The summer solstice is the longest day in the Northern Hemisphere. Celebrating this magical time of midsummer is an important part of Central and Northern European folklore, especially in Finland. The summer solstice was also believed to bring luck to love life. It was (and still is) a popular time for weddings. And if you hadn’t found your spouse yet, there were summer solstice love spells that could help you out.

Originally, many spells were related to finding a husband, but in modern versions, these can help you to find a spouse. So, if you want to experience midsummer magic yourself, here are some traditional Finnish summer solstice love spells to try. There is no guarantee that they work, but you’ll never know…

10 Finnish Summer Solstice Love Spells

How to Find a Spouse

• Try peeking into a well or pond. You’ll might see your future spouse’s face on the surface of the water. Some sources say you have to be naked to make this work.
• If you wash your face on the riverbank, you’ll see your future spouse on the opposite bank.
• Collect seven different flowers under the pillow before you go to sleep. Do this and you might see your future spouse in your dreams.
• If you want to see your spouse, you have to look through seven doors. You will see your spouse behind the seventh door.
• Throw a shoe towards the door. If the toe of the shoe points inward, it is a sign that the groom is arriving soon.
• If you find a four-leaf clover on summer solstice, you will find a spouse soon.

How to Improve Your Chances of Getting Married

• Rolling around naked in a meadow improves your chances of getting married.
• If the smoke from the bonfire turns into your direction, you’ll get married soon.
• If you hear a cuckoo in the forest, the number of times you hear it cuckoo, that’s the number of years it takes for you to get married. And if you don’t here at all, it might be this year…

How to Improve Fertility

• Placing birch branches on both sides of a house’s door is said to guarantee fertility.

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