IMBOLC 2025

Cast the Circle with a new broom, sweeping away the old and sweeping in the new.


Sweep once around the Circle, starting in the east, widdershins to banish the old, then once deosil to bring in the new.

Call the Quarters:

East: From the East, we welcome the rising of the sun,
From winter’s darkness, we have won!
We welcome you, Brother Wind, and claim you as our kin.
Welcome and blessed be!

South: From the South, we welcome the Light,
Winter has now taken flight! We welcome you,
Father Sun. Our journey, like yours, is just begun.
Welcome and blessed be!

West: From the West, we welcome the Waters of the Womb,
From the darkness we emerge as from a tomb.
We welcome you, Sister Rain. Wash us clean and remove our pain.
Welcome and blessed be!

North: From the North, we welcome the solid land,
As you bring your blessing to our hand.
We welcome you, Mother Earth, and claim our cleansing rebirth.
Welcome and blessed be!

The invocation

“Brigid, I welcome You to my sacred space.
As You enter, bring with You the fires of warmth and fertility.”

Play the song " Hold On, " and Everyone dance around the fire.

After this song finishes, say, "I welcome the Light. "

Walk up to the altar now and, taking the container of soil and seed in hand, raise it to the heavens, saying: This soil of Earth is also the soil of my spirit.
Today, I plant the seed of (fill in with a quality that you wish to develop)
in this loam to be warmed by the returning sun, and grown with love.

Plant the seed in the soil, and put the container in front of you on the altar.

Take the container of partially thawed ice and raise it upward, saying:

This is the Water of the Maiden who returns to Earth today,
generating life and fertility with Her warmth.

Pour the melted ice into the container with the soil and seed:

This Water shall likewise nourish the seed of now growing in my soul.

Pour the remaining liquid out to Earth as a libation.

Cakes and ale

Release the quarters

North: From the North, we thank the solid land,
For bringing your blessings to our hand!
We thank you, Mother Earth, and claim our cleansing rebirth.
Go with our blessings and our gratitude. Hail and farewell

West: From the West, we thank the Waters of the Womb,
From the darkness we emerged as from a tomb!
We thank you, Sister Rain, for washing us clean and removing our pain.
Go with our blessings and our gratitude. Hail and farewell!

South: From the South, we thank the Light,
Winter has now taken flight!
We thank you, Father Sun, for blessing the journeys we have begun.
Go with our blessings and our gratitude. Hail and farewell!

East: From the East, we hailed the rising of the sun,
From winter’s darkness, we have won!
We thank you, Brother Wind, and call farewell to you as our kin. Go with our blessings and our gratitude. Hail and farewell!

Thank You, Brigid, for Your presence…for sharing the fire from Your hearth to bless, inspire, and heal me. May I keep these embers safely burning in my heart.

Hail and farewell

Play the song " Hold On " once again. Everyone,

dance around the fire to open up the circle.