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Rituals for the summer solstice, according to an astrologer Get energized with yoga. Honor the sun by doing salutations in the morning at sunrise and in the evening at sunset. Let your yoga poses ...
What other cultural traditions surround the summer solstice? In Sweden, the Midsummer Eve celebration is tied to the solstice, always being held on the Friday that lands anywhere from June 19 to ...
Come the winter solstice the Oak King in turn vanquishes the Holly King. [81]: 137 After the spring equinox the sun begins to wax again and the Holly King slowly regains his strength until he once again defeats the Oak King at the summer solstice. The two are ultimately seen as essential parts of a whole, light and dark aspects of the male God ...
Likewise, in the ancient Roman world, the traditional date of the summer solstice was 24 June, [13] and Marcus Terentius Varro wrote in the 1st century BC that Romans saw this as the middle of summer. [14] In the city of Rome, it was the festival of the goddess Fors Fortuna.
• George the Victorious, on whose day the summer season begins [14] • John the Baptist, on whose day the summer solstice is celebrated [15] [1] • Demetrius of Thessaloniki, on whose day the summer season ends [14] According to many researchers, Kupala Night is a Christianized Proto-Slavic or East Slavic celebration of the summer solstice ...
The Midsummer maypole tradition dates from the Middle Ages, while the summer solstice celebration can be traced to Norse pagan times, when the culture revolved around the mystical natural world.
Jāņi is an annual Latvian festival celebrating the summer solstice. Although, astronomically the solstice falls on the 21st or 22nd of June, the public holidays—Līgo Day and Jāņi Day—are on the 23rd and 24th of June. The day before Jāņi is known as Līgosvētki, Līgovakars or simply known as Līgo. [1]
Litha, also known as Midsummer, is a pagan festival celebrated during the summer solstice, typically around June 21st in the Northern Hemisphere. The term "Litha" is believed to derive from an old Anglo-Saxon word meaning "summer." [1]