I'm basically the opposite, I live in Arizona US and it gets HOT here. So I come "alive" in Autumn and Winter. I need cold to function. I love your sun shirt. It just turned to Monsoon season (storm season), I practice storm magick so I'm extremely excited.
Im going to Latvia to celebrate the summer solstice in baltic traditions with 150+ people and relatives:) we're going to have a huge bon fire, feasts and a LOT of dancing! im also dressing in traditional clothing and adding on my own celebratory jewelry
Yellow floral dress, harvest some of my young lavender, spiffy up the altar and prayer outside at dawn. Many congratulations for the subscriber award! Blessed Litha to all!
I live in florida, so don't come alive til fall. But I was blessed with a morning that was lovely. Did a solstice meditation outside, had breakfast on my porch and painted my toe nails sunshine yellow. A miracle as I never wear anything but black. Lol. Happy solstice witches!
Since I live in the southern hemisphere, we celebrate Litha around this time - today is the longest day of the year here! happy Litha to everyone celebrating today!
I'm starting off my Solstice with a tea and a sunrise from my backyard. I've been cleaning my house and opening up the windows, releasing some stagnant energy and being in that new energy the morning of is the perfect way to start the day! I live in the high desert/mountains and can see the peaks from the backyard, we've had a lot of rain and everything is currently green and rich in color at the moment. It's going to be a great season! Happy Litha!!
I'm excited about tomorrow and I've planned a little picnic for me and my pup! I have fruits and veggies, cheese and bread and some pineapple wine! We'll pick flowers on his walk in the morning, then after work, we'll feast in the yard! Happy Midsummer, Solstice, Litha to all!!!
1:41, i paused the video to go outside. Hail Helios !! Then i gathered photos of wildflowers, pulled a Litha tarot spread, and decorated the alter with citrine, quartz, and tigers eye. Thank you Hearth, and Hurray for your Silver Button Award. well done.
I'm feeling blessed to enjoy the occasional, brief, sunbreak here in SW Washington state. This has been the coldest, wettest June on record. So the most abundant natural blessings right now are mud & slugs. It is predicted to become sunny & warmer by the weekend. Thank you Summer 💚
Likewise here in western Oregon. After 9 months of rain and gloomy weather, I'm just DONE with the rain. I'm so thankful we're forecast to have a week full of sun and warmer temperatures.
Isn't it the strangest June ever? My family has been in Washington since the late 1700s and I've been here my whole life, almost 60 years. I do not remember a June like this. They say climate change is just part of nature but nothing ever happens this quickly except for giant meteors. When you see it change quickly in your lifetime. I guess it's a little disturbing to me. Anyway hello fellow Washington inhabitr. I wish you the best Solstice and we'll cross our fingers on the weather. I'm keeping it as simple as possible though I'm feeling the pressure of we only get so many summers in a lifetime, so many Gardens. Which I have none of this year. Well wishes!
@@gomezaddams6470 I've finally gotten baby chicks & ducklings out of my master bath shower. I hang a heat lamp & keep the babies safe from the weather & predators too. Gardening has been a challenge. Rhubarb is growing gangbusters, but it's been rather chilly for the orchard & honey bees: not sure how the orchard will fare. Hoping our year mellows out. Solstice blessings to you as well.
i heard that Newgrange used to be lined with quartz crystal tiles that would have illuminated the chamber like LED lights when hit with the solstice sun.
Blessed Litha, Hearth and CONGRATULATIONS on receiving your 100, 000 play button, and your continued success. I am an old school, from back-in-day "Hearthen" and I have enjoyed growing my craft in concert with you and what you've built. Between your original content and the library of resources you've assembled. Sadly, in December, I had my foot amputated (got septicemia from an infant raccoon I was rehabbing. Infection spread to bone, ending in osteomyalitis) Having one leg is putting a serious damper on my mobility and eliminating completely my beloved foraging aspect of my craft, not to mention my Sabbating & Esbating. I feel as if I am merely viewing my craft and not like I am engaged in it. It has afforded me more time for studying the craft. Do you have suggestions or resources on what to do until I get my prothesis (5 to 9 mos.) or realistically next Litha? Sorry this so long, love. BUT I just admire you so very much and you have inspired me somany times Blessed be.
Hey, I don't have prosthesis but I do have a cane due to mobility issues and for days that I can I will simply sit under a tree not too far away from my home so I can bring a chair with me. If I can't go outside though I have a designated spot I can get to inside easily where I can view nature and get some sunlight. I find those two things help and I hope they help you too with connecting on a day like this Edit to add: also when I'm doing these I'm doing active meditation through reading something I think is important to read that day. Whether it's a story to make me smile and laugh or a poem to make me think about things I've been hiding from
I'm actually getting out to the forest for a Summer Solstice campout. Will be foraging for wild herbs and playing in the river. Tonight, we will have a bonfire.
i just wanted to say thank you so much for mentioning newgrange- it’s not talked about a lot, and my grandmother worked there for 40 years! she passed in december. i’ve been thinking of her a lot this solstice, because we used to watch the livestream when they did it and visit it every year. hearing you mention it made me feel like she was with me again for a moment💛🧡💛 blessed litha to everyone!
Thank you so much for sharing Hearth! I always enjoy your content and learning from you. Over here in Georgia, US my children and I made lemonade with sun water, charged my crystals, made knotted rope, and updated my wards. We are looking forward to a bonfire this evening. This is the first year I have had the whole day to celebrate and it has been wonderful! Thank you for the ideas and inspiration!!
Thank you so much forgiving the idea of permission to keep things simple. It's not that I do not want to go all out. But I'm not capable this year. I am capable of driving to a somewhat natural place where the sun will be if it's there. Even if it's raining there saltwater and there's bright light. I can go to the edge and look for a little charge stones that mean something to me. I can surround a candle like you described with them. It is your Solstice now because you are ahead of us. I think we're literally 12 hours apart and it is 2:39 p.m. the 20th. Have a blessed day. Then and always!
I hate summer. Too freakin' hot! We're having extreme heat warnings the next 2 days so will stay inside and watch a nature video, lol! November through March are my months. ❤❤ I guess it depends where one lives. 😂
No heat warnings yet where I'm at but definitely a sudden heat wave (we jumped 30 degrees and sudden jumps to heat like that make me extremely ill so I'm hiding indoors until the weather calms down a bit and I feel better)
Absolutely perfect 🌞🌱 You look gorgeous love🦋 Happy Solstice! I’m currently lying out in the glorious sun while watching your video. I have a lovely quartz soaking up the rays! I also have a huge pitcher of water being infused 🌞 Congratulations on the success 💫💕
Some years I’ve tried to stay up all night in Solstice, to see how long light stays in the sky and when it gets lighter in the morning. It seems it barely gets dark!
I wear my orange slice earrings. I drink alot of lemonade and eat sunflower seeds this time of year. I also make sure to rotate my house plants so they absorb a healthy amount of the solar energy. I like to hide crystals in my plants. I dry citrus fruit peels and flowers. I live very close to a lake and i collect the sand and shells from the beach to use later in my workings.
i love solar energy (and i feel a greater pull to the sun than the moon, which is ironic since i connect so strongly with moths and nocturnal animals), but summer here gets over 100°F with 80% humidity, and being outside is unbearable. i get seasonal depression during summer, so i usually feel unable to celebrate most summer sabbats the way i would like. i love low effort ways of practicing and celebrating that can be helpful for spoonie witches and/or disabled witches
I’m in the PNW in Washington state, and we just got summer weather, finally!!! We’re very similar to England weather, but a little milder. I plan on soaking up as much sunshine as possible ☀️☀️☀️
Love listening to you! I love all of the seasons! actually summer being the least favorite as the humidity and mosquitoes in Maryland are quite annoying ha. Thankfully, we can celebrate all festivities! Attended a gathering yesterday evening and we walked the labyrinth (My first time) found stones to add to our herbal water and just being around like minded people was so comforting. Cheers
London UK here I'll be going to the forest with my bestie to do a reading and a ritual wearing my sunflower top and ill be watching the live stream of the sunset at stone henge I also watched the sun rise this morning So glad the weather in the UK is lovley today
I checked out the live stream this evening after finishing all my "stuff." I cried. I don't know why, but it was quite stirring. Otherwise, I made Solstice buttermilk bread, a honey cake, and sun tea with herbs today. Over the past few days, I made homemade Litha incense cones and loose powder, a couple candles for my altar, a wreath, set up my altar, and some other things. I still plan to do a protective bottle tonight and write myself "time capsule" letters to open at Yule and Litha next year. :) Blessed Litha!
Happy Midsummer to you Hearth! I hope you enjoy a good bit of sunshine and have a lovely celebration. Enjoy nature!! Many Blessings from California USA
I was really hoping you’d make a summer solstice video because I love your videos 💛 I plan to do something small and change up my altar and wear some yellow or orange colors. It’s unfortunate that I work night shift so I can’t celebrate fully the day of, but as you said something small is just as good ☺️ happy summer solstice and Litha from California!
❣️I added Sunflowers to my list. I also gathered herbs from my patio. I also unexpectedly received crystals in the mail I had ordered months ago. That was a nice Solstice surprise🌻🌞
I just moved to Lake Superior, which has a very healthy pagan community. I did get up enough to see the sunrise and went to the beach, immersing myself in the waters of Gichigami and had a lunch of native foods
I love this video format! I’ve personally celebrated whole day with my pagan Slavic group and it was magical! Congrats on 100k Hearth! I’ve been here since 15k and I’m so happy and grateful! Love you!
Thank you for the oracle/tarot spread idea! I am just getting into divination cards. I chose an oracle card for each of the four elements representing areas of my current life and then drew 4 tarot cards for each one as you did.Lots of good info there. I also went to a nearby park with a river and made a small offering of flower petals and birdseed to give thanks and rememberance for my brother who passed away suddenly last week. It was very peaceful and wonderful.
Congratulations Hearth! You deserve all the subs! Thank you for your hard work & content. I've been with you a while & I've learned a lot. Thank you! XX
I’m going to take about a 35-40 min drive to the hiking trails I used to frequent when I lived near them. I’ll just spend some time enjoying the sights and maybe try to forage some useful plants, though they may be tough to find. And I’ll harvest lavender from my HUGE lavender plant growing in my garden and make a smudge bundle. Maybe I’ll put out some crystals to charge as well. I’ll definitely be wearing some gold jewelry!
I am watching this video on Litha :D Since I had to work the entire day, I just spent the evening outside and then enjoying the sunset from the window in my room. I lit a candle and listened to some music. I hope everyone had a wonderful Litha! and Hearth, Congrats on 150k Subscribers! :D
This year our family was invited to join some of my Wife's relatives from Sweden to partake in midsummer so we also invited them to join us today for a summer celebration at a near by state park. I hope our trading traditions goes well. I hope your summer solstice is filled with wonder.
when i was beginning to put crystals out to charge under the moonlight i use to leave them out all night, which was TERRIBLE because i didn’t realise that my amethyst would react, so it’s a shame now that mine is a more grey purple but it’s still very beautiful, i try to just leave them out for a few hours now
Very timely! I’ve been checking your channel for this! Although I e watched and rewatched your past years video! Thank you for creating a new one!!! 😃🙌
Been having a hard time finding time to work with my spirituality, so I am going to take the Solstice to clean up my angel altar and make some sun tea. Might be able to get a reading in hopefully
What kind of tool did you use to carve sigils into the candle? I’d like to start doing something similar with candles seeing as I’m currently beginning to work with Anglo Saxon runes
I have been watching your videos for a long while now, I have never commented on any videos, but I want you to know I think you are a great teacher and have great ideas and you are a fantastic resource. I really appreciate all the work you do to get your videos out, so thank you from this Witch from New Jersey, USA and P.S I love how you have had your hair lately, that color looks beautiful on you 🖤 Blessed Be
I'm doing a chant that will welcome the season of summer into our lives also im practicing candle magic as well and I definitely will take walks outside as well ☺ by the way blessed litha
I hope you have a wonderful Litha! I am Phoenix, Arizona so I am just grateful the shorter days are starting once again…we have the opposite problem from the UK…too much sun. Hehe 😜
I work from home for a call center and have been stuck working so I've been having breakfast and lunch with my dog in the garden over the past few days, my sun friendly crystals are charging and I've got a jar of water sitting in the sun while I'm working
I was completely absorbed with the information you were providing. You were so thorough. Much appreciate all your efforts. You are amazing! Thank you 🧙🏻♀️,...plus your ending is perfect 😁
Well- for the first time l basically spent the whole day outside-l had to do jury duty wasn't called to the box and got sent home... Lol... I had no ride so l was irritated but l tried to think about how beautiful the day was and how nice the breeze was-and it was in the 90's heat wise
I buy a yellow helium balloon, write thanks and wishes on it with a gold sharpie pen, sit in the sun and feel it’s warmth on my face and body. Then release the balloon to travel towards the sun. I watch it as long as I can then lay in the sun until I am ready to go home.
