
in, Nature. * 6/17: Day a fatwa condemned “honor killings” as
un‑Islamic and banned the practice (2002). * 6/19 eve: Vigil for lost
fathers; night of mourning and healing. * 6/20: Fathers’ Day--Day to give
love and thanks to all fathers; day for all fathers to celebrate fatherhood and
contemplate their sacred duty to provide for the physical, intellectual,
emotional, and spiritual needs of their children. * 6/20 to 6/21: Inti
Rayni--Inca festival honoring Sun God Inti. * 6/20 to 6/21: Feast
of the Great Spirit/Great Mystery that encompasses Mother Earth
and Father Sky - honoring Deity as Orenda (Iroquois), Asgaya
Galun Lati (Cherokee), Wakan Tanka (Lakota) & Awonawilona
(Zuni). * 6/20 to 6/23: Lakota Sun Dance--Festival of prayer, fasting,
dancing, and healing in honor of Sun God Wi; offerings are also made to
Maka/Mother Earth and Haokah/Father Sky. Lakotas believe all
Deities are aspects of Creator Takuskanskan. * 6/21 (7:28 a.m.
EDT): Summer Solstice--Marks the beginning of Summer and the longest day and
shortest night of the year; celebration of the light with dancing around a
bonfire. * 6/21: Old Slavic Kupala--Goddess Morana/Lada and
God Jarilo/Lado marry, bringing peace and ensuring a good harvest.
* 6/21: Taoist festival honoring Shang-Ti/Heavenly Emperor, Father
of Justice and Law, and manifestation of the Te (Virtuous Inner Power).
Also celebrates the peak of the masculine Yang half of the year and the
Shen of Fire, South, and Summer; prayers are made for strength and
maturity, and offerings are made to the ancestors. * 6/21: Beginning of
Cancer (the Crab/Scarab). * 6/21: Yoruba/Santeria feast of Orisha
Babalu Aye, Guardian of the Disabled. * 6/21: Day Unitarian
Universalists adopted seven unifying Principles (1985). U.U.’s affirm and
promote respect for the interdependent web of all existence. * 6/24:
Baha’i feast honoring the one Deity as Rahmat - Mercy. * 6/24:
First appearance of Our Lady of Medjugorje, Queen of Peace, Mother of All
Peoples (Yugoslavia 1981). * 6/24 to 6/27: Zuni Corn Dance--for fertility
and rains to aid the maize, bean, and squash crops. Prayer sticks are planted in
the fields. * 6/25: Day the first woman was ordained a Universalist
minister in the U.S. (1863). * 6/25: Day the Supreme Court recognized
that government-sponsored prayer in public schools imposes religion on students
and violates the U.S. Constitution (1962). * 6/26 (7:30 a.m. EDT): Full
Moon (Red/Mother Moon). * 6/26 (7:30 a.m. EDT): Partial Lunar Eclipse
(visible in North America). * 6/26: Amitabha Buddha Day--Day Tibetan and
Mahayana Buddhists do good deeds and chant the name of Buddha God Amitabha/Omito/Amida
to gain entry to His Pure Land and aid in attaining nirvana. * 6/26: Day
the United Nations Security Council was created to maintain world peace (1945).
* 6/26: Day torture and extrajudicial killing were outlawed world-wide
(1987); day to mourn their continued existence. * 6/28: First day of the
Stonewall riot (1969); day to mourn victims of homophobia (past and present),
make peace, and celebrate lesbian and gay empowerment. * 6/29:
Yoruba/Santeria feast of Orisha Eleggua, Intercessor and Ruler of
Destinies. Yorubas/Santeros communicate with the Orishas through
divination. *
6/29 to 7/3: Zoroastrian celebration of Divine Spirit Haurvatat,
creator and protector of water. * 6/30: Oharai/Grand Purification
Festival--Shinto rite exorcising evil from the world. * 6/30: Vigil for
peace, democracy, religious freedom, ethnic equality, and the end of slavery and
genocide in Sudan.
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THE MYSTIC'S WHEEL OF THE YEAR 2010
A Multifaith Calendar Reflecting Eco-Egalitarian Spirituality
© 2009 Marija Miovski
www.WheeloftheYear.com
