LITHA BLESSINGS 2024
June 20 @ 1:52pm PDT
(aka Midsummer or Summer Solstice)
Sun at 0° Cancer / Earth at 0° Capricorn
Sun is all powerful!
With Sun in Cancer and Earth in Capricorn, Litha marks the halfway point on the Wheel of the Year – the eternal cycle of light and shadow, life and death, and all sacred binaries.
ENERGIES
Axis: Cancer / Capricorn
Personal / Social
Primordial / Societal
Roots (source material) / Fruit (product)
Trivinity: Line
Raw, directed energies
These signs initiate
(Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn)
Sabbat: Quarter Day (Minor Sabbat)
The Quarter Days initiate the modern seasons.
WHEEL OF THE YEAR
The Cancer/Capricorn axis – where the Galactic Plane intersects the Ecliptic Plane – marks the Primordial Gates; cosmic death and rebirth.
Guided by Saturn, Capricorn is a sign of limits – the top limit being the heavens and the bottom limit the sea (hence its symbol, the seagoat). As such, Capricorn corresponds to the poles of a continuum, and reflects the life and death duality of the God.
Cancer, on the other hand, lies in between. Moon guided Cancer is the liminal sign of the shore – the threshold between land and sea – ever ebbing and flowing with the tides (hence its symbol, the crab). As such, Cancer is the continuum and reflects the cycles of the Goddess.
Capricorn energies activate: Light (Sun) and Shadow (Earth)
Cancer energies cycle the Primordial Gate: Womb (Earth) and Tomb (Sun)
The God at Litha
With the Sun’s ingress to Cancer, the God reaches the peak of his strength as the full embodiment of solar light – the Oak King. Light and growth have peaked and, with the Sun at its highest point, the primordial Spirit now returns to the divine realm through the cosmic tomb.
The Sun pauses high in the sky as the second half of the Wheel of the Year begins. From here the Sun descends but the seed of life is carried within its shadow, the Holly King.
The Goddess at Litha
The Goddess has moved into Capricorn, the sign of authority, public status, and highest potential. She has developed through maidenhood and sexual awakening to master Her full feminine power. The Goddess now sits Her throne as Priestess of Earth, channelling and guiding the energy of life…and preparing it for the coming harvest.
GIRDLE OF THE GODDESS
In the language of Theodomy, the 12 signs of the zodiac are further divided into 36 primordial energies of the divine feminine, called the Girdle of the Goddess.
At the time of Litha, the sun is in the 10th primordial energy activating Frigg, the Goddess of fertility, family, home, love, and women. See my post FRIGG for more details.
“Solstice”
“Sun standing still”
Pause a moment, reflect on your place in this beautiful world …and enjoy the blessings of being alive.