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Imbolc

On the Imbolc card we see that darkness is beginning to decline. The sky is deep blue. The child's’ mother stands facing an angel who has appeared before her.

This illustration draws on the Imbolc theme of the goddess as virgin. We are asked to consider that the historical fulfillment of this story has taken place in the when the God-bearer, the mother of the divine child, is promised this birth by an angel of the divine.

A youth, the divine Sun of Righteousness, stands before a group of elders.

The child is here shown teaching the elders, thus demonstrating growth in wisdom and maturity, and possessing the ability to reveal divine mysteries.

An altar is standing in the centre decorated with a single white flower.

The white flower is a symbol of cleansing as we seek the initiation of new life of wisdom following the divine child.

We move now to a time of harmony. Are there things in our lives that prevent harmony? What are the things bind us? We turn then to Ostara, a time of harmony.
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