Today is the traditional day in Bulgaria for setting up household shields to protect the home from storms and lightning. To provide some protection from storms for your house gather four pennies. Hold the pennies in your hands and envision a blue light connecting the pennies together. Continue envisioning the blue light while you plant one penny in each of the cardinal directions around the outside of the house. When the final penny is in the ground, envision the blue lights that connect the pennies spreading above and below the house, becoming a blue web that protects the house. If you want to follow the Bulgarian tradition, finish the spell by leaving a cup of wine in an open window as a thank you to St. Elijah, the protector.

Holiday Lore:
On this day in Bulgaria an enormous chariot is driven across the sky by Elijah, a Pagan god who threatened humans with murderous weather. Christianity transformed the figure into a saint, but scholars trace Elijah back to ancient Sun god figures. Ask Elijah for good weather on this day.