Ground Hog Day has a much Bigger Meaning

Feb 02, Monday. In addition to Ground Hog Day this is a time that is also traditionally celebrated as Candlemas (festival of lights) or Imbolc marking the cross-quarter between Solstice and Equinox that is exact when the Sun reaches 15 Aquarius exact tomorrow. The Celts regarded this cross-quarter time as the Feast Day of the Goddess Brigit or Brighid. She was a Celtic goddess of fire, the hearth, the fields, poetry, marriage and childbirth. Remnant of her influence are still evident because to this day women share an aspect of her name (Bride) when they marry. The season of Imbolc was a time to extinguish the old ceremonial fires and light new ones in honor of the returning light and lengthening days. In some parts of the world, winter is loosening its hold and the seeds are stirring, breaking free of their shells, and showing signs of growth. This also reminds us that the seeds planted deep within ourselves are also stirring.

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