This month takes us to half way through the year, so let’s make it a wonderfully memorable month.  This month's full moon is the Strawberry moon in Sagittarius - read abut what it means here.

Named after Juno, Roman Goddess of marriage, women, pregnancy and childbirth and mothers. Juno is the Roman Queen of the gods, the wife of Jupiter and Goddess of the fruitful harvest to come. Protectress of all women, Juno’s month is most fortunate for marriage and like Hera, her Ancient Greek equivalent, her sacred creature is the peacock, whose tail feathers are said to protect all against the Evil Eye. 

The month of June is good for all matters concerning marriage, love commitment, fidelity, partnerships of all kinds, fertility, peace and prosperity and the building up of finances. 

Muriel the Healer is the Angel of June, the silvery and pearl robed angel with her magic carpet of dreams. She is a granter of wishes and realistic dreams, the fairy godmother of the angelic world. Dare to wish and then make it come true. Her colour is silver, her crystals moonstone or pearl and her incense and oils, lemon balm, (Melissa Officinalis), jasmine and lotus. 

Make a special life-changing wish in June and cast a pearl into flowing water. 

In June, Muriel will guide us on sensitive family issues, contacting an estranged friend or relative, imaginative projects, for home making or DIY ventures, beautiful gardens, starting a counselling or spiritual career, welcoming new family members, conceiving a baby, fertility tests or treatment and for keeping secrets. Don’t worry unnecessarily about home and loved ones but be careful with whom you share secrets. 

The Tree of June is the Elder Tree. The legend of the Rollright Stones, ancient standing stones in Oxfordshire, UK, was originally told about a hag goddess/fairy who guarded the countryside. The stones were once an invading King and his army who were turned to stone by the Hag of Rollright. She then transformed herself into her sacred elder tree close to the stones to stand sentinel throughout the centuries in case the enchantment was broken. On Midsummer Eve, locals would go to the King-stone, the largest standing stone and after a feast would ceremonially cut the elder tree which then bled to bring fertility to the land. The Elder is also the ultimate fairy tree. Leaves of elder scattered in the direction of the four winds offer protection from hostility to the person and protection from storm damage and other extremes of weather to the home. Elder brings health, wealth and happiness and elder blossoms are considered lucky at weddings. Flutes made from the wood are believed to summon fairies and other benign nature spirits. Berries beneath a pillow will, it is said, banish insomnia and bring good dreams to the sleeper.

St John’s Wort is the flower of June. Yellow flowering St John’s Wort was traditionally picked on the evening of Midsummer or the eve of the Summer Solstice in the Northern hemisphere by young girls to attract a husband and in the modern world by guys also looking for the right partner. Women who wanted a baby would pick it at midnight on Midsummer Eve (June 23). Another yellow flowering herb such as yellow chamomile can be substituted. Red Roses are also a June flower, a symbol of love in almost every culture. The red rose says `I love you and will love you forever’. Rosebuds are symbols of first or new love, the blossoming rose of passion and commitment while the full-blown rose was a token of love in maturity. You can use rose oil, fragrance or incense to call the magick of June into your life and bring or strengthen love in the way you most want it.