Since Imbolc is my official celebraction of my induction to witchery, I thought I’d do my overview of it.
Imbolc, (Candlemass, Imblog, Imbole), is usually celebrated on February 1st or 2nd. It marks the shift from Winter to Spring and it welcomes the coming of longer days and warmer days. Imbolc is also one of the four “Fire Festivals.” It is a Sabbat to honor the rebirth of the Sun, and the changing of the Goddess from the Crone to the Maiden.
Imbolc also celebrates the Celtic Goddes Brighid.
Brigid is the Goddess of Poetry, Healing, Smithcraft, and Midwifery.If one can make it with their hands, she rules it. She is a triple Goddess, so She is honoured all her aspects. You can commune with Her, and tending the lighting of her sacred flame. Wiccans will light multiple candles, white for Brigid, for the god usually yellow or red, to remind us of the passing of winter and the entrance into spring, the time of the Sun. This is a good time for initiations, be they into covens or self-initiations.
Colors associated with Imbolc: White, Orange, Red.
Incense associated with Imbolc: Rosemary, Frankincense, Myrrh, Cinnamon.
Ways to decorate your altar (if you have one) for Imbolc:
The way I decorate my Altar for Imbolc is more centered towards the main meaning of the Sabbat itself: the change from Winter to Spring. On your altar, you can put flowers of orange, white and red, whether fake or real. I also put several tealights on my altar, lighting them at night.
You can put a dish of fresh milk on your altar as well, since milk and select dairy are good for Imbolc as well.
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