The Witches Correspondences for Litha, June 21
Symbolism: Honoring the God at His peak, honoring the pregnant Goddess
Symbols: Spear, cauldron, St. John’s Wort, Sun images, faerie images, fire
Foods: Fresh fruits and vegetables, pumpernickel bread, ale, mead
Plants & herbs: Mugwort, chamomile, rose, ivy, wild thyme, lavender, orchid, yarrow, oak, vervain, St. John’s Wort
Incense and oils: Lily of the valley, lavender, lemon
Colors: Orange, yellow, green, blue
Stones: Topaz, agate, alexandrite, flourite, moonstone, pearl, emerald, jade
Animals: Butterfly, frog, toad, wren, robin, peacock
Mythical creatures: Satyrs, faeries, firebirds, dragons, sylphs
Some appropriate Goddesses: all love, beauty, and mother Goddesses; Aestas (Roman), Aine of Knockaine (Irish), Anu (Irish), Aphrodite (Greek), Astarte (Canaanite), Bast (Egyptian), Elat (Semitic), Eos (Greek), Flora (Roman), Freya (Norse), Gaia (Greek), Gerd (Teutonic), Grianne (Irish), Hathor (Egyptian), Hera (Greek), Ishtar (Assyro-Babylonian), Isis (Egyptian), Juno (Roman), The Muses (Greek), Nut (Egyptian), Olwyn (Welsh), Venus (Roman), Vesta (Roman)
Some appropriate Gods: all sun, fire, and fertility Gods; Apollo (Greek), Baal (Phoenician), Baldur (Scandinavian), El (Semitic), Hadad (Babylonian), Helios (Greek), Hephaestus (Greek), Jupiter (Roman), Lugh (Irish), Osiris (Egyptian), Prometheus (Greek), Ra (Egyptian), Sol (Roman), Zeus (Greek)
Activities: Picnics, leave out food for faeries, jumping bonfires, gathering herbs.
Spell/ritual work: Healing, love magick, protection, purification, energy, faery.
