Brigid Oil

• Brigid, is the Irish goddess of spring, fertility, and life.
• Brigid also protected cemeteries, which can be found at many of her holy sites.
• From her parents, she inherited a variety of desirable traits such as magic, the ability to control the weather and fire, healing, fertility, and clairvoyance. Her connection to healing and wisdom may have been aspects passed on from her father, the Dagda, who was a master of magic and mysticism. According to some versions, the daughter of The Morrígan.
• Her holiday, Imbolc, was held on February 1st and marked the midpoint of winter.

Connect with Brigid by using her oil on your body or your objects. Here is a prayer you can use as you put the oil on your candles or on your body:

Imbolc Candle Blessing Prayer:

“I channel the energy of this day,
I invoke the purifying Light that shines on Earth,
I plant the seeds for all my Magical workings,
to grow inside these candles.
Anointing these candles one by one,
I ask that they be charged and blessed by Brig”

Goddess Brigid Correspondences

• Element: Fire and Water.
• Food: Milk and water.
• Plants: Dandelion, snowdrop, crocus, trillium, acorns and oak tree, corn, oat, sage, pumpkin. seeds, chamomile, broom, shamrock, rushes, straw, and all field flowers.
• Herbs: Heather, rosemary, thyme, and bay.
• Animals: Lambs and ewes, dairy cows, serpents, farm animals, and domesticated creatures.
• Gems: Gold, brass, silver, carnelian, agate, copper, amethyst, jasper, and fire agate.
• Colors: Green, white, yellow, and blue.
• Planet: Venus.

The signs of a deity contacting you are never obvious at first, so feel free to take the first step.

• As spring approaches make sure to clear out the old to invite in the new. Clean your home and shift any negative or limiting beliefs that you may hold. This will lure her to you and help to support your development and connection with her.
• Set up an altar for Brigid (see below). Tend to it daily, make offerings of milk and butter on the hearth or altar.
• Light some candles and keep an eye out for any confirmation such as a warm feeling, a voice or a vision during meditation or in a dream.
• Meditate, chant prayers, and open yourself up more to experiences with Her. Knit, weave, crochet, or write as a devotional activity. Craft a corn doll or any other offering for Brigid, keeping in mind she is the Patroness of poetry, smithcraft, animal care, midwifery, and breeding.

Brigid’s Cross: Made of reed or grass, this geometric cross is commonly believed to be a Christian symbol, but its origin is much older. These crosses were traditionally woven during the pagan feast of Imbolc (see below), Brigid’s festival, to announce the arrival of spring.

The cross is left on the altar throughout the night of Imbolc for the Goddess to bless. The next morning it is hung at the front door of the house to protect the home from fire and evil. Other appropriate places are above the hearth, or in the kitchen, places ruled by the fire of the Goddesses of the Home.

Eternal Flame: With her flaming red hair and association with fire, she is often symbolized by a flame. As she is considered to be a fire Goddess, many of her worshippers use this element to pay homage to her. By lighting a white candle and invoking the element Fire you can feel her presence and bring the symbol of the Goddess Brigid to life.

Serpent: Another popular symbol for the Goddess Brigid is the serpent. It represents renewal and the beginning of spring. When you uncover the deeper elements of this symbol it is also tied to divinity.

In addition, Brigid is also symbolized by Spring. As such she represents new beginnings and the creation of new life. It is one of the reasons why she is still celebrated to this day. During the springtime, it is easiest to connect with her, she is all around nurturing and giving life to plants and animals.

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What is Imbolc?

Imbolc is an ancient Celtic festival celebrated on the first day of February, also known as Imbolg or Saint Brigid’s Day. Imbolc, meaning “in the belly”, marks the midway point between winter and spring. This is also the 4th point on the Celtic Wheel and a time when we’re slowly edging from the darkness into the light.

During Imbolc, we can peep through the snow and see glimpses of sun rays peeking out with promises of spring. Mother Nature is preparing for a new life in the coming months. Seeds are nestled into their beds and growing daily. Animals are growing their young in their wombs to deliver in spring. This is an exciting time in nature and we can see it reflect in flora, in fauna, and in the energies we feel just before spring.

Imbolc rituals and practices are centered around honoring Brigid, who symbolizes fertility, creativity, and renewal. You can celebrate Imbolc by lighting candles to bring in the light of spring, performing cleansing rituals to clear away winter’s darkness, and engaging in activities such as crafting wreaths, a Brigid’s cross, or practicing the Fiery Arrow ritual.

How to honor Goddess Brigid during Imbolc

During Imbolc, we look toward Goddess Brigid, the Goddess of children, fertility, healing, and the land. She presides over the inspiration, healing, medicine, and herbs of the hearth, home, and land. Her elements are water, fire, and sunlight, so she is often honored through fire festivals, the lighting of candles, and building of altars around the fire element.

She brings unity between the Divine Masculine and Divine Feminine, the Inner Yin and Yang. In her human form, Goddess Brigid was born at dawn (a liminal time), on a threshold (a liminal space), on the first day of Spring. She is the triple goddess – maiden, mother, and crone.

Building an Altar to Honor Goddess Brigid

An altar is incredibly personal and there’s no “correct” recipe that you need to follow, but here are a few things you can add to your altar to honor Goddess Brigid.

• You can add meaningful offerings like beer, wine, milk, honey, butter, or crystals for Brigid. This represents gratitude for her love.
• Place items you would like blessed by her, like healing tools, wands, dowsing rods, singing bowls, crystals, jewelry, or anything you use for healing. This allows her healing energy to be infused with the tool you use, making it a powerful instrument for your lightwork.
• Place something symbolic of health, an item you would like blessed by Brigid, such as a piece of clothing or perhaps something you always have on you.
• Brigid is known for being the Goddess of fertility, creativity, poetry, and art, so you can leave a blessing in the form of a poem or letter, a painting, something you’ve created.
• If you want to bless your family and loved ones, leave a meaningful family photo on your front door during Imbolc and ask Brigid to bless your family as she enters your home.
• Enhance abundance by placing coins near your front door, and manifest the abundance entering your front door through Brigid’s power.
• If you are able, add a statue of Brigid to honor her spirit and place it on your Altar for the next 6 weeks, surrounding her with candles and symbolic items or blessings that resonate with you.
• If you crafted a Brigid’s cross, then add this to your altar as a blessing. In the Divine Woman Awakening program, I teach how to weave a Brigid’s cross and how to weave your intentions for Imbolc through it – we often meet live to weave these together!

To honor the four elements in your altar you can add:

Water: Blessed water from Brigid’s well in Ireland, if you can’t access this then I would invite you to use any water from a sacred site that you can bless with intentions for Imbolc.

Fire: A candle, lit with Brigid’s eternal flame. You ask Brigid to light it with her eternal flame while you light the candle in the ceremony.

Wood: You can add snowdrops, representing the earth warming up and peeking through the snow, preparing for Spring.

Air: You can add Swan feathers, the swan is the bird of Brigid, representing elegance, kindness, grace, and clarity.

Finally, you can place any crystals that resonate with you in this time, Beloved. If you want to honor Brigid’s flame then I invite you to see if you can find a Sunstone, Citrine, Red Jasper, Rose Quartz, or Amber.