Summer Solstice
The solstice, the peak of light and a powerful time to experience a rebirth. Nature once again provides this space for us to celebrate the new, set intentions and embrace connection. It is said that we can harness the energy of the sun and experience heightened creativity as we embrace the power of the light. Here in Love Land, it is the longest day of the year and it has a buzzy energy as though the good things we wish for are all on there way to us, riding in on the wings of that beautiful summer solstice. I wasn’t always aware of the power this time could hold. Once I learned more about it, I looked back on some of my most memorable summer days and a few of them fell very near to this time of year.
“Green was the silence, wet was the light, the month of June trembled like a butterfly”
Pablo Neruda
I’m thinking back to one particular summer where I was going through some internal struggles. My life was pretty mundane and I had some really positive major life events planned for later that year. I woke up every day and went through the motions as we do. I had gratitude for my life and all of my blessings but I walked around with an emptiness that I could not shake, no matter how hard I tried. I did little things to reinvent myself, signed up at the public library again, changed up my wardrobe a little, decided I would drive home from work a different way, tried new restaurants and recipes - nothing. I planned far ahead - what vacation could I take in two years, in five? Where do I want to live, what kind of house do I want? I was still empty and filled with a longing that went from a whisper to a scream some days. I was unhappy. I felt like my emotions were wearing sunglasses and it never changed.
Maybe it isn’t fair to gauge happiness and illustrate it for this story with the huge awakening that comes from falling in love but that’s what happened to me and it was one of the best times of my entire life. I felt dead inside and this love nudged me awake with a delicate first kiss and later consumed me with a raging fire of passion that was unmatched and honestly, it felt like I was made for just that. I felt in place and more than awake, I was reborn! I became repurposed, strong and confident. I was seen, heard, felt and enjoyed! It was an unlocking. I remember saying to someone “this feeling, this is what the poets are speaking on”. I got it and appreciated it before but now I was living it and it was my air and water, I was home. I questioned it a lot because it was so magical, had a life of it’s own and a power I had never experienced with love before. I didn’t doubt it but I questioned how it could be here finally and be everything so quickly but I knew it was right. During the time of the solstice that year, we set our intentions (without realizing that we were) as we went forward transformed, transported, addicted and complete, we spoke on our dreams of the future and we manifested what we wanted to live, out loud. We felt it and spoke it and we affirmed it with pure love - swimming in each other. It was magical and it was an as above so below experience that felt other worldly. We can wish for that kind of connection and tell ourselves that’s what we have and then there is the knowing that we have it, like it is given to us by the gods and imprinted on our souls forever. It is a rare gift and we know it when we receive it. I feel like the power of the solstice although unacknowledged at the time, assisted with the birthing of this magical bond and it walked with us guiding, protecting and smiling on us as it showered us with it’s divine light.
“I wonder what it would be like to live in a world where it was always June.”
L.M. Montgomery
If you long for this to happen - I am wishing the same for you right now! If you have it, isn’t it just the best and aren’t you so blessed? Protect it with everything you have. Maybe the summer solstice won’t usher this in for you but it can hold powerful magic just the same. Spend time in nature, take a spiritual bath, work with your crystals, purify with Sage and Palo Santo, write out your intentions and ask - ask your spirit team, the universe, the divine for assistance and delivery. Be clear with what you want and don’t just think it or think good about it - FEEL! Feel the feeling of having it and feel the appreciation run through you as though you are so grateful for the having. Show up as the person that has it, that lives it. I think we can all fall into the trap of permission and practicality like our desires are nice to think about but they are dreams and ok, time to get ready for work or do the dishes, it’s nice to dream but there is some real stuff that needs your attention. NO! You, your life, your dreams matter and they warrant your attention just as the days tasks, responsibilities and expectations do and frankly, even more so.
We are not promised tomorrow and our joy and fulfillment hold power. Yes, we have to have balance and be kind and do no harm but we matter. Everyone matters. Use this magical time to believe and show up for yourself and do some rituals to usher in and honor the beautiful summer solstice and bask in the light of it’s love!
Love xo