June 25

June 25 is the date on which the coven’s long-awaited child is born, turning a precise point on the calendar into the climax of its prophecy and the moment when the story’s competing claims over the baby become explicit. Roman Castevet presents the timing as more than coincidence: it fulfills a prediction and gives the birth a place in the coven’s account of history.

The Predicted Date

At the gathering around the newborn, Roman announces that the child arrived just after midnight on June 25. He calls the timing perfect because it falls exactly half a year around from an unnamed date. A newcomer adds that Edmond Lautréamont predicted June 25 three hundred years earlier. Roman agrees, while noting the novelty of seeing one of the predictions prove accurate. The exchange makes the date a piece of evidence within the coven’s worldview: their celebration treats the birth not simply as a private family event, but as the arrival their lore had anticipated.

From Prediction to Revelation

The significance attached to June 25 becomes clearer as Roman explains the coven’s interpretation of the child. He identifies Satan as the baby’s father and declares that the child’s name is Adrian, presenting his birth as vengeance against those who persecuted Satan’s followers. Thus the date anchors a revelation about both paternity and the coven’s intended meaning for the child. Its announced precision lends ceremony to a claim that Rosemary rejects.

The Date and the Child’s Name

The scene places the coven’s public naming beside Rosemary’s own. When the group hails her as the mother of Adrian, she answers that the child is Andrew John Woodhouse. June 25 therefore marks not only the fulfillment the coven claims, but also the point at which Rosemary asserts a different identity and future for her son. The date’s meaning remains divided: to Roman and the gathered coven it confirms prophecy, while Rosemary’s naming makes the child her own rather than merely the figure their prediction describes.