Esoteric Astrology as news for week June 17 – 23, 2026


Bright Light of Summer on Father’s Day



 

 

 

Summer 2026 begins this year early morning June 21st, when the Sun enters the sign of Cancer, the Fourth Gate (task) opening for Hercules (Capture of the Doe). At summer solstice, the Sun stations high in the sky for three days at the Tropic of Cancer and several celebrations follow. In Masonry and Christianity, June 24th is Midsummer’s Day. It is also St. John the Baptist Day. John, a hermit and the cousin of Jesus (overshadowed , prophesied the coming of the Messiah . Like the New Group of World Servers, John’s role was to “prepare the Way for the Messiah,” whose light signifies the bright light of summer.

A Wedding. At summer solstice and the days that follow, the devic (fairy) kingdom (angels that build and sustain form, living in gardens and forests), having completed their work for the year, now prepare for a golden wedding celebration (a Midsummer wedding, depicted in the play , Midsummer Night’s Dream, by Shakespeare) in nature. It is a celebration of the transformative power of love, harmony and joy. This celebration of love also takes place within humanity’s hearts and minds. How does this occur? Each month, at new and full moons, seeds of light gather within us – sun seeds (in the pituitary) and moon seeds (in the pineal), creating over time, a lighted awareness. These seeds (sparks of light) gather in the third ventricle (marriage bed) in the head and at summer solstice, create an etheric fire. The result, for those who have prepared, is a new level of wisdom, revelations and a mental luminosity. The mind, illumined with light, enters the Raincloud of Knowable Things.  

Father’s Day occurs this year on the solstice. The tasks and purposes of the Father (male principle) and Mother (female principle) are different. Together they form a complete holy couple.

Fathers, like mothers, are pillars in the development of a child’s well-being. Children look to their fathers for the rules, their enforcement, and to provide a feeling of security, both physical and emotional. Fathers are capable caretakers and disciplinarians. Fathers offer humor, delight, security, clarity, kindness, attention to detail, discipline, patience, awareness, the ability to see what needs to be done. Fathers are sensitive, supportive, comforting an accepting, responsible and available. Honour thy father and thy mother” is the 5th of the Ten Commandments in the Hebrew Bible. It holds a promise.


 

 Aries

March 21 – April 19:  Opportunities are presented along with challenges. You find the courage to meet each one because of your nature – fiery, willing, enthusiastic. This year and for many more, you will experience vast changes, radical shifts, a state of impermanence that, in the end, will constitute unusual creative endeavors and ways of being based on new archetypes. Keep moving, pausing for rest here and there when needed. Then carry on.

 Taurus

Taurus
April 20 – May 20:  You’re the lucky one these days. You drew your lucky tarot card and all that you’ve wished for begins to appear. Especially better health. Know this includes lots of work, much pondering, thinking and study, detailed planning, and waiting for right timing (astrological) to occur. Your good judgment has others seeking your advice and insight. You may go here and there, for information, comfort and beauty. Make sure the car is in tip-top shape. Plan now. Note: stay hydrated with electrolytes, vitamins and minerals.

 Gemini

Gemini
May 21 – June 20:  Notice if (and when) much of the past, including people and events, begins to slip away. It’s not dementia. It’s the loosening of karma. This is not good, or bad or something to be frightened about. It means you’re traveling onward and upward; your life itself clearing away limitations and hindrances. A healing is occurring and patterns of thought no longer useful are being released. “Healing,” the Tibetan writes, “allows for the Soul to be free.” You need freedom above all. You are a butterfly, a luna moth.

 Cancer

Cancer
June 21 – July 22:  Summer belongs to you. Are you communicating with friends and neighbors? How is your garden? It’s good to be somewhat secluded or helping others in need. Be aware of power struggles with others. There’s a recognition of your intelligence and ability to teach, nourish and nurture. Be sure to listen to others’ communication with the heart. This creates blending and unity. You must ask yourself what’s most important in relating to others. Be restorative with others always, remembering this.

 Leo

July 23 – August 22:  As work comes with more tasks, duties, concerns, obligations and responsibilities, you will notice in your responses – how strong and courageous you are, able to assume multiple tasks with quiet skill and agility. Many people seek your help, trusting your constancy, sense of rightness and patience. Simultaneously, you’re harboring secret hopes, aspirations, wishes and dreams. It’s important to take time away from the world. Step into the shadows. What do you see and feel there? Who do you hope will join you?

 Virgo

August 23 – September 22:  Take time to consider what you would like to happen in your future. Create a photo journal, wall map, draw pictures, do paintings each day depicting how you want your life to be. Begin before your birthday so that when it arrives, you have a clear idea of your new, coming year. Don’t be predictable. Be groundbreaking, inventive and original. Use nothing from the past  – no beliefs or plans – to create your possible future. The past needs to be transcended completely. So a new future can present itself that you yourself create.

 Libra

September 23 – October 22:  You need to run away at times to places far away. You need to travel, have many adventures, find new people to communicate with, see new art and artifacts, bathe in warm blue pools under the stars at midnight. You need environments and communications to be harmonious. You need a new studio garden to work in. You need to think the impossible. Know that ideas become ideals and slip into form and matter when we visualize them. You need change, a feeling of being submerged in a completely new reality. What do you think you need?

 Scorpio

October 23 – November 21:   As daily life changes, and continues to unceasingly, often abruptly and without notice, all relationships begin to shift and change, too. This includes all the ways you can think relationships (interactions, partnerships) should be (not a good thought) and how they can improve and expand. Daily life becomes different, diverse, changed, altered and unusual. What’s unusual eventually becomes the usual, but it takes a bit of time. The past, including memories, showing up on your doorstep, arrives in order to say goodbye and disappear again. Perhaps for the last time. We hope.

 Sagittarius

November 22 – December 21:  You need the same things Libra needs, but more so. Something of a fantasy adventure may come and stay a while. You may not know what it is. It will have two faces. Don’t be confused. Be spontaneous, curious, interested yet cautious. Careful with money. The usual warning, but more so, again. As home feels like it’s dissolving away, your creative expression takes on Aquarian tones, work becomes ever more expanded. You can do all of this with poise and equanimity. And joy. Joy is a choice. You seem to need community now.

 Capricorn

December 22 – January 19:  Here are the energies for Caps as they enter the summer months. A shift in self-identity, a need for rest and more rest, something precious being found, small joys in daily life, new thinking, refining tasks and communication, a change in the home, pursuing the Art of Living, little gardening tasks, summer walks in different neighborhoods, an ice cream maker, nurturing intimate relationships, enlivened through travel, bringing forth balance through Right Relations in the world. And finally, and most important, having that long interlude of rest.

 Aquarius

January 20 – February 18:  You’re interacting and making contact with many different groups of people. Especially with music and musicians. Contact with others and friendliness is your spiritual task. To be an acquaintance to everyone, gathering and dispersing information about the future endeavors of humanity. The Hierarchy looks down on Earth, seeking to find who carries the “light” within. You carry that light. Therefore you’re sent here and there to disperse that light. Be sure to know when to rest. In between playing more. Share. Visualize. Write. Imagine. What you need eventually appears.

 Pisces

February 19 – March 20:  New and different worlds are opening up to you along with new and different but very subtle experiences. An unexpected endeavor is being introduced and considered. An impression offered from above. Follow this path and do the work needed each day. It will eventually bring prosperity and heal hurts and separations. A depth of communication is available at this time. Use this opportunity to make contact with all (people, kingdoms, events) that you value. If some cannot be contacted, visualize the two of you, heart to heart. Love happens betwixt and between.

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