Imbolc includes the gender roles of Educator and Educated. They are a logical continuation of the roles of the Woman in Childbirth(Mother) and the Newborn, which we talked about when we considered the energies of Yule.
And if we characterized the role of the Mother as the most archaic, showing the entire triumph of the Matriarchy, then the role of the Educator is the role of an ideal woman from the point of view of an already patriarchal society.
Unlike Mother who creates her own world herself, Educator acts as a faithful companion of her man.
This woman is ideal from the point of view of a patriarchal society, where it is not the mother who gave birth, but the one who raised.
Educator does not even have to give birth to children herself. Yes, she is a mother, but very often she may not be the biological mother of this particular child, she may not be a mother at all.
Moreover, if we look at the role of Educator more broadly, then the object of her attention may not necessarily be a child, but also a husband, any other person, and even an animal. Its main role is not so much to give life as to protect life.
She protects, raises, educates, nurtures. It makes the weak strong, the stupid - smart, the ill-mannered - well-mannered, the sick - healthy, and so on.
More generally, she improves the characteristics of an object. If Mother gives birth to something that was not there before, then Educator changes the world around her.
She is very intuitive and feels the needs of the world around her. Indeed, a baby, an old man, an animal cannot always signal their problems and needs. Educator sees this herself, without asking, she joins in situations, helps, corrects.
She is a very efficient woman who knows all the corners of her house and garden, her dog's bowl always has fresh water, and the birds in the garden will always find grains in the feeder.
Her house is perfect, her husband and children are well-groomed and surrounded by care and attention.
But like any role, this role must be balanced. Otherwise, we have Bree Van de Kamp from Desperate Housewives.
Moreover, this is only one of the manifestations of the hypertrophied role of Educator. This can also manifest itself in painful dependence on some person (man, child, parent), when a woman completely abandons her life and her interests, completely devoting herself to some kind of service to another. Often it is difficult for her in this, she suffers, but still continues to do what she does. But this is not yet a real disaster. The real disaster occurs when this connection is broken: the man leaves, the child grows up and begins to live his own life, the old man dies.
The male role of Yule is the role of the Educated. The Educated is a man who does not know something. Here is the principle of inaction. He understands that he cannot know everything, cannot have all the information. It's about letting go of control, which is definitely helpful because the God complex hasn't made anyone's life better yet. But there also needs to be a balance. If the role of the educated person is exaggerated, then such a man does not control anything at all. Perhaps this option is suitable in situations where the second of the partners is very dominant, but for a normal partnership this is a very bad behavior.