Ostara/Spring Equinox 2022

OSTARA (pronounced O-STAR-ah) is one of the Lesser Sabbats and is usually celebrated on the Vernal or Spring Equinox right around March 20/21 (although because of its origins, may instead be celebrated on the fixed date of March 25). Other names by which this Sabbat may be known are Eostre's Day, Rite of Eostre, Alban … Continue reading Ostara/Spring Equinox 2022

Ways to celebrate Imbolc

Celebrate Imbolc Ways to celebrate Imbolc now: Lighting candles, seeking omens of Spring, storytelling, cleaning the house, bonfires, indoor planting, stone collecting, candle kept burning dusk till dawn; hearth re-lighting if you use a fireplace or wood-burning stove in your home. This Sabbat is a time of cleansing and newborn lambs, a good time for … Continue reading Ways to celebrate Imbolc

Imbolc How Did We Celebrate

How Did We Celebrate Imbolc?? Imbolc was usually celebrated by lighting sacred fires ( Brigit was the Goddess of Fire, the Fire of Healing and Birth). Bonfires and candles too were lit. Imbolc is variously known as the Feast of Saint Brigid (Secondary Patron of Ireland), Lá Fhéile Bríde, and Lá Feabhra - the first … Continue reading Imbolc How Did We Celebrate

Music for Imbolc

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Imbolc

Imbolc What Do We Celebrate? Imbolc is one of the four principal festivals of the Irish calendar, celebrated among Gaelic peoples and some other Celtic cultures either at the beginning of February or at the first local signs of Spring. Most commonly it is celebrated on February 2, since this is the cross-quarter day on … Continue reading Imbolc