June 3 pagan holy day calendar

fixed holy days (same date every year)
Kemetic calendar
Zoroastrian calendar
Celtic Ogham tree calendar
Roman calendar
numerology
tarot
2010 lunar days
2010 astrological
2009 lunar days
2009 astrological
2008 lunar days
2008 astrological

fixed holy days

These holy days are on the same day every year on the solar calendar.

Festival of Cataclysmos:

Festival of Cataclysmos: Greek holy day. Festival of Cataclysmos on the island of Cyprus celebreated with a seaside ritual of prayers for the souls of the departed, traditional sea games, and a sacred dance.

Athena:

Athena: Greek holy day. The third day of every month is associated with Athena.

Kemetic tradition:

Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) tradition. Do not go out of your house on any road on this day. (from the Cairo Calendar)

calendar

This day on different world calendars.

Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) information

Season of Semut or Shemu (Harvest or Summer)
Month of Epipi or Epep-abet (Wadjet)
Day 20

Zoroastrian information
(Fasli calendar)

Month of Hordad (third month)
Day of Day-pa-Mihr
Day 15

The day of Day-pa-Mihr celebrates the Av. Dadvah, The day of the Creator before Mithra. Special prayers from the Khorda Avesta are recited in honor of the day’s spiritual being.

Activity for the day from the Counsels of Adhurbadh, Son of Mahraspand: “(133) On the day of Day-pa-Mihr wash your head and trim your hair and nails, and (pick) your grapes from the vine and throw them into the wine-press so that they may become good.” Adarbad Mahraspandan was a famous saint, high priest, and prime minister of Shapur II (309-379 C.E.).

The third week (eight days) of each Zoroastrian month celebrates moral qualities.

The Fasli, or seasonal, calendar is one of three Zoroastrian calendars still in use.

Celtic (ancient Druid) information

Ogham tree calendar

Huath (H)

Hawthorn Moon
Day 22

The Celtic calendar started out as a moon calendar, but was aligned with the solar year during antiquity. Robert Graves proposed the Celtic tree calendar described here. While widely used by Neo-Pagans, many critics dispute the authenticity. The Beth-Luis-Nion calendar (the one used here) starts with New Year on the Winter Solstice. The Beth-Luis-Faern calendar starts with New Year on Samhain.

Each Celtic tree month (or moon) is named for a Celtic Ogham letter (first line above) and a tree (second line above). All of the Celtic months also had additional folk names (folk names for this month listed below).

Polarity: Masculine
Planet: Vulcan
Archetype: Govennan (Celtic God of Smiths)
Symbol: chalice
Folk Names:
Moon of Restraint
Moon of Hinderance
Summer Moon

Asatru (ancient Norse) information

Month: Midyear

Roman information

a.d. III Non. Ivn.
3 days before the Nones of June
Month: Ivnivs or Junius

The a.d. III Non. designation means ante diem or three “days before” the Nones (First Quarter Moon) of the month. When counting days, the Romans included both the start and end day (in modern Western culture, we skip the start day). When the Romans switched to a solar calendar, they continued to use the lunar day names.

The Roman month of Junius is named for Juno. June was sacred to Juno, Roman Queen Goddess.

The earliest Roman months were lunar. According to Roman mythology, the ten month solar calendar aligned to the vernal equinox was introduced by Romulus, the founder of Rome, around 753 BCE. In Romulus’ calendar, June (the fourth month) had 30 days. Numa Pompilius, the second of the seven traditional kings of Rome, added two more months, for a 12 month year. In Numa’s calendar, June had 29 days. Gaius Julius Caesar, as Pontifex Maximus (supreme bridge-builder, a religious title), reorganized the calendar on the first day of 45 BCE. In Caesar’s calendar (the Julian Calendar), June had 30 days. Caesar’s calendar was calculated by Sosigenes, an Egyptian astrologer/astronomer. In 8 BCE, Augustus Caesar fixed errors by pontiffs after Julius’ death and made other minor modifications, resulting in the modern Western calendar. The modern Gregorian Calendar, named for Roman Catholic Pope Gregory the Thirteenth, was a realignment in 1582.

numerology

Today totals 3 in modern Western numerology. See the article on three for more information.

tarot

Today’s tarot card is The Empress.

date:	Thursday	June 3, 2010
Moon:	waning gibbous	3rd Quarter	enters Pisces
Mercury:	Direct until August 20
Neptune:	Retrograde until November 7
Pluto:	Retrograde until September 14

lunar information 2010

Moon:	waning gibbous	3rd Quarter	enters Pisces
Next Waning Quarter June 4	Next New Moon June 12	Next Waxing Quarter June 19	Next Full Moon June 26

Third Quarter in Aquarius:

Third Quarter: The moon is in the third (3rd) quarter (waning gibbous) in Aquarius.

Void of Course:

Moon Void of Course: The moon is Void of Course (V/C) starting at 10:56 a.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT) or 7:56 a.m. Pacific Daylight Savings Time (PDT). The Moon is void of course from the last traditional aspect in a sign to the ingress into the next sign. Moon void of course is a time of distractions and miscommunications. Things started during Moon void of course tend to sputter and fail.

Moon enters Pisces:

Moon Enters Pisces: Lunar Ingress. The Moon enters the sign Pisces at 1:34 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT) or 10:34 a.m. Pacific Daylight Savings Time (PDT).

Third Quarter in Pisces:

Third Quarter: The moon is in the third (3rd) quarter (waning gibbous) in Pisces.

Aquarius Rewarding: This day in 2010 is rewarding for those who are Sun sign Aquarius because the Moon is in your Sun sign.

Leo Challenging: This day in 2010 is challenging for those who are Sun sign Leo because the Moon is in the sign opposite your Sun sign.

astrological information 2010

Moon Quincunx Saturn: The Moon is quincunx Saturn at 9:12 a.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT) or 6:12 a.m. Pacific Daylight Savings Time (PDT). Time to examine repressed emotions. Meditate on emotions. Ritual to release that which is repressed.

Moon Opposite Mars: The Moon is in opposition with Mars at 9:42 a.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT) or 6:42 a.m. Pacific Daylight Savings Time (PDT). Lots of energy, but very little cooperation. Direct energy carefully.

Moon Conjunct Neptune: The Moon is in conjunction with Neptune at 10:56 a.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT) or 7:56 a.m. Pacific Daylight Savings Time (PDT). Moon Void of Course (V/C). Time of touchy emotions. Time of distractions. Ritual for Nwt (Nuit). Perform magick and ritual before the Moon is void of course.

Moon Sextile Pluto: The Moon is sextile Pluto at 10:58 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT) or 7:58 p.m. Pacific Daylight Savings Time (PDT). Enlightening discussions. Time of strong or intense feelings. Ritual to Seshat.

Magick Color:

White: The magick color for this day, based on planetary influences and the day of the week, is white. You may want to burn a white candle or wear some white this day.

Magick Incense:

Clove: The magick incense for this day, based on planetary influences and the day of the week, is clove. You may want to burn clove incense this day. You may substitute a similar incense if you don’t have or don’t like clove.

See also the article on incense. An American source for high quality incense is Mountain Rose Herbs. A British source for incense is Pagan Magic.

Neptune Retrograde:

Neptune Retrograde causes denial: Neptune retrograde from May 31 until Nov 7. Neptune is the ruler of delusions. This is one of the days during Neptune Retrograde that has the greatest tendency for denial because of the relationship to Mars.

date:	Wednesday	June 3, 2009
Moon:	waxing gibbous	2nd Quarter	enters Scorpio
Mercury:	Direct until September 7
Neptune:	Retrograde until November 4
Pluto:	Retrograde until September 11

lunar information 2009

Moon:	waxing gibbous	2nd Quarter	enters Scorpio
Next Full Moon June 7	Next Waning Quarter June 15	Next New Moon June 22	Next Waxing Quarter June 29