Working with the Summer Solstice and Litha The Summer Solstice is the longest day of the year. The sun rises early, lingers high, and seems to stretch the world open. The land is alive with heat, growth, insects, flowers, ripening gardens, long evenings, and that unmistakable feeling that summer has fully arrived. In many Pagan traditions, this point on the Wheel of the Year is known as Litha. Litha is a celebration of solar power, abundance, vitality, joy, protection, growth

Litha arrives with warmth, brightness, growth, and the long reach of the sun. It is one of those seasonal moments that asks us to pause and notice what has come into fullness. By the time Litha approaches, the year has already carried us through planting, planning, beginnings, and movement. The days are long. The light lingers. Gardens are growing. The air feels alive. Even if life is busy, the season itself seems to whisper: look at what is blooming. Preparing for Litha does