Imbolc Divination Ritual: A Simple Way to Receive Guidance from Brigid

Perform this gentle Imbolc divination ritual to receive intuitive guidance from the natural world during this sacred time.

Can you feel the quickening?

At Imbolc, something ancient stirs beneath the surface of things. Light is returning, seeds are awakening beneath frozen ground, and the promise of renewal is quietly but insistently alive.

Celebrated around February 1–2 in the Northern Hemisphere (and August 1–2 in the Southern Hemisphere), Imbolc is traditionally associated with the Celtic goddess Brigid—a radiant guardian of poetry, healing, sacred waters, fire, sunlight, and divination. This is a powerful time to seek her wisdom, especially through signs from nature.

This simple Imbolc divination ritual invites Brigid’s guidance and opens your awareness to meaningful messages carried by the living world around you.

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What You’ll Need

• An image of Brigid (a statue, card, printed image, or symbolic object)

• A red or white candle

• A quiet evening and a peaceful morning

• Willingness to listen and observe

Step 1: Create a Brigid Altar (Evening)

On the night of Imbolc—or within a week before or after—create a small altar to Brigid in your home. This can be simple or elaborate. What matters most is sincerity.

Place Brigid’s image on the altar and light the candle.

Invoke her presence by saying aloud or silently:

Great Goddess Brigid, I honor you.
Great Goddess Brigid, I invoke you.
Please be here now.

Pause and sense her presence as a brilliant, loving, protective light filling and surrounding your space. When it feels right, say:

Thank you for your presence, and for the many blessings you bring.

Step 2: Ask for Guidance

Bring to mind something you’d like insight or clarity about. Speak honestly from the heart. You might explain:

• What’s happening in your life

• Where you feel uncertain

• What kind of guidance you’re seeking

• How you’d like to feel when this situation is resolved

When you’re finished, thank Brigid once more. Extinguish the candle and go to bed, trusting that your request has been heard.

Step 3: Receive the Message from Nature (Morning)

When you wake the next morning—ideally before others in your household are active—return to your altar and re-light the candle.

Bundle up if necessary and step outside. Take a few moments to breathe, relax, and become fully present with the world around you.

Now, simply observe.

The first animal you notice—a bird, squirrel, rabbit, insect, neighborhood cat, or any other living being—is your divination messenger.

Stay with the encounter for as long as feels natural.

Ask yourself:

• What is this animal doing?

• What emotions, thoughts, or impressions arise?

• How might this animal’s behavior or presence reflect guidance related to your question?

Trust your intuition. The meaning is personal and symbolic rather than literal.

Step 4: Close the Ritual

When the experience feels complete, return to your altar and thank Brigid sincerely for her guidance and protection.

If it’s safe to do so, you may allow the candle to burn throughout the day. Otherwise, extinguish it and re-light it periodically until it has safely burned down.

Imbolc is a threshold—a moment between darkness and light, rest and renewal. This divination ritual helps you listen more closely to the quiet wisdom already moving toward you.

If you try this Imbolc divination ritual, I’d love to know: what sign appeared, and what message did you receive?