June 20 - 23
Midsummer, Summer Solstice
Colors: red, yellow, orange, gold
Plants: Oak trees, sunflowers, ivy, roses
Stones: Emerald, Jade
Animals: birds, horses, butterflies, cattle
- faeries, dragons, satyrs
Incense: sage, cedar, pine
Herbs: fennel, St. John�s wort, lavender, chamomile
Foods:
Bread, berries, fruit, salad, oranges, lemons, juice, popcorn, cheese
Activities:
Pick berries
Make Green Man masks
Hang mirrors
Make and hang paper suns
Make sun catchers from wax paper
Make butterflies
Have a bonfire
Leave food out for the faeries the night before
Sit outside and watch for faeries
Hang a wreath of ivy with red and yellow feathers
Choose a branch or stick to use as a wand
Spells:
Healing
Dedication
Protection
Purification
Beginnings
Changes
Consecration
Lay a green alter cloth across the alter. Place the cauldron in the middle. Have a green candle for the Goddess to the left and a gold candle for the God to the right. Cover the alter with sunflowers and roses. Hang a mirror above the alter so that the flames reflect in it.
Fill a white pouch with lavender, chamomile, and St. John�s wort. Put all of your fears, problems, and sorrows into the pouch and tie it shut with a red string.
Burn cedar or pine incense. Stand before the alter with your arms raised high and say:
Now is Midsummer, the time of light
I celebrate this time now
Oh gracious God and Goddess
Nature vibrates with your energy
Now is the time of forgetting past cares
Now is the time to purify
Light the green candle:
She is luminous
She is white
She is shining
Crowned with light
Light the gold candle:
He is radiant
He is bright
He is rising
He takes flight
Pick up the herbal pouch:
Lord of the sun
Burn away the negative
Burn away the hurtful
Purify me through your light
Ignite the pouch with the gold candle. Drop it into the cauldron to burn away. AS it burns say:
I banish you by the power of the God and Goddess
I banish you by the power of the sun, moon, and stars
I banish you by the power of Earth, Air, Fire, Water
When it has finished burning say:
Great God and Goddess
On this night of enchantment
I ask for guidance
In understanding myself and my world
I ask for attunement with the energies
Either sprinkle the ashes into a flowing stream or river, or mix them with water and sprinkle them onto the earth. Let the candles burn out. Follow with a feast of fresh fruits and vegetables and a bonfire.