02/02/2026
Hello my beautiful witchy family.
Blessings of the day 📯St Brigid’s Day has such a deep thread through everything you already live — healing hands, fire, protection of family, tending the spiritual hearth. It’s one of those days that feels less like a date on the calendar and more like a homecoming.
Here’s a gentle introduction you can use (for yourself or even your Coven)
🌿 Introduction — St Brigid’s Day (Imbolc)
Today, the first of February, we stand at the quiet turning of the wheel.
Winter has not fully loosened its grip, yet something softer moves beneath the frost. The light lingers a little longer. The air tastes different. The earth is stirring.
This is Brigid’s day.
A day of flame and milk.
Of hearth and healing.
Of poets, mothers, midwives, and wise women.
Long before churches and calendars, our ancestors marked this moment as Imbolc — the quickening season, when ewes began to milk and life whispered its return. Fires were lit. Homes were blessed. Cloths were left out for Brigid’s touch. Crosses were woven for protection. Wells were visited for healing.
Not grand magic.
Not loud magic.
But the quiet, steady magic of tending what matters.
Brigid teaches us that strength does not always roar — sometimes it is the small flame that refuses to go out.
Today we cleanse. We bless. We begin again.
And we remember that even after the longest winter, the light always finds its way home.
✨ Ritual: Brigid’s Cross & Circle of Protection
Best time: Anytime today or this evening
Purpose: Protection, family blessing, ancestral connection
Old Irish Custom & Symbolism
Families traditionally made Brigid’s Crosses from rushes or straw and hung them over doors and windows to:
Guard the home from illness and fire
Invite blessing for the year
Honour Brigid as protector of household and children
The cross itself is actually older than Christianity — it represents:
The sun wheel
The four directions
The turning seasons
The hearth at the centre
It’s protection through balance and harmony.
How to do it (simple version)
If you don’t have rushes, don’t worry — Brigid was practical, not fussy.
Use:
Twine, ribbon, dried grass, or paper strips
Make a small cross (simple weave or even tied sticks).
As you create it, say:
“Brigid of hearth, Brigid of flame,
Guard this home in your gentle name.
Four winds watch and four walls stand,
Peace within and blessing at hand.”
Hang it:
Over your door
Near your kitchen
Or on your altar
Each time you pass it, touch it briefly and whisper thanks.
The next major holiday in Ireland today is St Brigid’s Day (Imbolc).
🌸 Main point / meaning of the celebration
St Brigid’s Day marks:
The return of the light
The beginning of spring
Renewal, healing, fertility, and creativity
Honouring Brigid — both Celtic goddess and Christian saint
Traditionally, it’s about:
Awakening after winter
Blessing the home
Protection, especially for women, children, and animals
Fire, inspiration, poetry, and healing
Very much a threshold day — standing between winter and spring 🌱🔥
🌸 A Blessing for Everyone
You could share this with your family, your pages, or speak it aloud tonight:
May Brigid walk before you,
light in her hands and warmth in her wake.
May your home know laughter,
your body know rest,
and your heart know its own strength.
May what is meant for you grow easily,
like green shoots through thawing earth.
May every sorrow soften,
every burden lighten,
and every dream find fire again.
And may the flame you carry
never dim,
no matter the season.
So it is. So it begins. 🔥🌿
Love & Lavender 🪻
Blessings Always 🦅✨
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