Midsummer

Item needed: A yellow candle.

The Summer Solstice has arrived. All of nature is busy growing and blooming,
but in the summer months thunderstorms also rip across the land.
Working with Zeus, Greek king of the gods, is a great way to bring wisdom,
power, and success to your magick.
The oak tree, the eagle, and the metal gold are all associated with Zeus,
and so is the lightning bolt. Ask oak trees are prominent in classic Summer
Solstice rituals, take a few oak leaves and scatter them across your altar.
Add a yellow candle for the Sun and carve a lightning bolt for Zeus into the candle.
Place the candle in the holder, light it, and work this spell to create positive change.
Magick in the air tonight.

"Zeus I ask for your blessing on this enchanted night,
I see your mighty power in the lightning that strikes.
These green oak leaves bring wisdom and prosperity,
May these gifts come swiftly and surely now to me.
Grant success, happiness, and knowledge to me I pray,
As I celebrate the magick of the longest day.


--Ellen Dugan