If Today is Your Birthday: June 21

While you come across as slightly detached due to a refined, sociable demeanor, you are in fact quite sensitive, warm, spiritual, and loving. You also tend to worry quite a bit, and ideally this trait lessens as you age. You tend to thrive in a partnership, but you could often give more than you receive. Creative and imaginative, you are also very broad-minded and although you are intensely curious about people, you are rarely petty.

Famous people born today: Jean-Paul Sartre, Juliette Lewis, Ray Davies, Prince William, Michael Gross, Meredith Baxter.

Your Birthday Year Forecast

The Sun in a waxing sextile to the Moon in your Solar Return chart has a fortunate influence on your year ahead. You can be especially productive this year, as in many ways you are starting fresh, but you have a rather clear vision of what you want to accomplish. Your inner needs tend to be mirrored by external events, and vice versa, which helps to boost your confidence and happiness levels. You more readily accept that challenges are part of the natural cycle in life, which in turn helps you to meet them with confidence and to worry less. You are likely to be on top of your game this year for the most part, and positive connections with others can be made fairly easily. A comfortable level of personal popularity helps keep conflict to a minimum. With the ability to handle your emotions successfully, there will be less stress on both your mind and body.

This can be a year in which you are bolder, more assertive, and energetic. You are especially interested in setting goals and challenges for yourself this year, and taking the necessary action to meet them. You may meet or interact with others who encourage or inspire you in some way to have more confidence in yourself. Your energy levels are generally strong this year, and your sense of timing better than usual. Independent work is favored and competitive activities may also thrive this year, although you may need to tone things down at times, and learn more patience. Your passions and enthusiasm run high, and the trick is to channel this extra energy constructively.

You are attracting relationships that are fair and balanced. Your decorative or artistic sense is more strongly developed this year. Making new contacts through learning and mental pursuits figures strongly at this time in your life. You might find that others are more cooperative with you this year.

Even so, with Mercury in challenging aspect to Neptune in your Solar Return, some difficulties with communications are possible during this period. There can be misunderstandings, misinformation, wishful thinking, confusion, carelessness, and deception. Verify the facts before making decisions and avoid taking precipitate action. Read all the fine print before signing a contract or making an agreement.

You take more pride in your relationships this year, and you tend to crave more activities with a partner or meaning and purpose to what you’re doing together. This can be a strong year for dedication to a particular craft, personal interest, or your work.

A Jupiter-Uranus trine in your Return chart suggests that an enterprising spirit this year can really take you places. Sudden opportunities for advancement in different areas of your life appear. At the heart of this is your ability to recognize and capitalize upon opportunities and potentials. Fortunate events occur as a direct result of your willingness to entertain the unusual and to think outside of the box. This aspect favors group activities, financial endeavors associated with groups or organizational efforts, educational pursuits, writing, publishing, speaking, and humanitarian efforts.

You’re bolder and more courageous this year, and you’re quick to take the initiative. Be assertive and proactive rather than aggressive for best results. You might watch for impatience or rebelliousness, which can trip you up at times. Overlooking important details can also be a problem. It can be a good year for both independent work and partnerships. Others are more cooperative with you.

2015 is a Number Eight year for you. Ruled by Saturn. This is a year of power and accomplishment. Actively seeking to expand, taking educated risks, and moving forward are highlighted. This is a year of opportunity, particularly in the material and business world, and opportunities need to be seized. It’s generally not a year to find a new love partner, simply because the focus is on the material world and your place in the world. This is a problem-solving year in which you can expect real, tangible results. Advice – take action, plan ahead, seize opportunities.

2016 will be a Number Nine year for you. Ruled by Mars. This is a year of completion and transition. It is a time when we need to let go of things that no longer serve their purpose, and hold on to things that have a future. It is a time of cleaning out dead wood, not necessarily for new beginnings. It can be a time when a burden has been taken off your shoulders, and it can be a year of giving of yourself. Advice – let go of things that are holding you back, give of yourself and express your sympathetic, compassionate side.

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Your Daily Love Horoscopes for Tuesday, June 21st

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Your Daily Horoscopes for Tuesday, June 21st

Aries

It can be difficult these days for you to build up momentum, dear Aries, with your ruler, Mars, still retrograde. In just over a week’s time, Mars will turn direct and you’ll begin to see more progress. Ideally, you’ll return to projects and plans with renewed confidence. Although what’s around the corner may not be clear for you right now, try your best to put your faith in the unknown. Today brings responsible and ambitious energy nevertheless, and this helps you to focus on current priorities. It’s a good day for feeling you’ve accomplished something worthwhile.

Taurus

While life is about slowing down in many ways these days, dear Taurus, today’s energies especially favor social interaction. You can most certainly keep it light, but it’s a good idea to mingle and share. This is a fine time for all things educational, as well as for publishing and travel matters. The chance to expand your world is with you now, and you can feel very confident about finding ways to enlarge your scope. You’re willing to offer advice and to speak about personal plans and goals, even if they are not entirely clear, as you enjoy the feedback you receive from others, which tends to jumpstart your own thinking processes. This is also a potentially good day for personal appeal and romantic endeavors.

Gemini

While there is a general feeling that life’s little problems are dissipating, dear Gemini, responsibilities tend to surface for you today. Taking them well is just one of the many things that make you shine right now, however, and you may very well enjoy a small challenge or mystery today. You are certainly capable and competent, and you have the chance to prove it, minus the pressure to perform. Superficial interactions are likely to feel especially unappealing now – you are craving more intimacy and depth in your experiences. Family and personal matters tend to fare well today.

Cancer

Your bigger focus of the day is to help foster a sense of balance and peace with others and in your personal environment, dear Cancer. As you aim to please, the trick is to maintain a strong sense of identity while you
attend to the needs of others. This way, you are immune to resentment when imbalances do emerge. True equality is what should be aimed for now, so if the thought “I am doing it for you” arises, you know you’re heading in the wrong direction. There is good energy for teaming up, communicating, and getting to the core of a matter. You’ll feel better being “in the know” as recent uncertainty has been burdensome.

Leo

Your appetite for material comforts increases today, but so does your desire to bring in more money, dear Leo. As long as you can find a healthy balance between these two drives, you will come out ahead. Your confidence in your ability to attract what you want into your life is strong, and your ability to
put your emotions aside in order to make decisions is probably the key to success right now. With much emphasis on the privacy and endings sector of your solar chart, you are in a period that requires you to slow down, tie up loose ends, and practice patience.

Virgo

Your energy levels improve today, dear Virgo, largely due to increased motivation and ambition. You tend to assert yourself and act independently now, but not in an offensive way or in a manner that creates resistance in others, making it easier than usual to achieve what you set out to do. Creating something and sharing it with others is a satisfying way of expressing yourself with the Moon stimulating the area of your chart that rules your creations all day. This is a time for honoring your “inner child”, and your ease with expressing this part of you can inspire positive feedback. Romantic feelings can also be stirred now, more than usual.

Libra

You may be able to put some of the “outstanding” issues of your personal life to rest, or at least tie up some loose ends, dear Libra. There is greater focus and ambition with you today. You are coming across as especially credible right now. Even if a good part of you would prefer to keep a low profile today, and this is a strong tendency with the Moon in the lowest part of your solar chart today and tomorrow, others tend to notice what you’re doing, and the feedback is generally and thankfully positive. Today’s energies are strong for feeling rooted and secure. Support comes from behind the scenes.

Scorpio

Good advice can be exchanged today, dear Scorpio. Working together with others in a team yields the best results for the time being, and you are the natural leader. It’s a good time for earning respect. You don’t need to ask for it – your manner commands it! You’re inclined to keep yourself especially busy today. You’re curious, engaged, and alert. However, you also tend to go a little overboard. Think about problems to the point that it increases your understanding, and then consciously let go if you begin to obsess. While Mars is still retrograde in your sign and you may not be certain about some projects and plans, this is a fine day for research and effort.

Sagittarius

You have certainly been learning to rely on yourself with Saturn in your sign, dear Sagittarius, and sometimes the lessons involved can be on the difficult side. However, these days you’re finding more need for companionship, even if relations are not always easy. Today, the hectic pace of your schedule is beginning to slow. As your load lightens, so does your mood, and this changes everything! Even so, it’s also a good day for practical matters. Irksome things are no longer bigger than life to you – you are not letting the small problems get to you. This is a good time for income, gifts, and money matters in general.

Capricorn

With the Moon in your sign all day, dear Capricorn, you may be moody, but if you handle this blast of personal energy well, you can find yourself filled with new ideas and hope. You can also be filling up with conviction and ambition as the Moon aligns with power-conscious Pluto and harmonizes with faithful Jupiter. You believe in yourself and your endeavors now. You’re inclined to want to do your own thing today. Going out of your comfort zone just a little can ultimately train you to put faith in yourself and the world around you. Small doses work best as you grow to trust that you’re perfectly capable of handling uncertain situations.

Aquarius

While seeing the big picture is always helpful, a bit of tunnel vision at the right time can truly push something forward, dear Aquarius. It’s a good day for focusing on what it is you truly want and working out the finer details that ensure things work well. Today and tomorrow, with the Moon traversing your privacy sector, you’re likely in the background or working behind the scenes in some manner. This helps take some of the extra outside pressures off. Your own desire to meet challenges, however, is another story! You are more ambitious and interested in bettering yourself, so that pressures experienced today tend to be your own, although quite enjoyable and useful.

Pisces

The day’s energies favor careful planning rather than spontaneous moves, dear Pisces, but this doesn’t mean you can’t get creative. In fact, you can be quite inspired now. While it may not be your typical approach, you might want to allow yourself extra time to absorb all the details. Be attentive and focused, and you will learn important information. Team work fares well, although you can also take care of a lot of business with a partner. This can be a good day for business matters and your reputation or status in general.

The Balance of the Signs & Elements for Tuesday, June 21st

CANCER STRONG
Nurturing, protective, tenacious, emotional sensitive, watery, strong roots. Can be overly protective, unwilling to let go, timid, reclusive.
CAPRICORN STRONG
Disciplined, responsible, reliable, industrious, conscientious, practical, achieving. Can be pessimistic, overly conventional, rigid, materialistic, callous.

BALANCE OF ELEMENTS

FIRE WEAK
We are not very goal-oriented right now, or motivation to pursue our goals may be waning/lacking. Changes feel overwhelming. Enthusiasm may be low, we argue less, and we think more than we take action.
AIR WEAK
We may have a difficult time being objective or detached. We may not be especially communicative.
WATER STRONG
We are more compassionate, emotional, and intuitive than usual, and we may react emotionally to situations, possibly at the expense of logic or practicality.

BALANCE OF MODES

CARDINAL STRONG
We are ready to take action and to take on challenges, and can become frustrated with stagnant conditions.
FIXED WEAK
We may be open to change but may not have much follow-through.

LUNAR PHASE: FULL MOON
Moon 180 to 135 degrees behind the Sun.
We are concerned mainly with the nature of relationships and are made aware of recent imbalances. Something can come to fruition. Our concern is not limited to personal relationships, but relationships of all kinds. Our cards are on the table.

Astrology of Today – June 21, 2016

Summary:

• The Moon is in Capricorn all day (until Wednesday, June 22nd, at 4:08 PM).
• The Moon is waning and in its Full Moon phase.
• A Full Moon occurred yesterday, and a Last Quarter Moon will occur on June 27th.
• Mars is retrograde (Mars is retrograde from April 17-June 29).
• The Sun spends its first full day in Cancer (the Sun transits Cancer from June 20-July 22).

Calendar of the Moon

Oak Tree Month

Color: Black
Element: Earth
Altar: Upon a black cloth place the vase of oak branches, a hammer, a metal lightning bolt, a sun symbol with the rune Sigil upon it, and a Green Man with an oak-leaf face.
Offerings: Give thanks for personal victories.
Daily Meal: Serve salad with each meal, arranged in the circular pattern of the Green Man.

Duir Invocation

Call: Now is the time of the Sun’s height.
Response: Now is the time when the leaves reach to the heavens.
Call: Now is the time when the Oak King spread his arms.
Response: Now is the time when we reach with him for the Sun.
Call: Now is the time when we return to the ancient grove of the Druids.
Response: Now is the time when we witness the Sun’s sacrifice.
Call: Now is the time when we go forth in glory.
Response: Now is the time of the turning of the year.
Call: Hail to the wren, soul of the Oak King!
Response: Hail to the sky, crown of the Oak King!
Call: Hail to the Earth, bed of the Oak King!
Response: Hail to the Sun, lover of the Oak King!
Call: Hail to the guardians of the door!
Response: May they guard us well, O oaken beams!
Call: We have no need to guard ourselves….
Response: For the Gods will guard us.
Call: We have no need to hide behind bolted doors….
Response: For now is the time to be open to the Sun!
Call: Like the Green Man, we speak through the oak!
Response: Like the Green Man, our voice is the strength of the earth!
Call: Like the Oak King, we do not fear the lightning!
Response: Like the Oak King, we will accept all repercussions!
Call: We have no shame for our actions….
Response: For all that we do, we do from a place of worthiness.
Call: For all that we do, we do from a place of honor.
Response: For all that we do, we do from a place of love.

Chant:
By my body I be earth
By my spirit I be fire
Call the lightning to my heart
Bring my soul what I desire

[Pagan Book of Hours]

Calendar of the Sun
21 Lithemonath

Day of the Crab: Beginning of Cancer

Colors: Silver and grey
Element: Water
Altar: Set a cloth of grey and silver, and a silver crescent moon, shells, a vessel of salt water, a cup of milk, cakes shaped like the moon on a silver tray, and the figure of a crab.
Offerings: Food, which should then be donated to the poor and hungry.
Daily Meal: Shellfish. Milk and dairy products, from any animal, especially foaming milkshakes. Moon-shaped cookies. Soft white food such as rice, tapioca, or mashed potato. Oatmeal. All food should be cooked, none raw save the milk.

Invocation to Cancer

Child of the changing Moon,
Dweller between earth and sea,
Dancer of the ebb and flow,
Mother whose breasts flow with life,
Loving fountain of karuna,
Whose gift is Feeling,
Bless us with the ability
To know our own hearts,
And to gather our loved ones
About our hearth
In love and safety.
By the power of kin and tribe,
You challenge us
To build each other a safe home,
And help each other to work through
The scars and heartaches of our childhoods.
May we all go forth in sanctuary.

Chant:
Luna Luna Selene Mater

(Let three who have been chosen to work for the ritual come forward. The first bears the cup of milk, and says, “Taste nurturing, and remember you were born from a woman’s womb.” Each drinks. The second bears the tray of cakes, and says, “Taste nurturing, and be full and fed.” Each eats a cake. The third bears the cup of salt water, and says, “Taste nurturing, and remember that to love is to someday let go, and drink tears.” Each drinks. The remainder is given as libation to Cancer and the Moon.)

[Pagan Book of Hours]

The Pagan Book of Days for Tuesday, June 21st

Summer Solstice Midsummer, Litha, Alban Hefin, Seventh Station of the Year/All Heras/Islamic New Year

Midsummer, Druidic festival of Alban Hefin, Anglo-Saxon Litha, is the longest day and seventh station of the year, the time of sanctification. At Stonehenge, the heelstone marks the midsummer sunrise as seen from the center of the stone circle. Since time immemorial, people have acknowledged the rising sum of midsummer. This is also the Day of all Heras in the women’s mysteries. Heras are women who have achieved full spirual communion with the Great Goddess.
 

Source

The Pagan Book of Days
Nigel Pennick

Tuesday, June 21

Tuesday is dedicated to the powers of the planet Mars, personified in Ares, Tiwaz, Tiw, Tuisco and Tyr. Tuesday rules controlled power, energy and endurance.

Deity: Tiwaz

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Planet: Mars

Tree: Holly

Herb: Plantain

Stone: Agate

Animal: Crab

Element: Fire

Color: White

Number: 2

Rune: Tyr (T)

Celtic Tree Month of Duir(Oak) – June 10 – July 7. Oak month is a time for protection and strength, fertility, money and success, and good fortune.

Runic Half-Month of Dag(day) – June 14 – June 28

Goddess of the Month of Rosea – June 13 – July 10

Source

The Pagan Book of Days
Nigel Pennick

I AM A WITCH

I am many things,
I am a Daughter, a Lover,
and a Friend.
I am a Teacher, a Student,,
and a Woman.
I am many things,
Wear many costumes,
And act in many ways.
Yet beneath each mask ,
I wear, I am a Witch.

I am a Priestess,
I follow the Path,
I follow the Old Tradition,
I follow the Ways of the Wise ,
Ones. I seek to know the God,
I seek to know the Goddess,
I seek to know myself.
I am a Witch.

Though I may only dress up,
For eight sabbats a year,
And thirteen esbats in turn,
I am always a Witch.
Though I may not always,
dress in black,
Or leave my hair wild and free,
I am still a Witch.

I do not worship Satan,
I’ve never even met him,
Yet many see me as evil,
And magick as a sin.
I do what comes natural,
What the Gods have ,
taught me,
And although it does not,
conform,
I am still a Witch.

The Goddess shows me,
beauty,
The God has shown me ,
life, And Earth, and Air,
And Fire, and Water,
Teach me what is right.
And Spirit in its mystic ways,
Teaches me about myself.
That I am a Witch.

—-By: Lady Amhranai