Litha: Third Thoughts

Posted on 18th Jun 2020 by mhcweb01

Celebrate unions of all kinds
Charge magickal tools, tarot cards, jewellery, crystals etc. (if they require sun energy, but not if they flourish with moon energy)
Decorate with bright orange or yellow e.g. candles. Crystals, flowers
Drink Mead
Eat Honey
Gather Herbs
Honour both God and Goddess
Light a Bonfire (safely!)
Light a Citrus Incense
Light Candles
Make a Divination or scrying to discover how to direct your own power/energy and to what
Make a Midsummer Honey Cake (recipe on Litha in pagan festivals page)
Make Charms for success, protection, health and anything needed potent energy
Make Elder Flower Champagne (recipe on Litha in pagan festivals page)
Meditate on the Sun and draw in his energies into your body and life
Meditate with the Earth Goddess or with the dark Goddess in the Underworld
Visit an Oak tree
Welcome and watch the Sunrise on solstice morning

Be Empowered by the sun and in turn Empower others
Bless the Bounty of the Earth and do not squander it
Bring a project to Completion
Build your Life Force and use it for the greatest good
Celebrate all the good things in your life, people, animals, plants, environment, work, health…
Do your workings that need Potency, Power, Strength and Vitality at his time
Even at this time of plenty and vigour, remember that Nothing Lasts Forever
Give Healing to yourself, others, animals, environment etc.
Go to a Hand-Fasting or re-new your vows to your life-partner
Increase Fertility in all its aspects in your life
Let your Inner Radiance shine through
Make a list of all the Abundance you have in your life and be thankful and grateful

Associations: Bonfire, Flaming Wheels, Processions, Candles, Labyrinth (inner journey through fears)
Animals: Bee, Bull, Cattle, Horse, Robin, Spider, Summer Birds, Wren
Mythical Creatures: Dragons, Faeries, Firebirds, Manticores, Satyrs, Thunderbirds
Colours: Gold, Green, Oranges, White, Yellows.
Goddesses Mother Earth, the Mother, Pregnant and Dark goddesses, Aine, Aphrodite, Arachne, Ariadne, Arianrhod, Artemis, Ariadne, Astarte, Athena, Danu, Freya, Hathor, Ishtar, Kali, Isis, Juno, Venus
Gods: Apollo, Bel, the Dagda, Father Sun, Father Gods, Gwydion, Green Man, Helios, Holly King, Lugh, Lugh, Oak King, Ra, Sol, Sun Deities, Zeus, Thor
Element: Fire
Food: Honey, Lemons, Oranges
Drink: Ale, Mead, sweet Wines, fresh Fruit Juice, Herbal Teas
Herbs: Basil, Chamomile, Cinquefoil, Copal, Elder, Fennel, Fern, Honeysuckle, Lavender, Lemon, Mint, Mugwort, Rue, Saffron, St John’s Wort, Thyme, Vervain, Verbena, Yarrow
Spices: Frankincense, Sandalwood
Trees: Laurel, Mistletoe, Oak, Pine, Roses, Wisteria, Ylang-Ylang,
Stone Circles: Stonehenge, Callanish in Lewis, Ring of Brodgar in Orkney
Stones: Amber, Citrine, Diamond, Emerald, Gold Tigers Eye, Golden Topaz, Heliodor, Malachite, Opal, Pyrite, Quartz Rutilated, Sunstone
Symbols: Spear (God), Cauldron (Goddess)