Spells for Summer Solstice
And a heartfelt goodbye to Spring.
It’s the Summer Solstice! Hurrah! This isn’t just a marking of time, though. It’s a magical portal— a threshold we move through as sweet Spring makes way for sensual Summer. In doing so, you make way for more of you! Now that’s magical.
The Summer Solstice marks our the longest days, shortest nights, highest sun, and lowest moon. These long, luscious days are the gift of a benevolent sun shining bright, feeding and filling us with a bounty of vibrant richness.
More sun means more life force. All of nature is fully awake now.
The trees stretch tall and wide. The air is thick with heat and the buzz of cicadas. The rainbow of floral eye candy has taken centre stage. We watch blossoms fall as our pollinators fulfill their reproductive duty. Thanks to them, we are now pregnant with the promise of our own juicy fruit.
We are all so deliciously alive.
This is our cause for celebration!
Spring has prepared us and now Summer can fill us up, nice and good.
Every season has its own medicine and its magic. As beings of nature, its the seasons that really teach us of our own cyclical, ever-changing ways. We are vastly different in Summer than we are in Winter. Our bodies, minds, and souls need different things! Throughout a single month—heck even a single day—we ebb and flow with the tides of change. By consciously moving in tandem with each season, we learn to activate our own magic and nurture our changeable nature through every shift. Nature will always be our best teacher.
Releasing Spring
To fully activate the magic of Summer though, let us first soak up the medicine we received from Spring. This is the true meaning of the Summer Solstice after all: a transition honouring that Summer is only possible thanks to Spring—just like who you’ll become is only possible because of who you are now. Our evolution through seasons is time magic at it’s finest.
So let us honour what gifts Spring granted us!
This can be things like…
A new start, an opportunity to start again
New ideas, old ideas revived, the seed of ideas yet to fully form
The experience of seeding, germinating, and growing to seedling
A renewal of energy offering forward movement
Making new friends or reconnecting with old ones
An awareness of what to set our sights on next
Blossoms that remind us how we desire to bloom
A re-evaluation of what truly matters to us
A fresh perspective of who we are and want to be
A beautiful ritual for releasing Spring is reflecting on what you’ve learned about yourself, specifically. How did the terrain of your being shift this past season? What were you most excited by? How did it feel to be you? What about yourself were you most proud of? Surprised by? Desiring more of? Who are you now, thanks to who you were then?
Spring, oh, Spring!
Thank you for everything. I am who I am thanks to you.
Now take a deep breath in. On your exhale, imagine the energy of Spring floating up and out of you. Extend your gratitude for all that it’s offered. Wish Spring well. Say a heartfelt goodbye, knowing you’ll greet each other again soon.
We love you Spring!
Welcoming Summer
Then breathe in again. This time, imagine the energy of Summer filling your lungs and brightening the inside of your body. As you exhale, let go of who you’ve been until now. As you inhale, allow the possibility of more of you to emerge. Feel yourself filling yourself up.
Welcome, beautiful Summer! I am who I am now for the fruit you help me become.
Now look outside, or at least imagine a full Summer scene. A table in the garden dressed with ripe fruit, ice cold pitchers, and a bounty of seasonal favours. Twinkly lights against sparkling stars in the slowly darkening sky. The laugh of friends carried through the warm night air. Summer is for gathering: produce, people, and purpose. Everything feels a little more purposeful. Life is brimming with possibility
This season is just so full.
We love you Summer!
As we embark on this new season though, take note of where your own energy is at. If you’re reading this it’s likely you’re receiving lots of other messages about the Solstice and what to expect energetically this Summer. But you might not feel it, and that’s okay! You are moving through your own season as we collectively move through Summer.
With that in mind, I’d love to invite you to cast your own spells for this beautiful portal in time. Spells, to me, are simply intentions with legs and a strong will—magical ways we co-create our lived experience. Spells make living a little more creative and a lot more fun.
Casting your own ~Solstice Spells~
Symbol spells: Feel into this time of transition and the three months of Summer to come. Ask your being, “What’s one word or one image that I’d like this season to feel like?” Go with the first symbol that arises—your intuition is smarter than you think! Write down the word and/or draw the image somewhere you can gaze at all season. This symbol is now a powerful anchor to guide you through Summer!
Being spells: The version of you at the end of Summer is a slightly different being than you are now. How cool to think! Consider how you’d like to feel and what flavour of yourself you’d like to embody. Now let that feeling spread through your whole body. Bring that being to life right now, so your energy can practice becoming it. Do this throughout the whole Summer to slowly merge you now and you then, together. Embodiment magic!
Experience spells: What do you want to experience this Summer? This can be activities you’d like to do, the kind of people you want to hang with, the adventures you’d like to take, the type of rest you want to melt into, the things you’re desiring to receive, etc. Find photos from the Internet (sites like Pinterest come in clutch for this) and bring them together in a vision board. Collect visuals of all you’d like to experience, big and small. This visual becomes a living beacon of your Summer experience. Once again, place it somewhere visible!
Wishing spells: You likely have a lot of desires that sometimes feel a little far fetched, right? Making wishes can seem silly when we don’t think we can make them come true. So let us instead turn to the Summer world around us. What if you make a wish to your iced tea? Or your juicy heirloom tomato? Or maybe share your wishes with some flowers? The energies of Summer pulsing in life forms around you can help your wishes come true.
Doing spells: This is a funny one because it’s literally just doing stuff! But with a magical level of awareness. Every dinner you plan, adventure you take, tea you brew, picnic you have, and trees you sit under are opportunities to invite magic into your life. When you start to see the things you do as enchanting experiences, your life becomes a living spell and you tap into your own living magic. It’s such a powerful shift that is surprisingly easy to do (when you remember!).
There you have it! Some different forms of spellcasting for you to play around with this upcoming season. Please have fun with this. Do not take it too seriously! The point of spells and living magic is to fill your life in a way that fulfills you.
Through these spells and our meditations on this seasonal shift, I truly hope you embark on this new chapter feeling a little more inspired and capable to experience more of yourself and your own life.
Now over to you! What spells will you cast this Solstice? How are you feeling about this transition? I’d love to connect with you through this energy!
Happy Summer Solstice friends! Catch you on the other side.
With love & magic,
BRY (LIKE BRIE)
@naturepeoplemagic (community)
@wheelofbry (personal)
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