{"id":179,"date":"2022-02-18T15:25:11","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T15:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/?p=179"},"modified":"2022-02-24T00:46:19","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T00:46:19","slug":"imbolc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/imbolc\/","title":{"rendered":"Imbolc"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/imbolc-Celtic-Symbol.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/imbolc-Celtic-Symbol.png 225w, https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/imbolc-Celtic-Symbol-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Imbolc, also known as Saint Brigid&#8217;s Day, is a pagan holiday that commemorates the arrival of spring and is observed from February 1 to 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the ancient Celts, Imbolc was a significant cross quarter day. It was a time of renewal and purification, as well as anticipation of the coming summer months. With women taking center stage, birth, fertility, creativity, and fire were all vital factors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Imbolc is a cross quarter day, or the midpoint between seasonal shifts, in the celebrations of the seasons, often known as &#8220;the Wheel of the Year.&#8221; Imbolc occurs between the Winter Solstice (December 21st) and the Spring Equinox (March 20th) (Ostara, March 21st).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imbolc, also known as Saint Brigid&#8217;s Day, is a pagan holiday that commemorates the arrival of spring and is observed from February 1 to 2. For the ancient Celts, Imbolc was a significant cross quarter day. It was a time of renewal and purification, as well as anticipation of the coming summer months. With women &#8230; <a title=\"Imbolc\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/imbolc\/\" aria-label=\"More on Imbolc\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2681,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179\/revisions\/2681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}