JUNE
Vision Quest No. 1 – June 1: The first vision quest included a visit to the sacred tree located at the following coordinates.
The tree was located within 200 yards of where a photo was taken of my mom, dad, and brother back in 1945, sixteen years before I was born. My oldest brother told me that my father was in the army when the photograph was taken, and they lived in the same housing complex where I currently reside. The numbers listed in the latitude above told me that my mother’s spirit was still following me on my odyssey.
Vision Quest No. 2 – June 3: I heard the calls of Cardinals, Woodpeckers, and many other types of birds. Regretfully, I witnessed a military helicopter fly directly overhead. Suddenly, I was hit with an overwhelming feeling of dread, but the beautiful scenery brought me back to bliss.
Vision Quest No. 3 – June 5: I managed to squeeze in a bike trip around the lake in between two intense thunderstorms. I quickly made my way around to the sacred tree, feeling extremely grateful for life. As I continued around the lake, I came upon two hawks chasing one another in the trees directly overhead, precisely where I had seen the military helicopter two days earlier. I immediately thought about the infighting that had just broken out between our President and the car salesman.
Quest No. 4 – June 7: As I made my way around the lake on this day, I heard three Owls calling out to one another on the eastern side of the lake. I made my way around to the sacred tree, recharged myself, and rounded the northern end of the lake, where I heard two more Owls. I passed by a bridge in the park that had recently been painted in rainbow colors…
I completed my quest a few minutes later and learned about the conflict between immigration agents and protestors in California, in the City of Angels. Uranus was scheduled to move into Gemini one month later, and already, the energy of war was beginning to build—wars and rumors of war.
Quest No. 5 – June 9: The subject of death arose when my 82-year-old ex sister-in-law, my older brother’s first wife, passed away at 1:40 am after living with dementia for the last five years of her life. She was the mother of the niece whom I moved back to North Carolina to help with the apartment. This particular sister-in-law had always been very special to me; she was one of just a few people in my family who accepted my being gay when I came out in the 1980s, and she helped my mother name me when I was born. She and I had a special connection.
After spending most of the day with my niece, I returned home around 7:30 to embark on vision quest No. 5. No sooner than I had left the house a small gray car passed by, slowed down, and the driver stuck his head out of his window and said, “I just want you to know that I am proud of you, I love you, and have a great evening!” I had never experienced anything like that before, and the strangest part was that the guy reminded me of my sister-in-law, who had just passed away. The experience left me utterly dumbfounded.
Smiling from ear to ear, I continued my bike ride around the lake to the sacred tree, recharged my energy, and spent the last part of my ride gathering pine cones to fill a vase that once belonged to my deceased sister-in-law. To honor her. She loved pine cones.
I wrote the following for my niece. “You may feel as though your mother has abandoned you, but don’t believe that tale. She has stepped aside to provide you with enough space for you to learn more about yourself. And as you grow, she quietly watches over you as you become wise beyond your years.”
Quest No. 6 – June 11: I embarked on my next trip around Dragon Lake a couple of hours before sunset. After visiting the sacred tree, I continued around the lake. As I approached the area where I had seen the military helicopter and the two hawks, I crossed paths with a family exiting their parked car next to the bike path. I had to be very careful to avoid the young boy who had jumped out of the backseat without looking. I was reminded of a video I had seen several hours earlier, which had left me in tears and extremely angry. This new administration was completely heartless and devoid of compassion. They appeared to be creating chaos so they could then apply control.
Quest No. 7 – June 13: Cycling counterclockwise around the lake, everything was quiet and very peaceful. A long, steady rain had just ended. I stopped at the sacred tree to recharge and noticed a distinct clearing around the base of the trunk. It appeared as though the torus field had pushed debris in all directions. While connecting with the tree, I asked that the remaining part of my ride reveal to me what would take place the very next day during the military parade in DC and nationwide protests. I got back on my bike and continued around the lake.
As I approached my home, notifications on my phone began to go off one after the other. Then my phone rang, and it was my niece. She was frantic. She and her husband were at the emergency room at the nearby hospital. She was screaming for me to come right away. I rushed home, got in my car, and drove straight to the hospital, which was just a mile away. By the time I arrived, things had calmed down.
On my way home, I passed an abandoned vehicle on the side of a very dark road and an elderly woman walking down the street. I stopped the car, put it in reverse, rolled down the window, and asked the lady if she was okay. She had run out of gas. I asked if I could drive her somewhere. It turned out she was a neighbor and lived close by, but it was too far and too dark to walk on her own. She got in my car and I drove her to her apartment, where she then called someone to assist her with her vehicle.
My niece called about an hour later to say that the tests revealed that her husband had a blood clot in his right lung. They prescribed medication and sent them both home sometime later.
Considering everything that happened after consulting the sacred tree, June 14, 2025, looked very chaotic. A few hours later, news of the Democratic House Leader and her husband being fatally shot in Minnesota came out, among other troublesome incidents.
Quest No. 8 – June 15: This particular ride around the lake was quiet, peaceful, and pleasantly uneventful.
Quest No. 8 – June 17: An impulsive solar flare measuring X1.2 erupted from Active Region 4114 at 5:49 EST on June 17, 2025.
I left the house for my next ride around the lake a few hours later at 8:30 PM. It was a beautiful, quiet evening. All I heard were the sounds of cicadas, crickets, birds, and frogs. Meanwhile, elsewhere…
Quest No. 9 – June 19: Sunspot region 4114 produced an X1.9 solar flare at 7:50 EDT and was associated with a minor coronal mass ejection (CME).
I embarked on my next trip around the lake a few minutes later. After spending time with the sacred tree, I noticed a lot of bats on my ride home. Too many to count. In many Native American cultures, bats are associated with intuition, transitions, and the spirit world. They are often seen as symbols of night, the unseen realms, and the ability to navigate effectively through darkness. Bats are also linked to dreams, rebirth, and communication, and can represent inner depth and the ability to see beyond illusions.
