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Portrait of Juno, my tiefling barbarian because our campaign is almost over :')

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Kalends Fabariae (Junonius) Text Ritual

Today is the Kalends of June!

Photo by Çağlar Oskay on Unsplash

As you can see in the title, I put "text ritual". I use a blog post to signify the actions of the ritual rather than physically as I do not have the resources or space to do the rituals in real life. There will be a lot of photos and gifs in this post.

You too may use this blog post as a way of conducting the ritual if you are unable to do so in real life or physically.

The ritual used here is written by Nova Roma for Kalends. You may find it here! Though I will be adding my own personal prayers to this ritual.

I will be honoring several Deities below and you are free to change the list of Deities I honor to the ones you do.

Now that we've gotten that out of the way, let's begin the ritual!

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We first begin by purificatio or purification. In this case, you should be physically clean by flowing water. Let the essence of the flowing water from this gif purify you.

Feel free to meditate for a minute or so on this...

After you've been cleansed, your surrounding and ritual tools should be cleansed too through sprinkling pure water on it.

Now kiss your right hand in the direction of the Deorum.

Photo by Jean Luc Catarin on Unsplash Wreaths, garlands, flowers, and/or incense will now be put at the lararium.

Photo by Sayak Bala on Unsplash I choose to leave out my Manes and Lars Familiaris. This is because my family and ancestors would rather be honored or worshipped in another tradition rather than Roman. And to my understanding, the Manes and Lars Familiaris involved ancestors.

"Janus Matutinus, mother Vesta, mother Juno, my Penates, Venus, Apollo, my Juno Genialis, on these Kalends, on the beginning of this new day and of this new month, by honoring you with flowers and by offering this incense to you I pray good prayers so that you protect me, my hearth, my family and my household today and this month, so that only good, prosperous, happy and fortunate things happen today and this month to me, to my household and to my family, and that you be benevolent and propitious to me, to my household and to my family."

Here the spelt cake is offered with a sprinkle of salt as the household Deities are honored.

Photo by Felipe Vieira on Unsplash

My Personal Prayers

Penates

Let Father Janus see this message through to You, Penates, and guard it well with Mother Vesta.

Penates,

Guardians of Homes,

Guardian of my house and the storerooms of it.

Inspire cooks and bring forth the creation of delicious meals,

tend to the fire with Vesta,

fending off any vermins and insects that may spoil the food,

ensure the house is fed and keep the fire from going out or become ruining.

We sleep as You all guard.

Guard us well, Penates,

and guard us well throughout the month.

May this share of spelt cake be propitious to You all.

With Lord Janus and Lady Vesta's help,

may this message reach You all.

Vesta

Lord Janus,

see this prayer well to Lady Vesta.

Mother Vesta,

Hearth of every home,

I bid you well on this day with this offering of the spelt cake.

Hearth Goddess whose presence is where the warm home and satiating foods are,

let my house be well and welcoming.

Let happiness flourish within it.

Let fights be resolve amicably and laughter and good cheer ring through it.

I want for my family to feel like they are at home with each other if they're not already.

I also want to find my own definition of home and wish for your assistance in that.

Hearth Goddess, I bid you well.

I now honor the individual Deities I mentioned in the first prayer above. Venus and Apollo. I will also include additional Deities to honor in this Kalends of June. They each shall be offered an incense stick.

Venus

O Mother Venus,

bring forth Your love and gifts

and share it amongst my loved ones.

A gift so beautiful as Yours

I truly cannot stop giving it.

Bless me with love in the realm of romance,

in familial love,

and love of all kinds.

This I ask of You.

Apollo

Where light shines in Dies,

You'll be there.

I ask for healing

of the mind

and of the body.

Where no thoughts hinder me enough to live

and no bodily ails halt me enough to live.

Juno Moneta

She who points out the danger,

She of the Money,

She of the days and of the markets.

Holy Juno Moneta.

Moneta, my dear.

Point out all dangers that comes my way

that are either avoidable or unavoidable.

Help me as you've help the Romans when the Gauls were attacking.

Where the geese flocked and screeched dangers,

and were given a place of honor in Your temple.

Juno Regina

Queen of the Heavens.

The Juno itself already means Queen and many more.

It's why Proserpina is called Juno Inferna too.

We call You Queen twice

as it's only right

that You are twice as much Queen

as all Queens are.

Twice more than us and twice as deserving respect.

All hail the Queen,

She lives and harkens.

The blessing here is Your audience to my words.

Mars

Lord of Death and Life.

With agriculture,

You bring forth crops and cause life to be fed.

Yet in the battle,

You led the bloodshed and train the soldiers.

Master of both.

Mars Ultor

Justice is within You.

Where a wrongdoing is committed,

a correction must be done.

Crime calls

and You answer with vengence.

Tempestates

I stare at awe

when storms come

with or without warning.

You are the storm

that humans cannot predict.

Goddesses who come and go

at Their own will and schedule.

The weathers have been odd on Earth Herself.

Come, Goddesses,

let weathers return to their normalcy.

As the pandemic lifts,

we return to a sense of newfound normalcy.

I ask You all, the weathers, to join us as a humble request.

Neptunus

In the dry land, Your domain sprouts

as rivers and streams

that sustains us in the Aestan heat

where we cannot handle the terrific powers of Sol.

Aestas is here, my Lord.

Let life flourish even in the Summer heat.

May we find comfort in Your soothing coolness

till Vertumnus turns the Wheel of Seasons and Change again.

Photo by Henry Be on Unsplash

Juno

Goddess of the beginning of months,

may You grant us renewal like new moons of the cycle.

May you be pleased by the offering of this spelt cake.

Janus

Father Janus,

As You see to the beginning,

You shall see to the end too.

Mother Juno presides over the beginning with You,

but the end is Yours and only Yours.

If there was any error within the text ritual, please accept this offering of a libum.

Photo by Zahra Tavakoli fard on Unsplash

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POEM: For Juno, on the Calends of her month

POEM: For Juno, on the Calends of her month

Juno Sospites by Lykeia

I approach you, Dea Juno, Juno Regina: I see you

standing over me with queenly mien. Queen of heaven,

queen of gods, sovereign lady, you preside in state

on the Capitoline Hill with Jupiter and Minerva,

your husband and his daughter. Like Hera in Hellas,

you own the peacock as your bird; the stars are your eyes,

the rainbow your handmaid, the clouds your veil.

  I come…

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The Capitoline Geese by Henri Paul Motte, 1889. Image: Public domain via Wikimedia Commons (X).

Today, June 1, marks the dedication of the Temple of Juno Moneta on the Capitoline Hill in Rome in 348 B.C.E., or possibly, even earlier. The epithet Moneta evolved over time, but the earliest meaning seems to be from monere, advisor. This suggests the goddess’ wisdom in guiding public affairs. Juno Moneta acquired a militant aspect with the legend that the sacred geese kept in her temple warned the Romans of an impending attack by the Gauls. The word “money” was later derived from moneta, because the Roman mint was located inside, or nearby, Juno Moneta’s temple. Historians and archaeologists have been unable to definitively locate the temple remains.

Denarius of Juno Moneta, minted in Rome 46 BCE. Obverse: Head of Juno Moneta. Reverse: Tools used to mint coins: tongs, punch, anvil, and hammer. Photo © The Trustees of the British Museum (X). License: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) 

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Episodio 56 - Pirro llega a Italia

Episodio 56 - Pirro llega a Italia - El desembarque de Pirro en Italia. Los riesgos logísticos. Los planes para el futuro. Las memorias del pasado de Pirro de Epiro.

El desembarque de Pirro en Italia. Los riesgos logísticos. Los planes para el futuro. Las memorias del pasado de Pirro de Epiro.

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Transcripción Parcial del Episodio

La tormenta duró toda la noche.

El terrible viento cambiaba de…

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Visitor Before the Juno 'Demeter' type Berlin-Spada-Boboli in the Pergamon Museum by Dieter Breitenborn, Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin via www.smb-digital.de  © Foto: Zentralarchiv der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz License: (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 DE)

Excellent discussion of the reconstructed and repaired 2nd century CE 'Demeter' type Berlin-Spada-Boboli statue is found here.

Today, June 1, marks the dedication of the Temple of Juno Moneta on the Capitoline Hill in Rome in 348 B.C.E., or possibly, even earlier. The epithet Moneta evolved over time, but the earliest meaning seems to be from monere, advisor. This suggests the goddess’ wisdom in guiding public affairs. Juno Moneta acquired a militant aspect with the legend that the sacred geese kept in her temple warned the Romans of an impending attack by the Gauls. The word “money” was later derived from moneta, because the Roman mint was located inside, or nearby, Juno Moneta’s temple. Historians and archaeologists have been unable to definitively locate the temple remains.