Weather TODAY: Getting a haircut? What is said about the ritual on Saint John's Day?

Next June 24th will be St. John's Day, according to the liturgical calendar, a date on which the birth of Saint John the Baptist is commemorated, and which also coincides with a day of stormy weather , according to beliefs.

Catholic tradition celebrates this saint because Saint Augustine of Hippo noted that the birth of the son of Elizabeth and Zechariah, and cousin of Jesus of Nazareth, marks the boundary between the Old and New Testaments. Curiously, due to the date, it is associated with the heaviest rainfall of the year, although the logical explanation is that the storm had already begun some three days prior to the summer solstice.

People say that on Saint John's Day, rituals related to renewal should be performed. It is a date on which changes are sought, and The most popular is to cut your hair, since "it grows faster and healthier" and "negative energies" that have accumulated over 12 months are eliminated.

Rumor has it that it's best to get your hair cut on St. John's Eve before June 24th, although it can be done throughout the day.

Astrologers point out that the benefits of cutting your hair on Saint John's Day have to do with the fact that Summer and the sun give it more nutrients, so it grows bigger and healthier.

The celebration of the birth of Saint John the Baptist takes place precisely every June 24th , a tradition deeply rooted in the Christian culture of Europe and which, of course, arrived in America with the Spanish evangelizers who united it with the indigenous culture in Mexico and their veneration of rain gods like Tlaloc.

Summer begins in the Northern Hemisphere, including Mexico, around June 21st, when the heaviest rainy season of the year has typically already begun. For this reason, it has long been believed that June 24th, Saint John's Day, is the rainiest day.

In many villages, the belief is held that rain on this date is a harbinger of a stormy weather ahead. However, this is part of popular lore, as are ideas about updating one's look on this day, which remain part of traditions and customs rather than proven ideas.

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