Merry meet everyone, So its that time of year again where you start setting your altars up for Imbolc or candlemas and plan your celebrations for the sabbat. Now I am off work the day before Imbolc so I will be celebrating the sabbat a day before but may of you will be stuck on what to do and where to even start. Now this post will give you some ideas for how to celebrate and also to encourage you to do a bit of research yourselves because not everything I will share will connect with you and same with others. Its all down to what you feel is right and how you wish to celebrate this sabbat after all. So a little information about the sabbat. Imbolc honours the goddesses as a bride in waiting for the return of the sun god. Before the Nordic influence, it was also the sabbat in which the Celts saw the sun as being reborn again for the following year. In Ireland it was, and still is today a special day to honour the goddess Brid in her guise of bride. Today most people know the day as St Bridget's day because the Christians took it over like they have done with many of out beloved sabbats. The day is spent dressing up grain dollies to represent the dried sheaves from the previous harvest, as brides for the sun god. Theses will then be places in their homes to honour the sun god and his new bride. They are normally placed in cradles called bride's beds and is normally made up of nuts, symbols of fertility and of course hay. This sabbat symbolises the end of the darkness and the start to the light coming back into the world. With the sun god returning to us means spring should follow soot soon and then the earth can be reborn with green and harvests for the following year. We normally light candles to honour the symbol of the wheel of the year and I personally have candles in full lit on my altar saying good bye to the darkness and hello to our beloved sun god himself. I know people who also carve a male on yellow candles to represent the sun gods rebirth into the world. Now I will give you a couple of ideas to how you can celebrate this happy sabbat but you also have to do your own research into it because connecting to the sabbat is such a great feeling and doing your own research into how to celebrate may connect you to it even more. I know it did for me. So first off like I said before a friend of mine craves a male on to a yellow candle to represent the sun god himself, You can also add a circle of white candles to your altar each one is to represent a goal you wish to achieve this year. Candles is a big part of the celebrations so if you wish to do any candle magic on this day do so. The energy is strong and you should use it while you can. You may do a couple things to banish or to say good bye to the winter seasons, you may want to brun paper snowflakes but only do this if you have a fire proof bowl. You can also do new life spells and blessings which a lot of people do in spring because it holds the power of rebirth but also you can do it now and honour the sun god while doing this. As always dress up your altar if your working its still a way to connect and honour the sabbat and the sun god and his bride. Use a lot of red and white colours, red for the sun god and the fire or heat he will bring and white for the end of the snow and the cold seasons. I will be using a blue altar cloth because that for me represents the cold seasons passing and I will use yellow tapper candles to represent the sun god and the heat that he brings. Also dress your altar how you see fit, if you connect the sabbat to flowers or statues add them its all down to how you connect with the sabbat to dont forget. I do hope I gave you some ideas on how to celebrate and also do your research. I am slowly planning my Imbolc celebrations while doing this post so I have a lot to work on myself but dont forget to have fun and celebrate with joy in your hearts. I hope you all have a fun filled celebration and I will see you all in the next post. Blessed be x PaganVibesOnly x Also don't forget to follow me on instagram @PaganVibesOnly, I will be posting my altar set ups on their and you can always pop me a message if you need more help. :) Comments are closed.
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