Brigid is the triple goddess of healing, poetry and smithcraft, representing inspiration, creativity and balance. She represents compassion, loyalty, intuition, the balance of the sun and the moon. She was reknowned for her ability to adjudicate peaceful solutions so that both parties felt they had “won”.

There is a story of her birth which tells that she was born at sunrise with a flame dancing on her head, symbolised by her red hair. Fire energy represents transformation and divine radiance. She is the bringer of light, healing and rebirth. Her warmth and light fill us with her healing grace.

She is also reknowned for her blessing of a well which turned into a sacred spring of healing.

Her feast day on February 1st aligns with the Celtic celebration of Imbolc which heralds the arrival of Spring. After her winter slumber in the underworld, Brigid arises in the Spring. The plant world follows her into awakening pushing up its fresh new shoots symbolising hope for new growth in the year ahead.

The brigids cross is made from fresh reeds on Brigids day and symbolises the spiral of the cycle of the seasons: 

The rising proceeding energy of spring, the full heat of summer, the contracting condensing energy of Autumn and the quiet rest of winter.

Brigid at the centre of the spiral representing the dynamic balance of the spiral of the seasons.

The cross is traditionally placed over the front door to symbolise balance and blessings as we flow through the year.

On Brigids Eve there is a tradition of placing a blue cloth outside and as Brigid rises on February the 1st the dew of the new dawn imbues the cloth with Brigids healing. The cloth can be used throughout the year to wrap around us when we feel unwell in any way, enfolding us with Brigids healing blessings.