“He who
sleeps on the shortest night shall sleep all year,” -Folklore
Litha's brightness and warmth makes potent our body,
mind, heart and soul. Everything is
seductive. All things are
seductive. There is sweet honey on the
rise. There are vegetables burgeoning
within leafy promises. Heat of mid-noon
leaves us all begging for drink. Our
forests are brittle ready for a fire, again, this year; maybe more so as we had
not enough snow this year.
The sun and fire transform things. Things burn to ash to be reborn. Midday, we
may be brought to our knees, faint with need, only to rise come cool of night. Strong Sun moon, Strawberry Moon, all is
pregnant with potential, even us.
Litha's animals; the butterfly, the bee, the wren,
the robin, the snake rules just now and may show up in your life, or in your
dreams. There are messages there for
you, should they do so.
Wear red, wear gold, and wear orange yellow and
green, to reflect the beauty of this equinox.
Wear amber, wear tiger's eye, and wear jade and emerald. Burn sage, burn cedar, use lemon oil, pine
and rose water. Gather lavender and
surround your sleep with such. Gather
what you can of beech, of elder, of holly, of laurel, linden and oak. Gather sticks and woods to burn a blessing
pyre. Send gratitude up with the smoke
of your gratitude for such bounty. Pray, sing, dance for the transformation it
will take, just now, for your healing.
And there are equinox waters. Go to the water and place an offering. Decorate surrounding woods with ribbons. Place bouquets in and around your house. Speak to the blossoms. Let them tell y9ou of beauty in such
heat.
In the morning after equinox, stand in the sunrise
and the sunset and put your crystals out for charging. Let the energy chakra of your soul be charged
as well. You may need the strength soon.
Light candles in your home and in your surrounding
area. Keep one candle burning for the
whole day today. Love the masculine
energy that we all carry and learn the medicines that go towards this healing.
Tie ribbons as necklace, make amulet of your totems,
and make tobacco ties to hang from the trees full of prayers for the coming
harvest and personal harvest that is promised.
Make paper boats and sail them out into a lake, down
a river, into the ocean. Let your
prayers and gratitude float with them.
Make an outdoor feast, a picnic, take a sack lunch and sit out in nature
and et and be grateful.
Litha will sing and eat and dance and pray with
you. Listen for her songs.
©Carol Desjarlais 6.21.19
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