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More Imbolc Lore

  • Posted on January 16, 2010 at 12:13 am

Here is a bit more information I have come up with while searching the internet for Imbolc information and lore. This information comes from Wicca.com, where there is much more information than I am presenting here.

Deities of Imbolc: All Virgin/Maiden Goddesses, Brighid, Aradia, Athena, Inanna, Gaia, and Februa, and Gods of Love and Fertility, Aengus Og, Eros, and Februus.

Symbolisms of Imbolc: Purity, Growth & Renewal, Re-union of Goddess and God, Fertility, dispensing of the old to make way for the new.

Foods of Imbolc: Pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, poppyseed cakes, muffins, scones, and breads, all dairy products, peppers, onions, garlic, raisins, spiced wines and herbal teas.

Incense of Imbolc: Basil, bay, wisteria, cinnamon, violet, vanilla, myrrh

Activities of Imbolc: Candle lighting, snow hiking, stone gathering, searching for signs of spring, making of corn dollies, priapic wand making, decorating of ploughs, feasting, and bon fires might be lit.

Just a bit more information. This was all taken from Wicca.com where you can find a lot more information and lore on Imbolc.

Daily Tarot: The Star – Mystic Faerie Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft

  • Posted on January 15, 2010 at 9:14 pm

My interpretation: The Star fae lounges lazily as she pours the water out of the jugs she holds in each hand. The water pours from these jugs eternally – kind of the way life flows eternally through the universe. While some water is merely poured back to the river from whence it came, some of the water is poured out onto the earth to allow the earth to replenish and spring forth with life. Look to yourself to see what you are wasting (talents) and what you are allowing to spring forth with life.

Interpretation in the book: Your answer, should you find yourself by The Star’s pool, should be very welcome. Whatever has been trying your spirit, whatever difficulties you’ve been facing, whatever sadness has torn your heart, the Star brings a time of serene quiet; a safe, cool place where you can be refreshed and find hope. Once you are renewed and feeling stronger, she will serve as your guiding star to help you find your way. But first, rest. – From A Guide to Mystic Faerie Tarot by Barbara Moore.

To me it seems that she is giving nourishment and life-sustaining water to the earth with one hand, and allowing the water to just run back to the river with the other – more or less to me, symbolizing that talents are either being allowed to wither without the necessary things to develop them, or that talents are being nourished and allowed to flourish, though perhaps not the right ones.

Daily Tarot: Wheel of Fortune – Mystic Faerie Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft

  • Posted on January 14, 2010 at 10:17 pm

My interpretation: Step right up and spin the Wheel of Fortune! Your fate is not in the hands of a wheel but it may seem like it is. Just because the wheel stops somewhere does not mean your life has to take that path. The wheel shows you what you could have – it is your decision as to whether you want to take that path or another. Do not feel as though the wheel has say over your life. It does not. You do.

Interpretation in the book: Your answer isn’t so much about what is happening to you now, but rather about how you face what is happening. See all challenges as opportunities. Look for spiritual lessons as you experience sadness. Remember to express gratitude through your joys. The more you learn to do this, the less traumatically you will be affected with each turning of the wheel. – From A Guide to Mystic Faerie Tarot by Barbara Moore.

To me, the Wheel of Fortune does not turn until we decide to turn it ourselves. We turn the Wheel to see what we will find – the problem is, some people believe that what the Wheel shows them is what is set in stone and is what will happen. So one must always remind them that nothing is set in stone and that things can be changed.