Flowers of the Midsummer Solstice & Magical Meanings

Summer flowers, in all of their glorious colors, shapes and scents, are in abundance at this time of year; and are an easy and beautiful way to reflect the joy of this Sabbat. You can use this list as a reference for choosing flowers for your Midsummer altar, charms and spells; as well as for projects thoughout the rest of the year.

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Anenome: Healing, protection from disease

Amaranth: Unfading love, immortality
Aster: Love, friendship, happiness,
Baby’s breath: Constancy, pure heart, innocence,
Chamomile:Prosperity, meditation, healing, happiness, children's magicks, innocence, fidelity, relaxing,

Carnation: Loveliness, pride, beauty, deep love, friendship, protection, energy
Chrysanthemum: Love, truth, cheerfulness, optimism, fidelity, friendship
Cockscomb: Affection, beauty, vibrance & energy
Daisy: Innocence, fidelity, simplicity, youth, friendship, happiness,
Fern: Protection, love, fertility, attraction of males, fights impotency in men, highly magical garden herb, especially potent during Midsummer, add fern fronds to bouquets of flowers to enhance their on magical properties.

Freesia: Innocence, intoxicating aura, beauty,
Geranium: Healing, protection, gentility, love, friendship, abundance,
Ginger: Love, money, success, power, vitality, strength, fortitude
Gladiolus: Sincerity, strength of character
Hawthorn: Protection,hope, magical energy, strength,
Heather: Good fortune, beauty, protection
Heliotrope: Clairvoyance, excorcism, healing, prophecy

Honeysuckle: Rustic beauty, devoted affection and love, familial affection, prosperity, abundance, clairvoyance,
Hydrangea: Gratefulness, sincerity, beauty, friendship
Iris: Message, compliments, beauty, purity,
Larkspur: Lightness, laughter, open heart, ardent attachment
Lavendar: Love, protection, purification, healing, relaxation, meditation, friendship, happiness, beauty,

Lily: Majesty, gaiety, beauty, sweetness, purity, fidelity,
Lisianthus: Thoughts, outgoing, mental powers,
Marigold: Love, clairvoyance, happiness, friendship, attraction, prosperity, abundance, healing,

Morning glory: Affection, transience of life,
Pansy: Love, innocence, friendship,

Peony: Protection, excorcism, breaks enchantments,

Poppy: Fertility, prosperity, consolation, happiness, pleasure, dreams, intoxication, meditation, clairvoyance, prophecy,
Rose: Love, fertility, clairvoyance, healing, beauty of youth, respect, unity, grace, gentility, gratitude, reverence
Snapdragon: Protection, breaks curses, helps to see people's true intentions,

Sunflower: Happiness, joy, mirth, friendship, blessings, vitality & health, abundance, fertility,

Water lily: Purity of heart

Yarrow: Love, clairvoyance, excorcism, fidelity in marriage, happiness, wards negativity, increases intuition and powers of perception