As some of you may know, midsummer day - aka Litha - is a pagan holiday in wich passion, love and the successes of harvests are celebrated. Longest day and shortest night of the year, it's the day in wich magic is at its peak.
But it's not just this day that is used to celebrate, people sometimes start from midnight of the 20th to finish the 23rd, so technically we have the possibility to celebrate for a total of 4 days. When a full moon occurs during this period it's a blessed time as you get even more magic in the air. Partying, music, dancing and bonefires with lovers jumping them together usually are part of the celebration, along with magical plants harvesting (now at their peak, they are then dried for winter use).
The Sun God and his Goddess wife are the center of attention, having had their Wedding during Beltane and being her now pregnant and heavy like the earth is full of fruits that will then mature in the next few months.
Celebrations are also about babies, work and pleasure, dreams that are dreamt in these nights are said to become true and faeries are supposed to be more easily seen as the veil between our worlds becomes momentarily thinner.
Animal blessing and taking extra care of your familiar are also part of this special occasion.
There are various items and colours associated with this holiday, to find out more you can go at the top of the page and use the Google search engine that I installed =).
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