Imbolc Late Winter Collection

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Celebrate Imbolc with the perfect all-natural fragrance for late winter . What is Imbolc ? Imbolc (or Imbolg) is a modern pagan celebration marking the approximate halfway point between the winter solstice and the vernal equinox. It is the beginning of the end of winter , and the first perceptible elongation of our daylight hours as midwinter moves toward spring. Imbolc is the time of year when our agrarian ancestors would have been watching for—and finally seeing—the year’s first signs of new life, signaling that the barrenness of winter and the dependance on what had been stored away from last year’s harvests is nearly over. It is a time of awakening, of the first, deep rustlings of rebirth, and of the cool, soft light that bends around the planet before the sun climbs over the horizon into view. Where does Imbolc fall on the Wheel of the Year? The Wheel of the Year includes four Quarter Days and four Cross-Quarter Days, including the winter and summer solstices, vernal and autumnal equinoxes, and four midpoints bisecting each of these quarters. The dates of these eight points derive most directly from the pre-Christian Celtic calendar, a solar-lunar ritual calendar dating from the second century AD that divided the year into eight roughly-equivalent seasonal sections. In order throughout our modern annual calendar, the eight division points on the Wheel of the Year include: Imbolc (late winter), celebrated on February 1 Ostara (early spring), celebrated at the vernal equinox (on or around March 21) Beltane (late spring), celebrated on May 1 Litha (early summer), celebrated at the summer solstice (on our around June 21) Lammas (late summer), celebrated on August 1 Mabon (early fall), celebrated at the autumnal equinox (on or around September 21) Samhain (late fall), celebrated on November 1 (often beginning at dusk on October 31) Yule (early winter), celebrated at the winter solstice (on or around December 21) Our Wheel of the Year seasonal incenses, solid perfume