SEASONS OF CELEBRATION

MARCH 21 ~~ OSTARA (lesser sabbat quarter day)
Astronomical Date: Sun 15 Degrees Aries
September 1st in Southern Hemisphere
Alban Eiler, Bacchanalia, Easter, Eostre, Eostra’s Day, Lady Day, Oestre, Ostre, Rites of Spring, Spring Equinox, Vernal Equinox

ACTIVITIES:
Birdfeeders/Houses/Watching
Charm Bags
Collect Wildflowers
Divination
Egg Coloring/Hunts
Fertility Rites
Sacred Tree Spells
Spring Planting

CAULDRON: Growth

COLORS: MINT, lavender, ivory, yellow, pink

DECORATIONS:
Baskets
Bulb Flowers
Butterflies/Cocoons
Chicks
Colored Eggs
Four Leaf Clover
Green Man & Flower Bride
Lambs
Rabbits

FACTS AND FOLKLORE:
'oh-STAR-uh' or 'OST-a-RAh'
Ostara derived from fertility goddess "Eostre" (Teutonic) (from which Easter is also derived)

Dark and light equal
Enigmatic egg laid by regenerating snake or heavenly bird
Enigmatic egg symbol of emergence of life
Growth time: second fertility
Holiday of "Ostara" Goddess Of Dawn (Germanic)
Impregnation of Goddess with Sun God
Light triumphs over the dark until Mabon
Many covens host noisy rituals stirring mother earth to wake
New growth and newborn animals
Olwen passes though, in whose footprints flowers bloom (Celtic)
Return from Hades of Goddess Persephone (Greek)
Sun God becomes The Father
Time of balance
Time of planting and sowing seeds

FEASTING:
Cookies
Eggs
Flowers
Lamb
Nuts
Pork
Sprouts

BEVERAGES:
Herbal Teas