June
The June moon is known as... Mead Moon, Moon of Horses, Lovers' Moon, Strong Sun Moon, Honey Moon, Aerra Litha (Befire Lithia), Brachmanoth (break Month), Strawberry Moon, Rose Moon, Moon of Making Fat.
June 1: Witchcraft act of 1563 takes effect in England
June 1-2: Roman 'Day of carna' (goddess of physical survival, doors and locks)
June 2: Babylonian 'Shapatu (sabbat) of Ishtar
June 6: Greek 'Benedidia of Bendis' (Moon goddess of Thrace) cakes are laid out for Artemis at crossroads
June 10: Hanging of Bridget Bishop, first to die in the Salem Witch trials 1692
June 11: James I witchcraft act replaces 1563 mandate with strict penalties 1604. James I law is repealed in 1736 and replaced with a law against 'pretending' to perform witchcraft, which was in turn repealed in 1951
June 13: Birthday of Gerald Gardner
June 14: Birthday of the Muses
June 15: Margaret Jones (doctor) becomes the first person to be executed as a Witch in the Massachusetts Bay Colony when several of her patients die 1648
June 16: Egyptian 'Night of the Teardrop' Feast of the Waters of the Nile, in honour of the goddess Isis
June 19: Birthday of James I of England
June 17: Roman 'Ludi Piscatari' Festival of the Fishermen. Birthday of Starhawk
June 21: Summer Solstice British 'Day of Cerridwen'. Irish dedication to the faery goddess Aine of Knockaine. Northern European 'Day of the Green Man'
June 22: Final witchcraft law in england repealed 1951
June 23: Birthday of Janet Farrar
June 24: Egyptian 'Burning of the Lamps' at Sais, celebration of Isis and Neith
June 25: Indian 'Teej', festival for women and girls
June 26: Birthday of Stewart Farrar
June 27: Greek 'Arretophoria', nymph festival. Birthday of Scott Cunningham
