Welcome June (Almanac 2026)
Dates and seasonal ideas to bring you closer to Nature in June
WELCOME JUNE
The month of June brings in the beginning of Summer when Mother Nature's buds burst open in the warmth of the Sun to adorn our gardens, hedgerows, fields, woodlands and wild places with their eautiful array of colours, petals and heady scents.
As the Sun gently rises to its highest point in the sky on Mid Summer's Day, we are free to enjoy the sunshine for 16 hours of the day. Be sure to make the most of relaxing and pottering in the sunshine so that your body can stock up on natural Vitimin D needed to stay healthy. Cover up or sit in the shade rather than use chemical sunscreens with harmful trace chemicals that can be aborbed into your bloodstream directly through your skin.
One of my favourite things to do in June, is to potter in my tiny garden and watch the bees dutifully and diligently harvesting the purple flowers in their element at this time of year. I think they are called Campanula with their star-shaped open petals that the bees adore as they feed on the nectar and gather the pollen to take back to their hives.
This is the time of year to spend time in your garden or in a favourite secret place in the wild. Make sure this beautiful month is a joyous time with lots of dates made with Nature and with friends and family outside in the fresh air. This glorious month has been celebrated for thousands of years by Pagans who used to light bonfires and dance on Midsummer’s Eve with thankful prayers for Mother Nature's abundance. The custom was for young boys to jump the bonfires when the highest jump was believed to predict the height of the coming year’s crop.
Moon phases
- Monday 15 June - NEW BUCK MOON in Gemini
- Monday 29 June - FULL BUCK MOON in Capricorn
Summer Solstice
- Sunday 21 June - longest day of the year
- Wednesday 24 June - Midsummer's Day
Sunrise and sunset (Devon, British Isles)
- Monday 1 June - Sunrise (5.07 am) - Sunset (9.18 pm)
- Tuesday 30 June - Sunrise (5.05 am) - Sunset (9.31 pm)
Zodiac Signs
- Gemini - 22 May - 21 June
- Cancer - 22 June - 21 July
June's flowers - Rose and Honeysuckle
These beautiful flowers portray the essence and freshness of early Summer. Roses bring their timeless beauty and captivating scents, long been associated with love, passion and admiration. In mythology, it is said that the Rose was created by Chloris, Goddess of Flowers, who found a lifeless nymph in the forest. Unable to resurrect her, Chloris transformed her into a flower. She called upon Aphrodite to give beauty, Dionysus to add nectar, the three Graces to bestow charm, brilliance, and joy, and Zephyr to blow away the clouds so Apollo could shine upon her. Thus the Rose was born from collective divine effort, making it the queen of flowers. [SOURCE: The Folklore of the Rose: A Historical Journey Through Thorns and Petals - La Rose Florist].
Honeysuckle is the perfect flower to represent a beautiful time of the year when Nature is flourishing and pollinators are busy collecting nectar and pollen - as much as they can need and can carry back to their loved ones. This treasured wildflower, with its vibrant green leaves and flowing cascades of creamy yellow and pink flowers, brings a sweet fragrance that's intoxicating to bees and a joy to see. For all these reasons, Honeysuckle is known to symbolise abundance, shappiness and affection.
June's birthstone - Moonstone
June's birthstone is Moonstone which captivates with its shimmer which embodies the power and beauty of the Full Strawberry Moon. This gorgeous stone is adularescence which gives it a milky, misty, floating, blue or white glow. It that appears to glow and shimmer under the surface if you tilt the stone towards the light. Genuine Moonstones feel cool to the touch and often contain minscule stress fractures or inclusions that make it glisten. This is why Moonstone is said to have a curious and expressive nature, it use fosters intuition, emotional balance and creativity.
This pearlescent semi-precious gemstone is associated with love, passion and fertility, and it is believed to bring great luck. 
June's Folklore
- If June is sunny, the harvest will come early.
- In June, when there is no dew, rain is due.
- June, damp and warm, does a farmer no harm.
- A good rain in June sets all in tune.
- A wet June makes a dry September.
- If on the 8th of June it rains, it foretells a wet harvest.
- If Midsummer Day (June 24) be ever so little rainy, the hazel and walnut will be scarce; corn smitten in many places; but apples, pears, and plums will not be hurt.
- Cut your thistles before St. John (June 24), and you will have two instead of one.
- Calm weather in June sets corn in tune.
June's Quote
It was June, and the world smelled of Roses. The sunshine was like powdered gold over the grassy hillside.
Maud Hart Lovelace
I hope you enjoy making the most of Nature through June for your good health, happiness and wellbeing. I look forward to seeing you here for the next Almanac on 1 July 2026.
Sue Cartwright
Spiral Leaf
Thank you for sharing!
for you, for me and for Mother Nature
Latest Posts
All Posts
