CELEBRATE IMBOLC

Outside:

• Leave cheese and bread offerings to soil you hope to be fertile in the coming season
• Take a walk or hike in search of signs of the changing season
• Gather and jar melting snow or icicles
• Prepare flower beds for the coming of spring

In the Home:

• Cleanse the home by burning Rosemary or Myrrh incense
• Sweep the house with a besom
• Reduce clutter and start spring cleaning
• Burn white candles on the windowsills and around the house
• Use the fireplace for the last time
• Drink hot tea melt the ice from your insides

In the Kitchen:

• Make potato leek soup
• Make braided rosemary bread
• Make and drink spiced wine
• Make a seed cake to symbolize coming potential

In the Bath:

• Prepare an Imbolc Ritual Bath
• Bathe surrounded by white candles
• Add ice to your hot bath to symbolize the melting away of winter
• Add a few drops of Rosemary oil or myrrh to your bathwater

On your Altar:

• Represent the melting snow on your altar by making ice candles, ice bowls, or ice luminaries.
• Decorate with white candles and flowers
• Incorporate the scents of rosemary, myrrh or angelica.
• Sprinkle your altar with seeds for prosperity and the coming spring