Festivals of Juno
Matronalia
The Matronalia was the major festival of Juno Lucina. It was always held on March 1, (New Year's Day for the Roman calendar). Juno Lucina presided over women and childbirth. "When engaged in her worship, women had to unbind their hair and have nothing knotted on their person, to symbolize nothing hindering safe childbirth" (Nova Roma). A procession of married women went to the temple to offer sacrifices and prayers to Juno. "Women brought flowers to Juno and wore circlets on their heads" (Turcan, 34). On this day husbands gave their wives gifts and prayed for their health (Nova Roma). This festival is sometimes said to be the predecessor of Mother's Day (Herzberg, 369).
Other Festivals
The Calends, the first day of every month, belonged to Juno (Fairbanks, 103). Many festivals of the different cults of Juno fell "on the first of their respective months: February (Juno Sospita), June (Juno Moneta), September (Juno Regina, on the Aventine), and October (Juno Sororia)" (Bonnefoy, 130).
Two festivals did not fall on the first of the month. The Nonae Caprotinae (The Nones of the Wild Fig) honored Juno Caprotina on July 7. Women sacrificed to Juno under a fig-tree, the ripening of the figs having to do with fertilization.
On the 13 of September Juno Regina of the Captiol was worshipped.
The flaminca, or the wife of the flamen Dialis , was a devotee of Juno. She was never seen without her long garment of purple wool. The flaminca's hair was braided, and she wore a veil similar to that of a young bride (Turcan, 53).