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Litha Correspondences

Animals: butterflies, salamanders, sea horse, crow, hawk, bear, cattle, horse, bee, wren, snake, caterpillar, donkeys, robin

Mythological Animals: Dragons, Faeries, Phoenix, Satyrs, Firebird, Thunderbird

Drink: red wine, fruit juice, herbal tea, mead, milk, dandelion wine, sun tea

Food: fruit, vegetables, herbed bread, pastries, vegetables, cheese, cold cooked meats, fried chicken, potato salad with hard boiled eggs, grilled pork and beef, cinnamon, ginger, honey, lemon, lime, nuts, oranges, turmeric, yogurt

Colors: blue, brown, green, orange, purple, red, white, yellow, gold

Gods: Apollo, Baal, Baldur, Hadad, Jupiter, Lugh, Osiris, Prometheus, Ra, Sol, Holly/Oak King, Zeus, Helios, Prometheus, Bel/Belenus, St. John the Baptist, Eriskigal, Jack in the Green, Hercules/Herakles, Dogda, Ares, Mars, Father Sun/Sky, Arthur, Archangel Uriel

Goddesses: Anu, Aphrodite, Astarte, Bast, Demeter, Elat, Flora, Freya, Gaia, Gerd, Grainne, Hathor, Hera, Ishtar, Isis, Juno, Nut, Muses, Artemis, Inaana, Isis, Epana, Vesta, Diana, Danu, Sol, Sunna, Vespa, Venus, Epona, all goddesses of love, passion, beauty, and the sea, and pregnant, lusty goddesses, goddess of the wells, Maia a Greek mountain nymph and the most beautiful of the 7 sisters, the Pleiades

Gemstones: Emerald, lapis lazuli, diamond, tiger’s eye, jade, amber, green agate, alexandrite, fluorite, moonstone, pearl, amethyst, malachite, topaz, gold

Incense: Lemon, Myrrh, pine, rose, wisteria, oak, sage, cedar, frankincense, lemon, lavender, saffron, orange, mint, cinnamon, sandalwood, copal, jasmine, lemon, lotus, heliotrope

Plants: Mugwort, chamomile, vervain, rose, honeysuckle, lily, oak, lavender, ivy, yarrow, fern, elder, wild thyme, daisy, carnation, cinquefoil, elder flower, fennel, thyme, hemp, larkspur, St John’s Wort, wisteria, chamomile, hemp, larkspur, cinquefoil, basil, daisy, dogwood, mistletoe, saffron, sage, cinnamon, mistletoe, rosemary, heather, marigold, hazel, rowan

Note: All herbs gathered on this day are said to be extremely powerful.

Symbols: suns, summer flowers, fruit, fairies, sea shells, fire, solar disc, feathers, athame, bonfire, candles, dagger, oak leaf, sun dial, sun wheel, sword, wreath, cauldron, rosettes and roses, sacred wells, solar cross/ sun wheel, spinning wheels, spirals, wand, sunflowers

Magical Energies: magic, protection, love, marriage, divination, abundance, baking, battle, blessing, blooming, bounty, crops, divination, faery work, feasting, fertility, fire, fulfillment, good health, growth, healing, heat, honor, illumination, life, light, love, luck, marriage, maturity, passion, potency, power, pregnancy, prosperity, repel evil spirits, sacrifice, strength, success, summer, sun, transformation, unions, victory, virility, nature spirit/fey communion, planet healing, divination, cleansing, creativity, opportunity, warmth

From our altar to yours, with love from the sea,

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