~ LITHA ~
Pacific Standard Time Zone
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^ good day for root crops
^^ great day for root crops
~ great day for watering and fertilizer
* good day for above ground crops and perennials
** great day for above ground crops and perennials
! great day for harvesting the fruits of your labors
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| ! 1st |
Ascension Day
- 2nd Day of Carna, Goddess of Physical Survival, Doors, and Locks, in Rome
(Syn the Norse Goddess of Inclusion and Exclusion is similar)
Witchcraft Act of 1563 takes effect in England
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| 2nd |
NEW MOON in Gemini @ 5:14am pst
The Sapatu, or Sabbat, of Ishtar in Babylon
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Birthday of Alessandro di Cagliostro, magician, 1743
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| ** ~3rd |
Birthday of Marion Zimmer Bradley, author and editor of fantasy
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| ** ~4th |
mmm...zzz...
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| 5th |
mmm...zzz...
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| 6th |
The Bendidia of Bendis, the Moon Goddess of Thrace
In Greece, moon cakes were set out at crossroads for Artemis
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| 7th |
mmm...zzz...
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| 8th |
First Quarter MOON in Virgo @ 8:29pm
Birthday of Grant Lewi, astrologer
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| 9th |
Shavuot
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| *10th |
Celtic Tree Month of Oak begins
Hanging of Bridget Bishop, first to die in the Salem Witch Trials, 1692
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| *11th |
Pentacost ~ Whit Sunday
James I Witchcraft Act repeals Elizabeth I's 1563 mandate and replaces it
with stricter laws, 1604
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| ** ~12th |
mmm...zzz...
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| ** ~13th |
Birthday of Gerald Gardner, founder of Gardnerian Tradition of Wicca
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| 14th |
Flag Day
Birthday of the Muses in Rome
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| 15th |
Margaret Jones becomes the first person executed as a Witch in the
Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1648
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| 16th |
FULL MOON in Sagittarius @ 3:27pm pst
Night of the Teardop & Feast of the Waters of the Nile, celebrating the Goddess
Isis and her sorrows, in Egypt
Strong Sun Moon?
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| ^17th |
Ludi Piscatari, festival of the fishcatchers, in Rome
Birthday of Starhawk, Wiccan author
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| ^18th |
Father's Day!
Church of All Worlds chartered with IRS, 1970
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| ^19th |
Marriage of Margot Adler in first handfasting ceremony to be
carried in the New York Times society pages, 1988
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| ! 20th |
~ Summer Solstice ~ Midsummer ~ Litha ~
SUN enters Cancer 6:48pm pst
Day of Cerridwen and her cauldron, in England
Day dedicated to celebrating the faery Goddess Aine of Knockaine,
in Ireland
Day of All Heras or Wisewomen
Day of the Green Man in Northern Europe
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| ! 21st |
Pope John Paul III issues the bull Licet Ab Inito, making the
Inquisition in Rome the central authority on heretics, 1542
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| ^^ ~22nd |
Final witchcraft law in England repealed, 1951
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| ^^ ~23rd |
mmm...zzz...
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| ^^24th |
Last Quarter MOON in Aries @ 6:00pm pst
Burning of the Lamps, celebrating Isis & Neith, in Sais, Egypt
Birthday of Janet Farrar, Alexandrian Witch and author
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| ! 25th |
Tiaj, a festival for women and girls in honor of Parvati, in India
Law introduced in Germany to encourage conversion, rather that
burning of heretics and Witches, 1233
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| ! 26th |
Birthday of Stewart Farrar, Alexandrian Witch
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| ^27th |
Arretophoria, a nymph festival honoring the Maiden and Amazon
Goddesses, in Greece
Birthday of Scott Cunningham, Wiccan author
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| ^28th |
mmm...zzz...
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| ! 29th |
mmm...zzz...
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| ! 30th |
mmm...zzz...
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