IMBOLG 17:19 Wednesday 29th January 2025
Calculations made for Imbolg at Temple Crom, 53.73801 - 8.57184
Event = 17:19 Sun: Alt-2* Azi 244*, Dark Moon: Alt -4* Azi 239* with the star Fomalhaut briefly appearing just above the horizon at Alt +1* Azi 210*
The conjunction of the Sun with the Dark Moon below the Horizon while Fomalhaut is just above the Horizon gives us the timing for Imbolg. Imbolg is a moveable ‘feast’ that occasionally aligns with ‘St Brigid’s Day’ but it can vary up to two weeks either side of February 1st. Imbolg means ‘in the belly or in the bag’. In Ireland this calculation gives us the true date and time to honour our connection with Brigid, daughter of Dagda. It marks the end of winter and the start of the Celtic Spring at the end of the day and the start of the night.
Horizon Stars -
Fomalhaut: Arabic means ‘Mouth of the Fish’, Iota Capricorni: Sumerian means ‘Goat Fish’ Albali: Arabic means ‘the Swallower’, Denebokab: Arabic means ‘the Eagle’s Tail’
Ancient Irish Starlore -
The knowledge of our sacred indigenous starlore was deliberately erased, but it lives on in the shadows of mythology. In Ireland for the rebuilding of our starlore for these modern times the author has chosen ‘Bó cluas dhearg’ (red eared cow) honouring the calving / lambing season and named the deity as ‘Brigid’ daughter of Dagda, from the living Imbolg tradition today all over Ireland. White cows with red ears were sacred animals in Celtic Ireland. As a child Brigid was said to have been sustained by the milk of a white cow with red ears and this sacred cow also gave milk to all the poor she encountered on her travels. This red eared cow is accompanied by bees and they all live in the apple orchard in the Otherworld beneath the horizon. It was Dagda, her father who made Brigid Guardian of this orchard and all that live in it. Brigid was born at the start of day to night as she travels into the Otherworld with her red eared cow and bees seeking the sacred nectar of life. This story is written in the stars for all to see and connect with.
/i\ Ard Druí Con Connor, Celtic Druid Temple, Ireland
Event = 17:19 Sun: Alt-2* Azi 244*, Dark Moon: Alt -4* Azi 239* with the star Fomalhaut briefly appearing just above the horizon at Alt +1* Azi 210*
The conjunction of the Sun with the Dark Moon below the Horizon while Fomalhaut is just above the Horizon gives us the timing for Imbolg. Imbolg is a moveable ‘feast’ that occasionally aligns with ‘St Brigid’s Day’ but it can vary up to two weeks either side of February 1st. Imbolg means ‘in the belly or in the bag’. In Ireland this calculation gives us the true date and time to honour our connection with Brigid, daughter of Dagda. It marks the end of winter and the start of the Celtic Spring at the end of the day and the start of the night.
Horizon Stars -
Fomalhaut: Arabic means ‘Mouth of the Fish’, Iota Capricorni: Sumerian means ‘Goat Fish’ Albali: Arabic means ‘the Swallower’, Denebokab: Arabic means ‘the Eagle’s Tail’
Ancient Irish Starlore -
The knowledge of our sacred indigenous starlore was deliberately erased, but it lives on in the shadows of mythology. In Ireland for the rebuilding of our starlore for these modern times the author has chosen ‘Bó cluas dhearg’ (red eared cow) honouring the calving / lambing season and named the deity as ‘Brigid’ daughter of Dagda, from the living Imbolg tradition today all over Ireland. White cows with red ears were sacred animals in Celtic Ireland. As a child Brigid was said to have been sustained by the milk of a white cow with red ears and this sacred cow also gave milk to all the poor she encountered on her travels. This red eared cow is accompanied by bees and they all live in the apple orchard in the Otherworld beneath the horizon. It was Dagda, her father who made Brigid Guardian of this orchard and all that live in it. Brigid was born at the start of day to night as she travels into the Otherworld with her red eared cow and bees seeking the sacred nectar of life. This story is written in the stars for all to see and connect with.
/i\ Ard Druí Con Connor, Celtic Druid Temple, Ireland
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