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•Congratulations LEO~ This is YOUR month!!

• July 22(3:25 PM MST~August 22 (10:33 PM MST)

• You are a Leo-Ruled by the Sun

• Your astrological symbol-The Lion

Leo is a fire sign

• Your magical birth stone is Ruby and protects against physical injury and insures faithfulness.

• Your flowers are Sunflower and Marigold

• Countries-France, Italy and Romania

• Parts of the body ruled by the Leo-Back, spine and the heart

• Colors-Gold and orange

You are Exuberant

I WILL Leo energy is about bringing the inner self out and charismatically connecting with the public. Leo loves joy and considers its raison d'etre to be the pursuit of happiness.

More on Leo

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Significance of the Summer Solstice:

In pre-historic times, summer was a joyous time of the year for those Aboriginal people who lived in the northern latitudes. The snow had disappeared; the ground had thawed out; warm temperatures had returned; flowers were blooming; leaves had returned to the deciduous trees. Some herbs could be harvested, for medicinal and other uses. Food was easier to find. The crops had already been planted and would be harvested in the months to come. Although many months of warm/hot weather remained before the fall, they noticed that the days were beginning to shorten, so that the return of the cold season was inevitable.

The first (or only) full moon in June is called the Honey Moon. Tradition holds that this is the best time to harvest honey from the hives.

This time of year, between the planting and harvesting of the crops, was the traditional month for weddings. This is because many ancient peoples believed that the "grand [sexual] union" of the Goddess and God occurred in early May at Beltaine. June remains a favorite month for marriage today. In some traditions, "newly wed couples were fed dishes and beverages that featured honey for the first month of their married life to encourage love and fertility. The surviving vestige of this tradition lives on in the name given to the holiday immediately after the ceremony: The Honeymoon."

Jupiter enters Aries June 6th and will remain here until September 8. Then again from January 22, 2011 to June 4, 2011.

Aries is the first of the fire signs, it represents our identity.  jupiter is about enthusiasm, expansion, where we are willing to go out and make life happen. Jupiter is also conjunct Uranus which represents individualistic freedom, surprising or sudden changes. With this combination basically, ANYTHING is possible. Feeling courageous is always a great feeling but making intelligent decisions is also important. As we are getting acquainted with these new and exciting energies, let's find positive outlets while exploring all of our new possibilities. When thinking of it on a global level, what changes do we as a people need to make to create positive changes for our future?  How can we be part of the solution to issues and not add to the problems? What is it that needs to be tweaked?

Before we set off saving the planet, let's start with some smaller changes first to test the waters. Our relationships, communities, then we can feel confident in reaching out more globally.

Venus is in Virgo~ Venus Goddess of Love and Beauty is in the sensual, practical, helpful, creative and beautiful sign of Virgo. Virgo is a Goddess unto herself. Now... introducing... The Vestal Virgins~

The Vestal Virgins were the priestesses of Vesta in charge of maintaining the sacred fire within the Temple of Vesta on the Forum Romanum. They were the only female priests within the roman religious system.

The vestal virgins were selected from distinguished patrician families at an age from three to ten. A vestal virgin served thirty years. The first ten years as novices, then ten years as vestal virgins proper, and at last ten years as supervisors. After the thirty years of duty they were free, also to marry. Marrying a former vestal virgin was highly prestigious.

The order of the vestal virgins were led by the senior member, the Virgo Vestalis Maxima. The vestal virgins were under the protection of the pontifex maximus.

The vestals vowed to live in chastity for the thirty years their tenure lasted. As compensation they had many privileges not given to ordinary Roman women. The vestals were not subject to the pater potestas of their father, they could handle their own property and write a legally binding testament, they had special seats in the front row at the games where women normally were relegated to the back seats and they were allowed to move around in the city in a carriage. Their persons were inviolable and sacred and their blood could not be spilt. If a person sentenced to death, met a vestal virgin on his way to the execution, he was automatically pardoned.

The punishment for breaking the vow of chastity was death by burial alive—the only way to kill a vestal without shedding her blood—in a place known as the "Evil Fields", or Campus Sceleratus, just outside the Servian Wall. Their lover would be flogged to death on the Comitium. The execution of one or more vestal virgins were carried out several times, but very infrequently.

This page is linked under the names "Vestal Virgins", "Order of the Vestal Virgins", "Vestals", "Virgo Vestalis Maxima" and "Campus Sceleratus".

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