The summer solstice is the season when Mother Nature is at the peak of her abundance, and you too can join this natural cycle and achieve miracles. Give your full attention to your burning passion for life, and nurture and restore yourself with a watery emotional compassion for where you are now, and also for the future you desire. That is an ancient formula for abundance at the time of the summer solstice.

The summer solstice sun is at the zenith

The summer solstice, June 21, is the longest day and shortest night of the year. The power of the Sun is more powerful, and on that day, the sun is reversed and the days are shortened, while the nights are lengthened. The journey towards the harvest season has begun and at the winter solstice the Sun “turns” again and the days begin to lengthen.

The solar cycle was revered by your ancient ancestors, and its “Solar Markers” are etched into rock cave drawings, on monuments like Stonehenge, and on medicine wheels. The temples in Egypt, those of the Mayans and the Incas in Peru are centered around the sun.

Solar cycles and life cycles.

The visual movement of the sun towards the north, and then the inversion (returning to the south) marked a turning point in the year that has been celebrated since time immemorial. And many of the ancient traditions are rooted in our modern world, their origins are obscure. However, your cellular memory still contains the wisdom of Nature.

You are no longer dependent on the seasons and daylight for your survival. A drought does not mean famine, and winter no longer means “going to bed early.” The importance of the sun is diminished by current technology. Electricity and advances in travel and transportation infrastructure dwarf the dominance of the sun. It’s easy to forget that all life depends on the sun.

The sun as a source of life.

The ancients lived the truth that life came from the sun and without it, life could not exist. The sun’s journey through the solar cycle (seasons) guided planting, growing, and harvest times, just as it does today.

The sun may have lost importance in your mind – but not in your life. You are still genetically linked to the old cycles. Can you feel this special time of the year as unique and offering you an opportunity? It is – don’t miss it!

Summer Solstice: The Season of Plenty

Summer is a happy and joyous time, especially when compared to the darker, calmer and colder winter. Midsummer (summer solstice) is about the middle of the growing season, the time when everything is bountiful and flourishing. Brilliant fields of flowers bloom, the trees are lush green with new leaves; and vegetables, sweet fruits and berries are ripening. Nature is reaching its peak of abundance.

Ancient symbols unite the earth and the sun.

The summer solstice is the time when the Sun reaches the peak of its power. The Sun manifests as the Sun King, or The Green Man sitting on his throne of Oak foliage – and lord of the forests. His face surrounded by leaves is seen carved in stone or wood in churches, fountains and portals.

On this longest day of the year, light and life are abundant. In the middle of summer, the Sun God has reached the time of his greatest strength. His union with the Earth Mother Goddess is the promise of abundance, and she manifests as a pregnant Mother Nature, or Litha (Saxon).

Capture the essence of Midsummer or Summer Solstice.

The natural cycles of the seasons influence you just like the circadian rhythms of night and day. Why not taste (and try) what ancient cultures knew to be the “energy of the times”.

If you align with nature, you took the time to carefully plant the seeds of ideas you want to grow in your future on the spring equinox (March 21). Now is the time to nurture your passion just as the sun nurtures all life. Focus on what is growing in your life, eliminate what you do not want and water (love and nurture) your Dreams.

Take care and enjoy NOW.

Take time to celebrate both work and play, for it is in childish play and enjoyment that life thrives. Accept it and take some time to enjoy your current life, before harvesting. Take responsibility for your future now and ensure abundance at harvest time in the fall.

Find your balance: Passion and Compassion.

The power of the sun at the summer solstice is more powerful and the earth is fertile with a promising harvest. The summer solstice is a time to balance the warm rays of the sun (strength and passion) and the refreshing coolness of the “water or compassion” that nourishes all growth.

Through awareness, willpower, strength, and conscious action, your passion for your creations will come to life in the fall harvest. Explore your passions and the “fiery force – the heat” within you.

Then, find a good balance for your fiery passion in your love and compassion for your creations, and your love and desire to share your harvest with others. Deep and sincere affection nourishes your dreams and your future. Without balance, passion alone is easily sidetracked and can “burn” your destiny in wasted effort, wrong directions, and misplaced intense emotions.

Without the comfort and care of your sincere compassion, like a plant starving for water, your dreams dry up and wither on the vine.

However, compassion alone (watery emotions) can remain stagnant, without the balance of fiery passion and the direction of clear focus. In the right combination, fire and water nurture a productive and abundant future.

A balance between passion and compassion hones your sense of purpose and your inspiration guides you in the right direction. When your heart and compassion are your guides, your creativity will flourish, bear fruit, and bring back a bountiful harvest.

Summer solstice and the first day of summer.

“Solstice” is Latin for “the sun stands still” (sol “sun” and sistere “to make it stand still”). To those who observe, the (apparent movement of the Sun’s path to the north or south) stops before it changes direction. .

To observers, the sun appears stationary in its north and south progression and appears to rise and set at the same place on the horizon for about five days before and after the actual solstice. At that time, the Sun begins to wane or lose power, and the days get shorter and the nights get longer.

The summer solstice and marriage.

The union of Solar power and Mother Nature is the promise of abundance, and the fruit of that union is the harvest or birth of your Dreams. Similarly, the power of this time brought couples together in marriage.

The Romans celebrated the summer solstice as sacred to Juno, the patroness of marriage, and her month, June, remains the most popular time for weddings today.

In old Europe, the time between planting and harvesting the crops gave time for weddings. June was selected, as the sacred marriage or union of Goddess and God occurred in early May at Beltaine and it was unfortunate to marry in May.

The Druids celebrated the day as the “wedding of heaven and earth”, and that may also be one of the beginnings in the current belief of a “lucky” wedding in June.

The only summer solstice moon is the honeymoon, a time when beehives are harvested for honey. Fermented honey is the ancient drink of the gods, known as mead, and is commonly drunk at wedding feasts. The roots of the modern “honeymoon” survive in today’s customs.

The summer solstice is celebrated all over the world: in England, at Stonehenge and Avebury, thousands gather before dawn to welcome the sun.

Other ancient names and celebrations of the summer solstice.

Midsummer’s Eve was also called Alban Heruin or Alban Hefin, Whitsuntide, Vestalia (ancient Roman), Cerridwen (England), the fairy goddess Aine of Knockaine (Ireland), Epona’s feast (ancient Gallic), Feill -Sheathain, Gathering Day, Sonnwend, Thing-Tide, All-Couple’s Day, Johannistag and St. John’s Day.

After converting Europe to Christianity, the Pope declared the feast of St. John the Baptist on June 24 and it is one of the oldest feasts in church records. The date was the time of the summer solstice of Jack-in-the-Green or The Green Man. It was converted to the feast of Saint John the Baptist, and Saint John was often depicted in leafy, rustic garb, sometimes with horns and cloven feet (like the Greek demigod Pan) and with the classical face in the foliage. from The Green Man.

The summer solstice was a time of magic, of meeting the Fairies and of protective garlands of herbs and flowers to ward off evil spirits. St. John’s wort (also known as “devil chasing”) is used today by herbalists to calm emotions and alleviate depression.

Most of the celebrations (Celtic and Slavic, among others) marked the summer solstice with huge bonfires that celebrated the power of the sun. Couples jumped through the flames, believing that their crops grew as high as they jumped. Some traditions celebrate this time of year by setting large wheels on fire and then rolling them downhill to a body of water.

The Chinese marked the day by honoring Li, the Chinese goddess of light. The Balancing Summer Solstice Ceremony celebrated the earth, the feminine, and the yin forces of darkness.

Ancient Egypt worshiped the sun and many temples and monuments mark the cycles of the solar solstice and star formations.

Native American rock formations, petroglyphs (stone carvings), and stone markers dot the North and South American continents. Ancient cultures from the Mayans, Oltecs and Aztecs to Machu Pichu in Peru mark solar times and the stars with temples and stone markers.

Your good fortune: “Alignment with natural cycles now allows you to succeed against all odds.”