#Brigid’s cross

[pagan-stitches]

Dug out the Autumn embroideries. I usually start transitioning around Lammas so I’m really late this year. At least I’m on time for Michaelmas.

[headknight-oh]

Happy imbolc everyone! May Brigid bless you. I have a quick question for y’all. What do you all do with your old brigids crosses from years past? I’ve been burning them each year, but I’m not sure where I got that from. It’s not in any of my source books, and I can’t find anything on it online. I know they were often kept to help sick animals or other similar things, but I keep coming back to the tradition of burning a brat bride after a certain amount of time and trying to align it with how I interact with the brigids cross. I was also raised catholic, so there’s a chance that my brain is trying to conflate the palms from Palm Sunday that are burned for Ash Wednesday with my brigids cross.

Either way, I think I’m going to burn it for ash divination because I don’t have the big hearth fire to do that for, but I wanted to see what everyone else did and if there’s any precedent for burning them or if that’s just my own upg.

Anyway, enjoy the holiday everyone!

[oh-my-little-hearth]

Story Time!!

I work for a very large haunted house. A while ago our wardrobe trailer burnt down from an arsonist(?)

I was thinking about it now and we fire proof the entire thing now with fire proof paint, and we’re extremely careful nowadays. Butttt we put Brigid’s crosses in our homes to stop them from burning down so why not put on in my trailer.

As the lead I get to decorate lol so I’m super excited! I have to use all my wall space so it’s gonna be painted on I think. The lead makeup artist is also a witch so I’m not worried about anyone getting upset with it, considering when the trailer burnt down the only thing left untouched and unburnt was a doll and they asked him to cleanse and bless it 🤣

[geopsych]

Happy St Brigid’s Day tomorrow! And happy Imbolc, too, each to those who celebrate. It seemed like January would never end but the light is actually returning.

[aodhan-art]

[lailoken]

In honor of Imbolc, here is an art study I carried out by illustrating different variations of Brighid's Cross.

[astral-witch]

Imbolc, St. Brigid's Cross (Candlemas), Feb 1-2

[ivyodessa]

Happy Midwinter and Blessed Imbolc ❄️🌸

Spring is just around the corner

[birdsofrhiannon]

[dianasson]

Making Bríd crosses, 2024 💛

Posting this a bit late, obviously. Featuring a huge amount of reeds, burning of the old crosses, the waiting, the making, and a fresh one in place.

[cellabella-illuminates]

Happy feast day, St. Brigid!

[pagan-stitches]

Welcoming St. Brigid into our home.

I don’t always do things by exact dates, but often take my cues from nature. With so much of my practice having Slavic roots I associate the coming holy days with Perun and thunder—so the thunderstorm last night told me it was time to start!

Step 1 — hanging a Brigid cross at our front door to invite her in.

Brigid crosses are also associated with thunder, and were said to protect from thunder and lightning.

[mass-monumentalist]

St. Brigid's Cemetery Easthampton, MA

prints available

[shewithbloodofpaint]

The Goddess Brigid

Art piece I did for a dear friend.

Bluesky Linktree

[musing-druidess]