Stirring

The first rule of cauldrons is… keep on stirring.

It’s Imbolc, the coldest cross-quarter of the year. Tonight might be the coldest night this winter. And yet…life is stirring beneath the snow. In five or six weeks the tulips will start stabbing upward out of the soil, unstoppable in their quest to reach the light. Six or eight inches deep in the frozen ground, the bulbs are awakening and getting ready to start that mighty work.

Some people say that the word “Imbolc” means “in the belly.” It’s not yet spring, but new life is stirring in the belly of Mother Earth. Blessings of the quickening Earth to you in this cold time of Imbolc!