- Earth & Sky Calendar

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Earth & Sky Calendar for Week of June 15 - 21

Mon Jun 15 - Vestalia, a women's festival of the first fruits of the season in honor of the Goddess Vesta....Mercury's great elongation 26* east...Moon rides high

Tue Jun 16 - Muharram begins....Moon conjunct Mercury

Wed Jun 17 - Ludi Piscatari/St. Botolph is sacred to fishermen/navigators for guardianship...Moon conjunct Venus and Jupiter

Fri Jun 19 - Juneteenth...Moon at the South Node

Sun Jun 21 - Summer Solstice/Midsummer Day/Alban Heflin/Litha, the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere, a time of sanctification...Day of All Heras, a women's mystery day, in communion with the Great Goddess...Father's Day...Moon on the equator

Venus and Jupiter are the 2 brightest bodies in the western sky at nightfall in the dim stars of Cancer. The Moon will be conjunct them on the night of the 17th

Mars is becoming more and more visible in the eastern pre-dawn morning sky will appear orange in color. Saturn is also visible but much dimmer