Feb 1, Imbolc, Pagan, Celtic Brigid celebration

CELEBRATE St. Brigid’s Day ,THE QUICKENING  of the Light. February 1st

Candlemas Imbolc Groundhog Day

Feb. 1st –2nd Traditional Irish Celtic Pagan Holiday Celebrations

Feb. 1st is the beginning of the FIRST FIRE of the SUN’s return, the spark, the First sign of Spring in the Northern Hemisphere. This Ancient pagan, Celtic ,Wiccan, celebration is also called The QUICKENING. This is the time of greatest potential. 

Known as Saint Brigid’s Day, Birghita or Bride’s Day, it’s a Catholic and Pagan Celebration of an ancient Goddess tradition. Imbolc is still celebrated by Wiccans/Pagan based Earth honouring religions. Christians overlaid the Ancient Goddess worshipers’ holiday renaming it Candlemas or the fest of the Purification of the Virgin on Feb 2.

This celebration is the midpoint between Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox. It is a “cross-quarter” day in the 8 rounds of the Wheel of Time in the Solar based year. The Celtic Year was based on both lunar and solar cycles.  The holiday would be celebrated on the Full Moon nearest those 2 midpoints, when early spring flowers would begin to show and snakes would come out of the ground. Snakes are always sacred Goddess symbols. In non secular terms it become GROUNDHOG DAY on Feb 2. 

At the Megalithic and Neolithic sites, in Tara, Ireland, the inner chambers of the passage tombs are perfectly aligned with the rising sun on both Imbolc and Samhain attesting to the value placed on these days.

Triple Goddess/Saint Brigid/Bride

Brigid by Sharon Macleod 

According to Robert Graves, the most Ancient Triple Goddess  was worshipped since time out of mind. The Goddess rules over scholars and poets. She is the Goddess of fire and inspirations, creativity, smithcraft and healing. She rules healing with water, and divination. She also rules over people who work with cows and chickens, brewers, fugitives, midwives, infants, printers, sailors, travelers, New Zealand, & Irish nuns.

This day symbolizes a time of transitions, initiations, new beginnings, of planting seeds that will sprout later. Brigid/Birgita represents the light half of the year, Her power brings the people out of the dark season of winter into spring.

The Goddess Brigid and Saint Brigid are the same, peace makers and bridges. The matronly Goddess Brigid bridged the two warring races of gods of the ancient Tuatha de Danann with her sacred marriage, and Saint Brigid was the bridge between the Druids and the Christians. Brigid was the daughter of a Druid Chieftain and the first woman bishop of Ireland. The nuns of Kildare carry on the sacred work.

Originally the return of the Light was celebrated with Sacred Sexual customs.

She is the Goddess of Augury and Prophets in the Druidic tradition. Celtic seers divined by looking into deep water and into flames. This is a great time to do divination. You may see orbs especially on this day.

Triple Goddess

She has two sisters with the same name. One aspect of her carries a blacksmith tongs and a sword, because she is also patroness of war; another aspect holds 2 healing snakes, from which the modern Doctor’s symbol is derived, the caduceus, the third aspect carries a wand with a crescent moon and a tablet.

Elements

Brigid rules the Waters. Many healing springs are dedicated to Brigid. Natural bodies of water also signify Her presence, particularly where three streams joined together. She also rules Fire, so it is customary to make candles for the coming year and bless them on this day.

Protecting Goddess

In her aspect as Brigantia, she carries a spear, an orb of victory, and wears a war crown. She symbolizes protection of the country from invaders and slavery.

Midwives

As Patroness of MIDWIVES, she was invoked at the door of the home where the woman was giving birth, by the midwife. Who speke:

“Bride, Bride, come in! Thy welcome is truly made, Give thou relief to the woman, And give thou the conception to the Trinity.”

Brigid is the guardian of every newborn, their cradles protected with a woven Brigit’s Cross, an equal armed cross. Upon a safe delivery, the infant was blessed by the midwife, with 3 drops of water on the child’s forehead, dedicating the Child to the Triple Goddess. The “Holy Trinity” in its modernized Christian aspect. A candle was carried ‘round the bed sun wise three times. As Brigid is a Solar Goddess. We think of the Sun as masculine but originally all aspects of the Universe were considered Feminine.

Brigid Ruler of the Hearth

Especially in Gaelic Scotland, Brigid’s dolls are placed near the hearth on her Feast Day. The doll is usually dressed in white, decorated. A white wand is placed in her bed as a fertility charm. As she is patroness of agriculture, pastures, livestock, and abundance. An offering is made to her of dairy products. The Brigid doll is kept throughout the year near the hearth hung on a wall, or by a door, as a talisman of protection, then burnt the next year.

Light a Candle and Invoke the Goddess at this time-

I kindle this candle in the name of Brighid, Goddess of Smiths,

I sain this house in the name of Brighid, Goddess of Healers,

I smoor this candle in the name of Brighid, Goddess of Poets.

One folk tradition still continues in both Christian and Pagan homes on St. Brigid’s Day is that of St. Brigid’s Bed. Girls and young unmarried women create corn dollies to represent Brigid, these are adorned with ribbons, baubles shells or stones. A bed is made for the doll to lie in. On St. Brigid’s Eve Jan 31, the girls gather together in one house and stay up all night with the doll, are later visited by all the young men, who ask permission to enter the home, and then treat the young maidens and the dolly with respect. The next day the girls carry the doll through the neighbourhood from house to house, where she is welcomed with great honour. Adult women stay home to welcome the Brigid procession and offer snacks and coins to the young girls and maidens.

RITUAL to BRIGID

Brigid is said to walk the earth on Imbolc eve. Feb 1st. Before going to bed, each member of the household may leave a piece of clothing or strip of fabric outside for Brigid to bless. The cloth are brought inside the next morning, believed to now have the powers of healing and protection.

Britain

was named for an ancient Celtic tribe, the Brigantes, who were the largest Celtic tribe in the country in pre-Roman times who worshipped Her as their Deity. The word “brigand” comes from this tribe of fierce warriors. Her worship spread, leaving behind places named in Her honour-Brittany in France, Brechin in Scotland, the name Brent, in England, any name containing Bride. Britain’s symbol, the Goddess Brigantia, still found on their 50 cent coin is Brigid  as Goddess of the Land.  Of course Britany Spears is carrying the modern archetype of Brigid, and strangely enough one of Brigid’s symbols is a flaming spear!

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Bridget’s song by Celia  

 Imbolc by Cernunnos Rising  

Groundhog Day/ Imbolc/ St. Brigid’s feast, I got you babe Astrology

 

Groundhog Day/   ST. Brigid’sDay Candlemas/Imbolc

Feb. 1/ 2nd, We are halfway to SPRING in Northern Hemisphere

Not  just I GOT YOU BABE for INFINITY but it’s a Traditional Irish and Pagan Holiday Celebrations

The song would more aptly be LIGHT MY FIRE- by the Doors, of course. 

Groundhog Day was and is celebrated in the Modern Irish Calendar as Saint Brigid’s Day,or Bride’s Day, both a Catholic and Pagan Celebration of an ancient Goddess tradition,.

Known as Imbolc to Wiccans/Pagans, Christians overlaid the Ancient Goddess worshipers’ holiday renaming it Candlemas or the fest of the Purification of the Virgin. This celebration also relates to the midpoint between Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox.

It is a “cross-quarter” day in the 8 rounds of the Wheel of Time in the Solar based year. Since the Celtic Year was based on both lunar and solar cycles, it is most likely the holiday would be celebrated on the Full Moon nearest those 2 midpoints, when early spring flowers would begin to rise and snakes would come out of the ground.

The SNAKE is the precursor of the Groundhog, which the Romans replaced with a Hedgehog, which we… On Feb. 2^nd.

Ancient peoples of Ireland kept this day as very sacred. At the Megalithic and Neolithic sites in Tara, Ireland, the inner chambers of the passage tombs are perfectly aligned with the rising sun of both Imbolc and Samhain attesting to the value placed on this day.

Triple Goddess/Saint Brigid/Bride’s Sacred Day

In the Scottish Highlands where she was known as Bride, every morning the fire was kindled with an invocation to Bride:

“I will build the hearth
As Mary would build it.
The encompassment of Bride and of Mary
Guarding the hearth, guarding the floor,
Guarding the household all.”

The 10th-century Cormac’s Glossary states that Brigid was the daughter of the Dagda, the “Great God” of the Tuatha de Danaan – “woman of wisdom…a goddess whom poets adored, because her protection was very great and very famous.” Since poetry, filid, was interwoven with the aspects of divination, the vates, Brigid was seen as the inspiration behind divination and prophecy.

You can see Brigit above the south western door of the tower on Glastonbury Tor milking a cow.

INVOCATION TO SAINT BRIDE

“Dear Saint Bridget of the Kine
Bless these little fields of mine,
The pastures and the shady trees,
Bless the butter and the cheese,
Bless the cows with coats of silk
And the brimming pails of milk,
Bless the hedgerows, and I pray
Bless the seed beneath the clay,
Bless the hay and bless the grass,
Bless the seasons as they pass,
And heaven’s blessings will prevail,
Brigid – Mary of the Gael”

According to Robert Graves,she is the most Ancient Triple Goddess worshipped since time out of mind. The Goddess rules over scholars and poets. She is the Goddess of fire and inspirations in Ireland, the Goddess of poetry, creativity, smithcraft and healing. She also rules healing with water, and divination. She is said to rule over people who work with cows and chickens, brewers, fugitives, midwives, infants, printers, sailors, travelers, New Zealand, & Irish nuns.

This day symbolizes a time of transitions, initiations, new beginnings, of planting seeds that will sprout later. Brigid/Birgita represents the light half of the year,Her power brings the people out of the dark season of winter into spring, so, it is a very important time of the year.

She is the Goddess of Augury

In the Druidic tradition, poetry and augury were associated. She is patron of prophets and seers.

Celtic seers divined by looking into deep water and into flames. This is a great time to do divination.

Triple Goddess

She has two sisters with the same name. One aspect of her carries a blacksmith tongs and a sword, because she is also patroness of war; another aspect holds 2 healing snakes, from which the modern Doctor’s symbol is derived, the caduceus, the third aspect carries a wand with a crescent moon and a tablet.

Elements

Brigid rules the Waters. Many healing springs are dedicated to Brigid. Natural bodies of water also signify Her presence, particularly where three streams joined together. She also rules Fire, so it is customary to make candles for the coming year and bless them on this day.

Protecting Goddess

In her aspect as Brigantia, she carries a spear, an orb of victory, and wears a war crown. She symbolizes protection of the country from invaders and slavery.

Midwives

As Patroness of Midwives, she was invoked at the door of the home where the woman was giving birth, by the midwife. Who speke:

Bride, Bride, come in! Thy welcome is truly made, Give thou relief to the woman, And give thou the conception to the Trinity.

Brigid is the guardian of every newborn, their cradles protected with a woven Brigit’s Cross, an equal armed cross. Upon a safe delivery, the infant was blessed or “sained” by the midwife, with 3 drops of water on the child’s forehead, dedicating the Child to the Triple Goddess.

The “Holy Trinity” in its modernized Christian aspect, was just an overlay of the Goddess Triple Aspect since time out of memory. A candle was carried ‘round the bed sun wise three times. As Brigid is a Solar Goddess. We think of the Sun as masculine but originally all aspects of the Universe were considered Feminine.

Brigid Ruler of the Hearth

Especially in Gaelic Scotland, Brigid’s dolls are placed near the hearth on her Feast Day. The doll is usually dressed in white. A white wand is placed in her bed as a fertility charm. As she is patroness of agriculture, pastures, livestock, and abundance. An offering is made to her of dairy products. The Brigid doll is kept throughout the year near the hearth hung on a wall, or by a door, as a talisman of protection, then burnt the next year.

Light a Candle and Invoke the Goddess at this time-

I kindle this candle in the name of Brighid, Goddess of Smiths,

I sain this house in the name of Brighid, Goddess of Healers,

I smoor this candle in the name of Brighid, Goddess of Poets.

One folk tradition still continues in both Christian and Pagan homes on St. Brigid’s Day is that of St. Brigid’s Bed. Girls and young unmarried women create corn dollies to represent Brigid, these are adorned with ribbons, baubles shells or stones. A bed is made for the doll to lie in. On St. Brigid’s Eve Jan 31, the girls gather together in one house and stay up all night with the doll, are are later visited by all the young men, who ask permission to enter the home, and then treat the young maidens and the dolly with respect. The next day the girls carry the doll through the neighbourhood from house to house, where she is welcomed with great honour. Adult women stay home to welcome the Brigid procession and offer snacks and coins to the young girls and maidens.

Brigid is said to walk the earth on Imbolc eve. Feb 1st. Before going to bed, each member of the household may leave a piece of clothing or strip of fabric outside for Brigid to bless. The cloth are brought inside the next morning, believed to now have the powers of healing and protection.

BRIGID is alive and well.

The name “Britain” is a derivation of Brigit’s name. Britain was named for an ancient Celtic tribe, the Brigantes, who were the largest Celtic tribe in the country in pre-Roman times who worshipped Her as their Deity.

The tribe originated from an area now called Bregenz in Austria near Lake Constance. The word “brigand” comes from this tribe of fierce warriors. Her symbol is a flaming spear. Her worship spread, leaving behind places named in Her honour-Brittany in France, Brechin in Scotland, the name Brent, in England, any name containing Bride.

Britain’s symbol, the Goddess Brigantia, still found on their 50 cent coin is Brigid in her aspect as Goddess of the Land. In Old German/Yiddish the word “Fabrent” meaning burnt, honours this Ancient Goddess.

Britney Spears is carrying the modern archetypal literal name of Brigid, and strangely enough one of Brigid’s symbols is a flaming spear! Britney Spears her name literally is  St. Bridgit

A Sample of prayers used at St. Bridgid’s Day

Light 1 candle-

We gather together in this time of darkness. We look to the return of the light.

We look to the first light of Spring.

(Light two more candles.)

Goddess Midwife: Healer, Nurturer, and Herbalist.

Goddess Poetess: Bringer of Wisdom, Guidance and Prophesy.

Goddess Smithcraft: Keeper of Fire, Craftswomen, and Transformation.

Maiden, Mother, and Crone – A Triple Goddess.

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Naked Truth, Prince Harry Astrology,Royal Stars from Tara Greene

 

The partying Royal Prince was photographed by a cel phone as the Prince pranced around with the crown jewels exposed as his security were royally asleep at the wheel in Vegas. The photos appeared on TMZ on Tues. Aug 21.

Everyone’s wild about Harry now! Except the Royals who  are pretty pissed off.

So what’s up with Prince Harry? Rumours of cocaine snorting now enter the picture.

Let’s look at the Royal Ginger’s Royal Stars shall we?

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Prince Harry, 3rd in line to the Royal Throne of Britain is a Virgo born September 15, 1984. Virgo’s are usually pretty humble, hard-working, meticulous, intellectuals,perfectionists. Does this sound like Harry?

Harry has his Royal Virgo Sun in the 8th house with Mercury and his Part of Fortune- the circle with a square in it, does  just what it sounds like. The 8th house is of course the house of SEX, power, control, death, rebirth, transformation.

Harry’s instincts and feelings, his Moon r1is ight at the bottom of his chart on the IC at 21 degrees of Taurus. The IC. begins the 4th house  @ symbolizes, roots, home, family, childhood, the unconscious.

He is one super SENSUOUS, Royal dude. Very earthy and stubborn, he lives by the dictates of his body. OK it’s starting to make sense already.

except that the Moon practically glued to the IC means he is unconsciously tied to his Mother, Princess Diana who was actually a moon Goddess who never married and was very free. She protects children. Well she will have to protect her partying son.  Harry also has the Asteroid Ceres- now a planetoid or whatever, right next to his moon.

Harry has his North Node -his highest spiritual goal at the last degree of Taurus the critical degree close to the Pleiades, aka the 7 weeping sisters.This degree was activated on the May 20 Solar Eclipse at zero degrees Gemini.

Harry is a totally sensuous man, he may make the Royals weep indeed and that could be his karma.

 Chiron, the wounded healer is close by in tight conjunction to Moon. Chiron is in the 5th house of  LOVE AFFAIRS- oops.

Chiron is opposite his Uranus at 9 degrees Sagittarius- which means- EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED  from dear Harry. Really?

ROYAL STARS- Uranus is on ANTARES- one of the 4 Royal Stars. Rival of Mars. Very masculine, he’s a warrior.

And speaking of MARS, the martian and Uranus are cheek to cheek, so to speak. Mars at 16 degrees of Sagittarius -both in the 11th house of wishes hopes and dreams. The  11th house is about freedom, revolution, individualism. Harry won’t be easy to corral he walks his own way.

He does have a serious 11 degrees of Capricorn Ascendant. Not too emotional. His traditional demeanour is ruled by Saturn, his father, the Royal line for sure and it is astonishingly placed in his chart.

Saturn at 12 degrees of SCORPIO- he is one sexy guy, also symbolizes his dad Prince Charles. Saturn is the highest elevated planet int he chart on the MC which is the world stage spot.

Harry’s party antics also come from Venus at 17 degrees of Libra also in the need relationships, socializing, passion, obsession sector-the 8th house.

Harry also has party animal JUPITER King of the gods in Capricorn- serious partying! in the 12th house of ADDICTIONS!

Harry does have some serious demons in his psyche, as well he must from the death of his mom who I believe was murdered by his father and his Grandmother. It is just so very obvious to me.

Poor Boy, I really feel sorry for him. I don’t know how any of the Royals can actually sleep at night. They are demoniacally possessed.

Harry is a real person, caught in a Royal-Jupiter in the 12 life trap. He will never be on the throne so he is off the hook sort of. But that Capricorn Ascendant will ensure that he must bridle his passions and be more discreet.

Neptune at 28 degrees of Sagittarius is on the Galactic Center, he is a metaphysical dreamy, super romantic guy searching for an out of this world soul mate.

MY PARTY BIG TIME-JUPITER conjunct Neptune

The boy can’t help it almost. He is controlled unconsciously by Jupiter conjunct Neptune to party, get wild, no boundaries, drink, drug, take risks.

Jupiter conjunct Neptune in the 12th house indicates someone with addictions, could have serious drug or alcohol/sex problems, wishes to be behind the scenes. Jupiter Neptune in the 12th indicates an advanced spiritual past life,he was a monk, cloistered.

Harry has his South Node, his past at 29 degrees of  Scorpio in the 10th house, of fame. He already was someone of power and influence in the past. Someone who was familiar with passion, obsession, secrets, sex, death.

Harry’s Pluto in the 9th house of philosophy, travel, foreigners, higher learning?  at Zero degrees of Scorpio. His Soul represented by Pluto is intense, He lives life at 200%. Harry has all the power anyone could have in the world. He is rich, famous, titled -but is he happy?

So why the BIG NAKED EXPOSED HARRY NOW?

Because in August 17, a New Moon when the fateful party happened in Vegas.

Mars was conjunct his Pluto-with MARS  exactly crossing his Pluto – 2 days after the photos came out on TMZ.  Saturn was also conjunction his Pluto.

Which means being caught- Saturn the cosmic cop, with your pants down- Mars in Scorpio.

PLUTO- death,rebirth is in his 12th house, has been there since 2007, and is about to cross his Ascendant.

Neptune is squaring his North Node, a bit fuzzy with boundaries are we, these days? Chiron is square to his Chiron and opposite his Part of Fortune.

Venus is sitting next to his Descendant. Harry is on the prowl for women.

Harry’s gonna have his 1st Saturn return in 2013 so his Dad and tradition may weigh in very heavy on him at that time. If he could opt out of the family business he would. When Uranus and Pluto square each other again May 21 at 11 degrees 14 minutes of Aries/ Capricorn exactly on you know who’s ascendant. He will rebel!

Already he is being supported by British army supporters on FAceBOOK Page called SUPPORT PRINCE HARRY WITH A NAKED SALUTE

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