~June 1
There are many who honor Juno.
They sing of her city and its fleet horses
and her ancient land of fabulous gold—
Wind rises from the south today,
chasing dark clouds from the sky.
And you, my friend, remember that
not all winds bring thunder and rain,
not all of life is sorrowful.
Think of this, friend, and lift
a cup of wine, and unburden yourself.
-Horace
This is the first day of a month named after a goddess: June, named for Juno, goddess of women among the ancient Romans. Each woman, the Romans said, had her special “juno,” not so much a guardian spirit as an enlivening inner force of femaleness, a kind of hologram of femininity that was infinitely divisible among the living women of this world.
This day especially honored Juno under her title of Moneta, “warner.” She earned this name many times over: when her sacred geese once set up such a squalling that the city was warned of invading Gauls, another time when an earthquake threatened and Juno’s voice from heaven alerted the city, and finally when the underfunded Roman generals came to Juno’s temple for advice and were told that any war fought ethically would find popular (and financial) support. This last effort made her matron of the Roman mint, which was located in her temple, and turned her title into a word for money.
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