Cosmic Journal #004

Summer Solstice Update

IN these long-drawn sunlit hours
Wisdom lends her voice to thee:
“cast thyself amongst the world’s lustre
to re-emerge with feeling’s pearl, now see:
the Human Soul may now herself surrender
to find herself within the World-Soul again.”

• From Rudolf Steiner’s The Calendar of the Soul, eleventh week [June 16 - June 22], trans. Max Leyf

Greetings fellow farmers, gardeners, land stewards, and caretakers of the cosmos!

The Summer Solstice is upon us! The following astrological observations offer suggestions that may be helpful for planning activities with the land during this time. While these suggestions can serve as general guidance, be sure to consider your own climate and weather patterns first and foremost, and adapt according to local conditions.

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* Today is Tuesday, June 20, and it’s 9 o’clock in the morning.

* According to the sidereal zodiac, the Sun transits from Taurus in…