#imbolc masterpost

Imbolc is usually celebrated between February 1st & 2nd, in the Northern Hemisphere (In Southern hemisphere around August 1).

Imbolc is a fire festival celebrating the home, hearth, and the halfway point between Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox.

Is is the celebration of the return of the light and sun. A great time to honour the coldest days and the arrival of spring.

Imbolc Correspondences

Colours

White

Gold

Silver

Pastel Colors

Herbal

Rosemary

Basil

Bay leaves

Cinnamon

Myrrh

Hay

Chamomile

Angelica

Lavender

Daffodil

Blackberry

Willow 

Edibles

Blackberry

Root vegetables

Dried fruits

Stews

Mead

Fermented foods

Grains

Dairy (specifically ewe's milk)

Cider

Herbal tea

Canned foods

Oats

Animals

Deer

Cow

Sheep

Lark

Swan

Bear

Wolves

Groundhog

All burrowing and hibernating animals

Crystals

Gold

Silver

Brass

Amethyst

Moonstone

Garnet

Ruby

Symbols

Candle flame

Seeds

Besom/broom

Brigid’s cross

Serpent

Sheep (due to Imbolc’s association with ewe’s milk)

White flowers

Snowflakes

Flowing water and springs

Sunwheel

Star

Evergreens

Spiritual meanings

Creativity

Awakenings

Introspection

Fresh beginnings

Perseverance

Patience

Renewal

Revision

Healing

Frugality

Self-care

Youth

Scents

Cinnamon

Rosemary

Basil

Cedar

Mint

Gods / Goddesses / Spirits

Brigid (Celtic)

Aphrodite (Greek)

Bast (Egyptian)

Ceres (Roman)

Cerridwen (Celtic)

Gaia

Hestia (Greek)

Vesta (Roman)

Venus (Roman)

Athena (Greek)

Demeter (Greek)

Persephone (Greek)

Aenghus Og (Irish)

Eros (Greek)

Faunus (Roman)

Pan (Greek)

Cernunnos (Celtic)

Osiris (Egyptian)

Asmodeus (Demon, personal UPG)

Need some suggestions to celebrate? I got you covered.

High energy celebrations and ritual

Astral projection/travel

Divinations

Cord cuttings

Create a Brigid’s Cross

Gardening (best time to start to plant seeds)

Make resolution(s) and goal(s) for the year ahead (I'll fight to the DEATH about my personal opinion that this is a better time for resolutions than New Years itself. Best time for renewal and goal setting)

Ritual to say farewell to winter

Make bread

Spring clean! It’s the best time for it

Low energy celebrations 

Starting a manifestation journal

Burning a bay leaf with manifestation on it

Planning in your planner

Lighting a candle in honour

Make a cup of tea

Practice self care

No spoon celebrations 

Prayer

Putting on sun lamp

Greet the sun at sunrise

Rest

How you celebrate the holiday does not matter. You can choose to do any activity that feels right. These are only suggestions and remember that you're enough no matter what.

Imbolc Masterpost

all the works posted for the Imbolc event of Witcher Wheel of the Year - go here for more information, prompts and dates for the other events throughout 2023


Okay babes, take two THREE!! This will be the last time I try to post this! 

Imbolc is coming up so I thought I would do a little info and resource post! This will be tagged as a masterpost because I will be adding quite a few links along with the information.


So, What is Imbolc?


Imbolc, also known as Brigid’s Day or Candlemas, is a Greater Sabbat celebrated on February 1 or 2. It is to celebrate the Earth waking up and preparing for Spring. The Triple Goddess is in her Maiden form, nurturing the seeds of Spring. This is the day to worship and thank Brigid for bringing fertility, warmth, and new life to the Earth. The Sun King can also be worshiped for his work to warm the cold Earth up. This is the perfect time to Spring clean all aspects of your life and to begin any projects you have been holding off on for a ‘better time!’


Correspondences


Herbs / Flowers


✴ Snowdrops - a flower of hope and passing sorrow


✴ Witch Hazel - protection, chastity, soothing negative emotions, banishing


✴ Lemon Grass - psychic cleansing, lust


✴ Chamomile - love, healing, de-stress, luck, tranquility, inner peace


✴ Cinnamon - luck, strength, protection, success, money, prosperity, power


✴ Coriander - health, immortality, love, protection


✴ Basil - protection, love, sexuality, wealth, healing relationships, fertility


✴ Jasmine - seduction, love, fertility


✴ Rosemary - memory, sleep, youth, purification, healing, de-stress, protection


✴ Angelica - protection, exorcism


Crystals


✴ Amethyst - dreams, healing, psychic abilities, love, courage, peace


✴ Yellow Tourmaline - love, friendship


✴ Citrine - protection, anti-nightmare, cleansing, courage, bye negative energy!


✴ Ruby - wealth, sleep, passion, joy, power, generosity, mental balance


✴ Bloodstone - healing, courage, wealth, agriculture, help with business/legal, prosperity, guidance


✴ Garnet - wisdom, fertility, business, love and friendship, health, joy, strength


✴ Turquoise - protection, meditation, courage, trust, divination, balance, loyalty, wealth


✴ Onyx - protection, grounding, scrying, balance, self-control, relief of stress and grief


Colors


✴ White - peace, purity, blessings


✴ Gold - wealth, luck, the sun, masculinity


✴ Green - nature, healing, abundance, fertility, growth, harmony, money


✴ Yellow - learning, focus, joy, hope, clarity, intelligence


✴ Red - courage, creativity, passion, fire


✴ Orange - creativity, attention, new ventures, luck, success, opportunity


How to Celebrate!


Altar Activities: Imbolc is a wonderful time to clean, sort, and add to your altar!


✴ Replace any altar items you no longer need or connect with

✴ Cleanse all of your tools and crystals you are keeping


✴ Collect any new crystals or tools you want to bring into your practice


✴ Decorate! Snowdrop flowers, Brigid’s Cross and/or Doll, sheep and wool decorations, swan or white feathers, white gold green yellow and pink candles are great, orange red and yellow ribbons to symbolize Brigid!


Spring Cleaning: this sabbat is the time to clean out every aspect of your life to allow space for new exciting things!


✴ Think about any relationships and situations that may have been causing you any negative feelings. Using either meditation, logical thinking, or divination, find if there is any way to fix problems within those things. If there is none, then it is time to say goodbye to those relationships or situations.


✴ Go through your home or room Marie Kondo style! At each item ask yourself “does this spark joy or have use to me?” If the answer is no, throw!


✴ Go through your phone and delete any messages, photos, contacts, or apps you no longer need or use.

 
✴ Use your preferred cleansing method to cleanse your home’s energy.


Spells: I will be adding my own once I organize my WHOLE spell book digitally….which might take a while.


✴ Imbolc Seed Spell (@thewitchystuff)


✴ Room Healing Spell (@offthegridblog​)

✴ Imbolc Spell Jar ( @thewitchjournal​)


✴ Imbolc Jar Spell - Self Planted Seeds (@whitecrowspirit​)


✴ Imbolc Ritual (@apollostoadstool​)


Recipes: for my wonderful kitchen witches out there and anyone who loves to use kitchen magick!


✴ Imbolc Tea (@tea-and-antlers​​)


✴ Imbolc Smoothie (@gardenfoxywitch​)


✴ Imbolc Poppy Seed Tea-Bread (@herbwicc​)


✴ Imbolc Leek and Potato Soup (@witch-of-the-dragon​)


✴ Bonnach Bride (@mydevotionstodea​)


Some fun Crafts and Activities


✴ Make a Brigid’s Cross


✴ Make a Brigid Doll!


✴ Imbolc Oil


✴ Imbolc Intention Candle


My Imbolc Shopping List links included in case you need any of the following!
✴ I am hoping to add a cauldron and an athame to my collection this Imbolc! These are the ones I’ve been eyeing: Cauldron, Athame 1, Athame 2


✴ I have been trying to find a bit of Garnet that I like, but the local stores I have do not carry any or I have not connected with them the way I would like to. I found this cool one on Etsy, but I feel as though my attraction to it is more visual than connective if that makes sense!


✴ HERBS! I have been running low on herbs for the past month…but I want to for sure get some Basil, Chamomile, and Cinnamon as those are the herbs I tend to use the most during holidays they correspond with!


✴ I have stocked up on lots of white candles of all shapes and sizes…but I always forget to buy any colored candles…haha. So for Imbolc that is changing! I will be getting orange, yellow, pink, green, and red taper candles from Hobby Lobby! Their candles are always cheap and they always have lots of online coupons to make your wallet even happier!


So babes, that’s about all I have for this post. If you have any questions or just want to chat, my Inbox and Ask are always open! I hope this helps anyone who happens on it. I will see you in my next post :)


I'm currently working on my disability friendly Imbolc master post! I'll have it up within the week. Maaaybe tomorrow (Tuesday, Mars) will give me a motivational boost. I need it, been very busy.

Please remember that while my masterposts have historical context they also have my UPGs. Do what feels right for you on each holiday.

Hello everyone!! So I’m pretty new at this tumblr thing and have made a couple annoying mistakes today and yesterday. In one of my previous posts I told y’all how I accidentally deleted my draft of my Imbolc master post before posting it, so I had to rewrite it and post it today. I did that, but realized I wanted a picture and wasn’t happy with the format as a text post...so I deleted it and pasted the post into a picture post! However, because I am a new tumblr and posted so much in two days tumblr freaked out on me and my post isn’t showing in the tags. So tomorrow (or maybe the day after this is posted as it’s a queued post) I will be either reblogging or deleting and completely reposting the Imbolc guide. It originally got quite a few notes and now will not show up in tags...not sure if tumblr eventually releases it to tags. Sorry babes for the weird spam these past few days! If you have any advice go ahead and message me or send a note! Thanks again! This will be deleted once I figure out this tags situation :)

See my Imbolc Guide Here!