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Imbolc also called Brigantia is a 3 day Fire Festival

from January 31 to February 3. .

In calendars throughout the Northern hemisphere, this is the time of one of the eight great festivals in the solar year. This one, midway between the December Solstice and the March Equinox, is the feast of mid-winter -- best known in the west as Imbolc or Brigantia. The rites of fire and purification that are performed now clear the way for the returning light and resurgent vitality of spring.

For an indepth study of Bridgit and Imbolc visit: http://www.druidry.org/obod/deities/brigid.html

The natural phenomenon at the root of Imbolc is thought to be the visibly perceptive lengthening of daylight, and therefore the anticipation of spring; the alternate name for the day, Óimelc, is thought to denote the time of ewes coming into milk, also a signal of spring. From earliest times Imbolc was associated with Brigit, The pre-Christian Irish goddess of fire, smithing, fertility, cattle, crops, and poetry the fire-goddess, and after Christianization with St Brigid of Kildare, eventually becoming known as St Brigid's Day. The saint, it should be pointed out, was often seen as the patroness of sheep, the pastoral economy, and fertility in general.

THE SKY ABOVE KAMLOOPS ON FEBURARY 2ND

At 7:20 am rising above the horizon together - the New Moon in Capricornus and Mercury in Sagitarious. The moon will not be at zero illumination until 6:31 this night - when it will be below our horizon. At this time it's illumination is 0.2%. The Sun and Mars rise together in Capricornus at 7:43 am

In the pm, the Sun and the New Moon set together at 4:53 pm and 4:57 pm. This alignment with the Sun and New Moon setting at the same time will not occur again until May 2 2011.