Summer Solstice/Litha

Litha, Midsummer or Summer Solstice around June 20-22 each year Litha is the longest day of the year the day of the most daylight and the least darkness. The themes of the Summer Solstice are sex, love, creativity, energy, luck, health, wealth, success and wishes. This is the time of year to write down any wishes you have and tossing them, along with a Litha inspired offering into a well, spring, or cauldron. Myth: The Goddess gives birth to the Dark Twin and so becomes the Mother Goddess. In turn the God is now the God King and they enter into a formal sacred marriage in which he promises to lay down his life for the Goddess, the land and her people. The God reaches his height of power and God and Goddess are equal at their coronation. But by the end of the day the God knows that henceforward he will grow weaker. Energies: The high turning point as full power begins to wane from this day Symbols: Flowers Animal: Bear Tree: Oak Incenses, flower and herbs: Chamomile, dill, elder, fennel, lavender, frankincense, orange, marigolds, rosemary, sage and sagebrush, St. Johns Wort, lemon verbena and vervain, any golden, red or orange flowers Candle colors: Red, orange, gold Crystals: Green, red, or orange stones; clear quartz

My Summer Solstice Ritual 2012:

Guardians of the north, of earth, ground me in your solidness. Join me on this midsummers night. Guardians of the east, of air, blow your cleansing breezes into this circle. Join me on this midsummers night.
Guardians of the south, of fire, bring your sacred heat into this circle. Join me on this midsummers night. Guardians of the west, of water, wash me in your calming waves. Join me on this midsummers night. Lord and Lady, sky and earth, I ask you to join me on this midsummers night. In perfect love and perfect trust I form this circle in your Name.

(Focus on wishes for the coming year, for self and for others as well as the Earth: for self love, work/school, strength as a mom; for others good growth and joy for keegan; for earth peace, health. Write these wishes and fold them up. ) MotherFather God, I ask you to bring into my life that which will bless and strengthen me, and to remove those things which will harm or hinder me. From air I ask the winds of honesty and change to fill my life. From fire I ask all negativity to be burned away. From water I ask to be refreshed and made new, washed clean of my old self. From earth I ask comfort, that I may be grounded and made strong like the oak and the mountain. (Spend some time visualizing the old me passing away, the new me becoming. When ready, close the circle.) Guardians of the north, thank you for your help. I bid you farewell. Guardians of the west, thank you for your help. I bid you farewell. Guardians of the south, thank you for your help. I bid you farewell. Guardians of the east, thank you for your help. I bid you farewell. Lord and Lady, thank you for your loving presence. I bid you farewell.