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August 2024 Pagan Calendar of Observances

Pagan Calendar of Observances Source: wiccanfamilytemple.org

AUG. 1: LUGHNASSADH / LAMMAS SABBAT: First Harvest—Bread Harvest. First Harvest Festival of the Celtic Sun God Lugh.

 

AUG. 2: Feast of the Black Madonna – Gnostic celebration of the Dark Goddess

AUG. 3: Day of the Dryads – Greek celebration of the Macedonian maiden spirits of woods and water.

AUG. 3-4: Feast of Old Greek Goddess Artemis (Roman Diana) – Defender of rights and liberties, and punisher of rapists and oppressors.

AUG. 5: Celtic Tree Month of Hazel begins.

AUG. 6: Celtic Fire Festival of Tan Hill.

AUG. 9: Druid Feast of the Fire Spirits
– Roman Vinalia Rustica: wine festival of Venus and Pan

AUG. 11-13: Feast of Father Sky – Honoring God as Obatala (Yoruba/Santeria), Ouranos (Greek), Svarog (Slavic), Thor (Norse), Taranis (Celtic), Dyaus (Hindu).
– Celtic Puck Fair – Fertility Festival.

AUG. 12: The Lights of Isis, Festival of the Egyptian Goddess Isis.

AUG. 19: Roman Vinalia: Marriage of Bacchus

AUG. 20: Marriage of the God and Goddess—Sun God enters Earth Goddess and rules Underworld as Lord of the Shadows.

AUG. 21: Festival of Hecate—Invoking her to protect the harvests now that the God resides within her aspect as the Earth Goddess.

AUG. 21: Greek Festival of Hecate – To protect the harvest.

AUG. 24: Feast of Egyptian God Osiris – Partner and true love of Isis, and father of Horus; guide of all husbands, fathers, and judges.

AUG. 25: Norse God Odin receives knowledge.
– Roman Festival of Goddess Ops – Lady of the Cornucopia, Bounty of the Harvest and Sustainer of Life.

AUG.27: Feast of Egyptian Goddess Isis – Partner and true love of Osiris, and mother of Horus; guide of all wives, mothers, healers, advocates, and teachers.

AUG. 28: Norse Harvest Festival.

AUG. 29 -Sep 11: Return of Isis – Egyptian festival marking the return to Egypt of Goddess Isis (as the star of Sept/Sirius) and God Osiris (as the rising Nile River).

Gardening Moon Calendar – July 2024

Source: mooncalendar.astro-seek.com

Please read this first:

1) Moon Phase x Moon Zodiac Sign:

Please keep in mind, that Gardening by Moon Phase and Gardening by Moon Zodiac Sign are two different/independent biodynamic systems and they might give you different or contradictiory gardening recommendations.

  • a) Each Moon Phase (except Full Moon and New Moon) lasts about 1 week
  • b) Each Moon Zodiac Sign lasts about 2.5 days

Try to experiment with these two systems to find which recommendations suits you the most.

2) Tropical (Astrological) x Sidereal (Astronomical) Zodiac:
(1-2 days difference in Leaf, Fruit, Root and Flower days)

There are two different zodiacs for determining the Moon Sign:

  • a) Tropical zodiac (Astrological) is based on the seasons – Vernal Equinox is fixed as 0° Aries (The 1st Fruit day)
  • b) Sidereal zodiac (Astronomical) takes into account Precession of Equinoxes and shifts 0° Aries back by cca 1-2 days. Maria Thun who was an authority on biodynamics was using this Sidereal zodiac

Try to experiment also with these two zodiac systems to find which system suits you better.

SideReal Zodiac

Date
2024		 Moon Phase Gardening by the
Moon Phase		 Gardening by the
Moon Zodiac Sign

Tropical Zodiac (by Seasons)
Sidereal Zodiac (Maria Thun)
Jul 1
Mon		 Waning Crescent Barren phase:
Time to rest. Avoid seed sowing

– Harvest and store crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Destroy weed
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
fruit Days
AriesAries
Jul 2
Tue		 Waning Crescent Barren phase:
Time to rest. Avoid seed sowing

– Harvest and store crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Destroy weed
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
fruit Days
AriesAries

until 05:44
root Days
from 05:44

TaurusTaurus
Jul 3
Wed		 Waning Crescent Barren phase:
Time to rest. Avoid seed sowing

– Harvest and store crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Destroy weed
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
root Days
TaurusTaurus
Jul 4
Thu		 Waning Crescent Barren phase:
Time to rest. Avoid seed sowing

– Harvest and store crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Destroy weed
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
root Days
TaurusTaurus

until 10:28
flower Days
from 10:28

GeminiGemini
Jul 5
Fri		 NEW MOON
at 22:57		 Time to rest, celebrate and meditate
flower Days
GeminiGemini
Jul 6
Sat		 Waxing Crescent Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
flower Days
GeminiGemini

until 17:04
leaf Days
from 17:04

CancerCancer
Jul 7
Sun		 Waxing Crescent Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
leaf Days
CancerCancer
Jul 8
Mon		 Waxing Crescent Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
leaf Days
CancerCancer
Jul 9
Tue		 Waxing Crescent Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
leaf Days
CancerCancer

until 02:22
fruit Days
from 02:22

LeoLeo
Jul 10
Wed		 Waxing Crescent Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
fruit Days
LeoLeo
Jul 11
Thu

MoonOppositionSaturn

 Waxing Crescent Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)

Spraying days: Moon Opposition Saturn
fruit Days
LeoLeo

until 14:19
root Days
from 14:19

VirgoVirgo
Jul 12
Fri		 Waxing Crescent Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
root Days
VirgoVirgo
Jul 13
Sat		 First Quarter Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
root Days
VirgoVirgo
Jul 14
Sun		 Waxing Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Fruit plants
also Cereals and Flowers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
root Days
VirgoVirgo

until 03:13
flower Days
from 03:13

LibraLibra
Jul 15
Mon		 Waxing Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Fruit plants
also Cereals and Flowers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
flower Days
LibraLibra
Jul 16
Tue		 Waxing Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Fruit plants
also Cereals and Flowers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
flower Days
LibraLibra

until 14:21
leaf Days
from 14:21

ScorpioScorpio
Jul 17
Wed		 Waxing Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Fruit plants
also Cereals and Flowers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
leaf Days
ScorpioScorpio
Jul 18
Thu		 Waxing Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Fruit plants
also Cereals and Flowers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
leaf Days
ScorpioScorpio

until 21:55
fruit Days
from 21:55

SagittariusSagittarius
Jul 19
Fri		 Waxing Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Fruit plants
also Cereals and Flowers
Optimum planting day (2 days before the Full Moon)

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
fruit Days
SagittariusSagittarius
Jul 20
Sat		 Waxing Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Fruit plants
also Cereals and Flowers
Optimum planting day (2 days before the Full Moon)

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
fruit Days
SagittariusSagittarius
Jul 21
Sun		 FULL MOON
at 10:16		 Time to rest, celebrate and meditate

Pick medicinal herbs and plants
fruit Days
SagittariusSagittarius

until 01:57
root Days
from 01:57

CapricornCapricorn
Jul 22
Mon		 Waning Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Below ground plants, especially Root plants
Plant trees, shrubs and perennials

– Harvest all crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
root Days
CapricornCapricorn
Jul 23
Tue		 Waning Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Below ground plants, especially Root plants
Plant trees, shrubs and perennials

– Harvest all crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
root Days
CapricornCapricorn

until 03:50
flower Days
from 03:50

AquariusAquarius
Jul 24
Wed		 Waning Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Below ground plants, especially Root plants
Plant trees, shrubs and perennials

– Harvest all crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
flower Days
AquariusAquarius
Jul 25
Thu		 Waning Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Below ground plants, especially Root plants
Plant trees, shrubs and perennials

– Harvest all crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
flower Days
AquariusAquarius

until 05:14
leaf Days
from 05:14

PiscesPisces
Jul 26
Fri		 Waning Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Below ground plants, especially Root plants
Plant trees, shrubs and perennials

– Harvest all crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
leaf Days
PiscesPisces
Jul 27
Sat		 Waning Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Below ground plants, especially Root plants
Plant trees, shrubs and perennials

– Harvest all crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
leaf Days
PiscesPisces

until 07:29
fruit Days
from 07:29

AriesAries
Jul 28
Sun		 Last Quarter Sow/Plant:
Below ground plants, especially Root plants
Plant trees, shrubs and perennials

– Harvest all crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
fruit Days
AriesAries
Jul 29
Mon		 Waning Crescent Barren phase:
Time to rest. Avoid seed sowing

– Harvest and store crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Destroy weed
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
fruit Days
AriesAries

until 11:15
root Days
from 11:15

TaurusTaurus
Jul 30
Tue		 Waning Crescent Barren phase:
Time to rest. Avoid seed sowing

– Harvest and store crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Destroy weed
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
root Days
TaurusTaurus
Jul 31
Wed		 Waning Crescent Barren phase:
Time to rest. Avoid seed sowing

– Harvest and store crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Destroy weed
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
root Days
TaurusTaurus

until 16:45
flower Days
from 16:45

GeminiGemini

Gardening by the Moon Zodiac Sign (Element) – Legend

Biodynamic Calendar – Icon Legend
Leaf Days Leaf days (Water Element)

  • It is the appropriate time to sow, transplant and cultivate plants from which the intention is to use Leaves and Stems.
  • Ex: Cabbage, Salads, Lettuce, Spinach, Green onions, Broccoli, Cauliflower and Celeriac.
  • Leaf plants should be harvested in Flower days (or Fruit days).
  • Harvesting in Leaf days is not recommended (products start decomposing in a shorter time).
  • Beekeeping: Working with the hive is not recommended in Leaf days.
Fruit Days Fruit days (Fire Element)

  • It is the appropriate time to sow, transplant and cultivate plants that produce Fruits and Seeds.
  • Ex: Cherry, Strawberry, Tomato, Pea, Bean, Corn, Pumpkin, Nut, Cereal, Courgette.
  • Harvesting in Fruit days allows fruits and seeds to have a better storage quality.
  • Leaf plants should be harvested in Flower days (or Fruit days).
  • Beekeeping: Fruit days stimulate the collection of nectar. Bees are also supposed to be more gentle these days.
Root Days Root days (Earth Element)

  • It is the appropriate time to sow, transplant and cultivate Root plants and Root vegetables.
  • Ex: Carrot, Turnip, but also Potato, Beet-root, Garlic, Onion, Leek.
  • Crop should be stored in Root days.
  • Beekeeping: Bees should be encouraged to build more comb.
Flower Days Flower days (Air Element)

  • It is the appropriate time to sow, transplant, cultivate and harvest Flower plants or herbs used for medicinal purposes.
  • Flowers, if cut in these days, have a more intense scent and endure longer.
  • Leaf plants should be harvested in these Flower days.
  • Beekeeping: Flower days stimulate brood activity and colony development. Bees are also supposed to be more gentle these days.
Gardening by the Moon Phase – Legend
NEW MOON

  • Time to rest, celebrate and meditate.


NEW MOON PHASE

New Moon -» First Quarter (Waxing Crescent)

– Moonlight is increasing

– Strongest gravitational pull

– Soil releases / Earth exhales / Energy draws UP into upper planets

  • Sow/Plant: Above ground Leaf plants, Cereals, Grains, Lawns, Herbs, Cucumbers.
  • Jobs: Graft, Mow lawns & Prune foliage (to increase growth).


FIRST QUARTER PHASE

First Quarter -» Full Moon (Waxing Gibbous)

– Moonlight becomes stronger

– Gravitational pull is a little less now

– Soil releases / Earth exhales / Energy draws UP into upper planets

  • Sow/Plant: Above ground Fruit plants (with “inside seeds” such as Tomatoes, Peppers, Peas and Bean), Cereals, Grains, Lawns and Flowers.
  • Jobs: Graft, Mow lawns & Prune foliage (to increase growth).
  • Planting and Grafting take best if done two days just before the Full Moon.
FULL MOON

  • Time to rest, celebrate and meditate.
  • Pick medicinal herbs and plants.


FULL MOON PHASE

Full Moon -» Last Quarter (Waning Gibbous)

– Moonlight is decreasing

– Gravitational pull is decreasing

– Soil absorbs / Earth inhales / Energy draws DOWN into the Roots

  • Sow/Plant: Below ground Root plants such as Potatoes, Carrots & Onions.
    Plant trees, shrubs, biennials & perennials.
  • Jobs: Harvest all crops, Fertilize, Transplant, Mow lawns & Prune foliage (to reduce growth).


LAST QUARTER PHASE

Last Quarter -» New Moon (Waning Crescent)

– Moonlight has decreased

– Gravitational pull has decreased

– Soil absorbs / Earth inhales / Energy draws DOWN into the Roots

  • Barren phase: Time to rest and prepare for the next New Moon.
  • Jobs: Avoid seed sowing.
  • Jobs: Harvest and store crops, Fertilize, Transplant, Destroy weed, Mow lawns & Prune foliage (to reduce growth).
Moon Opposition Saturn
MoonOppositionSaturn SPRAYING DAYS

  • Spraying Biodynamic preparations out during Moon opposition Saturn increases soil activity.
  • The MoonMoon represents fertility and germination, while SaturnSaturn represents form and strong structure.
  • It is also a perfect time to plant seeds out.

Date
2024		 Moon Phase Gardening by the
Moon Phase		 Gardening by the
Moon Zodiac Sign

Tropical Zodiac (by Seasons)
Sidereal Zodiac (Maria Thun)
Jul 1
Mon		 Waning Crescent Barren phase:
Time to rest. Avoid seed sowing

– Harvest and store crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Destroy weed
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
root Days
TaurusTaurus
Jul 2
Tue		 Waning Crescent Barren phase:
Time to rest. Avoid seed sowing

– Harvest and store crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Destroy weed
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
root Days
TaurusTaurus

until 15:50
flower Days
from 15:50

GeminiGemini
Jul 3
Wed		 Waning Crescent Barren phase:
Time to rest. Avoid seed sowing

– Harvest and store crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Destroy weed
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
flower Days
GeminiGemini
Jul 4
Thu		 Waning Crescent Barren phase:
Time to rest. Avoid seed sowing

– Harvest and store crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Destroy weed
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
flower Days
GeminiGemini

until 20:52
leaf Days
from 20:52

CancerCancer
Jul 5
Fri		 NEW MOON
at 22:57		 Time to rest, celebrate and meditate
leaf Days
CancerCancer
Jul 6
Sat		 Waxing Crescent Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
leaf Days
CancerCancer
Jul 7
Sun		 Waxing Crescent Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
leaf Days
CancerCancer

until 03:56
fruit Days
from 03:56

LeoLeo
Jul 8
Mon		 Waxing Crescent Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
fruit Days
LeoLeo
Jul 9
Tue		 Waxing Crescent Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
fruit Days
LeoLeo

until 13:48
root Days
from 13:48

VirgoVirgo
Jul 10
Wed		 Waxing Crescent Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
root Days
VirgoVirgo
Jul 11
Thu

MoonOppositionSaturn

 Waxing Crescent Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)

Spraying days: Moon Opposition Saturn
root Days
VirgoVirgo
Jul 12
Fri		 Waxing Crescent Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
root Days
VirgoVirgo

until 02:07
flower Days
from 02:07

LibraLibra
Jul 13
Sat		 First Quarter Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
flower Days
LibraLibra
Jul 14
Sun		 Waxing Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Fruit plants
also Cereals and Flowers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
flower Days
LibraLibra

until 14:53
leaf Days
from 14:53

ScorpioScorpio
Jul 15
Mon		 Waxing Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Fruit plants
also Cereals and Flowers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
leaf Days
ScorpioScorpio
Jul 16
Tue		 Waxing Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Fruit plants
also Cereals and Flowers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
leaf Days
ScorpioScorpio
Jul 17
Wed		 Waxing Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Fruit plants
also Cereals and Flowers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
leaf Days
ScorpioScorpio

until 01:25
fruit Days
from 01:25

SagittariusSagittarius
Jul 18
Thu		 Waxing Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Fruit plants
also Cereals and Flowers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
fruit Days
SagittariusSagittarius
Jul 19
Fri		 Waxing Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Fruit plants
also Cereals and Flowers
Optimum planting day (2 days before the Full Moon)

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
fruit Days
SagittariusSagittarius

until 08:14
root Days
from 08:14

CapricornCapricorn
Jul 20
Sat		 Waxing Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Fruit plants
also Cereals and Flowers
Optimum planting day (2 days before the Full Moon)

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
root Days
CapricornCapricorn
Jul 21
Sun		 FULL MOON
at 10:16		 Time to rest, celebrate and meditate

Pick medicinal herbs and plants
root Days
CapricornCapricorn

until 11:43
flower Days
from 11:43

AquariusAquarius
Jul 22
Mon		 Waning Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Below ground plants, especially Root plants
Plant trees, shrubs and perennials

– Harvest all crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
flower Days
AquariusAquarius
Jul 23
Tue		 Waning Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Below ground plants, especially Root plants
Plant trees, shrubs and perennials

– Harvest all crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
flower Days
AquariusAquarius

until 13:23
leaf Days
from 13:23

PiscesPisces
Jul 24
Wed		 Waning Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Below ground plants, especially Root plants
Plant trees, shrubs and perennials

– Harvest all crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
leaf Days
PiscesPisces
Jul 25
Thu		 Waning Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Below ground plants, especially Root plants
Plant trees, shrubs and perennials

– Harvest all crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
leaf Days
PiscesPisces

until 14:53
fruit Days
from 14:53

AriesAries
Jul 26
Fri		 Waning Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Below ground plants, especially Root plants
Plant trees, shrubs and perennials

– Harvest all crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
fruit Days
AriesAries
Jul 27
Sat		 Waning Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Below ground plants, especially Root plants
Plant trees, shrubs and perennials

– Harvest all crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
fruit Days
AriesAries

until 17:23
root Days
from 17:23

TaurusTaurus
Jul 28
Sun		 Last Quarter Sow/Plant:
Below ground plants, especially Root plants
Plant trees, shrubs and perennials

– Harvest all crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
root Days
TaurusTaurus
Jul 29
Mon		 Waning Crescent Barren phase:
Time to rest. Avoid seed sowing

– Harvest and store crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Destroy weed
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
root Days
TaurusTaurus

until 21:28
flower Days
from 21:28

GeminiGemini
Jul 30
Tue		 Waning Crescent Barren phase:
Time to rest. Avoid seed sowing

– Harvest and store crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Destroy weed
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
flower Days
GeminiGemini
Jul 31
Wed		 Waning Crescent Barren phase:
Time to rest. Avoid seed sowing

– Harvest and store crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Destroy weed
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
flower Days
GeminiGemini

Gardening by the Moon Zodiac Sign (Element) – Legend

Biodynamic Calendar – Icon Legend
Leaf Days Leaf days (Water Element)

  • It is the appropriate time to sow, transplant and cultivate plants from which the intention is to use Leaves and Stems.
  • Ex: Cabbage, Salads, Lettuce, Spinach, Green onions, Broccoli, Cauliflower and Celeriac.
  • Leaf plants should be harvested in Flower days (or Fruit days).
  • Harvesting in Leaf days is not recommended (products start decomposing in a shorter time).
  • Beekeeping: Working with the hive is not recommended in Leaf days.
Fruit Days Fruit days (Fire Element)

  • It is the appropriate time to sow, transplant and cultivate plants that produce Fruits and Seeds.
  • Ex: Cherry, Strawberry, Tomato, Pea, Bean, Corn, Pumpkin, Nut, Cereal, Courgette.
  • Harvesting in Fruit days allows fruits and seeds to have a better storage quality.
  • Leaf plants should be harvested in Flower days (or Fruit days).
  • Beekeeping: Fruit days stimulate the collection of nectar. Bees are also supposed to be more gentle these days.
Root Days Root days (Earth Element)

  • It is the appropriate time to sow, transplant and cultivate Root plants and Root vegetables.
  • Ex: Carrot, Turnip, but also Potato, Beet-root, Garlic, Onion, Leek.
  • Crop should be stored in Root days.
  • Beekeeping: Bees should be encouraged to build more comb.
Flower Days Flower days (Air Element)

  • It is the appropriate time to sow, transplant, cultivate and harvest Flower plants or herbs used for medicinal purposes.
  • Flowers, if cut in these days, have a more intense scent and endure longer.
  • Leaf plants should be harvested in these Flower days.
  • Beekeeping: Flower days stimulate brood activity and colony development. Bees are also supposed to be more gentle these days.
Gardening by the Moon Phase – Legend
NEW MOON

  • Time to rest, celebrate and meditate.


NEW MOON PHASE

New Moon -» First Quarter (Waxing Crescent)

– Moonlight is increasing

– Strongest gravitational pull

– Soil releases / Earth exhales / Energy draws UP into upper planets

  • Sow/Plant: Above ground Leaf plants, Cereals, Grains, Lawns, Herbs, Cucumbers.
  • Jobs: Graft, Mow lawns & Prune foliage (to increase growth).


FIRST QUARTER PHASE

First Quarter -» Full Moon (Waxing Gibbous)

– Moonlight becomes stronger

– Gravitational pull is a little less now

– Soil releases / Earth exhales / Energy draws UP into upper planets

  • Sow/Plant: Above ground Fruit plants (with “inside seeds” such as Tomatoes, Peppers, Peas and Bean), Cereals, Grains, Lawns and Flowers.
  • Jobs: Graft, Mow lawns & Prune foliage (to increase growth).
  • Planting and Grafting take best if done two days just before the Full Moon.
FULL MOON

  • Time to rest, celebrate and meditate.
  • Pick medicinal herbs and plants.


FULL MOON PHASE

Full Moon -» Last Quarter (Waning Gibbous)

– Moonlight is decreasing

– Gravitational pull is decreasing

– Soil absorbs / Earth inhales / Energy draws DOWN into the Roots

  • Sow/Plant: Below ground Root plants such as Potatoes, Carrots & Onions.
    Plant trees, shrubs, biennials & perennials.
  • Jobs: Harvest all crops, Fertilize, Transplant, Mow lawns & Prune foliage (to reduce growth).
Moon Opposition Saturn
MoonOppositionSaturn SPRAYING DAYS

  • Spraying Biodynamic preparations out during Moon opposition Saturn increases soil activity.
  • The MoonMoon represents fertility and germination, while SaturnSaturn represents form and strong structure.
  • It is also a perfect time to plant seeds out.

Moon Phase Calendar for July 2024

Moon Phase Calendar for July 2024

m t w t f s s
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31

Day 5: New Moon

July 2024 Moon Details

New Moon - Jul 2024
New Moon
July 5
22:57 UTC		 First Quarter - Jul 2024
First Quarter
July 13
22:48 UTC		 Full Moon - Jul 2024
Full Moon
July 21
10:17 UTC		 Last Quarter - Jul 2024
Last Quarter
July 28
02:51 UTC

Source: MoonGiant.com

The Full Moon for this month will occur on Sunday, July 21st. The New Moon is earlier in the month on Friday, July 5th.

The Full Thunder Moon of July

July’s full moon is called the Full Thunder Moon, after the frequent thunderstorms that roll in during early summer. Thunderstorms are more likely to form in humid environments during summer because of the moist, hot air rising from the ground to the higher, colder parts of our atmosphere. The Full Thunder Moon is, therefore, a warning sign for a surprisingly dangerous time of the year.

Did you know that you are more likely to get hit by lightning twice in your lifetime than win the Powerball lottery, and that summer is usually when most lightning fatalities happen? As the Full Thunder Moon rises to prominence during the warm summer months, people are more likely to be taking part in outdoor activities, which increases their risk of being hit by the frequent thunder and lightning strikes that happen during this period. Everyone knows to avoid trees and bodies of water during thunderstorms, but that basic precaution alone is not enough.

According to experts, you should head inside a safe building immediately when you hear thunder, no matter how safe you think you are. Lightning can strike from up to 10 miles away, and nothing can protect you when you’re outdoors. Wearing rubber soles or crouching down low will not stop lightning from hurting you. Lying down on the ground is an even worse idea, as it’ll make you even more vulnerable to currents traveling through the ground.

If you do get caught outdoors with no way to make it into a building safely, sheltering in a completely closed, all-metal car is an option as long as you don’t touch anything metal. You should also avoid open areas such as fields. Just keep moving as fast as you can until you reach shelter. If you happen to be in a group, spread out so that if one of you gets struck, the others can provide emergency CPR and other help. Remember that it’s completely safe to touch a person after they’ve been struck. Lightning-related deaths are most often caused by the heart stopping due to the sudden surge of electricity, and so it is very important to administer CPR to a lightning strike victim immediately.

Ultimately, the best way to avoid being caught outdoors in a thunderstorm is to take a little of your time each day to monitor the weather situation, and have backup plans for shelter if you’re heading outdoors. That said, being indoor doesn’t necessarily guarantee that you’re safe either. Make sure to stay far away from any plumbing, metal objects, electronic devices and equipment, or anything that might conducts electricity. Avoid windows or doors at all costs. Not even concrete walls and floors are safe, since they contain metal rods that conduct electricity, so never allow yourself to lean against concrete walls or come into contact with concrete floors. The risk of a strike remains for 30 minutes after the last flash of lightning or peal of thunder.

The Full Thunder Moon is a great time for you to brush up on your lightning safety knowledge and educate other people as well. Feel free to head to the wild outdoors to observe deers whose velvety antlers are growing out during this period – which is why July’s full moon is also known as the Full Buck Moon – but also make sure to take the necessary safety precautions.

Local Date and Time for July 2024 Full Moon in major cities around the world:

Los Angeles,
San Francisco,
Vancouver
July 21, 2024
3:17am PDT

Denver,
Salt Lake City,
Calgary
July 21, 2024
4:17am MDT

Chicago,
Houston,
San Antonio
July 21, 2024
5:17am CDT

New York,
Toronto,
Atlanta
July 21, 2024
6:17am EDT

London,
Manchester,
Dublin
July 21, 2024
11:17am BST

Paris,
Rome,
Berlin
July 21, 2024
12:17pm CEST

Athens,
Istanbul,
Helsinki
July 21, 2024
1:17pm EEST

Dubai,
Abu Dhabi,
Muscat
July 21, 2024
2:17pm +04

Bangalore,
Mumbai,
New Delhi
July 21, 2024
3:47pm IST

Singapore,
Kuala Lumpur
July 21, 2024
6:17pm +08

Perth,
Hong Kong,
Beijing
July 21, 2024
6:17pm AWST

Sydney,
Brisbane,
Melbourne
July 21, 2024
8:17pm AEST

The Full Moon of June: A Special Solstice Strawberry Moon!

The Full Strawberry Moon on June 21 is the lowest full Moon in many years. What does this mean? Expect a beautiful full Moon that looks extra-large and is reddish-orange colored. Learn more about this special solstice Moon from Bob Berman.

When to See the Full Moon in June 2024

This year, the Full Moon coincides with the summer solstice! On the evening of June 21 —just after sunset—look towards the southeast to watch the full Moon rise gently above the horizon. June’s full Moon will reach peak illumination at 9:08 P.M. Eastern Time. See the Full Moon Calculator for your local time.

Why the Solstice Moon is Special

This is an unusual full Moon, which I highlighted in my 2024 astronomical highlights.

The June Moon begins its Moon Phase cycle as the “New Moon” on June 6. Then, night after night, the hair-thin crescent will grow fatter until it waxes all the way to its first-quarter phase on the 14th.  That’s when it will hover due south on the meridian at sunset and offer binocular and telescope owners perfectly shadowed lunar terrain.

After that, meaning these next couple of weeks, the Moon enters its waxing gibbous phase, the odd football shape that still boasts ideal highlighting of lunar features since sunlight continues to strike the Moon’s surface at a sharp, shadow- Click here to read the rest of this article

June 2024 Holidays and Observances Worldwide

There is a total of 433 public holidays and observances in June of 2023 for over 230 countries and 3300 locations around the world. In the table below, you will find the details of the holidays & observances along with when and where they are observed.

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Date Holiday Location
Thursday, June 1, 2023 Children’s Day Armenia
Thursday, June 1, 2023 International Childrens’ Day Germany
Thursday, June 1, 2023 Pancasila Day Indonesia
Thursday, June 1, 2023 Madaraka Day Kenya
Thursday, June 1, 2023 Children’s Day Laos
Thursday, June 1, 2023 International Children’s Day Moldova
Thursday, June 1, 2023 Children’s Day Mongolia
Thursday, June 1, 2023 Gawai Dayak Malaysia
Thursday, June 1, 2023 Children’s Day Poland
Thursday, June 1, 2023 President’s Day Palau
Thursday, June 1, 2023 Children’s Day Romania
Thursday, June 1, 2023 International Childrens Day Turkmenistan
Thursday, June 1, 2023 Child Protection Day Ukraine
Thursday, June 1, 2023 Global Day of Parents United States
Thursday, June 1, 2023 First Day of Pride Month United States
Thursday, June 1, 2023 First Day of Caribbean-American Heritage Month United States
Thursday, June 1, 2023 Statehood Day United States
Thursday, June 1, 2023 Independence Day Samoa
Friday, June 2, 2023 Randol Fawkes Labour Day The Bahamas
Friday, June 2, 2023 Joint Holiday before Waisak Day Indonesia
Friday, June 2, 2023 Republic Day Italy
Friday, June 2, 2023 Youth Day Marshall Islands
Friday, June 2, 2023 Friday before Pentecost North Macedonia
Friday, June 2, 2023 Gawai Dayak Holiday Malaysia
Friday, June 2, 2023 Isabel Province Day Solomon Islands
Friday, June 2, 2023 Vesak Day Singapore
Saturday, June 3, 2023 European Bicycle Day Germany
Saturday, June 3, 2023 Poson Full Moon Poya Day Sri Lanka
Saturday, June 3, 2023 Visakha Bucha Thailand
Saturday, June 3, 2023 Queen Suthida’s Birthday Thailand
Saturday, June 3, 2023 Opium Suppression Movement Day Taiwan
Saturday, June 3, 2023 Martyr’s Day Uganda
Saturday, June 3, 2023 World Bicycle Day United States
Saturday, June 3, 2023 Jefferson Davis’ Birthday United States
Sunday, June 4, 2023 Trinity Sunday Australia
Sunday, June 4, 2023 Buddha’s Parinirvana Bhutan
Sunday, June 4, 2023 Trinity Sunday Canada
Sunday, June 4, 2023 Father’s Day Switzerland
Sunday, June 4, 2023 Trinity Czechia
Sunday, June 4, 2023 Flag Day Estonia
Sunday, June 4, 2023 Mother’s Day France
Sunday, June 4, 2023 Orthodox Holy Spirit Sunday Greece
Sunday, June 4, 2023 Waisak Day (Buddha’s Anniversary) Indonesia
Sunday, June 4, 2023 Demise of Imam Khomeini Iran
Sunday, June 4, 2023 Fathers’ Day Lithuania
Sunday, June 4, 2023 Mother’s Day Monaco
Sunday, June 4, 2023 Great Buddha Day Mongolia
Sunday, June 4, 2023 Orthodox Pentecost Romania
Sunday, June 4, 2023 Textile Workers Day Turkmenistan
Sunday, June 4, 2023 Emancipation Day Tonga
Sunday, June 4, 2023 Orthodox Pentecost (Suspended) Ukraine
Sunday, June 4, 2023 Trinity Sunday United Kingdom
Sunday, June 4, 2023 International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression United States
Sunday, June 4, 2023 Native American Day United States
Monday, June 5, 2023 Western Australia Day Australia
Monday, June 5, 2023 Sovereign’s Birthday Cook Islands
Monday, June 5, 2023 Orthodox Pentecost Monday Cyprus
Monday, June 5, 2023 Father’s Day Denmark
Monday, June 5, 2023 Constitution Day Denmark
Monday, June 5, 2023 President’s Day Equatorial Guinea
Monday, June 5, 2023 Orthodox Holy Spirit Monday Greece
Monday, June 5, 2023 June Bank Holiday Ireland
Monday, June 5, 2023 Khordad National Uprising Iran
Monday, June 5, 2023 World Environment Day Moldova
Monday, June 5, 2023 The Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s Birthday Malaysia
Monday, June 5, 2023 King’s Birthday New Zealand
Monday, June 5, 2023 Orthodox Pentecost Monday Romania
Monday, June 5, 2023 Day off for Visakha Bucha Thailand
Monday, June 5, 2023 Day off for Queen Suthida’s Birthday Thailand
Monday, June 5, 2023 World Envrionment Day Turkmenistan
Monday, June 5, 2023 Day off for Emancipation Day Tonga
Monday, June 5, 2023 Orthodox Pentecost Holiday (Suspended) Ukraine
Monday, June 5, 2023 World Environment Day United States
Monday, June 5, 2023 International Day for the Fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing United States
Monday, June 5, 2023 Jefferson Davis’ Birthday United States
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 Queensland Day Australia
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 Chosun Children’s Union Foundation Day North Korea
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 Memorial Day South Korea
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 National day Sweden
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 Journalists’ Day Ukraine
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 Day of the Russian Language United States
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 D-Day United States
Wednesday, June 7, 2023 Sette Giugno Malta
Wednesday, June 7, 2023 Dissolution of Union With Sweden (1905) Norway
Wednesday, June 7, 2023 Flag Day Peru
Wednesday, June 7, 2023 Anniversary of the Memorandum of the Slovak Nation Slovakia
Wednesday, June 7, 2023 World Food Safety Day United States
Thursday, June 8, 2023 Corpus Christi Austria
Thursday, June 8, 2023 President Pierre Nkurunziza Day Burundi
Thursday, June 8, 2023 Corpus Christi Bolivia
Thursday, June 8, 2023 Temotu Province Day Solomon Islands
Thursday, June 8, 2023 Corpus Christi Seychelles
Thursday, June 8, 2023 Primož Trubar Day Slovenia
Thursday, June 8, 2023 Corpus Christi San Marino
Thursday, June 8, 2023 World Oceans Day United States
Thursday, June 8, 2023 Corpus Domini Vatican City (Holy See)
Thursday, June 8, 2023 Corpus Christi Venezuela
Friday, June 9, 2023 Day of Murcia Spain
Friday, June 9, 2023 Day of La Rioja Spain
Friday, June 9, 2023 T. T. Bank Holiday Isle of Man
Friday, June 9, 2023 National Heroes Day Uganda
Saturday, June 10, 2023 Reconciliation Day Congo
Saturday, June 10, 2023 Abolition Day French Guiana
Saturday, June 10, 2023 Portugal Day Portugal
Saturday, June 10, 2023 Father’s Day South Sudan
Saturday, June 10, 2023 Anniversary of the Birthday of the Sovereign Tuvalu
Saturday, June 10, 2023 Belmont Stakes United States
Sunday, June 11, 2023 Father’s Day Austria
Sunday, June 11, 2023 Mother’s Day Luxembourg
Sunday, June 11, 2023 Kamehameha Day United States
Monday, June 12, 2023 Sovereign’s Birthday Anguilla
Monday, June 12, 2023 King’s Birthday Australia
Monday, June 12, 2023 Brazilian Valentine’s Day Brazil
Monday, June 12, 2023 Corpus Christi Colombia
Monday, June 12, 2023 Democracy Day Nigeria
Monday, June 12, 2023 Queen Elizabeth II’s Birthday Papua New Guinea
Monday, June 12, 2023 Independence Day Philippines
Monday, June 12, 2023 Chaco Armistice Paraguay
Monday, June 12, 2023 Russia Day Russia
Monday, June 12, 2023 Science Day Turkmenistan
Monday, June 12, 2023 World Day Against Child Labour United States
Monday, June 12, 2023 Kamehameha Day observed United States
Monday, June 12, 2023 Loving Day United States
Monday, June 12, 2023 Corpus Christi Holiday Venezuela
Monday, June 12, 2023 Peace Day Kosovo
Tuesday, June 13, 2023 St. Anthony’s Day Portugal
Tuesday, June 13, 2023 International Albinism Awareness Day United States
Tuesday, June 13, 2023 St Anthony’s Day Venezuela
Wednesday, June 14, 2023 Remembrance Day of the Oppressed Armenia
Wednesday, June 14, 2023 Day of Mourning Estonia
Wednesday, June 14, 2023 Liberation Day Falkland Islands
Wednesday, June 14, 2023 World Blood Donor Day United States
Wednesday, June 14, 2023 Army Birthday United States
Wednesday, June 14, 2023 Flag Day United States
Thursday, June 15, 2023 Day of National Salvation of the Azerbaijani People Azerbaijan
Thursday, June 15, 2023 World Elder Abuse Awareness Day United States
Friday, June 16, 2023 International Day of Family Remittances United States
Friday, June 16, 2023 Juneteenth United States
Friday, June 16, 2023 Juneteenth Day United States
Friday, June 16, 2023 Sovereign’s Birthday British Virgin Islands
Friday, June 16, 2023 Youth Day South Africa
Saturday, June 17, 2023 Commemoration of General Don Martín Miguel de Güemes Argentina
Saturday, June 17, 2023 Remembrance of the Victims of SED Injustice Germany
Saturday, June 17, 2023 Anniversary of the Popular Uprising in the GDR Germany
Saturday, June 17, 2023 Icelandic Republic Day Iceland
Saturday, June 17, 2023 Fathers’ Day El Salvador
Saturday, June 17, 2023 Special Working Day Taiwan
Saturday, June 17, 2023 King’s Birthday United Kingdom
Saturday, June 17, 2023 World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought United States
Saturday, June 17, 2023 Bunker Hill Day United States
Saturday, June 17, 2023 Juneteenth Day United States
Saturday, June 17, 2023 Juneteenth National Freedom Day United States
Saturday, June 17, 2023 Juneteenth United States
Saturday, June 17, 2023 Juneteenth National Freedom Day United States
Saturday, June 17, 2023 Juneteenth United States
Saturday, June 17, 2023 Juneteenth National Freedom Day United States
Sunday, June 18, 2023 Fathers’ Day Albania
Sunday, June 18, 2023 Father’s Day Benin
Sunday, June 18, 2023 Fathers’ Day Bermuda
Sunday, June 18, 2023 Father’s Day Botswana
Sunday, June 18, 2023 Car-free Sunday Germany
Sunday, June 18, 2023 Father’s Day France
Sunday, June 18, 2023 Fathers’ Day Georgia
Sunday, June 18, 2023 Father’s Day Gibraltar
Sunday, June 18, 2023 Father’s Day Hungary
Sunday, June 18, 2023 Father’s Day India
Sunday, June 18, 2023 King’s Mother’s Birthday Cambodia
Sunday, June 18, 2023 Fathers’ Day Cayman Islands
Sunday, June 18, 2023 Father’s Day Sri Lanka
Sunday, June 18, 2023 Sultan of Kedah’s Birthday Malaysia
Sunday, June 18, 2023 Father’s Day Niger
Sunday, June 18, 2023 Fathers’ Day Puerto Rico
Sunday, June 18, 2023 Constitution Day Seychelles
Sunday, June 18, 2023 Father’s Day Singapore
Sunday, June 18, 2023 Sustainable Gastronomy Day United States
Sunday, June 18, 2023 Father’s Day United States
Monday, June 19, 2023 Bridge Public Holiday Argentina
Monday, June 19, 2023 National Heroes Day Bermuda
Monday, June 19, 2023 Sacred Heart Colombia
Monday, June 19, 2023 King’s Birthday Holiday Gibraltar
Monday, June 19, 2023 Juneteenth Northern Mariana Islands
Monday, June 19, 2023 Day off for Constitution Day Seychelles
Monday, June 19, 2023 Queen Elizabeth II’s Birthday Saint Helena
Monday, June 19, 2023 King’s Birthday Turks and Caicos Islands
Monday, June 19, 2023 Labour Day Trinidad and Tobago
Monday, June 19, 2023 International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict United States
Monday, June 19, 2023 Juneteenth United States
Monday, June 19, 2023 Juneteenth National Freedom Day United States
Monday, June 19, 2023 Juneteenth United States
Monday, June 19, 2023 Juneteenth Day United States
Monday, June 19, 2023 Juneteenth United States
Monday, June 19, 2023 Juneteenth Day United States
Monday, June 19, 2023 Juneteenth National Freedom Day United States
Monday, June 19, 2023 Juneteenth United States
Monday, June 19, 2023 Juneteenth Independence Day United States
Monday, June 19, 2023 Juneteenth National Freedom Day United States
Monday, June 19, 2023 Juneteenth United States
Monday, June 19, 2023 National Juneteenth Freedom Day United States
Monday, June 19, 2023 Juneteenth United States
Monday, June 19, 2023 Juneteenth National Independence Day United States
Monday, June 19, 2023 Juneteenth Independence Day United States
Monday, June 19, 2023 Juneteenth Freedom Day United States
Monday, June 19, 2023 Emancipation Day United States
Monday, June 19, 2023 Juneteenth United States
Monday, June 19, 2023 Juneteenth Day United States
Monday, June 19, 2023 Juneteenth United States
Monday, June 19, 2023 Juneteenth Freedom Day United States
Monday, June 19, 2023 Juneteenth (Optional) United States
Monday, June 19, 2023 Juneteenth United States
Monday, June 19, 2023 Juneteenth National Freedom Day United States
Monday, June 19, 2023 Juneteenth Independence Day United States
Monday, June 19, 2023 Juneteenth Celebration of Freedom Day United States
Monday, June 19, 2023 Juneteenth Freedom Day United States
Monday, June 19, 2023 Juneteenth United States
Monday, June 19, 2023 Emancipation Day United States
Monday, June 19, 2023 José Artigas’ Birthday Memorial Uruguay
Monday, June 19, 2023 St Anthony’s Day Holiday Venezuela
Monday, June 19, 2023 Juneteenth US Virgin Islands
Tuesday, June 20, 2023 Hajj season begins United Arab Emirates
Tuesday, June 20, 2023 Flag Day Argentina
Tuesday, June 20, 2023 Martyrs’ Day Eritrea
Tuesday, June 20, 2023 Rath Yatra India
Tuesday, June 20, 2023 World Refugee Day United States
Tuesday, June 20, 2023 West Virginia Day United States
Tuesday, June 20, 2023 American Eagle Day United States
Wednesday, June 21, 2023 Aymara New Year Day Bolivia
Wednesday, June 21, 2023 National Indigenous Peoples Day Canada
Wednesday, June 21, 2023 Music Festival Congo Democratic Republic
Wednesday, June 21, 2023 National Day Greenland
Wednesday, June 21, 2023 Day of the Departure of the Soviet Army from Czechoslovakia Slovakia
Wednesday, June 21, 2023 Day of the Martyrs Togo
Wednesday, June 21, 2023 Father’s Day Uganda
Wednesday, June 21, 2023 International Day of Yoga United States
Wednesday, June 21, 2023 International Day of the Celebration of the Solstice United States
Wednesday, June 21, 2023 June Solstice American Samoa
Wednesday, June 21, 2023 National Day of Indigenous Peoples Chile
Wednesday, June 21, 2023 June Solstice Cuba
Thursday, June 22, 2023 Remembrance Day of Victims of the Great Patriotic War Belarus
Thursday, June 22, 2023 Dragon Boat Festival China
Thursday, June 22, 2023 Day of Antifascist Struggle Croatia
Thursday, June 22, 2023 Victims of Fascism Day Moldova
Thursday, June 22, 2023 Dragon Boat Festival Macau
Thursday, June 22, 2023 Teachers’ Day El Salvador
Thursday, June 22, 2023 Dragon Boat Festival Taiwan
Thursday, June 22, 2023 Day of Mourning and Commemoration of War Victims Ukraine
Thursday, June 22, 2023 Windrush Day United Kingdom
Wednesday, June 21, 2023 June Solstice Australia
Friday, June 23, 2023 Jura Independence Day Switzerland
Friday, June 23, 2023 Dragon Boat Festival holiday China
Friday, June 23, 2023 Victory Day Estonia
Friday, June 23, 2023 Midsummer Eve Finland
Friday, June 23, 2023 Police National Day Kiribati
Friday, June 23, 2023 National Day Luxembourg
Friday, June 23, 2023 Midsummer Eve Latvia
Friday, June 23, 2023 Saint John’s Eve Monaco
Friday, June 23, 2023 Statehood Day Moldova
Friday, June 23, 2023 Midsummer Eve Norway
Friday, June 23, 2023 Father’s Day Poland
Friday, June 23, 2023 Midsummer Eve Sweden
Friday, June 23, 2023 Dragon Boat Festival Holiday Taiwan
Friday, June 23, 2023 Public Service Day United States
Friday, June 23, 2023 International Widows’ Day United States
Saturday, June 24, 2023 St. Jean Baptiste Day Canada
Saturday, June 24, 2023 Dragon Boat Festival holiday China
Saturday, June 24, 2023 St. John Germany
Saturday, June 24, 2023 Architecture Day Germany
Saturday, June 24, 2023 Midsummer Day Estonia
Saturday, June 24, 2023 Saint John the Baptist Day Spain
Saturday, June 24, 2023 Midsummer Finland
Saturday, June 24, 2023 The Feast of St. John (Florence, Genoa, Turin) Italy
Saturday, June 24, 2023 St John’s Day/Day of Dew Lithuania
Saturday, June 24, 2023 Midsummer Day Latvia
Saturday, June 24, 2023 Saint John’s Day Monaco
Saturday, June 24, 2023 St. John’s Day Norway
Saturday, June 24, 2023 Farmer Day Peru
Saturday, June 24, 2023 Inti Raymi Day Peru
Saturday, June 24, 2023 St. John’s Day Portugal
Saturday, June 24, 2023 Midsummer Day Sweden
Saturday, June 24, 2023 Remembrance Day for the Victims of the Communist Regime Slovakia
Saturday, June 24, 2023 Dragon Boat Festival Holiday Taiwan
Saturday, June 24, 2023 Carabobo Battle Venezuela
Sunday, June 25, 2023 Special Working Day China
Sunday, June 25, 2023 Independence Day Croatia
Sunday, June 25, 2023 Father’s Day Haiti
Sunday, June 25, 2023 Peoples Port Day Moldova
Sunday, June 25, 2023 Independence Day Mozambique
Sunday, June 25, 2023 Statehood Day Slovenia
Sunday, June 25, 2023 Dragon Boat Festival Holiday Taiwan
Sunday, June 25, 2023 Day of the Seafarer United States
Monday, June 26, 2023 Azerbaijan Armed Forces Day Azerbaijan
Monday, June 26, 2023 June Holiday Canada
Monday, June 26, 2023 Saint Peter and Saint Paul Chile
Monday, June 26, 2023 Day Against Illicit Drug Consumption and Trafficking Moldova
Monday, June 26, 2023 Independence Day Madagascar
Monday, June 26, 2023 Independence Day observed Mozambique
Monday, June 26, 2023 Flag Day Romania
Monday, June 26, 2023 Independence Day Somalia
Monday, June 26, 2023 Day of Prosecutor’s Office Employees Turkmenistan
Monday, June 26, 2023 International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking United States
Monday, June 26, 2023 International Day in Support of Victims of Torture United States
Tuesday, June 27, 2023 Arafat (Hajj) Day United Arab Emirates
Tuesday, June 27, 2023 Independence Day Djibouti
Tuesday, June 27, 2023 Arafah Jordan
Tuesday, June 27, 2023 Arafat Day Saudi Arabia
Tuesday, June 27, 2023 Day of National Unity Tajikistan
Tuesday, June 27, 2023 Day of Turkmen Workers of Culture and Art Turkmenistan
Tuesday, June 27, 2023 Sacrifice Feast Eve Turkey
Tuesday, June 27, 2023 Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day United States
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) United Arab Emirates
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 Day of Arafat Afghanistan
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 Feast of the Sacrifice Azerbaijan
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 Eid al-Adha Holiday Bangladesh
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 Arafat Day Bahrain
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 Birth Anniversary of Guru Rinpoche Bhutan
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 Arafat Day Djibouti
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 Independence Day Holiday Djibouti
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 Arafat Day Egypt
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 Eid al-Adha Guyana
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 Waqfat Arafat Day Kuwait
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 Kurban Ait Kazakhstan
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 Day of Arafah Libya
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 Hajj Day Maldives
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 Day of Arafat Malaysia
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 Eid al-Adha Oman
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) Qatar
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 St Vitus’ Day Serbia
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 Eid al-Adha Saudi Arabia
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 Eid al-Adha Holiday Sudan
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 Eid al-Adha Syria
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 Kurban Bayramy Turkmenistan
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 Eid al-Adha Tunisia
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 Sacrifice Feast Turkey
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 Constitution Day (Suspended) Ukraine
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 Carolina Day United States
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 Vietnamese Family Day Vietnam
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 Eid al-Adha Eve Yemen
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Eid al-Adha Holiday United Arab Emirates
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Eid al-Qurban Afghanistan
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Feast of the Sacrifice Albania
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Eid al-Adha Argentina
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Hari Raya Haji Australia
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Feast of the Sacrifice Holiday Azerbaijan
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Feast of the Sacrifice Bosnia and Herzegovina
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Eid al-Adha Bangladesh
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Tabaski Benin
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Eid al-Adha Brunei
Thursday, June 29, 2023 St. Peter and St. Paul Switzerland
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Aid el-Kebir Cote d’Ivoire
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Eid al-Adha Cameroon
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Feast of Saint Peter and Saint Paul Colombia
Thursday, June 29, 2023 St Peter and Paul Germany
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Eid al-Adha Germany
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Kurban Bayram Croatia
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Idul Adha Indonesia
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Bakrid/Eid ul-Adha India
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Eid al-Adha holiday Iraq
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Eid-e-Ghorban (Feast of Sacrifice) Iran
Thursday, June 29, 2023 The Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul (Rome) Italy
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Eid al-Adha holiday Jordan
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Eid al-Adha Kenya
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Kurman Ait Kyrgyzstan
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Eid al-Adha Comoros
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Kurban Bayram Montenegro
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Eid al-Adha Madagascar
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) North Macedonia
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Eid al-Adha Mali
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Feast of Saints Peter and Paul Malta
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Eid-ul Al’haa Maldives
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Hari Raya Haji Malaysia
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Hari Raya Haji holiday Malaysia
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Eid al-Adha Niger
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Id el Kabir Nigeria
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Edul Aajaha Nepal
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Eid al-Adha Holiday Oman
Thursday, June 29, 2023 St Peter and St Paul Peru
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Autonomy Day French Polynesia
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Eid al-Adha (Feast of the Sacrifice) Philippines
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Eid al-Adha Pakistan
Thursday, June 29, 2023 St. Peter’s Day Portugal
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Eid al-Adha Holiday Qatar
Thursday, June 29, 2023 First Day of Eid al-Adha Serbia
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Eid al-Adha Russia
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Eid al-Adha Holiday Saudi Arabia
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Central Province Day Solomon Islands
Thursday, June 29, 2023 National Day Seychelles
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Eid al-Adha Sudan
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Hari Raya Haji Singapore
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Tabaski Sierra Leone
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Eid al-Adha Somalia
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Tabaski Togo
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Eid al-Adha Tajikistan
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Kurban Bayramy Holiday Turkmenistan
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Eid al-Adha Holiday Tunisia
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Sacrifice Feast Holiday Turkey
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Eid al-Adha Tanzania
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Qurban Bayram Ukraine
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Eid al-Adha Uganda
Thursday, June 29, 2023 International Day of the Tropics United States
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Eid al-Adha Uzbekistan
Thursday, June 29, 2023 The Feasts of Saints Peter and Paul Vatican City (Holy See)
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Saint Peter and Saint Paul Venezuela
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Saints Pierre and Paul Day Wallis and Futuna
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Kurban Bayrami Kosovo
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Eid al-Adha Yemen
Friday, June 30, 2023 Eid al-Adha Holiday United Arab Emirates
Friday, June 30, 2023 Eid al-Qurban Holiday Afghanistan
Friday, June 30, 2023 Eid al-Adha Holiday Bangladesh
Friday, June 30, 2023 Independence Day Congo Democratic Republic
Friday, June 30, 2023 National Payer Day Central African Republic
Friday, June 30, 2023 Eid al-Adha Holiday Djibouti
Friday, June 30, 2023 June 30 Revolution Egypt
Friday, June 30, 2023 Eid al-Adha Holiday Egypt
Friday, June 30, 2023 Army Day Guatemala
Friday, June 30, 2023 Eid al-Adha holiday Iraq
Friday, June 30, 2023 Eid al-Adha Holiday Comoros
Friday, June 30, 2023 Eid al-Adha holiday Kuwait
Friday, June 30, 2023 Eid al-Adha Holiday Lebanon
Friday, June 30, 2023 Eid al-Adha holiday Morocco
Friday, June 30, 2023 Competition Day Moldova
Friday, June 30, 2023 Kurban Bayram Holiday Montenegro
Friday, June 30, 2023 Eid-ul Al’haa Holiday Maldives
Friday, June 30, 2023 Hari Raya Haji (Day 2) Malaysia
Friday, June 30, 2023 Eid al-Adha Holiday Niger
Friday, June 30, 2023 Id el Kabir additional holiday Nigeria
Friday, June 30, 2023 Eid al-Adha Holiday Oman
Friday, June 30, 2023 Kurban Bayramy Holiday Turkmenistan
Friday, June 30, 2023 Sacrifice Feast Holiday Turkey
Friday, June 30, 2023 Kuan Kung’s Birthday Taiwan
Friday, June 30, 2023 Chen Huang’s Birthday Taiwan
Friday, June 30, 2023 International Asteroid Day United States
Friday, June 30, 2023 International Day of Parliamentarism United States
Friday, June 30, 2023 Eid al-Adha Holiday Uzbekistan
Friday, June 30, 2023 Eid al-Adha holiday Yemen

Gardening Moon Calendar – June 2024

Please read this first:

1) Moon Phase x Moon Zodiac Sign:

Please keep in mind, that Gardening by Moon Phase and Gardening by Moon Zodiac Sign are two different/independent biodynamic systems and they might give you different or contradictiory gardening recommendations.

a) Each Moon Phase (except Full Moon and New Moon) lasts about 1 week

b) Each Moon Zodiac Sign lasts about 2.5 days

Try to experiment with these two systems to find which recommendations suits you the most.

2) Tropical (Astrological) x Sidereal (Astronomical) Zodiac:
(1-2 days difference in Leaf, Fruit, Root and Flower days)

There are two different zodiacs for determining the Moon Sign:

a) Tropical zodiac (Astrological) is based on the seasons – Vernal Equinox is fixed as 0° Aries (The 1st Fruit day)

b) Sidereal zodiac (Astronomical) takes into account Precession of Equinoxes and shifts 0° Aries back by cca 1-2 days. Maria Thun who was an authority on biodynamics was using this Sidereal zodiac

Try to experiment also with these two zodiac systems to find which system suits you better.

Date
2024		 Moon Phase Gardening by the
Moon Phase		 Gardening by the
Moon Zodiac Sign

Tropical Zodiac (by Seasons)
Sidereal Zodiac (Maria Thun)
Jun 1
Sat		 Waning Crescent Barren phase:
Time to rest. Avoid seed sowing

– Harvest and store crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Destroy weed
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
leaf Days
PiscesPisces
Jun 2
Sun		 Waning Crescent Barren phase:
Time to rest. Avoid seed sowing

– Harvest and store crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Destroy weed
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
leaf Days
PiscesPisces

until 20:10
fruit Days
from 20:10

AriesAries
Jun 3
Mon		 Waning Crescent Barren phase:
Time to rest. Avoid seed sowing

– Harvest and store crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Destroy weed
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
fruit Days
AriesAries
Jun 4
Tue		 Waning Crescent Barren phase:
Time to rest. Avoid seed sowing

– Harvest and store crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Destroy weed
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
fruit Days
AriesAries

until 22:43
root Days
from 22:43

TaurusTaurus
Jun 5
Wed		 Waning Crescent Barren phase:
Time to rest. Avoid seed sowing

– Harvest and store crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Destroy weed
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
root Days
TaurusTaurus
Jun 6
Thu		 NEW MOON
at 12:37		 Time to rest, celebrate and meditate
root Days
TaurusTaurus
Jun 7
Fri		 Waxing Crescent Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
root Days
TaurusTaurus

until 02:25
flower Days
from 02:25

GeminiGemini
Jun 8
Sat		 Waxing Crescent Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
flower Days
GeminiGemini
Jun 9
Sun		 Waxing Crescent Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
flower Days
GeminiGemini

until 08:36
leaf Days
from 08:36

CancerCancer
Jun 10
Mon		 Waxing Crescent Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
leaf Days
CancerCancer
Jun 11
Tue		 Waxing Crescent Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
leaf Days
CancerCancer

until 18:08
fruit Days
from 18:08

LeoLeo
Jun 12
Wed		 Waxing Crescent Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
fruit Days
LeoLeo
Jun 13
Thu

MoonOppositionSaturn

 Waxing Crescent Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)

Spraying days: Moon Opposition Saturn
fruit Days
LeoLeo
Jun 14
Fri		 First Quarter Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
fruit Days
LeoLeo

until 06:24
root Days
from 06:24

VirgoVirgo
Jun 15
Sat		 Waxing Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Fruit plants
also Cereals and Flowers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
root Days
VirgoVirgo
Jun 16
Sun		 Waxing Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Fruit plants
also Cereals and Flowers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
root Days
VirgoVirgo

until 19:04
flower Days
from 19:04

LibraLibra
Jun 17
Mon		 Waxing Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Fruit plants
also Cereals and Flowers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
flower Days
LibraLibra
Jun 18
Tue		 Waxing Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Fruit plants
also Cereals and Flowers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
flower Days
LibraLibra
Jun 19
Wed		 Waxing Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Fruit plants
also Cereals and Flowers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
flower Days
LibraLibra

until 05:35
leaf Days
from 05:35

ScorpioScorpio
Jun 20
Thu		 Waxing Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Fruit plants
also Cereals and Flowers
Optimum planting day (2 days before the Full Moon)

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
leaf Days
ScorpioScorpio
Jun 21
Fri		 Waxing Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Fruit plants
also Cereals and Flowers
Optimum planting day (2 days before the Full Moon)

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
leaf Days
ScorpioScorpio

until 12:48
fruit Days
from 12:48

SagittariusSagittarius
Jun 22
Sat		 FULL MOON
at 01:07		 Time to rest, celebrate and meditate

Pick medicinal herbs and plants
fruit Days
SagittariusSagittarius
Jun 23
Sun		 Waning Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Below ground plants, especially Root plants
Plant trees, shrubs and perennials

– Harvest all crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
fruit Days
SagittariusSagittarius

until 17:17
root Days
from 17:17

CapricornCapricorn
Jun 24
Mon		 Waning Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Below ground plants, especially Root plants
Plant trees, shrubs and perennials

– Harvest all crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
root Days
CapricornCapricorn
Jun 25
Tue		 Waning Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Below ground plants, especially Root plants
Plant trees, shrubs and perennials

– Harvest all crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
root Days
CapricornCapricorn

until 20:19
flower Days
from 20:19

AquariusAquarius
Jun 26
Wed		 Waning Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Below ground plants, especially Root plants
Plant trees, shrubs and perennials

– Harvest all crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
flower Days
AquariusAquarius
Jun 27
Thu		 Waning Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Below ground plants, especially Root plants
Plant trees, shrubs and perennials

– Harvest all crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
flower Days
AquariusAquarius

until 23:01
leaf Days
from 23:01

PiscesPisces
Jun 28
Fri		 Waning Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Below ground plants, especially Root plants
Plant trees, shrubs and perennials

– Harvest all crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
leaf Days
PiscesPisces
Jun 29
Sat		 Waning Crescent Barren phase:
Time to rest. Avoid seed sowing

– Harvest and store crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Destroy weed
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
leaf Days
PiscesPisces
Jun 30
Sun		 Waning Crescent Barren phase:
Time to rest. Avoid seed sowing

– Harvest and store crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Destroy weed
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
leaf Days
PiscesPisces

until 02:03
fruit Days
from 02:03

AriesAries
Gardening by the Moon Zodiac Sign (Element) – Legend
Biodynamic Calendar – Icon Legend
Leaf Days Leaf days (Water Element)

  • It is the appropriate time to sow, transplant and cultivate plants from which the intention is to use Leaves and Stems.
  • Ex: Cabbage, Salads, Lettuce, Spinach, Green onions, Broccoli, Cauliflower and Celeriac.
  • Leaf plants should be harvested in Flower days (or Fruit days).
  • Harvesting in Leaf days is not recommended (products start decomposing in a shorter time).
  • Beekeeping: Working with the hive is not recommended in Leaf days.
Fruit Days Fruit days (Fire Element)

  • It is the appropriate time to sow, transplant and cultivate plants that produce Fruits and Seeds.
  • Ex: Cherry, Strawberry, Tomato, Pea, Bean, Corn, Pumpkin, Nut, Cereal, Courgette.
  • Harvesting in Fruit days allows fruits and seeds to have a better storage quality.
  • Leaf plants should be harvested in Flower days (or Fruit days).
  • Beekeeping: Fruit days stimulate the collection of nectar. Bees are also supposed to be more gentle these days.
Root Days Root days (Earth Element)

  • It is the appropriate time to sow, transplant and cultivate Root plants and Root vegetables.
  • Ex: Carrot, Turnip, but also Potato, Beet-root, Garlic, Onion, Leek.
  • Crop should be stored in Root days.
  • Beekeeping: Bees should be encouraged to build more comb.
Flower Days Flower days (Air Element)

  • It is the appropriate time to sow, transplant, cultivate and harvest Flower plants or herbs used for medicinal purposes.
  • Flowers, if cut in these days, have a more intense scent and endure longer.
  • Leaf plants should be harvested in these Flower days.
  • Beekeeping: Flower days stimulate brood activity and colony development. Bees are also supposed to be more gentle these days.
Gardening by the Moon Phase – Legend
NEW MOON

  • Time to rest, celebrate and meditate.


NEW MOON PHASE

New Moon -» First Quarter (Waxing Crescent)

– Moonlight is increasing

– Strongest gravitational pull

– Soil releases / Earth exhales / Energy draws UP into upper planets

  • Sow/Plant: Above ground Leaf plants, Cereals, Grains, Lawns, Herbs, Cucumbers.
  • Jobs: Graft, Mow lawns & Prune foliage (to increase growth).


FIRST QUARTER PHASE

First Quarter -» Full Moon (Waxing Gibbous)

– Moonlight becomes stronger

– Gravitational pull is a little less now

– Soil releases / Earth exhales / Energy draws UP into upper planets

  • Sow/Plant: Above ground Fruit plants (with “inside seeds” such as Tomatoes, Peppers, Peas and Bean), Cereals, Grains, Lawns and Flowers.
  • Jobs: Graft, Mow lawns & Prune foliage (to increase growth).
  • Planting and Grafting take best if done two days just before the Full Moon.
FULL MOON

  • Time to rest, celebrate and meditate.
  • Pick medicinal herbs and plants.


FULL MOON PHASE

Full Moon -» Last Quarter (Waning Gibbous)

– Moonlight is decreasing

– Gravitational pull is decreasing

– Soil absorbs / Earth inhales / Energy draws DOWN into the Roots

  • Sow/Plant: Below ground Root plants such as Potatoes, Carrots & Onions.
    Plant trees, shrubs, biennials & perennials.
  • Jobs: Harvest all crops, Fertilize, Transplant, Mow lawns & Prune foliage (to reduce growth).


LAST QUARTER PHASE

Last Quarter -» New Moon (Waning Crescent)

– Moonlight has decreased

– Gravitational pull has decreased

– Soil absorbs / Earth inhales / Energy draws DOWN into the Roots

  • Barren phase: Time to rest and prepare for the next New Moon.
  • Jobs: Avoid seed sowing.
  • Jobs: Harvest and store crops, Fertilize, Transplant, Destroy weed, Mow lawns & Prune foliage (to reduce growth).
Moon Opposition Saturn
MoonOppositionSaturn SPRAYING DAYS

  • Spraying Biodynamic preparations out during Moon opposition Saturn increases soil activity.
  • The MoonMoon represents fertility and germination, while SaturnSaturn represents form and strong structure.
  • It is also a perfect time to plant seeds out.

Date
2024		 Moon Phase Gardening by the
Moon Phase		 Gardening by the
Moon Zodiac Sign

Tropical Zodiac (by Seasons)
Sidereal Zodiac (Maria Thun)
Jun 1
Sat		 Waning Crescent Barren phase:
Time to rest. Avoid seed sowing

– Harvest and store crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Destroy weed
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
leaf Days
PiscesPisces

until 03:28
fruit Days
from 03:28

AriesAries
Jun 2
Sun		 Waning Crescent Barren phase:
Time to rest. Avoid seed sowing

– Harvest and store crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Destroy weed
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
fruit Days
AriesAries
Jun 3
Mon		 Waning Crescent Barren phase:
Time to rest. Avoid seed sowing

– Harvest and store crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Destroy weed
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
fruit Days
AriesAries

until 05:56
root Days
from 05:56

TaurusTaurus
Jun 4
Tue		 Waning Crescent Barren phase:
Time to rest. Avoid seed sowing

– Harvest and store crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Destroy weed
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
root Days
TaurusTaurus
Jun 5
Wed		 Waning Crescent Barren phase:
Time to rest. Avoid seed sowing

– Harvest and store crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Destroy weed
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
root Days
TaurusTaurus

until 08:36
flower Days
from 08:36

GeminiGemini
Jun 6
Thu		 NEW MOON
at 12:37		 Time to rest, celebrate and meditate
flower Days
GeminiGemini
Jun 7
Fri		 Waxing Crescent Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
flower Days
GeminiGemini

until 12:41
leaf Days
from 12:41

CancerCancer
Jun 8
Sat		 Waxing Crescent Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
leaf Days
CancerCancer
Jun 9
Sun		 Waxing Crescent Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
leaf Days
CancerCancer

until 19:29
fruit Days
from 19:29

LeoLeo
Jun 10
Mon		 Waxing Crescent Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
fruit Days
LeoLeo
Jun 11
Tue		 Waxing Crescent Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
fruit Days
LeoLeo
Jun 12
Wed		 Waxing Crescent Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
fruit Days
LeoLeo

until 05:39
root Days
from 05:39

VirgoVirgo
Jun 13
Thu

MoonOppositionSaturn

 Waxing Crescent Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)

Spraying days: Moon Opposition Saturn
root Days
VirgoVirgo
Jun 14
Fri		 First Quarter Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
root Days
VirgoVirgo

until 18:13
flower Days
from 18:13

LibraLibra
Jun 15
Sat		 Waxing Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Fruit plants
also Cereals and Flowers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
flower Days
LibraLibra
Jun 16
Sun		 Waxing Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Fruit plants
also Cereals and Flowers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
flower Days
LibraLibra
Jun 17
Mon		 Waxing Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Fruit plants
also Cereals and Flowers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
flower Days
LibraLibra

until 06:38
leaf Days
from 06:38

ScorpioScorpio
Jun 18
Tue		 Waxing Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Fruit plants
also Cereals and Flowers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
leaf Days
ScorpioScorpio
Jun 19
Wed		 Waxing Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Fruit plants
also Cereals and Flowers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
leaf Days
ScorpioScorpio

until 16:32
fruit Days
from 16:32

SagittariusSagittarius
Jun 20
Thu		 Waxing Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Fruit plants
also Cereals and Flowers
Optimum planting day (2 days before the Full Moon)

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
fruit Days
SagittariusSagittarius
Jun 21
Fri		 Waxing Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Fruit plants
also Cereals and Flowers
Optimum planting day (2 days before the Full Moon)

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
fruit Days
SagittariusSagittarius

until 23:09
root Days
from 23:09

CapricornCapricorn
Jun 22
Sat		 FULL MOON
at 01:07		 Time to rest, celebrate and meditate

Pick medicinal herbs and plants
root Days
CapricornCapricorn
Jun 23
Sun		 Waning Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Below ground plants, especially Root plants
Plant trees, shrubs and perennials

– Harvest all crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
root Days
CapricornCapricorn
Jun 24
Mon		 Waning Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Below ground plants, especially Root plants
Plant trees, shrubs and perennials

– Harvest all crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
root Days
CapricornCapricorn

until 03:15
flower Days
from 03:15

AquariusAquarius
Jun 25
Tue		 Waning Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Below ground plants, especially Root plants
Plant trees, shrubs and perennials

– Harvest all crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
flower Days
AquariusAquarius
Jun 26
Wed		 Waning Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Below ground plants, especially Root plants
Plant trees, shrubs and perennials

– Harvest all crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
flower Days
AquariusAquarius

until 06:08
leaf Days
from 06:08

PiscesPisces
Jun 27
Thu		 Waning Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Below ground plants, especially Root plants
Plant trees, shrubs and perennials

– Harvest all crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
leaf Days
PiscesPisces
Jun 28
Fri		 Waning Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Below ground plants, especially Root plants
Plant trees, shrubs and perennials

– Harvest all crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
leaf Days
PiscesPisces

until 08:52
fruit Days
from 08:52

AriesAries
Jun 29
Sat		 Waning Crescent Barren phase:
Time to rest. Avoid seed sowing

– Harvest and store crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Destroy weed
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
fruit Days
AriesAries
Jun 30
Sun		 Waning Crescent Barren phase:
Time to rest. Avoid seed sowing

– Harvest and store crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Destroy weed
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
fruit Days
AriesAries

until 12:00
root Days
from 12:00

TaurusTaurus

Gardening by the Moon Zodiac Sign (Element) – Legend

Biodynamic Calendar – Icon Legend
Leaf Days Leaf days (Water Element)

  • It is the appropriate time to sow, transplant and cultivate plants from which the intention is to use Leaves and Stems.
  • Ex: Cabbage, Salads, Lettuce, Spinach, Green onions, Broccoli, Cauliflower and Celeriac.
  • Leaf plants should be harvested in Flower days (or Fruit days).
  • Harvesting in Leaf days is not recommended (products start decomposing in a shorter time).
  • Beekeeping: Working with the hive is not recommended in Leaf days.
Fruit Days Fruit days (Fire Element)

  • It is the appropriate time to sow, transplant and cultivate plants that produce Fruits and Seeds.
  • Ex: Cherry, Strawberry, Tomato, Pea, Bean, Corn, Pumpkin, Nut, Cereal, Courgette.
  • Harvesting in Fruit days allows fruits and seeds to have a better storage quality.
  • Leaf plants should be harvested in Flower days (or Fruit days).
  • Beekeeping: Fruit days stimulate the collection of nectar. Bees are also supposed to be more gentle these days.
Root Days Root days (Earth Element)

  • It is the appropriate time to sow, transplant and cultivate Root plants and Root vegetables.
  • Ex: Carrot, Turnip, but also Potato, Beet-root, Garlic, Onion, Leek.
  • Crop should be stored in Root days.
  • Beekeeping: Bees should be encouraged to build more comb.
Flower Days Flower days (Air Element)

  • It is the appropriate time to sow, transplant, cultivate and harvest Flower plants or herbs used for medicinal purposes.
  • Flowers, if cut in these days, have a more intense scent and endure longer.
  • Leaf plants should be harvested in these Flower days.
  • Beekeeping: Flower days stimulate brood activity and colony development. Bees are also supposed to be more gentle these days.
Gardening by the Moon Phase – Legend
NEW MOON

  • Time to rest, celebrate and meditate.


NEW MOON PHASE

New Moon -» First Quarter (Waxing Crescent)

– Moonlight is increasing

– Strongest gravitational pull

– Soil releases / Earth exhales / Energy draws UP into upper planets

  • Sow/Plant: Above ground Leaf plants, Cereals, Grains, Lawns, Herbs, Cucumbers.
  • Jobs: Graft, Mow lawns & Prune foliage (to increase growth).


FIRST QUARTER PHASE

First Quarter -» Full Moon (Waxing Gibbous)

– Moonlight becomes stronger

– Gravitational pull is a little less now

– Soil releases / Earth exhales / Energy draws UP into upper planets

  • Sow/Plant: Above ground Fruit plants (with “inside seeds” such as Tomatoes, Peppers, Peas and Bean), Cereals, Grains, Lawns and Flowers.
  • Jobs: Graft, Mow lawns & Prune foliage (to increase growth).
  • Planting and Grafting take best if done two days just before the Full Moon.
FULL MOON

  • Time to rest, celebrate and meditate.
  • Pick medicinal herbs and plants.


FULL MOON PHASE

Full Moon -» Last Quarter (Waning Gibbous)

– Moonlight is decreasing

– Gravitational pull is decreasing

– Soil absorbs / Earth inhales / Energy draws DOWN into the Roots

  • Sow/Plant: Below ground Root plants such as Potatoes, Carrots & Onions.
    Plant trees, shrubs, biennials & perennials.
  • Jobs: Harvest all crops, Fertilize, Transplant, Mow lawns & Prune foliage (to reduce growth).


LAST QUARTER PHASE

Last Quarter -» New Moon (Waning Crescent)

– Moonlight has decreased

– Gravitational pull has decreased

– Soil absorbs / Earth inhales / Energy draws DOWN into the Roots

  • Barren phase: Time to rest and prepare for the next New Moon.
  • Jobs: Avoid seed sowing.
  • Jobs: Harvest and store crops, Fertilize, Transplant, Destroy weed, Mow lawns & Prune foliage (to reduce growth).
Moon Opposition Saturn
MoonOppositionSaturn SPRAYING DAYS

  • Spraying Biodynamic preparations out during Moon opposition Saturn increases soil activity.
  • The MoonMoon represents fertility and germination, while SaturnSaturn represents form and strong structure.
  • It is also a perfect time to plant seeds out.

June 2024 Moon Details

June 2024 Moon Details Source: MoonGiant.com

New Moon - Jun 2024
New Moon
June 6
12:37 UTC		 First Quarter - Jun 2024
First Quarter
June 14
05:18 UTC		 Full Moon - Jun 2024
Full Moon
June 22
01:08 UTC		 Last Quarter - Jun 2024
Last Quarter
June 28
21:53 UTC

The Full Moon for this month will occur on Saturday, June 22nd. The New Moon is earlier in the month on Thursday, June 6th.

The June Full Strawberry Moon

The sweetest full moon of the year is June’s full moon, commonly known as the Full Strawberry Moon. While the full moon itself is inedible, despite how round and delicious it may seem, the Full Strawberry Moon marks strawberry harvesting season in North America. Most Algonquin tribes understood that it was a sign that wild strawberries were starting to ripen and ready for the harvest. Delicious though ripe strawberries may be, June’s full moon has another name that’s even sweeter.

What could possibly be sweeter than strawberries? Try honey. In Europe, June’s full moon was actually known as the Honey Moon. Other European names for it included the Hot Moon, signifiying the beginning of hot summer days, or Hay Moon, because of the first hay harvest. Those names aside, European names for the Full Strawberry Moon overall tend to have sweet, romantic connotations – a good example is the name Full Rose Moon. June’s full moon is also called Mead Moon, which could refer to the mowing of meadows during summer, but there’s another more romantic interpretation as well.

In Europe, it’s traditional to gift mead or honey to a newlywed couple during their first moon of marriage. The name Honey Moon itself has now become a common word in the English language, used to refer to the honeymoon holiday that couples go on right after they’re married. It used to be that newlyweds in ancient Europe would go on a sweet romantic holiday around the time of June’s full moon, because the moon phases were seen as a symbol for the phases of a marriage, with the full moon signifying the fullest and happiest part, the wedding itself.

The Full Strawberry Moon is tied to romance and marital bliss all around the world. In India, for example, June’s full moon is celebrated as Vat Purnima, where married women perform a ceremonial ritual to show their love for their husbands. Vat Purnima is based off a legend from the Mahabharata, about a beautiful woman, Savitri, who is determined to save her husband, Satyavan, who is doomed to die an early death. Savitri fasts for three days before Satyavan dies, upon which she successfully negotiates with the King of Hell for the resurrection of her husband. Similarly, married women nowadays dress up in beautiful saris, fast, and tie a thread around a banyan tree seven times to wish that their husbands will lead long, happy lives.

It is no wonder, then, that the Pagans also call June’s full moon the Lovers’ Moon. This is an excellent time to work on the connections in your life, romantic or otherwise, by showing affection to your loved ones and allowing yourself to be vulnerable to encourage intimacy in your relationships. During this Honey Moon, some Hoodoo practitioners will even use honey in magic rituals to sweeten other people’s feelings towards the practitioner. An example of a sweetening ritual is to pour honey into a saucer containing the target’s name, before lighting a candle on top of it. Another example of a honey ritual is to tie two poppets together with honey between them, in order to heal a broken relationship between two people. Honey rituals aside, true magic may happen when you invest your time and effort during this month to work on your relationships and appreciate the love you have in your life.

Local Date and Time for June 2024 Full Moon in major cities around the world:

Los Angeles,
San Francisco,
Vancouver
June 21, 2024
6:08pm PDT

Denver,
Salt Lake City,
Calgary
June 21, 2024
7:08pm MDT

Chicago,
Houston,
San Antonio
June 21, 2024
8:08pm CDT

New York,
Toronto,
Atlanta
June 21, 2024
9:08pm EDT

London,
Manchester,
Dublin
June 22, 2024
2:08am BST

Paris,
Rome,
Berlin
June 22, 2024
3:08am CEST

Athens,
Istanbul,
Helsinki
June 22, 2024
4:08am EEST

Dubai,
Abu Dhabi,
Muscat
June 22, 2024
5:08am +04

Bangalore,
Mumbai,
New Delhi
June 22, 2024
6:38am IST

Singapore,
Kuala Lumpur
June 22, 2024
9:08am +08

Perth,
Hong Kong,
Beijing
June 22, 2024
9:08am AWST

Sydney,
Brisbane,
Melbourne
June 22, 2024
11:08am AEST

More June 2024 Moon Phase Information

More June 2024 Moon Phase Information

Date Moon Phase
(Lunar Phase)		 Moon Sign
Organs influenced by the Moon Sign
——
Surgery
Sat Jun 1 Waning Crescent Moon Waning Crescent
from 03:28 am

AriesAries

 Head, teeth, tongue, arteries Yes
Sun Jun 2 Waning Crescent Moon Waning Crescent AriesAries Head, teeth, tongue, arteries Yes
Mon Jun 3 Waning Crescent Moon Waning Crescent
from 05:56 am

TaurusTaurus

 Neck, vocal cords, throat, thyroid gland Yes
Tue Jun 4 Waning Crescent Moon Waning Crescent TaurusTaurus Neck, vocal cords, throat, thyroid gland Yes
Wed Jun 5 Waning Crescent Moon Waning Crescent
from 08:36 am

GeminiGemini

 Shoulders, arms, hands, bronchial tubes, lungs Yes
Thu Jun 6 NEW MOON NEW MOON
at 12:37		 GeminiGemini Shoulders, arms, hands, bronchial tubes, lungs No
Fri Jun 7 Waxing Crescent Moon Waxing Crescent GeminiGemini

from 12:41 pm

CancerCancer

 Shoulders, arms, hands, bronchial tubes, lungs –
Sat Jun 8 Waxing Crescent Moon Waxing Crescent CancerCancer Stomach, mucosa, breast, womb, ovary –
Sun Jun 9 Waxing Crescent Moon Waxing Crescent CancerCancer

from 19:29

(7:29 pm)

LeoLeo

 Stomach, mucosa, breast, womb, ovary –
Mon Jun 10 Waxing Crescent Moon Waxing Crescent LeoLeo Heart, aorta, blood pressure, blood circulation –
Tue Jun 11 Waxing Crescent Moon Waxing Crescent LeoLeo Heart, aorta, blood pressure, blood circulation –
Wed Jun 12 Waxing Crescent Moon Waxing Crescent
from 05:39 am

VirgoVirgo

 Pancreas, small intestine, digestive tract –
Thu Jun 13 Waxing Crescent Moon Waxing Crescent VirgoVirgo Pancreas, small intestine, digestive tract –
Fri Jun 14 First Quarter Moon First Quarter VirgoVirgo

from 18:13

(6:13 pm)

LibraLibra

 Pancreas, small intestine, digestive tract –
Sat Jun 15 Waxing Gibbous Moon Waxing Gibbous LibraLibra Kidney, ureter, urinary bladder, veins, skin –
Sun Jun 16 Waxing Gibbous Moon Waxing Gibbous LibraLibra Kidney, ureter, urinary bladder, veins, skin –
Mon Jun 17 Waxing Gibbous Moon Waxing Gibbous
from 06:38 am

ScorpioScorpio

 Genitals, anus, urethra, prostate –
Tue Jun 18 Waxing Gibbous Moon Waxing Gibbous ScorpioScorpio Genitals, anus, urethra, prostate –
Wed Jun 19 Waxing Gibbous Moon Waxing Gibbous ScorpioScorpio

from 16:32

(4:32 pm)

SagittariusSagittarius

 Genitals, anus, urethra, prostate –
Thu Jun 20 Waxing Gibbous Moon Waxing Gibbous SagittariusSagittarius Liver, hips, thighs, sacrum –
Fri Jun 21 Waxing Gibbous Moon Waxing Gibbous SagittariusSagittarius

from 23:09

(11:09 pm)

CapricornCapricorn

 Liver, hips, thighs, sacrum –
Sat Jun 22 FULL MOON FULL MOON
at 01:07		 CapricornCapricorn Backbone, joints, knees, skin, hair NO!
Sun Jun 23 Waning Gibbous Moon Waning Gibbous CapricornCapricorn Backbone, joints, knees, skin, hair Yes
Mon Jun 24 Waning Gibbous Moon Waning Gibbous
from 03:15 am

AquariusAquarius

 Calf, ankle, shin, Achilles Yes
Tue Jun 25 Waning Gibbous Moon Waning Gibbous AquariusAquarius Calf, ankle, shin, Achilles Yes
Wed Jun 26 Waning Gibbous Moon Waning Gibbous
from 06:08 am

PiscesPisces

 Feet, toes, pineal gland Yes
Thu Jun 27 Waning Gibbous Moon Waning Gibbous PiscesPisces Feet, toes, pineal gland Yes
Fri Jun 28 Last Quarter Moon Last Quarter
from 08:52 am

AriesAries

 Head, teeth, tongue, arteries Yes
Sat Jun 29 Waning Crescent Moon Waning Crescent AriesAries Head, teeth, tongue, arteries Yes
Sun Jun 30 Waning Crescent Moon Waning Crescent AriesAries

from 12:00 pm

TaurusTaurus

 Head, teeth, tongue, arteries Yes
Attention:
Surgical operations are generally recommended during the Waning Moon, because human body is healing better after surgery.

However, try to avoid surgeries of the organs under the influence of the zodiac sign the Moon is in on the day of the surgery. These organs are more sensitive when the Moon is passing the sign they are affiliated with and their surgery is not recommended.

June 2024 Moon Phase Calendar

PAGAN CALENDAR OF OBSERVANCES

PAGAN CALENDAR OF OBSERVANCES

JUNE

Month of Juno – Dedicated to Roman Goddess Juno, partner of Jove (God of Happiness), protector of marriage and family.
June 2 – Juno Regina’s Day (Roman)
– Sin’s Day (Norse)
– Shapatu of Ishtar (Babylonian)
– Seamen’s Day (Icelandish)
– St. Elmo’s Day

 

JUN. 5: Earth Mother Day—honoring Gaia/Tailtiu/Mother Earth. Calling forth good harvests.

JUN. 11: – Feast of Matuta (Roman)
– Matralia (Roman)
– Fortuna’s Day (Roman)

JUN. 13: Feast of Epona – The Celtic Horse Goddess honoring the Goddess of the Horse [Otherworld Guide].
– Athena’s Day (Greek)
– Minerva’s Day (Roman)

JUN. 14: – Vidar’s Day (Norse)
– Birthday of the Muses (Greek). Music, the arts & inspiration “born”

JUN. 16: – Night of the Teardrop (Egyptian)

JUN. 18: Roman Day of Anna – Goddess Danu to the Celts. Early Christian-Pagans made sure Anna entered the Kristian story, making her Yeshua’s grandmother, Mary’s mother.

JUN. 20: – Iron Skegge’s Day (Norse)
– Festival of Edfu (Egyptian)
– Kuan-Yin Day (day she became a Bodhisattva)

JUN. 21: LITHA SABBAT: Summer Solstice; celebrating Fullness of the Year, Midsummer’s Ever: offerings to the Other People.
– Day of Cerridwen and her Cauldron (English/Welsh)
– Day of Aine of Knockaine (Irish)
– Day of the Green Man (Northern Europe)
– The Great Mother (British)
– Alban Hefin (Druidic)
– Waa-Laa Ends (Native American)
– Litha (Wiccan)
– All Hera’s Day (Roman)
– Ishtar’s Day (Babylonian)
– Astarte’s Day (Canaanite)
– Aphrodite’s Day (Greek)
– Yemaya’s Day (Brazilian)
– Aine’s Day (Irish)

JUN. 23: Day of the Lady and Lord of the Sidhe—Otherworld aspects of the Divine.
– Day of the Fairy Goddesses – Aine, Ana, Anu, Danu
– Celtic Day of the Greenman – Herne, Cernunnos, Lugh

JUN. 24: TEMPLAR HOLY DAY. In the Roman calendar this day was thought to be Summer Solstice. The Church renamed this pagan holiday to St. John the Baptist Day. Templars revered it highly. On Jun 24, 1314 a mysterious band of knights joined Robert the Bruce of Scotland on the battlefield making his victory at Bannockburn possible. These knights could only have been the a troop of disbanded and now in-hiding Templars who had fled to western Scotland. St. John’s day was used by Freemasons in 1717 to found the first public (non-Scottish) Order of Freemasonry in London. Masonic teachings are said to descend from the esoteric Christianity of Templarism. St. John the Baptizer was beheaded because he wouldn’t give in and sacrifice his principles. This is a Templar ideal, as is the constancy and regularity — order out of chaos — of the solstices and equinoxes. So for both reasons, Christian and “pagan,” we observe this day.
– Feast of the Sun (Aztec)
– Midsummer Bride (Swedish)
– Inti Raymi (Incan)
– Lady Luck (European)
– Burning of the Lamps at Sais (Egyptian)

JUN. 25: Parvati Praise Day – Women’s Festival for Earth Mother

JUN. 27: Day of the Lares: Household Deities (/Roman) – honored and tended —cleanse/rededicate household – Altars/shrines.

JUN. 29: Shiva Day: Lord of the Dance invoked for blessings

JUN. 30: Sumerian Day of Aestas: Corn Goddess

May 2024 Moon Details

May 2024 Moon Details

Last Quarter - May 2024
Last Quarter
May 1
11:27 UTC		 New Moon - May 2024
New Moon
May 8
03:22 UTC		 First Quarter - May 2024
First Quarter
May 15
11:48 UTC		 Full Moon - May 2024
Full Moon
May 23
13:53 UTC		 Last Quarter - May 2024
Last Quarter
May 30
17:12 UTC

The Full Moon for this month will occur later in the month on Thursday, May 23rd. The New Moon is earlier in the month on Wednesday, May 8th.

May’s Full Flower Moon

May is most notable for being the turning point in the year where temperatures rise and a vast variety of flowers come into full bloom, letting the world break out into a riot of color. As such, May’s full moon has come to be known as the Full Flower Moon. The Anishnaabe tribe also called it the Blossom Moon. In Northern America, you can expect to see flowers such as bluebells, sundrops, violets, and so on, as well as lush greenery to go with the blossoms. The Apache and Lakota peoples named May’s full moon the Green Leaves Moon, while the Mohawk tribe called it the Big Leaf Moon. But there is one specific plant that’s very important during the May season – and it is, in fact, not a flower.

This plant is corn, an important staple food for Northern American peoples. According to the Algonquin tribes, May’s full moon is the Corn Planting Moon. For Native American tribes, this is the perfect time for them to start preparing the fields for farming and sowing the seeds saved up from last year. Appropriately, the Abenaki culture refers to May’s full moon as the Field Maker Moon, while the Haida tribe calls it the Food Gathering Moon. Apart from corn, other foods such as beans, squash, and potatoes are planted during this time. The Cherokee tribe called May’s full moon the Anisguti Moon, or the Planting Moon, and would traditionally perform a Corn Dance during this period to encourage a fruitful corn harvest.

Due to the rising temperatures, the Full Flower Moon is also a time of heightened fertility. This is a good time for women to bear children in a warm, safe environment that would increase the chance of their survival. That’s why May’s full moon is also named Mother’s Moon, or Milk Moon, which could refer to breastfeeding or to the milking of cows. The latter interpretation is based off the Old English name Rimilcemona, or the Month of Three Milkings, referring to how this was a period where cows could be milked up to three times daily.

In other parts of the world, the Full Flower Moon is better known as Vesak or Buddha Day, the most significant celebration for Buddhists all around the world. On the first full moon of May, Buddhists commemorate the birth, enlightenment, and passing of the Buddha. Devout practitioners are encouraged to renew their intention to adhere to sacred Buddhist principles, as well as refrain from all forms of killing and violence, including eating meat. Celebrations include giving charity to the poor, disabled, and otherwise marginalized groups in society. Depending on your location, you may witness the spectacular practice of releasing thousands of caged birds into the air as a symbolic gesture of liberation, though this tradition is illegal in countries such as Singapore because it may cause harm to local ecosystems.

Pagans, on the other hand, associate the Full Flower Moon with the element of fire, and thus often celebrate it by lighting bonfires and engaging in other magical fire rituals to bring prosperity. Powerful colors for the Full Flower Moon include fiery colors like red, yellow, and orange. This is a good time to tend your garden and let the seeds you’ve planted blossom – both literally and metaphorically. Cultivate your passions and desires, encourage them to burst forth into bloom, and you will be rewarded with abundance in various forms in your life.

Local Date and Time for May 2024 Full Moon in major cities around the world:

Los Angeles,
San Francisco,
Vancouver
May 23, 2024
6:53am PDT

Denver,
Salt Lake City,
Calgary
May 23, 2024
7:53am MDT

Chicago,
Houston,
San Antonio
May 23, 2024
8:53am CDT

New York,
Toronto,
Atlanta
May 23, 2024
9:53am EDT

London,
Manchester,
Dublin
May 23, 2024
2:53pm BST

Paris,
Rome,
Berlin
May 23, 2024
3:53pm CEST

Athens,
Istanbul,
Helsinki
May 23, 2024
4:53pm EEST

Dubai,
Abu Dhabi,
Muscat
May 23, 2024
5:53pm +04

Bangalore,
Mumbai,
New Delhi
May 23, 2024
7:23pm IST

Singapore,
Kuala Lumpur
May 23, 2024
9:53pm +08

Perth,
Hong Kong,
Beijing
May 23, 2024
9:53pm AWST

Sydney,
Brisbane,
Melbourne
May 23, 2024
11:53pm AEST

Gardening Moon Calendar – May 2024

Source: mooncalendar.astro-seek.com

Please read this first:

1) Moon Phase x Moon Zodiac Sign:

Please keep in mind, that Gardening by Moon Phase and Gardening by Moon Zodiac Sign are two different/independent biodynamic systems and they might give you different or contradictiory gardening recommendations.

  • a) Each Moon Phase (except Full Moon and New Moon) lasts about 1 week
  • b) Each Moon Zodiac Sign lasts about 2.5 days

Try to experiment with these two systems to find which recommendations suits you the most.

2) Tropical (Astrological) x Sidereal (Astronomical) Zodiac:
(1-2 days difference in Leaf, Fruit, Root and Flower days)

There are two different zodiacs for determining the Moon Sign:

  • a) Tropical zodiac (Astrological) is based on the seasons – Vernal Equinox is fixed as 0° Aries (The 1st Fruit day)
  • b) Sidereal zodiac (Astronomical) takes into account Precession of Equinoxes and shifts 0° Aries back by cca 1-2 days. Maria Thun who was an authority on biodynamics was using this Sidereal zodiac

Try to experiment also with these two zodiac systems to find which system suits you better.

Sidereal Zodiac (Maria Thun)

Date
2024		 Moon Phase Gardening by the
Moon Phase		 Gardening by the
Moon Zodiac Sign

Tropical Zodiac (by Seasons)
Sidereal Zodiac (Maria Thun)
May 1
Wed		 Last Quarter Sow/Plant:
Below ground plants, especially Root plants
Plant trees, shrubs and perennials

– Harvest all crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
root Days
CapricornCapricorn
May 2
Thu		 Waning Crescent Barren phase:
Time to rest. Avoid seed sowing

– Harvest and store crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Destroy weed
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
root Days
CapricornCapricorn

until 09:02
flower Days
from 09:02

AquariusAquarius
May 3
Fri		 Waning Crescent Barren phase:
Time to rest. Avoid seed sowing

– Harvest and store crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Destroy weed
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
flower Days
AquariusAquarius
May 4
Sat		 Waning Crescent Barren phase:
Time to rest. Avoid seed sowing

– Harvest and store crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Destroy weed
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
flower Days
AquariusAquarius

until 11:08
leaf Days
from 11:08

PiscesPisces
May 5
Sun		 Waning Crescent Barren phase:
Time to rest. Avoid seed sowing

– Harvest and store crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Destroy weed
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
leaf Days
PiscesPisces
May 6
Mon		 Waning Crescent Barren phase:
Time to rest. Avoid seed sowing

– Harvest and store crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Destroy weed
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
leaf Days
PiscesPisces

until 12:12
fruit Days
from 12:12

AriesAries
May 7
Tue		 Waning Crescent Barren phase:
Time to rest. Avoid seed sowing

– Harvest and store crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Destroy weed
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
fruit Days
AriesAries
May 8
Wed		 NEW MOON
at 03:21		 Time to rest, celebrate and meditate
fruit Days
AriesAries

until 13:36
root Days
from 13:36

TaurusTaurus
May 9
Thu		 Waxing Crescent Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
root Days
TaurusTaurus
May 10
Fri		 Waxing Crescent Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
root Days
TaurusTaurus

until 16:55
flower Days
from 16:55

GeminiGemini
May 11
Sat		 Waxing Crescent Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
flower Days
GeminiGemini
May 12
Sun		 Waxing Crescent Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
flower Days
GeminiGemini

until 23:34
leaf Days
from 23:34

CancerCancer
May 13
Mon		 Waxing Crescent Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
leaf Days
CancerCancer
May 14
Tue		 Waxing Crescent Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
leaf Days
CancerCancer
May 15
Wed		 First Quarter Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
leaf Days
CancerCancer

until 09:55
fruit Days
from 09:55

LeoLeo
May 16
Thu		 Waxing Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Fruit plants
also Cereals and Flowers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
fruit Days
LeoLeo
May 17
Fri

MoonOppositionSaturn

 Waxing Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Fruit plants
also Cereals and Flowers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)

Spraying days: Moon Opposition Saturn
fruit Days
LeoLeo

until 22:34
root Days
from 22:34

VirgoVirgo
May 18
Sat		 Waxing Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Fruit plants
also Cereals and Flowers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
root Days
VirgoVirgo
May 19
Sun		 Waxing Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Fruit plants
also Cereals and Flowers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
root Days
VirgoVirgo
May 20
Mon		 Waxing Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Fruit plants
also Cereals and Flowers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
root Days
VirgoVirgo

until 11:04
flower Days
from 11:04

LibraLibra
May 21
Tue		 Waxing Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Fruit plants
also Cereals and Flowers
Optimum planting day (2 days before the Full Moon)

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
flower Days
LibraLibra
May 22
Wed		 Waxing Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Fruit plants
also Cereals and Flowers
Optimum planting day (2 days before the Full Moon)

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
flower Days
LibraLibra

until 21:25
leaf Days
from 21:25

ScorpioScorpio
May 23
Thu		 FULL MOON
at 13:52		 Time to rest, celebrate and meditate

Pick medicinal herbs and plants
leaf Days
ScorpioScorpio
May 24
Fri		 Waning Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Below ground plants, especially Root plants
Plant trees, shrubs and perennials

– Harvest all crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
leaf Days
ScorpioScorpio
May 25
Sat		 Waning Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Below ground plants, especially Root plants
Plant trees, shrubs and perennials

– Harvest all crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
leaf Days
ScorpioScorpio

until 05:05
fruit Days
from 05:05

SagittariusSagittarius
May 26
Sun		 Waning Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Below ground plants, especially Root plants
Plant trees, shrubs and perennials

– Harvest all crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
fruit Days
SagittariusSagittarius
May 27
Mon		 Waning Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Below ground plants, especially Root plants
Plant trees, shrubs and perennials

– Harvest all crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
fruit Days
SagittariusSagittarius

until 10:34
root Days
from 10:34

CapricornCapricorn
May 28
Tue		 Waning Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Below ground plants, especially Root plants
Plant trees, shrubs and perennials

– Harvest all crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
root Days
CapricornCapricorn
May 29
Wed		 Waning Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Below ground plants, especially Root plants
Plant trees, shrubs and perennials

– Harvest all crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
root Days
CapricornCapricorn

until 14:36
flower Days
from 14:36

AquariusAquarius
May 30
Thu		 Last Quarter Sow/Plant:
Below ground plants, especially Root plants
Plant trees, shrubs and perennials

– Harvest all crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
flower Days
AquariusAquarius
May 31
Fri		 Waning Crescent Barren phase:
Time to rest. Avoid seed sowing

– Harvest and store crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Destroy weed
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
flower Days
AquariusAquarius

until 17:40
leaf Days
from 17:40

PiscesPisces

Gardening by the Moon Zodiac Sign (Element) – Legend

Biodynamic Calendar – Icon Legend
Leaf Days Leaf days (Water Element)

  • It is the appropriate time to sow, transplant and cultivate plants from which the intention is to use Leaves and Stems.
  • Ex: Cabbage, Salads, Lettuce, Spinach, Green onions, Broccoli, Cauliflower and Celeriac.
  • Leaf plants should be harvested in Flower days (or Fruit days).
  • Harvesting in Leaf days is not recommended (products start decomposing in a shorter time).
  • Beekeeping: Working with the hive is not recommended in Leaf days.
Fruit Days Fruit days (Fire Element)

  • It is the appropriate time to sow, transplant and cultivate plants that produce Fruits and Seeds.
  • Ex: Cherry, Strawberry, Tomato, Pea, Bean, Corn, Pumpkin, Nut, Cereal, Courgette.
  • Harvesting in Fruit days allows fruits and seeds to have a better storage quality.
  • Leaf plants should be harvested in Flower days (or Fruit days).
  • Beekeeping: Fruit days stimulate the collection of nectar. Bees are also supposed to be more gentle these days.
Root Days Root days (Earth Element)

  • It is the appropriate time to sow, transplant and cultivate Root plants and Root vegetables.
  • Ex: Carrot, Turnip, but also Potato, Beet-root, Garlic, Onion, Leek.
  • Crop should be stored in Root days.
  • Beekeeping: Bees should be encouraged to build more comb.
Flower Days Flower days (Air Element)

  • It is the appropriate time to sow, transplant, cultivate and harvest Flower plants or herbs used for medicinal purposes.
  • Flowers, if cut in these days, have a more intense scent and endure longer.
  • Leaf plants should be harvested in these Flower days.
  • Beekeeping: Flower days stimulate brood activity and colony development. Bees are also supposed to be more gentle these days.
Gardening by the Moon Phase – Legend
NEW MOON

  • Time to rest, celebrate and meditate.


NEW MOON PHASE

New Moon -» First Quarter (Waxing Crescent)

– Moonlight is increasing

– Strongest gravitational pull

– Soil releases / Earth exhales / Energy draws UP into upper planets

  • Sow/Plant: Above ground Leaf plants, Cereals, Grains, Lawns, Herbs, Cucumbers.
  • Jobs: Graft, Mow lawns & Prune foliage (to increase growth).


FIRST QUARTER PHASE

First Quarter -» Full Moon (Waxing Gibbous)

– Moonlight becomes stronger

– Gravitational pull is a little less now

– Soil releases / Earth exhales / Energy draws UP into upper planets

  • Sow/Plant: Above ground Fruit plants (with “inside seeds” such as Tomatoes, Peppers, Peas and Bean), Cereals, Grains, Lawns and Flowers.
  • Jobs: Graft, Mow lawns & Prune foliage (to increase growth).
  • Planting and Grafting take best if done two days just before the Full Moon.
FULL MOON

  • Time to rest, celebrate and meditate.
  • Pick medicinal herbs and plants.


FULL MOON PHASE

Full Moon -» Last Quarter (Waning Gibbous)

– Moonlight is decreasing

– Gravitational pull is decreasing

– Soil absorbs / Earth inhales / Energy draws DOWN into the Roots

  • Sow/Plant: Below ground Root plants such as Potatoes, Carrots & Onions.
    Plant trees, shrubs, biennials & perennials.
  • Jobs: Harvest all crops, Fertilize, Transplant, Mow lawns & Prune foliage (to reduce growth).


LAST QUARTER PHASE

Last Quarter -» New Moon (Waning Crescent)

– Moonlight has decreased

– Gravitational pull has decreased

– Soil absorbs / Earth inhales / Energy draws DOWN into the Roots

  • Barren phase: Time to rest and prepare for the next New Moon.
  • Jobs: Avoid seed sowing.
  • Jobs: Harvest and store crops, Fertilize, Transplant, Destroy weed, Mow lawns & Prune foliage (to reduce growth).
Moon Opposition Saturn
MoonOppositionSaturn SPRAYING DAYS

  • Spraying Biodynamic preparations out during Moon opposition Saturn increases soil activity.
  • The MoonMoon represents fertility and germination, while SaturnSaturn represents form and strong structure.
  • It is also a perfect time to plant seeds out.

Tropical Zodiac (by Season)

Date
2024		 Moon Phase Gardening by the
Moon Phase		 Gardening by the
Moon Zodiac Sign

Tropical Zodiac (by Seasons)
Sidereal Zodiac (Maria Thun)
May 1
Wed		 Last Quarter Sow/Plant:
Below ground plants, especially Root plants
Plant trees, shrubs and perennials

– Harvest all crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
flower Days
AquariusAquarius
May 2
Thu		 Waning Crescent Barren phase:
Time to rest. Avoid seed sowing

– Harvest and store crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Destroy weed
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
flower Days
AquariusAquarius

until 18:52
leaf Days
from 18:52

PiscesPisces
May 3
Fri		 Waning Crescent Barren phase:
Time to rest. Avoid seed sowing

– Harvest and store crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Destroy weed
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
leaf Days
PiscesPisces
May 4
Sat		 Waning Crescent Barren phase:
Time to rest. Avoid seed sowing

– Harvest and store crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Destroy weed
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
leaf Days
PiscesPisces

until 20:41
fruit Days
from 20:41

AriesAries
May 5
Sun		 Waning Crescent Barren phase:
Time to rest. Avoid seed sowing

– Harvest and store crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Destroy weed
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
fruit Days
AriesAries
May 6
Mon		 Waning Crescent Barren phase:
Time to rest. Avoid seed sowing

– Harvest and store crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Destroy weed
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
fruit Days
AriesAries

until 21:42
root Days
from 21:42

TaurusTaurus
May 7
Tue		 Waning Crescent Barren phase:
Time to rest. Avoid seed sowing

– Harvest and store crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Destroy weed
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
root Days
TaurusTaurus
May 8
Wed		 NEW MOON
at 03:21		 Time to rest, celebrate and meditate
root Days
TaurusTaurus

until 23:21
flower Days
from 23:21

GeminiGemini
May 9
Thu		 Waxing Crescent Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
flower Days
GeminiGemini
May 10
Fri		 Waxing Crescent Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
flower Days
GeminiGemini
May 11
Sat		 Waxing Crescent Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
flower Days
GeminiGemini

until 03:13
leaf Days
from 03:13

CancerCancer
May 12
Sun		 Waxing Crescent Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
leaf Days
CancerCancer
May 13
Mon		 Waxing Crescent Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
leaf Days
CancerCancer

until 10:36
fruit Days
from 10:36

LeoLeo
May 14
Tue		 Waxing Crescent Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
fruit Days
LeoLeo
May 15
Wed		 First Quarter Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
fruit Days
LeoLeo

until 21:33
root Days
from 21:33

VirgoVirgo
May 16
Thu		 Waxing Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Fruit plants
also Cereals and Flowers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
root Days
VirgoVirgo
May 17
Fri

MoonOppositionSaturn

 Waxing Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Fruit plants
also Cereals and Flowers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)

Spraying days: Moon Opposition Saturn
root Days
VirgoVirgo
May 18
Sat		 Waxing Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Fruit plants
also Cereals and Flowers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
root Days
VirgoVirgo

until 10:23
flower Days
from 10:23

LibraLibra
May 19
Sun		 Waxing Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Fruit plants
also Cereals and Flowers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
flower Days
LibraLibra
May 20
Mon		 Waxing Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Fruit plants
also Cereals and Flowers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
flower Days
LibraLibra

until 22:34
leaf Days
from 22:34

ScorpioScorpio
May 21
Tue		 Waxing Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Fruit plants
also Cereals and Flowers
Optimum planting day (2 days before the Full Moon)

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
leaf Days
ScorpioScorpio
May 22
Wed		 Waxing Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Fruit plants
also Cereals and Flowers
Optimum planting day (2 days before the Full Moon)

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
leaf Days
ScorpioScorpio
May 23
Thu		 FULL MOON
at 13:52		 Time to rest, celebrate and meditate

Pick medicinal herbs and plants
leaf Days
ScorpioScorpio

until 08:24
fruit Days
from 08:24

SagittariusSagittarius
May 24
Fri		 Waning Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Below ground plants, especially Root plants
Plant trees, shrubs and perennials

– Harvest all crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
fruit Days
SagittariusSagittarius
May 25
Sat		 Waning Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Below ground plants, especially Root plants
Plant trees, shrubs and perennials

– Harvest all crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
fruit Days
SagittariusSagittarius

until 15:36
root Days
from 15:36

CapricornCapricorn
May 26
Sun		 Waning Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Below ground plants, especially Root plants
Plant trees, shrubs and perennials

– Harvest all crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
root Days
CapricornCapricorn
May 27
Mon		 Waning Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Below ground plants, especially Root plants
Plant trees, shrubs and perennials

– Harvest all crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
root Days
CapricornCapricorn

until 20:45
flower Days
from 20:45

AquariusAquarius
May 28
Tue		 Waning Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Below ground plants, especially Root plants
Plant trees, shrubs and perennials

– Harvest all crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
flower Days
AquariusAquarius
May 29
Wed		 Waning Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Below ground plants, especially Root plants
Plant trees, shrubs and perennials

– Harvest all crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
flower Days
AquariusAquarius
May 30
Thu		 Last Quarter Sow/Plant:
Below ground plants, especially Root plants
Plant trees, shrubs and perennials

– Harvest all crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
flower Days
AquariusAquarius

until 00:33
leaf Days
from 00:33

PiscesPisces
May 31
Fri		 Waning Crescent Barren phase:
Time to rest. Avoid seed sowing

– Harvest and store crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Destroy weed
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
leaf Days
PiscesPisces

Gardening by the Moon Zodiac Sign (Element) – Legend

Biodynamic Calendar – Icon Legend
Leaf Days Leaf days (Water Element)

  • It is the appropriate time to sow, transplant and cultivate plants from which the intention is to use Leaves and Stems.
  • Ex: Cabbage, Salads, Lettuce, Spinach, Green onions, Broccoli, Cauliflower and Celeriac.
  • Leaf plants should be harvested in Flower days (or Fruit days).
  • Harvesting in Leaf days is not recommended (products start decomposing in a shorter time).
  • Beekeeping: Working with the hive is not recommended in Leaf days.
Fruit Days Fruit days (Fire Element)

  • It is the appropriate time to sow, transplant and cultivate plants that produce Fruits and Seeds.
  • Ex: Cherry, Strawberry, Tomato, Pea, Bean, Corn, Pumpkin, Nut, Cereal, Courgette.
  • Harvesting in Fruit days allows fruits and seeds to have a better storage quality.
  • Leaf plants should be harvested in Flower days (or Fruit days).
  • Beekeeping: Fruit days stimulate the collection of nectar. Bees are also supposed to be more gentle these days.
Root Days Root days (Earth Element)

  • It is the appropriate time to sow, transplant and cultivate Root plants and Root vegetables.
  • Ex: Carrot, Turnip, but also Potato, Beet-root, Garlic, Onion, Leek.
  • Crop should be stored in Root days.
  • Beekeeping: Bees should be encouraged to build more comb.
Flower Days Flower days (Air Element)

  • It is the appropriate time to sow, transplant, cultivate and harvest Flower plants or herbs used for medicinal purposes.
  • Flowers, if cut in these days, have a more intense scent and endure longer.
  • Leaf plants should be harvested in these Flower days.
  • Beekeeping: Flower days stimulate brood activity and colony development. Bees are also supposed to be more gentle these days.
Gardening by the Moon Phase – Legend
NEW MOON

  • Time to rest, celebrate and meditate.


NEW MOON PHASE

New Moon -» First Quarter (Waxing Crescent)

– Moonlight is increasing

– Strongest gravitational pull

– Soil releases / Earth exhales / Energy draws UP into upper planets

  • Sow/Plant: Above ground Leaf plants, Cereals, Grains, Lawns, Herbs, Cucumbers.
  • Jobs: Graft, Mow lawns & Prune foliage (to increase growth).


FIRST QUARTER PHASE

First Quarter -» Full Moon (Waxing Gibbous)

– Moonlight becomes stronger

– Gravitational pull is a little less now

– Soil releases / Earth exhales / Energy draws UP into upper planets

  • Sow/Plant: Above ground Fruit plants (with “inside seeds” such as Tomatoes, Peppers, Peas and Bean), Cereals, Grains, Lawns and Flowers.
  • Jobs: Graft, Mow lawns & Prune foliage (to increase growth).
  • Planting and Grafting take best if done two days just before the Full Moon.
FULL MOON

  • Time to rest, celebrate and meditate.
  • Pick medicinal herbs and plants.


FULL MOON PHASE

Full Moon -» Last Quarter (Waning Gibbous)

– Moonlight is decreasing

– Gravitational pull is decreasing

– Soil absorbs / Earth inhales / Energy draws DOWN into the Roots

  • Sow/Plant: Below ground Root plants such as Potatoes, Carrots & Onions.
    Plant trees, shrubs, biennials & perennials.
  • Jobs: Harvest all crops, Fertilize, Transplant, Mow lawns & Prune foliage (to reduce growth).


LAST QUARTER PHASE

Last Quarter -» New Moon (Waning Crescent)

– Moonlight has decreased

– Gravitational pull has decreased

– Soil absorbs / Earth inhales / Energy draws DOWN into the Roots

  • Barren phase: Time to rest and prepare for the next New Moon.
  • Jobs: Avoid seed sowing.
  • Jobs: Harvest and store crops, Fertilize, Transplant, Destroy weed, Mow lawns & Prune foliage (to reduce growth).
Moon Opposition Saturn
MoonOppositionSaturn SPRAYING DAYS

  • Spraying Biodynamic preparations out during Moon opposition Saturn increases soil activity.
  • The MoonMoon represents fertility and germination, while SaturnSaturn represents form and strong structure.
  • It is also a perfect time to plant seeds out.

May 2024 Moon Phase Calendar

Source: mooncalendar.astro-seek.com

Date Moon Phase
(Lunar Phase)		 Moon Sign
Organs influenced by the Moon Sign
——
Surgery
Wed May 1 Last Quarter Moon Last Quarter AquariusAquarius Calf, ankle, shin, Achilles Yes
Thu May 2 Waning Crescent Moon Waning Crescent AquariusAquarius

from 18:52

(6:52 pm)

PiscesPisces

 Calf, ankle, shin, Achilles Yes
Fri May 3 Waning Crescent Moon Waning Crescent PiscesPisces Feet, toes, pineal gland Yes
Sat May 4 Waning Crescent Moon Waning Crescent PiscesPisces

from 20:41

(8:41 pm)

AriesAries

 Feet, toes, pineal gland Yes
Sun May 5 Waning Crescent Moon Waning Crescent AriesAries Head, teeth, tongue, arteries Yes
Mon May 6 Waning Crescent Moon Waning Crescent AriesAries

from 21:42

(9:42 pm)

TaurusTaurus

 Head, teeth, tongue, arteries Yes
Tue May 7 Waning Crescent Moon Waning Crescent TaurusTaurus Neck, vocal cords, throat, thyroid gland Yes
Wed May 8 NEW MOON NEW MOON
at 03:21		 TaurusTaurus

from 23:21

(11:21 pm)

GeminiGemini

 Neck, vocal cords, throat, thyroid gland No
Thu May 9 Waxing Crescent Moon Waxing Crescent GeminiGemini Shoulders, arms, hands, bronchial tubes, lungs –
Fri May 10 Waxing Crescent Moon Waxing Crescent GeminiGemini Shoulders, arms, hands, bronchial tubes, lungs –
Sat May 11 Waxing Crescent Moon Waxing Crescent
from 03:13 am

CancerCancer

 Stomach, mucosa, breast, womb, ovary –
Sun May 12 Waxing Crescent Moon Waxing Crescent CancerCancer Stomach, mucosa, breast, womb, ovary –
Mon May 13 Waxing Crescent Moon Waxing Crescent
from 10:36 am

LeoLeo

 Heart, aorta, blood pressure, blood circulation –
Tue May 14 Waxing Crescent Moon Waxing Crescent LeoLeo Heart, aorta, blood pressure, blood circulation –
Wed May 15 First Quarter Moon First Quarter LeoLeo

from 21:33

(9:33 pm)

VirgoVirgo

 Heart, aorta, blood pressure, blood circulation –
Thu May 16 Waxing Gibbous Moon Waxing Gibbous VirgoVirgo Pancreas, small intestine, digestive tract –
Fri May 17 Waxing Gibbous Moon Waxing Gibbous VirgoVirgo Pancreas, small intestine, digestive tract –
Sat May 18 Waxing Gibbous Moon Waxing Gibbous
from 10:23 am

LibraLibra

 Kidney, ureter, urinary bladder, veins, skin –
Sun May 19 Waxing Gibbous Moon Waxing Gibbous LibraLibra Kidney, ureter, urinary bladder, veins, skin –
Mon May 20 Waxing Gibbous Moon Waxing Gibbous LibraLibra

from 22:34

(10:34 pm)

ScorpioScorpio

 Kidney, ureter, urinary bladder, veins, skin –
Tue May 21 Waxing Gibbous Moon Waxing Gibbous ScorpioScorpio Genitals, anus, urethra, prostate –
Wed May 22 Waxing Gibbous Moon Waxing Gibbous ScorpioScorpio Genitals, anus, urethra, prostate –
Thu May 23 FULL MOON FULL MOON
at 13:52
from 08:24 am

SagittariusSagittarius

 Liver, hips, thighs, sacrum NO!
Fri May 24 Waning Gibbous Moon Waning Gibbous SagittariusSagittarius Liver, hips, thighs, sacrum Yes
Sat May 25 Waning Gibbous Moon Waning Gibbous SagittariusSagittarius

from 15:36

(3:36 pm)

CapricornCapricorn

 Liver, hips, thighs, sacrum Yes
Sun May 26 Waning Gibbous Moon Waning Gibbous CapricornCapricorn Backbone, joints, knees, skin, hair Yes
Mon May 27 Waning Gibbous Moon Waning Gibbous CapricornCapricorn

from 20:45

(8:45 pm)

AquariusAquarius

 Backbone, joints, knees, skin, hair Yes
Tue May 28 Waning Gibbous Moon Waning Gibbous AquariusAquarius Calf, ankle, shin, Achilles Yes
Wed May 29 Waning Gibbous Moon Waning Gibbous AquariusAquarius Calf, ankle, shin, Achilles Yes
Thu May 30 Last Quarter Moon Last Quarter
from 00:33 am

PiscesPisces

 Feet, toes, pineal gland Yes
Fri May 31 Waning Crescent Moon Waning Crescent PiscesPisces Feet, toes, pineal gland Yes
Attention:
Surgical operations are generally recommended during the Waning Moon, because human body is healing better after surgery.

However, try to avoid surgeries of the organs under the influence of the zodiac sign the Moon is in on the day of the surgery. These organs are more sensitive when the Moon is passing the sign they are affiliated with and their surgery is not recommended.

May 2024 Holidays and Observances Daily, Weekly, Month

As the old adage goes, April showers bring May flowers.

If you weren’t already eager to get outside and soak up everything Mother Nature has to offer, May has a multitude of holidays that will encourage you to appreciate the beauty of late spring.

May is National Wildflower Month, so it’s the perfect time to go on a nature walk in your area. Browse local greenery on Public Gardens Day, or relax at home with National Garden Meditation Day.

Of course, we have to take care of nature to enjoy its bounty. National Water a Flower Day reminds us to care for our beautiful blooms, and Plant Something Day encourages us to get involved and contribute to the good of our planet.

As much fun as you’ll have outside, take some time to reflect on how you feel on the inside, too.

May is Mental Health Awareness month, and it’s a great opportunity to tune into your emotions and ask your loved ones how they’re doing.

Additionally, May has several holidays that focus on mental health, including National Anxiety Disorders Screening Day, National Mental Health Provider Appreciation Day, and National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day.

Take a step back from the rat race and enjoy World Meditation Day, or release some energy while running around on National Play Outside Day.

Finally, don’t forget about this month’s headliners: Cinco de Mayo, Mother’s Day and Memorial Day.

These fun, creative, and meaningful holidays will help you make the most of the spring season.

May 2024 Holidays and Observances

May 1

  • Agriculture and Labor Day
  • Law Day
  • Learn to Ride a Bike Day
  • Lei Day
  • May Day
  • National Anxiety Disorders Screening Day
  • National Chocolate Parfait Day
  • National Interpreter Appreciation Day
  • National Loyalty Day
  • National Mother Goose Day
  • National Skilled Trades Day
  • School Principals’ Day
  • World Lyme Day

May 2

  • Baby Day
  • International Harry Potter Day
  • National Brothers and Sisters Day
  • National Life Insurance Day
  • National Play Your Ukulele Day
  • National Truffle Day
  • World Password Day
  • World Tuna Day

May 3

  • International Wild Koala Day
  • National Anxiety Disorders Screening Day
  • National Chocolate Custard Day
  • National Garden Meditation Day
  • National Paranormal Day
  • National Public Radio Day
  • National Raspberry Popover Day
  • National Space Day
  • National Textiles Day
  • National Two Different Colored Shoes Day

May 4

  • Bird Day
  • International Firefighters Day
  • Kentucky Derby
  • National Fitness Day
  • National Orange Juice Day
  • National Pilates Day
  • National Play Outside Day
  • National Renewal Day
  • National Scrapbook Day
  • National Weather Observers Day
  • National Wildfire Community Preparedness Day
  • Star Wars Day

May 5

  • Cinco de Mayo
  • International Midwives Day
  • Museum Lover’s Day
  • National Astronaut Day
  • National Cartoonists Day
  • National Concert Day
  • National Hoagie Day
  • National Lemonade Day
  • Sleep Apnea Awareness Day
  • World Laughter Day

May 6

  • Melanoma Monday
  • Great Lakes Awareness Day
  • National Herb Day
  • National Meeting Planners Appreciation Day
  • National Nurses Day
  • National Scrapbooking Day

May 7

  • National Asthma Day
  • National Barrier Awareness Day
  • National Cosmopolitan Day
  • National Foster Care Day
  • National Teacher Appreciation Day
  • National Tourism Day
  • World Asthma Day

May 8

  • National Coconut Cream Pie Day
  • National Give Someone a Cupcake Day
  • National Have a Coke Day
  • National Receptionists Day
  • National Student Nurse Day
  • Truman Day
  • World Ovarian Cancer Day
  • World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day

May 9

  • Ascension Day
  • Make A Book Day
  • National Alphabet Magnet Day
  • National Butterscotch Brownie Day
  • National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day
  • National Lost Sock Memorial Day
  • National Sleepover Day

May 10

  • Child Care Provider Day
  • National Clean Your Room Day
  • National Golf Day
  • National School Nurse Day
  • National Shrimp Day
  • National Small Business Day
  • Public Gardens Day
  • World Lupus Day

May 11

  • Brunch for Lunch Day
  • National Archery Day
  • National Babysitter’s Day
  • National Dog Mom’s Day
  • National Foam Rolling Day
  • National Miniature Golf Day
  • National Train Day
  • National Twilight Zone Day
  • World Fair Trade Day
  • World Migratory Bird Day

May 12

  • International Nurses Day
  • Mother’s Day
  • Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) International Awareness Day
  • National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day
  • National Hospital Day
  • National Limerick Day
  • National Mental Health Provider Appreciation Day
  • National Nutty Fudge Day
  • World Topiary Day

May 13

  • International Hummus Day
  • National Apple Pie Day
  • National Frog Jumping Day
  • National Fruit Cocktail Day

May 14

  • Bond With Your Dog Day
  • International Chihuahua Appreciation Day
  • National Buttermilk Biscuit Day
  • National Dance Like A Chicken Day
  • National Decency Day

May 15

  • Bring Flowers to Someone Day
  • International Day of Families
  • National Chocolate Chip Day
  • National Nylon Stocking Day
  • Peace Officers Memorial Day
  • Straw Hat Day

May 16

  • National Barbecue Day
  • National Biographer’s Day
  • National Classic Movie Day
  • National Do Something Good for Your Neighbor Day
  • National Drawing Day
  • National Love a Tree Day
  • National Mimosa Day
  • National Notebook Day
  • National Piercing Day
  • National Sea Monkey Day
  • Ride a Unicycle Day 

May 17

  • International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia
  • Malcolm X Day
  • NASCAR Day
  • National Bike to School Day
  • National Bike to Work Day
  • National Cherry Cobbler Day
  • National Endangered Species Day
  • National Mushroom Hunting Day
  • National Pizza Party Day
  • National Walnut Day
  • Virtual Assistants Day
  • World Hypertension Day

May 18

  • Armed Forces Day
  • Global Accessibility Awareness Day
  • International Museum Day
  • National Cheese Soufflé Day
  • National Learn to Swim Day
  • National No Dirty Dishes Day
  • National River Cleanup Day
  • National Visit Your Relatives Day
  • Plant a Lemon Tree Day
  • Send an Electronic Greeting Card Day

May 19

  • National Devil’s Food Cake Day
  • Plant Something Day
  • Stepmother’s Day
  • World Baking Day
  • World Family Doctor Day
  • World Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Day

May 20

  • National Be A Millionaire Day
  • National High Heel Day
  • National Pick Strawberries Day
  • National Rescue Dog Day
  • National Streaming Day
  • National Women in Aerospace Day
  • World Bee Day

May 21

  • Eat More Fruits and Vegetables Day
  • National Memo Day
  • National Strawberries and Cream Day
  • National Talk Like Yoda Day
  • National Waitstaff Day
  • Pesach Sheni (evening of May 21 to nightfall on May 22)
  • World Meditation Day

May 22

  • Buy a Musical Instrument Day
  • Emergency Medical Services for Children Day
  • Harvey Milk Day
  • National Craft Distillery Day
  • National Maritime Day
  • National Solitaire Day
  • National Vanilla Pudding Day
  • Sherlock Holmes Day

May 23

  • International Chardonnay Day
  • National Lucky Penny Day
  • National Taffy Day
  • World Turtle Day 

May 24

  • Brother’s Day
  • National Asparagus Day
  • National Cooler Day
  • National Escargot Day
  • National Road Trip Day
  • National Scavenger Hunt Day
  • World Schizophrenia Awareness Day

May 25

  • Geek Pride Day
  • National Missing Children’s Day
  • National Italian Beef Day
  • National Tap Dance Day
  • National Wine Day
  • Towel Day
  • World Thyroid Day 

May 26

  • National Blueberry Cheesecake Day
  • National Family Fun Day
  • National Paper Airplane Day

May 27

  • Memorial Day
  • National Cellophane Tape Day
  • National Grape
  • National Grape Popsicle Day
  • National Sunscreen Day

May 28

  • Amnesty International Day
  • National Brisket Day
  • National Hamburger Day
  • Whooping Crane Day
  • World Blood Cancer Day
  • World Hunger Day

May 29

  • Mount Everest Day
  • National Alligator Day
  • National Flip Flop Day
  • National Paperclip Day
  • National Senior Health and Fitness Day
  • National Snail Day
  • World Otter Day

May 30

  • International Hug Your Cat Day
  • National Creativity Day
  • National Mint Julep Day
  • National Water a Flower Day
  • World Multiple Sclerosis Day

May 31

  • National Heat Awareness Day
  • National Macaroon Day
  • National Save Your Hearing Day
  • National Smile Day
  • World Parrot Day 

Weekly Observances in May 2024

  • April 28 to May 4: National Small Business Week
  • May 5 to 11: Be Kind to Animals Week, Women in Construction Week, Hurricane Preparedness Week, National Pet Week, National Wildflower Week
  • May 6 to May 10: Teacher Appreciation Week
  • May 6 to 12: Children’s Book Week, National Nurses Week
  • May 13 to 19: American Craft Beer Week, Bike to Work Week, National Stuttering Awareness Week
  • May 15 to 21: National Vegetarian Week
  • May 19 to 25: National EMS Week, National Public Works Week, National Travel and Tourism Week

Monthly Observances in May 2024

  • ALS Awareness Month
  • American Cheese Month
  • American Wetlands Month
  • Arthritis Awareness Month
  • Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
  • Better Sleep Month
  • Bladder Cancer Awareness Month
  • Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month
  • Brain Cancer Awareness Month
  • Building Safety Month
  • Celiac Awareness Month
  • Chip Your Pet Month
  • Clean Air Month
  • Family Wellness Month
  • Fibromyalgia Education and Awareness Month
  • Gardening for Wildlife Month
  • Homeschool Awareness Month
  • International Drum Month
  • Jewish American Heritage Month
  • Latino Books Month
  • Lettuce Month
  • Lupus Awareness Month
  • Melanoma and Skin Cancer Awareness Month
  • Mental Health Awareness Month
  • Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month
  • National Allergy and Asthma Awareness Month
  • National Asparagus Month
  • National Barbecue Month
  • National Bicycle Safety Month
  • National Blood Pressure Month
  • National Cancer Research Month
  • National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month
  • National Foster Care Month
  • National Hamburger Month
  • National Inventors Month
  • National Lyme Disease Awareness Month
  • National Meditation Month
  • National Pet Month
  • National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
  • National Salad Month
  • National Salsa Month
  • National Strawberry Month
  • National Tennis Month
  • National Walking Month
  • National Wildfire Awareness Month
  • Pet Sitter Safety Month
  • Skin Cancer Awareness Month
  • Small Business Month
  • Tourette Syndrome Awareness Month (May 15 – June 15)

Source: today.com

By Shelby Deering and Sophie Caldwell

May – List of International Days and Weeks

This information is from the United Nations website. The holiday date is below the holiday.
World Tuna Day (A/RES/71/124)

02 May
World Press Freedom Day (UNESCO 26 C/Resolution 4.3)

03 May
World Portuguese Language Day [UNESCO]

05 May
Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives During the Second World War (A/RES/59/26)

08 May
International Day of Argania (A/RES/75/262)

10 May
World Migratory Bird Day [UNEP]

11 May
International Day of Plant Health [FAO] (A/RES/76/256)

12 May
International Day of Families (A/RES/47/237)

15 May
International Day of Living Together in Peace (A/RES/72/130)

16 May
International Day of Light [UNESCO] (39 C/Resolution 16)

16 May
World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (A/RES/60/252)

17 May
World Bee Day (A/RES/72/211)

20 May
International Tea Day (A/RES/74/241)

21 May
World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development (A/RES/57/249)

21 May
International Day for Biological Diversity (A/RES/55/201)

22 May
Vesak, the Day of the Full Moon (A/RES/54/115)

23 May
International Day to End Obstetric Fistula (A/RES/67/147)

23 May
Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories, 25-31 May (A/RES/54/91)

25 May
International Day of UN Peacekeepers (A/RES/57/129)

29 May
International Day of Potato (A/RES/78/123)

30 May
World No-Tobacco Day [WHO] (Resolution 42.19)

31 May
Source: un.org

 

MAY PAGAN CALENDAR OF OBSERVANCES

PAGAN CALENDAR OF OBSERVANCES

MAY 1: BELTANE SABBAT: Festival of Spring and Fertility. Sidhe Day. Beltaine – Celtic festival marking the arrival of summer in ancient times.

MAY 4: Celtic/British Festival of Cerridwen and Brigit: Corn Goddesses of Fertility

May 4 – Celtic Festival of Cerridwen and Brigit – Corn Goddesses of fertility, healing, and poets.
– St. Monica’s Day (Irish)
– Veneration of the Thorn (Irish)
– Festival of Sheila Na Gig (Irish)

MAY 6: – Shepherd’s Day – Day to meditate on Deity as Lord of Animals: Dumuzi (Old Sumerian), Osiris (Egyptian), Pan (Old Greek), Shiva Pasupati (Hindu).
– Eyvind Kelve (Norse)

MAY 9: – Greek Feast of Artemis

MAY 9-12: Lemuria – Roman festival when the spirits of the dead are thought to revisit their homes.

MAY 13: – Roman Garland Day, Offering garlands to Neptune.
– Month of Hawthorn, Celtic festival of the tree.
– Our Lady of Fatima Day (Portugal)

MAY 14: – Isis Day in ancient Egypt

MAY 14: -16 Feast of Divine Love and Compassion – Source of healing and beneficence, honoring the Goddess as Isis (Old Egyptian), Oshun (Yoruba/Santeria), Lakshmi (Hindu).

MAY 15: – Festival of Vesta (Roman)
– Maia and Mercury’s Day (Roman)
MAY 18: – Celtic Feast of Greek God Pan – Who represents the masculine in Nature and protects men throughout their lives. Men recognized the transitions in their lives and honored male fertility.

MAY 19: Celtic Feast of Brigid – In which sacred healing wells and springs were adorned with flowers in honor of Goddess Brigid, daughter of Mother Goddess Danu and Father God Dagda.

MAY 21: Dark/Bright Mother Goddess Day—honoring Hecate/Demeter; Uma; Kali/Parvati .

MAY 26: – Festival of Diana begins (ends 31st) (ancient Roman holiday)

MAY 28: FEAST OF BENDIDIA—family feast day honoring of the Goddess of the Moon, Dark Moon, Underworld, Secret Wisdom and Witches.

May 30 – Frigg’s Day, Northern Goddess, spouse of Odin (Teutonic “heathen” European pre-Christian holiday)
– Feast of the Queen of the Underworld Begins (Roman)
– Feast of the Queen of Heaven (European)

Pink Moon: Full Moon for April 2024

Prepare for the Full Pink Moon!

You can see the full Moon in April on Tuesday, April 23. It reaches its brightest point at 7:49 P.M. Learn why we traditionally call it the “Pink Moon” and some fascinating facts and folklore.

When to See the Full Moon in April 2024

Venture outside on Tuesday, April 23, to catch a glimpse of April’s full Pink Moon. This full Moon reaches peak illumination at 7:49 p.m. Eastern Time.

For the best view of this lovely spring Moon, find an open area and watch as the Moon rises just above the horizon. At this point, it will appear its biggest and take on a golden hue! (Find local Moon rise and set times here.)

Why Is It Called the Pink Moon?

The full Moon names used by The Old Farmer’s Almanac come from various sources, including Native American, Colonial American, and European sources. Traditionally, each full Moon name was applied to the entire lunar month in which it occurred, not only to the full Moon.

Although we wish the name “Pink Moon” had to do with the color of the Moon, the reality is not quite as mystical or awe-inspiring. In truth, April’s full Moon often corresponded with the early springtime blooms of a certain wildflower native to eastern North America: Phlox subulata—commonly called creeping phlox or moss phlox—which also went by the name “moss pink.”

Thanks to this seasonal association, this full Moon came to be called the “Pink” Moon!

Alternative April Moon Names

In April, Moon names reference spring abound!

Breaking Ice Moon (Algonquin) and Moon When the Streams Are Again Navigable (Dakota) reference the melting ice and increased mobility of the early spring season.

Budding Moon of Plants and Shrubs (Tlingit) and Moon of the Red Grass Appearing (Oglala) speak to the plant growth that will soon kick into high gear.

Other names refer to the reappearance of certain animals, including Moon When the Ducks Come Back (Lakota), Moon When the Geese Lay Eggs (Dakota), and Frog Moon (Cree).

Along the same vein, Sucker Moon (Anishinaabe) notes the time to harvest sucker fish, which return to streams or lake shallows to spawn. According to legend, now is the time when this fish comes back from the spirit world to purify bodies of water and the creatures living in them. (This name may also be applied to the February Moon to honor the sacrifice of the sucker fish to feed the Anishinaabe peoples, traditionally helping them to survive the winter.)

All dates and times are Eastern Time. See our Moon Phase Calendar to customize times and dates to your location.

April Moon Phase Dates and Times

Last Quarter: April 1, 11:15 P.M. ET
New Moon: April 8, 2:21 P.M. ET
First Quarter: April 15, 3:13 P.M. ET
Full Moon: April 23, 7:49 P.M. ET

April Moon Facts and Folklore

A full Moon in April brings frost. If the full Moon rises pale, expect rain.

  • On April 20, 1972, the lunar module of Apollo XVI landed on the moon with astronauts John Young and Charles Duke aboard. Thomas Mattingly remained in orbit around the moon aboard the command module.
  • One day later, on April 21, 1972, Apollo XVI astronauts John Young and Charles Duke drove an electric car on the surface of the moon. It’s still up there, along with some expensive tools and some film that they forgot.
  • According to folklore, the period from the full Moon through the last quarter of the Moon is the best time for killing weeds, thinning, pruning, mowing, cutting timber, and planting below-ground crops. Read more about Gardening by the Moon.

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Ash Tree: February 18th – March 17th

Ash Tree: February 18th – March 17th

Ash Tree Buds

Source: tree2mydoor.com

  • Ogham Letter: Nion (N)
  • Symbolic Meaning: Master-ship, Growth, Power
  • Ruling Planet: The Sun & Neptune
  • Ruling Elements: Water & Fire
  • Season: Spring & Autumn
  • Corresponding Star Sign: Pisces / Aries

The third Lunar month is ruled by the Ash Tree. A large, relentless species that roots penetrate deep into the Earth. It’s strongly associated with the vertical link between otherworldly realms such as the underworld, middle earth, and the spiritual world. This gives it the status of the ‘World Tree’.

This tree that is linked to otherworldly realms is also medicinal, especially when it comes to treating childhood ailments. In Celtic Lore the tree is given the name of “Cradle of Life” and from it, remedies could be created that would cure children of their illnesses.

Part of the ash is used in protective rituals due to the energies believed to be held within the tree. Its leaves are thought to bring love and affluence.

Ash Tree Zodiac

Ash signs are empathetic, compassionate and very creative. They are in tune with nature and others around them and often look upon the world with an artistic perspective. They do well in careers of creativity. They constantly strive for self-growth and renewal they think freely without much care for what others may think of them. They are viewed as introverts but are often just immersed in their own world and people are intrigued with their enchanting personality.

Ash signs pair well with Willow and Reed signs.

Ash Tree Seeds

Source: learnreligions.com

In the Norse eddas, Yggdrasil, the world tree, was an Ash. The spear of Odin was made from the branch of this tree, which is also known by the Celtic name Nion, pronounced knee-un. This is one of three trees sacred to the Druids (Ash, Oak and Thorn), and this is a good month to do magic that focuses on the inner self. Associated with ocean rituals, magical potency, prophetic dreams and spiritual journeys, the Ash can be used for making magical (and mundane) tools — these are said to be more productive than tools made from other wood. If you place Ash berries in a cradle, it protects the child from being taken away as a changeling by mischievous Fae.

Ash Tree

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