IMBOLC is a Celtic festival celebrated around the 1st February, marking the mid point of winter, from the Winter Solstice on the 20th December to the Spring (Vernal) Equinox on March 20th. It's the very first signs of spring, of Gaia waking up and the year to come. It's a moment that's full of promise, potential and new life. This festival is dedicated to the goddess Brigid, the hearth keeper, symbolised by both fire and water, she is a fierce but nurturing goddess. Her warrior status is the embodiment of divine masculine and feminine energy in balance. She represents fertility, spring time and the warmth of an open hearth, but she also gives us a grounded, protected energy, which we will call in to help us have the strength to fully release all that no longer serves us. It's a magical time of reflection and integration, where we get to be fully present in this moment, clear on where we are and seed the future for all we wish to grow

LEO FULL MOON - this full moon signals an exceptionally powerful moment in the signs of Leo and Aquarius. Leo and Aquarius are zodiacal opposites, so we're releasing the shadow aspects of Leo (the Moon represents the shadow side) and embracing the exalted aspects of Aquarius in it's solar position (the sun sign it's currently in). Aquarian energy is all about being the collective visionary, the innovator and egalitarian energy of the zodiac. This isn't just about the full moon being in Leo,  this is the moon opposing not just the Sun (who we are, our life giver) in Aquarius, but also the astrological heavy hitter Pluto (generational planet of external control, power, sexuality the ruler of the underworld), Mars (war, action, divine masculine, internal power & confidence), Venus (divine feminine, governs beauty, love, finances and finally Mercury (rapid communication, governs the intellect, logic, commerce, understanding and mental agility). This is the moment all these planets converge and talk to one another all in the sign of Aquarius, each of them a personal planet meaning it directly correlates to your own personal experience here on earth and highlights  the aspect of our lives it represents. With this many planets aligned, including Pluto which hasn't been in Aquarius for over 200 years! It's an incredibly rare, potent and powerful full moon to release anything you've been holding onto, that really isn't aligned with who you are, or who you wish to become. It can be hard to let go, but when you have this powerful astrological energetic support behind you, surrendering to it and allowing all that no longer serves to fall away can be a very liberating and clarifying. We will be embracing this as we journey through our breath, meditation and sound experience together.