El Dia de San Juan

El Dia de San Juan. The Hub Radio Show for Monday June 24, 2019. View the completely riparian playlist for 6-24-19 (CLICK HERE)

Rodrigo y Gabriela, Absolutely Free, The Mattson 2, El Ten Eleven

La llegada del solsticio de verano se celebra en toda la geografía española con ritos y tradiciones ancestrales. Algunos piensan que San Juan es la noche más corta del año (en el hemisferio norte) o la más larga (en el sur); aunque esto suele ocurrir el día 21 de junio; alargándose en ciudades la fiesta hasta el amanecer. La noche de San Juan ha adquirido la magia de las antiguas fiestas paganas que se organizaban con el solsticio de verano. La fiesta cristiana de San Juan es el 24 de junio, seis meses antes de la víspera del nacimiento de Jesús, que es el 24 de diciembre. Estos seis meses son la diferencia que los evangelios indican entre uno y otro nacimiento. No obstante, tres días de diferencia de ambas fechas con ambos solsticios hace que no sea razonable asignar esta fiesta al solsticio, y los estudiosos se inclinan por el hecho de que el 25 de diciembre, nacimiento de Jesús, se asocia más razonablemente a la celebración judía de la Hanukkah o dedicación del Templo (Jesús era el nuevo Templo para los cristianos).

Strawberry Moon

Strawberry Moon. The Hub Radio Show for Monday June 17, 2019. View the completely lunar playlist for 6-17-19 (CLICK HERE)

Juan Wauters, Helado Negro, Boogarins, Sinkane

Unfortunately, despite it having a delicious-sounding name, it does not necessarily mean the moon will be turning strawberry red. It is actually just the name given to June’s full moon by Native Americans. Native Americans published the names for all the full moons in the 1930s Maine Farmer’s Almanac. The reason June’s full moon was named after the fruit was because of the relatively short harvesting season for strawberries in northeastern North America. June’s full moon is also known as the last full moon of spring. In Europe it is also known as the Mead Moon, Honey Moon or Rose Moon. June’s full moon is named due to harvesting reasons. But there are also those who believe the Strawberry Moon signals the end of the world. Pastor Tim Henderson believes the Strawberry Moon will spark the end of days – or The Rapture. The Rapture is an event where many Christians believe the son of God will return. It is believed when this happens believers who are “alive and remain shall be caught up together… in the clouds to see the Lord in the air”. The Rapture ill happen in “the twinkling of an eye”, and all believers will disappear from Earth up to Heaven.

Where In The World Is Jupiter?

Where In The World Is Jupiter? The Hub Radio Show for Monday June 10, 2019. View the completely stellar playlist for 6-10-19 (CLICK HERE)

Bon Iver, Sufjan Stevens, Kishi Bashi, Frenship

Jupiter has generally been associated with good luck and bounty. Optimism and growth (including mental and spiritual growth) come under its rule. On the up side, Jupiter is associated with a sense of humor, good will, and mercy. The more negative manifestations of Jupiter include blind optimism, excess, and overindulgence. Irresponsibility that results from blind optimism, not ill will, can be displayed. Jupiter’s glyph, or symbol, shows the crescent of receptivity rising above the cross of matter. This symbolize Jupiter’s role of raising our awareness beyond the physical world. Jupiter encourages us to reach, expand, and improve. Jupiter takes approximately 12 years to come full circle. Therefore, every 3 years or so, Jupiter will transit conjunct, square, or opposite a natal point. When that natal point is an intensely personal planet or point (such as the Sun, Moon, Ascendant, Mercury, Venus, or Mars), we feel its effects in a similarly personal way.

Chimborazo Day

Chimborazo Day. The Hub Radio Show for Monday June 3, 2019. View the completely mountainous playlist for 6-3-19 (CLICK HERE)

Tycho, JR JR, Manatee Commune, Frenship, Flying Lotus

Chimborazo Day celebrates the spot on the Earth that is closest to the moon and farthest from the center of the Earth. Chimborazo is an inactive volcano that is in the Cordillera Occidental range of the Andes Mountains in central Ecuador, and has an elevation of 20,565 feet. Although Chimborazo has a lower elevation than Mt. Everest, because of its spot near the Equator it is the farthest from the Earth’s center and closest to the moon. The Earth is not a perfect sphere, but rather it is an oblate spheroid. The Equatorial diameter is larger than the Polar diameter, and Chimborazo lies close to the former. Being that it lies on this Equatorial bulge, it sticks about a mile and a half farther into space than Mt. Everest. For eighty years during the 19th century men and women tried to reach the peak of Chimborazo before succeeding. To celebrate Chimborazo Day you may want to get as far away from center of the Earth as possible. Climb a hill! Climb a tower! Climb a mountain! You will be just a little bit closer to the place in space that Chimborazo holds.