Celebrating Litha: Decorating Your Altar ☆

Here are a few tips on how to decorate your altar for the Solstice. Remember, your altar is a representation of you and your magick. The following colours, crystals, and flowers are commonly used for the Solstice but if something doesn't feel right, you don't need to use it!

Colours: The Summer Solstice is when the Earth is lush & full. Gold to represent the sun is always a great colour to use. You could also decorate your altar with green to represent both the fertile Earth & abundance, oranges and yellows for creativity, or white for purification work.

Flowers & herbs: Take a quick look at what's blooming in your garden and use those lovelies for decoration! A few ideas are chamomile, rosemary, a bouquet of daisies, heather and lavender, or roses.

Crystals: You could use any yellow/golden stones, or you could pick stones that correspond with your spellworking themes of abundance, healing, etc. Some recommendations are carnelian, citrine, emerald, jade, peridot and copper.

Symbols: Bees, butterflies, and bird representations would look lovely on your altar! As would anything that symbolizes the sun - spirals, discs, etc. You could place a tealight inside a cauldron to represent fire. If you're going the opposite direction and decorating with a water theme, you could use a chalice full of collected rainwater, seashells and vials of sand.

How do you plan to decorate for the Solstice?

Blessings,
Faula.