Imbolc in Southern Hemisphere – Lammas in Northern Hemisphere
Firstly I am sorry I am a day late but I have been out with a crippling migraine for a couple of days. So to all of us in the Southern Hemisphere I wish a Blessed Imbolc. It is still cold and wintry here, I know I am looking forward to some warmer days. Blessed Be!
Northern Hemisphere Date: February 2nd
Also known as Imbolg, Candlemas, Feast of Torches, Oimelc, Lupercalia and Brigid’s Day.
Imbolc is the time of the beginning of beginnings, the time to consider carefully what you will do with the year stretching before you. Imbolc brings the awakening of the life force when the first green shoots of bulbs appear. Life is stirring again and this marks the Goddess recovering after giving birth while the newborn God is depicted as a small child nursing from his mother. The God is growing, spreading sunshine all around causing…
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