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Planetary news this week: June Solstice and Ceres enters Libra

Astrological update for the week of June 18-25, 2023

This week’s forecast will be shorter than usual as I am traveling this week.

Summer Solstice. This week the Sun enters Cancer on June 21st, marking the turn of the season from spring in the northern hemisphere to summer. The turning of the wheel from the shortest days to the longest is a time to celebrate the triumph of light over darkness. The Sun is newly in Cancer – associated with the Moon, the soul (scarab […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2024-02-17T15:52:56-05:00June 19th, 2023|Planetary news this week|0 Comments

Astrological news this week: Fire and water at the Cancerian Solstice

Astrological update for the week of June 20-27, 2022

art by Lynn Fogel

Summer (June) Solstice The big news this week is the Solstice. Up here on the top of the world, the Solstice is the longest day of the year and in the tropical zodiac it’s the time that the Sun enters the sign of Cancer (for my friends Down Under, the Solstice marks the return of the light after darkness). (The four cardinal signs mark the change of seasons: Cancer in June, Capricorn in December, Libra in September and […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2024-02-18T10:59:56-05:00June 20th, 2022|Planetary news this week|0 Comments

Weekend update June 19, 2021: The Summer Solstice and Jupiter station

art by Laurel Burch

It’s been a quiet week astrologically, but this weekend we are making up for it. Technically Jupiter has been stationary for the past week but it actually is at a standstill this weekend as it prepares to turn retrograde on Sunday. You can catch up here for more on what that means, but with Jupiter’s influence extra strong right now everything may seem larger than life.

That also means that stationary Jupiter is a big presence in the chart of the Summer Solstice (or June […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2021-06-19T07:04:43-04:00June 19th, 2021|Holidays, Planetary news this week|0 Comments

The significance of the Solar Eclipse at the June Solstice

art by Robin Mead

I posted a portion of this article on my Facebook page.

Summer may begin on June 21st in the northern latitudes, and winter for my friends down under, but the June Solstice occurs when the Sun enters Cancer in the tropical zodiac. This year’s June solstice occurs on June 20, 2020 at 5:43 pm EDT and will be followed shortly thereafter, at 2:41 am EDT on June 21st, by a solar eclipse at the New Moon in Cancer. For thousands […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2023-11-19T11:08:13-05:00June 20th, 2020|Moon|3 Comments

Planetary news this week! Full moon, Neptune retrograde, Mars reactions, and the Solstice

This week is so full of planetary action I hardly know where to begin! If you missed my post on the Full Moon of June 17th you can catch it here. The amplification of the Full Moon intensifies some of the other drama going on right now with Mars and Mercury so let’s talk about that a bit here.

Mars and Mercury

Last week I wrote: “Mars is quite active between the 13th and the 23th, which will help us to shake off some of the inertia […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2019-06-17T08:55:09-04:00June 17th, 2019|Planetary news this week|0 Comments

Summer Solstice: A Crescendo of Light

Art by Danielle Barlow

The Summer Solstice – the longest day of the year. For many in today’s (northern hemisphere) world that means beach holidays and cookouts, but on a more esoteric level it is the fulfillment of the light of consciousness.

The esoteric year begins at the time just after the Winter Solstice with the return of the light as the days begin to lengthen and the darkness diminishes. The light of the Sun is associated with the principal energy source in the human experience, and the astrological Sun […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2023-11-20T08:24:40-05:00June 21st, 2017|Holidays|1 Comment

Sunday Poetry for the Summer Solstice

Midsummer
by JT

Midsummer —
Longest day
Shortest night
Longest light
Shortest dark
The world within
Echoes the world without
Lush foliage, leaves unfurled
Soft springy grass dotted with
Brightly colored flowers peeping through
The earth is green and bright
With warm sunny days
Clear velvety blue skies
Gentle cool breezes
Nature in glory
Our hopes blossom
Creativity flowers
With the season
The seeds of the fruit
Our desires will bear
Can be seen
On the stems
Of our dreams

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By Lynn Hayes|2014-06-22T07:55:43-04:00June 22nd, 2014|Inspiration|0 Comments

Summer Solstice: The Turning of the Wheel

Art by Lynn Fogel

Gorgeous art by Lynn Fogel

While custom dictates the Northern Hemisphere celebration of the Summer Solstice and the first day of Summer on June 21st, the use of the tropical zodiac places the entry of the Sun into the sign of Cancer on the longest day of the year.

Cancer is one of the “cardinal” signs – the signs that are directed towards action and leadership. Each of the cardinal signs marks the turning of the seasons: from the Summer in […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2023-11-21T11:16:03-05:00June 21st, 2014|Holidays|6 Comments

Summer Solstice and a Super Full Moon

The Sun entered Cancer today, marking the Summer Solstice and the beginning of the astrological summer season. The Sun has been transiting over Jupiter for the past week which generally brings about a more expansive and optimistic atmosphere. With the entry of the Sun into Cancer, it separates from Jupiter and there is some potential that we will fall to earth in a serious reality check.

This fall will have a relatively soft landing, since Saturn (the planet that governs reality checks) forms a trine to […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2021-11-02T09:23:39-04:00June 21st, 2013|Moon|2 Comments

Chart for the Summer Solstice, 2012

by Lynn Hayes

image by Visual Alchemy. The Summer Solstice (northern hemisphere) occurs in the tropical zodiac at the exact moment when the Sun enters the sign of Cancer. This coincides with the longest day of the year and the most fertile season in agrarian cultures in the northern hemisphere. (Of course for my Aussie and Kiwi friends as well as those in southern Africa the seasons are reversed and the Summer Solstice occurs in December with the entry of the Sun into Capricorn. If you’re curious about astrology in the southern hemisphere, check out […]

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