Solstice Greetings
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
Greetings of the festival of the June (Northern) Solstice! Today, June 20, between 7:42 pm PDT and 10:42 pm EDT (within the continental United States), the sun will reach 90° ecliptic longitude, at its most northerly position relative to Earth, directly above the Tropic of Cancer; where it will enter the sign of (what else?) Cancer, the cardinal sign of Water. It is the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere, and the shortest day of the year in the southern hemisphere. In the northern hemisphere, the June Solstice is often called the Summer Solstice, and is considered the beginning of astronomical summer.1
"Each element -- fire, earth, air, water, and Spirit -- possesses its own Nature, Will, and Magical Formula. Each one may then have its appropriate ritual. Many such in crude form are described in The Golden Bough of Dr. J.G. Frazer, the Glory of Trinity!
"In particular the entry of the Sun into the cardinal signs of the elements at the Equinoxes and Solstices are suitable for festivals.
"The difference between 'rituals' and 'feasts' is this: by the one a particular form of energy is generated, while there is a general discharge of one's superfluous force in the other. Yet a feast implies periodical nourishment."
Aleister Crowley, The New Comment on the Book of the Law
Love is the law, love under will.
-Sb
Meteorological summer begins on June 1, and the ancient Celtic calendar marked May 1, Beltane, as the beginning of summer.