Wiccan Festival of Lights

This Wiccan sabbat day appeared in the episode The Day The Magic Died. Also known as Imbolc, it is one of eight Wiccan sabbat days marking the seasonal return of light and warmth at the end of Winter.

It occurs on February 02nd of every year, on what most Americans and Canadians consider Groundhog day.

The celebration is dedicated to the "exalted one," the "light bringer" -- the queen and mother Goddess among many European pre-Christian Pagan tribes. Among the Celts, she was Brigit, the Goddess of poetry, healing, and blacksmiths.

In the episode the Festival of Lights occurs the night after the aurora borealis marking strong universal convergences and attributed the loss of powers for all magical beings, including the Charmed Ones. Hence the episode title, The Day The Magic Died.