Friday-Saturday-Sunday June 20-21-22, 2025
– Third Quarter Moon Phase – realign, revise, reorient, surrender, complete
– Balsamic Moon Phase (Sunday) – release, transform, healing, forgiveness, prepare for the new
– Moon in ARIES –
- Friday 6/20 Void of Course 9:49 PM – 9:55 PM Moving to TAURUS
- Sunday 6/22 Void of Course 9:50 PM – 10:57 PM Moving to GEMINI
– Retrogrades –
- Pluto – May 4th – Oct 13th
– Best Days (from the Farmer’s Almanac) – Jun 20th – 21st – Advertise to Sell, Ask for Loan, Dig Post Holes, Get Married, Jar Jams/Jellies, Mow to Slow Growth, Paint
June 22nd – 23rd – Cut Hair to Slow Growth, Host a Party, Kill Plant Pests, Mow to Slow Growth, Quit Smoking, Wash Wooden Floors
– Planting Calendar (from the Farmer’s Almanac) – Jun 20th – 21st – Good days for transplanting. Good days for planting root crops.
June 22nd – 23rd – Seeds planted now tend to rot in ground. Good harvest days.
– Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Year: – 11 ARIES: the ruler of a nation
– Aspect of the Aeon Sophia: (Wisdom): – Kali – The Destroyer
– Aspect of the Aeon Thelete: (Will/Desire): Ian (God of The East)
– Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Month – New Moon in GEMINI SUN/MOON – 07 GEMINI: an old- fashioned well (EARTH – 07 SAGITTARIUS: Cupid knocking at the door of a human heart)
SUN –
30 GEMINI: a parade of bathing beauties before large beach crowds
01 CANCER: on a ship the sailors lower an old flag and raise a new one
02 CANCER: a man on a magic carpet observes vast vistas below him
EARTH –
30 SAGITTARIUS: the pope blessing the faithful
01 CAPRICORN: an Indian chief claims power from the assembled tribe
02 CAPRICORN: three stained glass windows in a Gothic church, one damaged by war
Summer Solstice 6/20/2025 @ 10:42 PM EST
The Summer Solstice comes at a strange time this year – 10:42 PM Friday. Does this mean the longest day is Friday or Saturday? And which day do all the Druids, Stoners and tourists show up at Stonehenge to see the cosmic solar alignment? Friday morning or Saturday morning?
All I know is that Stonehenge is about 3500 miles away from where I sleep. And here in Reading, PA, Friday and Saturday were both overcast and lousy. We could not fully enjoy and appreciate the brilliance of the longest day.
SUMMER
It was a quiet morning, the town covered over with darkness and at ease in bed. Summer gathered in the weather, the wind had the proper touch, the breathing of the world was long and warm and slow. You had only to rise, lean from your window, and know that this indeed was the first real time of freedom and living, this was the first morning of summer.
Ray Bradbury – Dandelion Wine
Welcome all to the first weekend of summer here in the Northern Hemisphere. Hard to imagine all those in the Southern hemisphere dealing with the time and the weather we know at Christmas time. While I like Christmas, Summer is my time. I am Summerfolk.
The New Moon in Cancer will come on Wednesday the 25th. We will save that report for then. But for today, I want to point out that we are in the First Quarter Phase of the year (like with the Lunar Phases) which means it is time to Step Out and Take Action. Time to act on the plans you made at the beginning of the Astrological Year (March 29th if you had forgotten at the New Moon in Aries)
For the first weekend of Summer, I am going to ask us all to consider what we want to see from this summer (other than war in the Eastern Hemisphere and terror attacks here of course).
So I am asking some thinking questions for Summer and what you will be doing. Consider the questions and answer them yourself. And then work on doing them.
I am usually always in the middle of a number of books. I would like to make it intentional to finish some of these. My list:
What Are you Reading?
- Knife of Dreams – Robert Jordan – Book 11 of the Wheel of Time Series (listening to the Audiobook) I will probably listen to the rest of the series throughout the summer)
- Dandelion Wine – Ray Bradbury – I read at least part of this book every year. It is a brilliant book.
- Snooze – Sol Luckman – Sol began publishing a serialized version on Wattpad if you do not have a copy. https://www.wattpad.com/story/396231190-snooze – I am reading it and “encouraging” my teenage sons to do the same.
- Get Out of Here Alive – Sol Luckman – It has been on my todo list for longer than I want to admit. And I will finish it.
If you do not have a list, them make one. They do not have to be groundbreaking or important. But hopefully they will make you think.
Where are you going?
Do you have any trips planned? Or visiting friends or relatives? For me it is just important to get outside. This weekend I was working in my yard. Garden is coming along fine!
If you are unable to go on a trip, it is important that you try to get outside and be close to nature somehow. Walk in a park? Fishing in a lake or river? Swimming at a pool, lake, river or the ocean?
Seeing a Live Performance?
I like the energy of live music. And more so the energy of large crowds enjoying it. Last year I was able to attend an outdoor arena event. And I am hoping to find another opportunity this year as well.
What are you doing to improve yourself?
I could say that the 3 items above will improve me. But this is something you should consider. During this time of the year where we step out and take action, you should be taking action on yourself. For me, I have writing projects I am working on that I will bring to fruition. Some are blog series that I want to complete. Another is a book I have been working on. Each will get my focus.
For summer, I am hoping all can get out and enjoy the world. And while you are enjoying it, you can also move forward rather than be swept along. You take charge. You take action.