Imbolc Light, Brigid’s Blessing, and the Leo Full Moon
Hello Dear Readers, are you feeling the heat under this fiery Snow Moon? I’ve spent the weekend with my girls, cleaning the house, decorating and creating. We all have head colds and appreciated moments to bedrot 🥱
I have been having wild dreams lately of impacts from solar flares. Like… massive grid failures, system failures and minor tech glitches. My sleep is often interrupted the week prior to the full moon, and this week Luna has been sending me potent messages. Or maybe I recently read about the Carrington Event and my psyche took me back in time?
Before listening to the audio version included herewith, I want to anchor us here celebration of Imbolc. The quiet fire festival that reminds us the light is coming back!
Imbolc marks the midpoint between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox. The days are visibly brighter now. Not dramatically. Not triumphantly. Just enough to notice… which is exactly the point.
This moment belongs to Brigid, Celtic goddess of fire, poetry, healing, protection, animals, and the forge. Her name means “to rise.” Not to sprint, or to optimise. But to rise slowly, intentionally, and with warmth. Which honestly feels like the correct medicine right now.
The Flame That Knows My Name
This Leo Full Moon asks for presence, courage, and authenticity — but Brigid reminds us that courage doesn’t have to be loud. Sometimes it looks like tending a small flame while the world burns itself out on spectacle.
Imbolc is traditionally honoured by weaving Brigid crosses and hanging them in the home for protection. But if you are tired (and many of us are), devotion does not require craft store energy.
A very lazy Brigid altar might look like:
🕯 One white candle (battery-powered counts, we’re not gatekeeping)
🌿 A single flower or plant — bonus points if it’s new life
🪨 Some piece of nature you have found that is unique to you.
That’s it. That’s an alter. Nothing fancy. You’re even given a window of a week +/-
Imbolc is an invitation to prepare the hearth, not rebuild the house. Clean out a closet. One shelf. One chaotic corner. Declutter something small enough that you don’t resent it. This is spellwork disguised as housekeeping. Cleaning the house is a ritualistic practice! And, One can make great money on such things!
If you have the energy, plant seeds — literally or symbolically. Buy a new plant. Start a creative project that doesn’t need to go anywhere. Knit badly. Write badly. Make something that exists only because you needed to touch your own creativity again. Hell, my entire Substack exists on this premise. I highlight Brigid’s importance to me here in an earlier article I wrote, which is horrific to re-read 😨 but proves how far I have come on my own writing journey 🤝
Minimal effort goes a long way here. Brigid honours intention, not output.
As the Leo Full Moon peaks and we begin a new week, emotions and egos will flare, and the hunger to be validated will get loud. This lunation exposes where validation replaced truth — and where authenticity is quietly asking to come back.
Imbolc says: tend the flame, don’t force the fire.
So as you listen to this episode and reflect on the Full Moon themes — creativity, courage, visibility, and integrity — remember that the light is returning whether you hustle or not. Your job is simply to make space for it. And maybe clean out your junk drawer ☺️
Blessings to you for this Imbolc 🕯
Audra xx
