Cat’s Morning Bits Wednesday June 21 & Thursday June 22 2023 *
Good Morning Beautiful Souls! Grab a cup of your favorite morning brew and start things off with “Today’s Inspirations”. I hope you find something here that will make you feel good or help you on your path today.
Blessings, Cat
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June Quotes
“See what delights in sylvan scenes appear!
Descending Gods have found Elysium here.
In woods bright Venus with Adonis stray’d,
And chaste Diana haunts the forest shade.
Come lovely nymph, and bless the silent hours,
When swains from shearing seek their nightly bow’rs;
When weary reapers quit the sultry field,
And crown’d with corn, their thanks to Ceres yield.
This harmless grove no lurking viper hides,
But in my breast the serpent Love abides.
Here bees from blossoms sip the rosy dew,
But your Alexis knows no sweets but you.
Oh deign to visit our forsaken seats,
The mossy fountains, and the green retreats!
Where-e’er you walk, cool gales shall fan the glade,
Trees, where you sit, shall crowd into a shade,
Where-e’er you tread, the blushing flow’rs shall rise,
And all things flourish where you turn your eyes.”
Alexander Pope, Summer
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June Events
June 3 Full Strawberry Moon at 8:41 pm PST/ 9:41 pm MST/ 11:41 pm EST
June 10 Celtic Tree Month of Oak begins
June 14 Flag Day
June 17/18 New Moon at 9:37 pm PST/ 10:37 pm MST/ 12:37 am EST
June 18 Father’s Day
June 19 Juneteenth
June 21 Mid Summer/ Summer Solstice/ Sun enters Cancer
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Moody Moons: 4-Ingredient Summer Solstice Ritual Oil
This Summer Solstice ritual oil recipe is like capturing light in a bottle.
Making your own ritual oils for Sabbats is a beautiful way to impart your personal energy into your spiritual practice.
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How to Cultivate a Relationship With the Land Around You
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Spirituality & Health: A Ritual for Litha
by Julie Peters
Celebrate Litha, a summer solstice festival, with a simple fire ritual. Delight in the longest day of the year and enjoy the fruits of the season.
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Learn Religions: Celebrate Litha With Summer Solstice Recipes
By Patti Wigington
Updated on April 03, 2019
Litha is the celebration of the summer solstice—and what’s a Sabbat without food? Take advantage of the summer crops of fruit and vegetables, and prepare a simple and delicious feast for your Midsummer gatherings.
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MBG: These Are The 13 Best Crystals When You’re Feeling Ungrounded, Crystal Experts Say
Some crystals are well suited for helping you achieve higher states of consciousness, while others are more suited for grounding and connecting to the Earth. If the latter is what you’re looking for, we rounded up the best crystals for grounding according to crystal experts, plus how to work with them
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Exemplore: Seven Crystals for Celebrating Litha
Fire Festival
Litha, also commonly known as the summer solstice, is a fire festival celebrated in June. This is the longest day of the year and the point in the year that the sun begins to recede. Crops will be in full growth by now and heading towards maturity and harvesting.
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Treehugger: It’s Summer Solstice Time—Here’s What to Know
Celebrate the 2023 summer solstice with a crash course in curiosities about the longest day of the year.
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EarthSky News:Northernmost sunset is on the June solstice
Northern Hemisphere summer
For us in the Northern Hemisphere, the June solstice signals the beginning of summer. For the Southern Hemisphere, winter starts at this solstice. The solstice is a whole-Earth event. It happens at the same instant for all of us, everywhere on Earth, but our clocks differ by time zone.
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Patheos-Pagan: Manifesting with the Summer Solstice
JUNE 18, 2023 BY KATIE GERRARD
I’m always surprised by how fast the summer solstice comes around. No sooner have I started packing my big coats away, suddenly the longest day is here.
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Pagan Playlist: Lisa Thiel – Litha (Summer Solstice Song)
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Today’s Recipe: Celebrate Litha With Summer Solstice Recipes
By Patti Wigington
Updated on April 03, 2019
Litha is the celebration of the summer solstice—and what’s a Sabbat without food? Take advantage of the summer crops of fruit and vegetables, and prepare a simple and delicious feast for your Midsummer gatherings.
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Litha Correspondences
Colors: Blue, red, gold, orange, yellow, green abd white
Incenses/ Scents: Lavender, pine rose, lemon, cedar, frankincense & myrrh
Sacred Stones: All green stones, lapis, diamonds
Tools & Symbols: drum, spear, solar crosses and sun symbols, shells, cauldrons of flowers and mirrors
Food & Drink: Cheeses, early summer produce, strawberries, honey cakes, red wine, mead
Animals & Fae: Butterflies, song birds, sea creatures, cattle & horses, all fae, satyrs, dragons
Presiding Deities: Mother Nature & the Oak King, Bast, Ra, Shamash, Fortuna
Magical Correspondences for Thursday
Magickal Intentions: Luck, Happiness, Health, Legal Matters, Male Fertility, Treasure and Wealth, Honor, Riches, Desires, Leadership, Public Activity, Power and Success
Element: Earth
Incense: Cinnamon, Musk, Nutmeg and Sage
Planet: Jupiter
Star Signs: Sagittarius and Pisces
Angel: Sachiel
Power Colors: Purple, Royal Blue and Indigo
Herbs & Plants: Cinnamon, Beech, Buttercup, Coltsfoot, Oak, Dill, Borage, Patchouli
Sacred Stones: Sugilite, Amethyst, Turquoise, Lapis Lazuli and Sapphire
Oil: (Jupiter) Clove, Lemon Balm, Oakmoss, Star Anise
Deities include Juno, Jupiter,Thor, Zeus
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Wish Garden Herbs:Midsummer: Herbs of Summer Solstice
Written by Dawn Amber Miller · June 18, 2021
A gentle breeze. A radiant, sun-kissed feeling of warmth. The fragrance of jasmine. Cue “Summer Breeze” by Seals & Croft. No matter where you live on this Earth, the grace and growth of Midsummer — also known as Litha — heralds a time of reflective ritual.
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About Cat’s Morning Bits: These daily posts are reblogged from various email newsletters that I receive each day.
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