A young woman lights a candle in an Orthodox Church in the Ukraine [Image: Wiki Commons]Happy Imbolc Week and the riches of ancestral blessings to you all!
The Imbolc-Candlemas ‘festival’ is celebrated during the first few days of February, and the exact-point occurs when the Sun is at 15 degrees of Aquarius. This year, that ‘peak-point’ occurs late on February 3rd or on February 4th, depending on your time zone.
This also initiates whatthe late mythic astrologer Steve Nelson called the Candlemas Hora … a holy time. He said:
“This Mid-Aquarius “power gate” begins the Candlemas Hora, a 15-day period from Feb 3 to 18 when the nature of the New Year becomes illuminated and the vital energies of Nature stir to life.”
Read on for Imbolc Clues and to stir the Divine Flame within you —and the Keeper of the Flame that you may be — in sync with the meaning of this season.
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Jamie has long been an inspiration partner and lantern-holder for her fellow transformation leaders, change catalysts, and creative nonconformists who are living, inspiring, and (intentionally or not) leading the way in these chaotic times.
When she's not tending and stirring the Sophia's Children cauldron, she's following research trails, and serving as the Director of a Repro-Justice-oriented women's health center in her community, co-creating a safe, in-person compassionate care environment in a world that increasingly seems to lack that.
Jamie is a long-time servant of the Muse, a writer and author, an intrepid walker and feline-tender, and is passionate about the healing power and relevance of reclaiming ancestral-wisdom and healing (or at least understanding) ancestral (and other types of) trauma. She has great appreciation for dark chocolate and cooking other nourishing, delicious meals -- often plant-based -- to nourish her partner and her peeps, and otherwise doing the same day to day things we all do.
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Many thanks for the recollection and link back to this sophia’s Children musing, Linda, and spiraling out the reminder that All is Well. xo and lots of love, Jamie
February 3, 2016 at 7:23 pm
I will have to try to remember to light my working candle tonight. 🙂
February 3, 2016 at 7:27 pm
It’s a lovely, lovely thing, isn’t it? 🙂 Happy candle-lighting and Imbolc week blessings to you!
February 3, 2016 at 7:28 pm
Back at you. 🙂
February 3, 2016 at 7:29 pm
Somehow I got unsubscribed from your blog. That explains why I had not seen posts from you for a while. The problem has been corrected.
February 3, 2016 at 7:44 pm
I thought I recognized you. 😉 Welcome back, and thank you for stopping by for a little visit! xoxo.
February 6, 2016 at 9:02 pm
My Granddaughter enjoyed her own celebration of Candlemas with candle and orange 🙂 Have yourself an imbolic weekend
February 7, 2016 at 4:49 pm
Lovely … candle and orange. 🙂
November 14, 2016 at 5:36 pm
Many thanks for the recollection and link back to this sophia’s Children musing, Linda, and spiraling out the reminder that All is Well. xo and lots of love, Jamie