Imbolc (February 1-2) in the Celtic seasonal calendar marks the start of the lambing season and signals the start of spring and the start of new life. It is the promise of renewal, hidden potential, the awakening of the earth and the awakening of the life force. Here is hope. We welcome the growth of the returning light and witness Life's insatiable appetite for rebirth. It's time to let go of the past and look to the future, clearing the old, freeing the outer and inner space for new beginnings. This is a good time for making wishes or initiation. Imbolc is traditionally a great celebration and celebration of Brigid, so beloved as a pagan Goddess that her worship has been woven into the Christian church as Saint Brigid. She is the goddess of healing, poetry, and blacksmithing. She is the goddess of fire, sun and hearth. She brings fertility to the earth and its people and is closely associated with midwives and newborns. She is the Triple Goddess, but on Imbolc she is in the form of a Maiden.