#litha ideas

[kawaiigrimoire]

🌻Solstice Diaries ☀️

Here’s what I did for the Summer Solstice! I celebrated for over a week because the energies felt so powerful. My friend came over for the official solstice day and we had an brief encounter with fairies. It was a fun and exciting celebration 🌳🌾

Mint iced tea with honey 🍯

This drink was so refreshing on the hotter days of solstice week. Mint correlates with prosperity and I added honey for good luck and sweetness 🍃

Paying respect to an oak tree 🌳

I found this one on an island I was hiking on and gave it an offering of water. I was surprised to see it was already making tiny acorns💧

Admiring the birds, bees, and flowers 🐝

I gave thanks to the amazing pollinators in the garden. Without them there would be no harvest. It’s sometimes hard to think of the harvest season this early in the year but the bees that come around are crucial. This St. John’s Wort smells amazing and it attracts bees 🌼

Visiting the lake 🌊

I swam halfway across the lake and back on the hw first day of summer. I loved giving thanks to this beautiful body of water. I highly recommend trying underwater meditation or meditating close to water because it is amazingly helpful🌲

Watching the sunset 🌅

Solstice is about the sun after all! I used the energy of the sunset for casting cleansing spells. Sunset, midnight, and dusk are also some of times that you’ll most likely see a fairy 🌞

Making popsicles 🧊

I used watermelon and lime for my intentions of a sweet and abundant summer. You could make magical popsicles with herb that match your intentions 🍉

Berry picking 🍓

I picked salmon berries and thimble berries and ate them for breakfast. I also picked up enough litter from this area to fill a large garbage bag to give thanks to the plants for their abundance 🍇

Let me know what you did for Summer Solstice! It’s one of my favorite holidays☀️

[rosemarywaterwitch]

Litha - the summer solstice

It´s the time of the year again! In just a few days, around June 20th and June 23rd we can celebrate litha or summer solstice again. It marks the longest day of the year and that´s why the solar energy is at its peak. The perfect sabbat to use the suns energy!

colours: gold, yellow, orange, green and blue

botaicals: chamomile, sunflowers, lavender, thyme, fennel, elderflower, daisies

crystals: citrine, tigers eye, agate, jade, lapis lazuli 

foods and drinks: citrus fruits (lemons and oranges), honey, apricots, peaches, cherries

activities: watching the sun rise and/or set, drink floral or fruit tea, light a candle or have a bonfire (keep the ashes and use them in luck/fortune spells), have a BBQ with friends, make flower crowns, take a sunbath and feel the solar energy (but be careful not to get a sunburn!)

--- this is compiled from my personal grimoire and just a cheat sheet ---

[starbitblush]

Just a reminder for Litha/summer solstice

If you live in a hot area like I do (the desert) you do not have to spend today outside. You can enjoy the sun from inside if it’s safer for you to do so.

If you really just gotta be outside for the solstice, I totally feel you. But remember to use sunscreen, drink water, and maybe don’t set any fires during peak daylight times.

If you’re trans and out binding today, take frequent breaks and drink more water than you would without binding. Don’t wear your binder for more than 8 consecutive hours, no exceptions pls. It’s really more important to be safe. If you’re with good friends, they’ll understand if you need to stay inside for an hour while you take a binder break.

The solstice won’t be any fun for anyone if you risk getting heat stroke or heat exhaustion. You aren’t less of a witch for celebrating indoors, I promise.

[hestiaswitch-blog]

Litha Altar Decorations

- lots and lots of flowers that grow native in your area this time of year

- sunflowers, roses, lavender, dandelions

- flower crowns and flower garlands

- a bowl of fruit and vegetables, especially anything citrus like oranges 

- lots of candles (Litha is a fire sabbat)

- colours like yellow, gold, and orange

- you could have a vase of sticks with fairy lights in it to represent a bonfire

- maypoles are still a thing for Litha

- a cute offering dish to leave out sweets for the fae

- a jar of local honey

- anything that represents the sun

- incense (sandalwood, rose, lavender, frankincense, dragon’s blood)

- oak leaves and acorns

- anything that reflects the sun like suncatchers, glass beads, and mirrors

[sophiasbookofshadows]

Litha 🌸🍄

So this summer solstice was a good one, and I got a bunch of stuff done so I thought I would document it here.

Witchy Swim

This is pretty simple. Just go to a natural body of water and feel the water’s energy flow through you.

Cleansing

My friend and I made up a water-based cleansing, because it had just rained and it was too wet to have a fire. I’ll probably type this up later.

God’s Eye

Easy-to-make symbols of protection that you can hang above your door, bed, altar, etc. There are tutorials all over the internet.

Altar redecorating

My altar has really lost its magickal purpose recently so I wanted to give it a nice makeover.

Gathering Wildflowers

My friend and I went out some time past midnight to gather wildflowers. You’re supposed to gather seven (preferably seven different types) and then put them under your pillow to dream of your true love. We gathered more than seven, and I have been just having strange dreams so maybe that’s where I messed up.

Just having a good time

Sabbats are not about super big, ancient rituals you perform to change your life forever, or perfectly following the ancient traditions of your ancestors. They are about recognizing the day’s purpose in your own special way, however you can. So just remember to have fun and don’t worry about if what you’re doing is enough.

[thecurlyheadedwitch]

🌞Blessed Litha! This is the lunch I set up in honor of today’s sabbat (no I won’t be eating all of this in one sitting lol). I cooked some blueberry filled puff pastry, vegan grilled cheese with Chao tomato cayenne slices, fresh green beans, and I threw together some fresh mixed berries. 🌞