So this is the beginning of the month of June and I hope that your month will be wonderful. We start off by honoring the Kalends, which are honored at the beginning of each month. This one is the Kalends to Juno. Each month a Kalends is devoted to each god or goddess of the Roman pantheon, the important ones. So I will be offering what I can the Kalends for Juno. Below are four other Roman holidays that are celebrated.
Juno Moneta
Sacred to Juno Moneta (Juno the Warner), the aspect of Juno who warns of impending
disasters and harmful events. It was her sacred geese who warned the Romans of the
impending attack by the Gauls in 363 a.u.c. (389 BCE)
Mars
This day is sacred to Mars. It is the anniversary of the dedication of the Temple of
Mars near the Capena gate.
Tempestatibus
Sacred to the Tempestates, Goddesses of weather and storms in particular. (note: June 1st is the beginning of the hurricane season. I wonder if the Romans knew this long before the modern world picked it up? Hum, makes me wonder. Or did Nova Roma put this up? Don't know.)
Carna
Sacred to Carna, Goddess of door hinges as well as bodily health. She has the power to
ward off stirges (vampires) from babies who are left in their cribs unattended.
On this day prayers are offered to her for the health of the liver, heart, and other
internal organs. She receives on this day offerings of bean-meal and bacon fat, which were
thought to promote bodily health and robustness.
I hope that you all have a good day and may the gods bless you during the month.
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