22 Summer Solstice Quotes to inspire you this midsummer

Get inspired by these 22 quotes about litha: the sun’s most powerful day.

Blessed Summer Solstice!

If you’re looking for midsummer ideas and inspiration, you’ve come to the right place.

Here are 22 quotes about litha to spark your creativity and awaken you to the unique power of this magical time.

1. “Midsummer, the summer solstice, also known as litha, comes when the forces of nature reach their highest point. The earth is full of fertility of the goddess and of God. “

~ Scott Cunningham in Wicca: A Guide for the Individual Practitioner

2. “It’s time to stay out all night and then gather plants before you call it a night.” It’s a magical time for divination, communing with the spirits and finding true love – or at least romance, flirtation and fun. “

~ Judika Illes in the Elemental Encyclopedia of Sorcery

3. “The Midsummer Sabbath is a powerful and magical date. This is a great time for fire magic, campfires, garden witchcraft, herbal and green magic, and the best night of the year for communing with the elemental realm and the fairies. This is a time of celebration in nature: everything is green and growing. Nature celebrates its success! “

~ Ellen Dugan in Seasons of Witchery

4. “The sun shines brightly overhead as witches dance around the campfire and enjoy fresh fruit and veg from the fields. Children laugh and play, rolling wheels symbolizing the sun and chasing glowing bubbles that float through the air like fairies. It’s the summer solstice, also known as midsummer or litha. The earth rejoices in abundance and light, and so do we. “

~ Deborah Blake in Midsummer: Rituals, Recipes, and Lore for Litha

5. “The power of the sun at the solstice is protective, healing, empowering and invigorating. It adds a powerful charge to all spells, crystals and herbs. Therefore, fortune telling was traditionally practiced on this night. “

~ Lisa Lister in Witch : Unleashed. Untamed. Not apologetic.

6. “Midsummer is when the cosmos holds us and supports us, when we are allowed to release everything we have kept. What creative enterprise is waiting to burst forth? What can you continue to cultivate in the next season? “

~ Gabriela Herstik in Inner Witch: A Modern Guide to the Ancient Craft

7. “Feel the energy of the ground at this time of the summer solstice. Feel the energy of growth and nourishment vibrating within the earth. Feel the expansion, the throb of life as it flows through roots and stems. “

~ Arin Murphy-Hiscock in The Green Witch: Your Complete Guide to the Natural Magic of Herbs, Flowers, Essential Oils and More

8. “As the sun is at the height of its power at the height of summer, so too its decline begins… When we think of the setting sun, we find that it does not dissipate its power in fear and despair. No attempt is made to turn back time or change the state of things. It just shines full, bright – just as it is – faded, faded into an ever darkening year. In our own life, this symbolizes the practice of accepting our life as it is in the moment, without fear or striving for impact. “

~ Timothy Roderick in Wicca: A Year and a Day: 366 Days of Spiritual Practice in the Craft of the Sages

9. “Like Beltane, the summer solstice is said to be one of the seasons when the Fairy Tale Court changes abode. Anyone who has ever seen fireflies fluttering around at midsummer might believe this to be true, and certainly Shakespeare thought there was enough connection between the Fey and midsummer to write a whole play about it. “

~ Thea Sabin in Wicca for Beginners: Foundations of Philosophy and Practice

10. “Midsummer is very similar to Samhain in the sense that the doors between the worlds seem to be open. Many celebrate this time with nature spirits and fairytale creatures, or perform magic to draw in more sunlight. “

~ Christopher Penczak in City Magick: Spells, Rituals and Symbols for the Urban Witch

11. “As the Solstice rises on its day of greatest power, it draws with it the power of herbs, standing stones, and crystals. Its magical energies are almost visible in the shimmering heat haze on the horizon. And as the Mist Gate forms in the warm air rising beneath the Dolmen Arch, the entrance to the Otherworld opens – Avalon, Tir nan Og, the Land of Youth, where it is always summer, and death and age are unknown. ”

~ Anna Franklin in Midsummer: Magical Celebrations of the Summer Solstice

12. “People have always looked at the sun with wonder and gratitude. The sun has always been known as a source of heat and light. The sun was so important to ancient people that it was sometimes thought of as a god. People wanted to celebrate the day when the sun was at the highest point in the sky – the summer solstice. “

~ Ellen B. Jackson in the summer solstice

) 13. “Many ancient temples were designed to celebrate the moment when the sun first appeared above the horizon on the longest day of the year and to commemorate the god’s journey. In Egypt, temples dedicated to the falcon-headed sun god Amon-Re were designed to capture the sun’s rays precisely at the time of the solstice. In the great temple of Karnak, in mid-summer, a concentrated beam of light is directed into the heart of the complex, enabling the priests to calculate the length of the solar year to the nearest minute, a measure of accuracy we have only recently learned. ”

~ John Matthews in Summer Solstice: The Journey of the Sun from May Day to Harvest

14. “Since this is a Sabbath glorifying the sun, and the sun is a symbol of protection, many pagans make protective amulets in the week before the Sabbath, which are later strengthened over the midsummer fire… Rue, mountain ash, and basil, Tied in a gold or white cloth is a good protective trio to carry in your pocket all year round. A few cinnamon sticks tied across the door of your home is another good protective charm. “

~ Edain McCoy in The Sabbats: A Witch’s Approach to Living the Ancient Ways

15. “In the Dianic tradition is a celebration of the firepower of the Goddess. Hestia, Vesta, Pele, Artemis and Brigid are given special honors. The Great Goddess is in her full mother aspect. She is the full moon of summer. ”

~ Sandra Kynes in A Year of Ritual: Sabbats and Esbats for Solitaries and Covens

16. “Glory of the Daystar, Hail! / Lifter of Light, Burnisher of Heaven. / Bringing gifts of love to earth / Summer glow, dew joy. / Let the heart within us dance, / Open be the soul of our bliss, / Courage conquer every shadow, / Greet Midsummer with a kiss. “

~ Caitlin Matthews in Celtic Devotional: Daily Prayers and Blessings

17. “Flowers are essential to the midsummer rite. During this time of year I often invoke the Fairy Queen and Flower Goddess Vivian. She is the wise teacher of Merlin the Mage… and was created entirely from flowers in the Otherworld. It is Vivian who gives King Arthur the sword Excalibur. During the midsummer ritual, flowers of all kinds and colors are brought to the altar and celebrated in Vivian’s honor. “

~ Laurie Cabot in Celebrate the Earth: A Year of Holidays in the Pagan Tradition

18. “Folklore says there are many ghosts in midsummer – this belief inspired Shakespeare’s delightful play A Midsummer Night’s Dream
. At this point, if you wish, you can communicate with the elementals and fairies. Our ancestors viewed Midsummer Eve as a time of intense magic, especially for casting love spells. All herbs collected at midnight on Midsummer Eve were believed to have unprecedented potency. “

) ~ Skye Alexander in The Modern Guide to Witchcraft: Your Complete Guide to Witches, Covens, and Spells

19. “Despite the prevailing awareness of summertime in relation to the land, the sea and its beautiful wonders are also an integral part of the summer season… Even if we can’t go to the shore and touch the warm sand or let the waves crash against our legs.” we can still invoke the energy and magical denizens of the ocean for use in our magic and to create a greater spiritual connection to the mystical realm. ”

~ Michael Furie in Supermarket Sabbaths: A Magical Year With Everyday Ingredients

20. “Behold midsummer time and the summer solstice. We celebrate as joy and happiness flow in everyone on this day. The sun god is at his peak in the sky. The goddess is heavy with pregnancy. Today we celebrate the light, for tomorrow the light will fade and sink deeper and deeper into the night. “

~ M. Flora Peterson in The Simple Sabbath: A Family-Friendly Approach to the Eight Pagan Holidays

21. “Now, in this longest day, the light triumphs, yet begins the descent into darkness. The grown sun king embraces the queen of summer in love that is death because it is so complete that it all dissolves in a single song of world-moving ecstasy. So the Lord of Light dies to himself and sails the dark seas of time in search of the Isle of Light to be reborn. “

~ Starhawk in the Spiral Dance: A rebirth of the ancient religion of the Great Goddess

22. “The term midsummer may seem strange, since that date is now considered the beginning of summer. But the ancient Celts only had two seasons: light and dark, summer and winter. This is actually the middle of the light half-year. Now, after the sun has peaked, the growing light begins to fade. This is the return of darkness… the god of the fading light, the holly king, will slay the oak king and regain his power. The days are getting shorter and the nights longer. “

~ Jennifer Hunter in 21st Century Wicca: A Young Witch’s Guide to Living the Magical Life

Did these quotes inspire you or spark new ideas for your midsummer celebrations? Or do you have any other favorite quotes to add? Please share in the comments below.

You can also use these summer solstice affirmations and these 7 ways to work some summer solstice magic.

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