Litha
Name: Litha
Date(s): June 20-23 (Northern Hemisphere) or December 20-23 (Southern Hemisphere)
Moon: Dryad Moon, Lovers Moon, and Mead Moon
Symbols: Fire, Sun Wheels, Faeries
Deities: All Father Gods and Mother Goddesses, Pregnant Goddesses and Sun Deities
Colors: White, Red, Gold, Green, Blue, Tan
Foods: Fresh Vegetables and Fruits, Lemons, Oranges, Pumpernickel Bread, Summer Squash, Any Yellow or Orange Colored Foods, Flaming Foods, Ale, Mead, Fruit Juice
Herbs: Mugwort, Vervain, Rose, Honeysuckle, Lily, Lavender, Ivy, Yarrow, Fern, Elder, Wild Thyme, Daisy, Carnation
Incense: Lemon, Honeysuckle, Lavender, Rose, Wisteria
Gemstones: Emerald, Jade, Lapis Lazuli
Focus: On this day, the noon of the year and the longest day, light and life are abundant. We focus outward, experiencing the joys of plenty, tasting the first fruits of the season.
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