Imbolc is the "Candle Festival," and the proper middle of winter (the "dregs of winter"). A single candle is kept burning from dusk to dawn in each household upon this day.
Date: February eve to February 1. [Psychic high tide is the last full moon before February first.]
Modern Equivalent: Ground-Hog Day, Candlemass, St. Brigid's Day.
Alignment: Female, dark, Cross-Quarter Lunar.
Customs: Candle-burning, hearth re-lighting.
Symbols: Single flame, hearth.
Sacred Food: Preserved/dried/canned.
Threshold Time: Midnight.
Incense: Seaweed and mace.
Celtic God forms: Brigid, Dany, Epona.
