{"id":1036,"date":"2022-06-21T12:47:56","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T10:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.yooppe.com\/?p=1036"},"modified":"2022-06-21T12:47:57","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T10:47:57","slug":"summer-solstice-love-rituals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.yooppe.com\/friendship-and-love\/summer-solstice-love-rituals\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer solstice, the original rituals for finding love"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The longest day of the year<\/strong>, 21 June, the summer solstice, is when the sun seems to stop in the sky and never go down<\/strong>. At the Arctic Polar Circle that’s exactly how it is: the sun never sets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The summer solstice<\/strong>, the beginning of the warmest season, is an event that for many centuries has been celebrated with rites and rituals associated with fertility, love and sexuality<\/strong>. In Finland large parties are still organized the weekend following the summer solstice: trips out to homes in the countryside, excursions, barbecues with friends and bonfires at midnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fire is a recurring element<\/strong> in these traditions. In Finland <\/strong>the God Ukko, the god of love and fertility, but also the god of Heaven, and so of lightning and fire, was celebrated during the solstice. According to some ancient pagan rites<\/strong>, young couples had to blow the flames of a bonfire together to have luck in love. Lovers also wore garlands of flowers and herbs to chase away evil spirits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n