Welcoming Summer

Core Holiday

Prairie Moon: First New Moon of June.

Celebrates the Unknown King now restored, the Wild Land and Elemental Nature, and the Spirits and Spirit Allies which reside there (The Rustic Host), and honors them through the Prairie Blooming.

This is also both a time to let go of the things which weigh us down- a burning of that which holds us back- so that we can fertilize the land and in turn reap the first sweet rewards of the season's hard work. It serves also as a time of rest and preparation for the future, and the hard times to come; the final, blissful moment of leisure and release before the difficult work of the cultivated harvest season begins- filled with strongly scented flowers, and the now-heavy laden boughs of fruit trees swarmed with the gentle buzzing of the Wasps and Bees, and various other Insects who feed on them.

Consider preparing your home to be sustained for at least three days prior to the holiday so that no work needs to be done on it, detracting from its leisure.

Inspirations

A necklace of cherries, worn sticky and sweet in the summer. Handfuls of grass stacked in tremulous bales, forming and reforming a landscape for the insects below. A spot where shade pools like water, and just as kind in the heat of the day. A rest that turns the time to honey.

Associations

Symbols

Lily
Cicada
Prairie Grass
Sand Plum
Sunflowers
The Sun

Activities

Pastoral picnics
Flower wreaths and crowns
Bonfires at night
Infusing the necessary ritual oils for Coronasia
Making Queen of Hungary Water for Coronasia
Wreathbinding: Summer

Foods

Sand Plum
Prickly Pear
Cold Salads
Dandelion Honey
Grilled Foods
Tomatoes
Honey Cakes
Salads and Slaws
Peas
Squash
Blueberries
Strawberries
Wild Berries