Midsummer, Litha, Alban Hefin…. Celebration of Earth’s beauty and abundance! Summer encompassing the months of June, July, August and September is the season of youth, abundance and light.
The altar is eclectic, according to one’s desires. The altar cloth, candles and flora in some form are present at each Sabbat. Depending on the Sabbat, crystals, incense, herbs, fruit, bread, potpourri, sea shells and other objects reflecting the celebration may also placed there.
There are special flowers and crystals for each season. They have their own special symbolism.
Flowers of Summer
Cloths and candles of white, red, yellow, blue and green, colors of Midsummer, adorn the altar. Summer flowers, in vases of silver, gold, copper and crystal, are in abundance reflecting the joy of the Sabbat.
- Amaranth: Unfading love, immortality
- Aster: Love
- Baby’s breath: Constancy, pure heart
- Carnation: Loveliness, pride, beauty, deep love
- Chrysanthemum: Love, truth, cheerfulness, optimism, fidelity
- Cockscomb: Affection
- Daisy: Innocence, fidelity, simplicity, youth
- Freesia: Innocence
- Geranium: Gentility
- Ginger: Love, Money, Success, Power
- Gladiolus: Sincerity, strength of character
- Hawthorn: Hope
- Heather: Good fortune
- Honeysuckle: Rustic beauty, devoted affection and love, familial affection
- Hydrangea: Gratefulness, sincerity
- Iris: Message, my compliments
- Larkspur: Lightness, laughter, open heart, ardent attachment
- Lily: Majesty, gaiety, sweetness, purity
- Lisianthus: Thoughts, outgoing
- Morning glory: Affection, transience of life
- Poppy: Consolation, pleasure, dreams
- Rose: Love, beauty of youth, respect, unity, grace, gentility, gratitude, reverence
- Water lily: Purity of heart
Crystals of Summer
In addition to the crystals of the season, clear quartz, which has its own powers, is the stone that can be substituted for all others, so it is included here.
Amber is fossilized resin of coniferous trees that lived about 24 to 34 million years ago during the Oligocene epoch. Pearls are produced by mollusks, primarily oysters. Although both aren’t stones, they are considered crystals.
- Agate: Protection, love, healing, strength, courage, longevity
- Alexandrite: Love, luck
- Amber: Beauty, love, healing, strength, protection, luck
- Aventurine: Peace, healing, mental ability, money, luck
- Beryl: Psychicism, energy, love, healing
- Carnelian: Peace, protection, eloquence, courage, healing
- Cat’s-Eye: Beauty, health, protection, healing
- Chrysolite: Tranquility, serenity, healing, sleep, dispels negativity
- Chrysopase: Success, luck, happiness, friendship, healing, protection
- Crystal quartz: Psychicism, power, protection, healing
- Diamond: Spirituality, peace, courage, protection, reconciliation, health, strength
- Jade: Wisdom, protection, longevity, prosperity, love, healing, money
- Lapis Lazuli: Joy, fidelity, psychicism, protection, love, healing, courage,
- Moonstone: Divination, sleep, love, psychicism, youth, protection
- Pearl: Luck, protection, love, money
- Peridot: Health, wealth, sleep, protection, tranquility
- Ruby: Joy, anti-nightmare, power, wealth, protection
- Sapphire: Meditation, defensive magick, healing, power, psychicism, peace, love, money
- Sardonyx: Romantic happiness, eloquence, peace, protection, courage, luck
- Topaz: Protection, healing, love, money
- Tourmaline: Friendship, energy, business, courage, peace, health, love
- Turquoise: Friendship, courage, luck, money, protection, love
Related articles:
Cleansing and Charging Crystals
Pagan Midsummer: Summer Solstice
Sources:
The Book of Talismans, Amulets & Zodiacal Gems, William Pavitt, (Wilshire Book Company, 1978)
Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Crystal, Gem & Metal Magic, ScottCunningham, (Llewellyn Publications, 1992)
Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner, Scott Cunningham, (Llewellyn Publications, 1992)
