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Season of the Witch Imbolc Oracle — Anderson & Diaz Sabbat Deck
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Season of the Witch Imbolc Oracle by Juliet Diaz and Lorriane Anderson honors Imbolc — the sacred midwinter festival of Brigid, renewal, and the returning light. With 44 cards rich in Celtic imagery and seasonal symbolism, this oracle guides readings focused on new beginnings, purification, and creative fire.
Description:Quick Specs
- Brand: Rockpool Publishing
- Type: 44-card oracle deck with full-color guidebook
- Size/Quantity: 44 cards with blue gilded edges, full-color illustrated guidebook
- Best for: Imbolc ritual practice, winter-to-spring transitions, shadow work, and self-inquiry during the darker months
The Oracle of Imbolc: Brigid, Candles, and the Returning Light
Imbolc falls on February 1st and 2nd, the midpoint between the winter solstice and the spring equinox on the Celtic Wheel of the Year. It is sacred to Brigid, the triple goddess of poetry, smithcraft, and healing, whose eternal flame was kept burning in Kildare by her priestesses for centuries. The Season of the Witch Imbolc Oracle by Lorraine Anderson and Juliet Diaz is built entirely around this specific threshold, the moment when winter has not yet released its grip but the earth has already begun to stir. Candles appear throughout the deck's blue-toned illustrations as a visual anchor, representing the returning light and the inner flame that keeps practitioners moving through the darkest part of the year.
Lorraine Anderson is a spiritual teacher and bestselling author who works with sabbats and moon phases as portals for personal growth. Juliet Diaz is an Indigenous Taino Cubana bohuiti, healer, and author of Witchery, who channels poetic mini-messages for each card in the deck. Tijana Lukovic provides the illustrations, rendered in the muted, wintry blue palette that gives this Imbolc edition its distinctive stillness compared to the livelier spring and summer installments of the series.
A Deck for the Solitary Self
Imbolc in the SOTW series is specifically the sabbat of the self. The cards support solitary introspection rather than community celebration, which separates this deck's energy from the Beltane or Litha editions. The themes running through the 44 cards include awakening, patience, purification, the nurturing of new intentions while they are still seeds, and the courage to continue through vulnerability and uncertainty. The guidebook includes eight custom spreads, among them the Imbolc Cross, the Candle-dressing Spread, and the Coming of Spring Spread, each designed to work with these themes in practical depth.
Beyond card readings, the guidebook contains recipes for Imbolc-appropriate incense and seasonal foods like rosemary bread, along with spells including a clarity candle spell and a peppermint egg-clearing toxicity spell. These extras make the deck a genuine seasonal ritual companion rather than only a divination tool. Browse more in my oracle decks collection.
How to Use the Season of the Witch Imbolc Oracle
How to work with the Imbolc Oracle during the winter-to-spring threshold and beyond.
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Set up an Imbolc altar before your reading
Imbolc is the sabbat of candles and returning fire. Light a white or blue candle on your reading space to honor Brigid and the returning light. The guidebook's sacred space spread can help you determine what intentions are ready to be seeded.
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Draw with the Imbolc themes in mind
Pull cards around patience, purification, new intentions, and what still needs to be released before spring arrives. The Candle-dressing Spread is effective for readers who want clarity on what is blocking their path forward from the darker months.
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Use the guidebook's rituals and recipes alongside your reading
The guidebook includes Imbolc spells, simmer pot instructions, and seasonal recipes. Using these alongside your card draws ties the oracle work into embodied seasonal practice, deepening the connection to Brigid's themes of craft, healing, and fire.
The Tarot Fellow Standard
I carry every deck in the Season of the Witch series because Anderson and Diaz do the work of making each sabbat feel genuinely distinct rather than interchangeable. The Imbolc edition earns its place because it captures the specific quality of early February: the stillness and vulnerability of that threshold where winter is still real but something new has already begun to push through the ground. The blue palette, the candle imagery, and the self-focused reading spreads make this deck unusually precise in its seasonal purpose. Pair it with a candle from my candles collection for a complete Imbolc altar.
Frequently Asked Questions
Imbolc falls on February 1st and 2nd, marking the midpoint between winter solstice and spring equinox. It celebrates Brigid and the first stirring of life beneath the frozen ground, the threshold between winter's darkness and the approaching light.
Brigid is the Celtic triple goddess of poetry, smithcraft, and healing. Her eternal flame at Kildare was tended by priestesses for centuries. Imbolc is her festival, and the deck's candle imagery and fire themes all reflect her three-part patronage.
Yes. The deck's themes of patience, purification, and new intentions apply any time you navigate a transition from difficulty toward growth. Many readers use it in January and February, or during personal winters at other times of the year.
The Imbolc deck focuses on the solitary self, purification, and seeding intentions, with a blue palette and candle imagery. Other decks in the series, like Beltane or Litha, carry warmer, communal, and solar energies quite different from this one.
