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The Beginner’s Guide To The Summer Solstice

Posted in Wheel of The Year, tagged All News, Culture, Events, History, Holiday, Inspiration, Life, Lifestyle, Litha, Midsummer, National, Nature, News, Spirituality, Stonehenge, The Longest Day, The Summer Solstice, The Wheel of The Year, Top Stories on June 17, 2015| Leave a Comment »

You can call it Midsummer, The Longest Day, Litha or The Summer Solstice. Whichever you prefer just click the link to read all about it in our popular guide to The Wheel of The Year festivals…

https://lilywight.com/2013/06/20/litha-the-summer-solstice-the-beginners-guide-to-the-wheel-of-the-year/

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Litha, The Summer Solstice ~ The Beginner’s Guide To The Wheel Of The Year

Posted in Wheel of The Year, tagged 2014, Culture, Events, History, Inspiration, Life, Lifestyle, Litha, Longest Day, Midsummer, Mythology, National, Nature, Photography, Spirituality, Summer Solstice, Wheel Of The Year on June 24, 2014| 2 Comments »

Lily Wight

Updated 24/06/2014

The ancient seasonal calendar – known as The Wheel Of The Year – has reached Litha (meaning “wheel”) also known as The Longest Day, Midsummer and The Summer Solstice.

Litha marks the height of the sun’s powers at the middle of the year before the inevitable shortening of daylight hours.

Midsummer has been observed since Neolithic times. It held special significance to the Scandinavian, Germanic and Anglo-Saxon people and is still celebrated throughout The Northern Hemisphere today.

Litha was a time to urge the growth of crops in the hope of a plentiful harvest. A wheel would be set on fire and rolled downhill to “warm” the fields, a practice first recorded two thousand years ago.