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SUMMER SOLSTICE / LITHA
Wheel of the year / Pagan sabbat art

 

OIL PAINTING IN PROGRESS 

 

 



 

Litha, Summer solstice, Oil on Canvas, 76 cm x 61 cm

 


 

LITHA / SUMMER SOLSTICE

TRADITIONAL DATES : Northern Hem: June 21 - 22 . Southern Hem: Dec 21 - 22 .
Astrological dates vary annually.

LITHA: SOME KEY POINTS:

  • Midsummer / Longest Day of the year.

  • A time to honour and celebrate the abundance of daylight and sunshine. Communities have long used bonfires, music, dance and outdoor festivals of both religious and secular considerations to celebrate the Midsummer Solstice.

  • In some neo Pagan practices it is believed that this holiday represents the highest ascendancy of masculine divinity.

  • Midsummer is a time at which summer reaches its height and is the time of greatest strength but it is considered to be a turning point as the sun begins its decline from this day as the wheel of the year turns.

Arguably the most important festival of Druidic traditions, due to the great focus on the sun and its light as a symbol of divine inspiration. Druid groups frequently celebrate this event at Stonehenge.






 



"Litha – Summer Solstice" — Wheel of the Year Collection,| Wiccan Sabbats Series

At the height of light, he looks right through you — and blesses you. This is Litha, captured in oil as pure solar gold. At the centre is the Sun God himself at his zenith, his skin lit from within, his piercing blue eyes gazing out from a halo of spirals, bubbles of light and sacred geometry.

His hands rise to form the ancient delta, the triangle of fire, and within that window, a glowing honeycomb mandala blooms — at its heart, the word LITHA emblazoned like a sun-seal. On his palm, a bee, the priestess of summer, traces the honeycomb of life. Around him, the world is in full ecstasy. Three great sunflowers guard him like solar sisters, their centres turning in hypnotic spirals.

Rays of green and gold light burst from behind him in a retro, stained-glass dance. Below, a wild garland of summer flowers — frangipani, lilies, cornflowers — pushes up into the frame, unapologetically alive.

 It is the moment of peak power, abundance, passion and fullness — when Mother Earth is heavy with fruit and the Sun God is at his most radiant and virile. Traditionally it is a fire festival of joy, bonfires, handfastings, and honey mead. In the old mythos.

 To celebrate Litha is to celebrate light while you have it. Why this print belongs in your home: A print of Litha is a portal of solar energy. It brings confidence, vitality, abundance and creative fire into any space.

Hang it where you need to remember your own zenith — your office, your altar, your sunniest wall. It is a powerful anchor for manifestation, for summer-born souls, and for anyone who needs a daily reminder to make a triangle with their hands, frame their own light, and say: This is my summer. I am in full bloom. This is not just a painting. It is Midsummer, held.