February 1st marks the first important Celtic festival of the year: Imbolc. Halfway between Samhain (1st November) and Beltaine (1st May), this date indicates the inversion of the natural cycle, which passes from the descent to the rise of the sun. The cold of February purifies nature (February comes from the Latin Februar which means “purify”) but already life is reborn in the countryside. Nests are built and lambs are born. In Celtic times, the Druids celebrate the «Mother

This is the 1st New moon of the year sticking to the Chinese NY of the snake and bouncing with the Celtic feast of Imbolc (1st February)...

This NM happens to be at the beginning of the Chinese new year of the Tiger, just located on the Celtic feast of Imbolc. The name Imbolc...