The Wheel turns to Midsummer, the 2ost of June. The longest day of the year here in the northern hemisphere. It is said that the Summer Solstice is the Give-Away time of
the Sun. The light of the day has grown and has been expanding into its highest
lights during these long, endless summer nights here in the north. Filling up
the day and spilling it over. On the Scottish Orkney Islands it hardly gets
dark and at Findhorn, with a bright sky, I can photograph outside without flash
until midnight.
Breathe in deeply the abundance of fragrances in the air
and the earth; light a fire; dance; wear wild flowers and bless the bread and
honey and breathe deeply again.
And
every Summer Solstice is totally different of course, like every day is
different despite the sun rising and setting daily. Like the summers, like the
whole immense cosmos, we —as the magnificent beings we are— change all the
time. This year brings us an exciting mid June astrological constellation, with
both the Sun and the planet Venus travelling together into the sign of Cancer,
home of the Moon, home to all feelings, the heart and to the mothering quality
in us. A great time to come home to ourselves and to the truth that lives in each
of us.
In the Celtic tradition and pre-patriarchal times in which
the Divine Feminine was honoured, the Goddess would share her power with the
Sun King during Summer Solstice and they would sit side by side on their
thrones. Let us honour both their energies in ourselves: the feminine and the
masculine, as we are both. On these Midsummer Eves let us rejoice and enjoy the
immense, sacred energy of the universe while the Sun touches the mountaintops,
the seas and land at dusk and dawn. Happy Summer and Solstice!
Read and see more images about the Celtic Festivals of the year at my web page http://www.adrianasjanbijman.co.uk/celtic.html
Blog 45, text and photos © Adriana Sjan Bijman, 2009/2016 http://www.findhornimages.com
