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A Time of Birth and Renewal
Greetings, readers! Today (or yesterday, depending on how you count) is Imbolc, an ancient Celtic festival celebrating new life and considered historically to be the first day of spring. The holiday is also sometimes known as Brigid/Brighid’s Day, after the Gaelic goddess associated with it, and is also represented today by Groundhog Day and Candlemas.Today we’ve gathered all our posts related to Imbolc for you to peruse and enjoy. We hope that spring comes early for you all and fills your hearts with joy.
--Aryós Héngwis
Imbolc / Brigid’s Day Posts:
- Steven Posch. “Bride’s Breastplate”
- Nimue Brown. “Celebrating the Catkins”
- Molly. “An Invocation and Practice for Brigid’s Day”
- Charlie Rainbow Wolf. “The Moon, the Tarot, and Is It Really Blue?”
- Bee Smith. “New Year, New Moon”
- We’Moon. “The Unfolding of Light”
- Joanna van der Hoeven. “Welcoming Brighid, Welcoming Spring”
Birth Posts:
Life Posts:
- Bee Smith. “Exit the Cailleach, Welcome Brigid!”
- Asa West. “Radical Hope”
- The Cunning Wife. “Taking Possession”
Spring Posts:
- Nimue Brown. “Celebrating the Buds”
- Charlie Rainbow Wolf. “The First Day of Spring”
- Rachel Patterson. “The Magic of Cyclamen”
- Rachel Patterson. “The Magic of Jasmine”
- Colleen DuVall. “Turn Up the Heat and Chill Out.”
- Kate Delany. “Sown Seeds and Garden Dreams at Imbolc”
Winter Posts:
- Joanna van der Hoeven. “Beating the January Blues, Druid Style”
- Eileen Troemel. “Bring on the Light”
- Tasha Halpert. “Lemons Delight for Winter Doldrums”
- Suzanne Tidewater. “Mindful Amid the Snowfall”
- Diotima. “Oh, That Moon!”
- Steven Posch. “The Other Side of Night”
- Sandra Kynes. “Plant Magic in Winter”
- Erin Lale. “Slavic Winter Holidays”
- Dr. Mays. “Traditional Winter Storytelling”
- Kate Laity. “Winter Crone”
- Leni Hester. “The Winter of Our Discontent”
- Danu Forest. “Winter Signs and Sainings”
Cool Stuff We Found:
- 18 Celtic Imbolc Customs
- The Art of Winter Living
- Basant Panchami
- Birth in Antarctica
- Blessed Imbolc
- Celebrating the Chinese New Year
- The Eye of the Buachaille
- The First Congresswoman To Give Birth in Office Was No Stranger to Breaking Boundaries
- A Groundhog Day Feel with Favorite Foods
- Happy Imbolc
- Imbolc Celebrations
- Meet the Women Taking Healthcare into their Own Hands
- Our Understanding of the Labor Experience Is Overdue for Change
- Six Brand New Chinese New Year Puddings
- Spring Oranges
- Three Birds Perched on Branches
- What To Do About the Weird, Gross Things That Happen to Your Pregnant Body
- White Horse between the Worlds
- Wild Elephant Gives Birth
- Winter Flowers
- The World
Top image by Julie Anne Workman
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