Happy Imbolg!

Happy Imbolg/Oimelc/Candlemas to those who celebrate it!

I observe the cross-quarter Sabbats as an integral part of the Solar cycle, rather than as social/cultural events, so I calculate their times astrologically, as the precise mid-point between the Solstice and Equinox on either side. True Imbolg this year occurs today at 5:49 p.m. local time (11:01 p.m. UTC). I just did the Tarot reading for the coming octave, and…wow. Just…wow. I’ll be interested to see what manifests from all this! I’ve found that I usually can’t read too much into the Sabbat Tarot readings, they’re only for a six-week period, but this one is hard to downplay. Meanwhile, although I was grumpy about the apparent obscurity of Yule’s not-so-nice Outcome card, it has become extremely clear what it meant, and it was very accurate indeed (I’m sorry to say–what it predicted was how much trouble I’d have getting back to my dietary disciplines after the holidays and it did not exaggerate. Now that we’re starting a new octave I hope I can get things under control).

Next up is ritual. I’m fasting for it, and I’m starving. 🙁 But I made some delicious lentil soup on Monday that I can have afterwards.

I was saddened to learn today that a friend’s husband just passed away from cancer. It seems that so many people are going through such hard times right now.