Ostara — Spring Equinox. Celebrated around Mar 19 – 22 (Spring Equinox).
Ostara marks the Spring Equinox — day and night in balance as life bursts forth. It celebrates fertility, renewal, and fresh beginnings.
Ostara marks the Spring Equinox — day and night in balance as life bursts forth. It celebrates fertility, renewal, and fresh beginnings.
Ostara takes its name from a Germanic spring goddess, Eostre, whose symbols of eggs and hares celebrated fertility and renewal at the equinox — and gave Easter both its name and its bunny.
Plant seeds, decorate eggs, balance your space, and set goals for the growing season.
Colours: pastels, green, yellow, pink. Foods: eggs, sprouts, leafy greens, honey cakes. Herbs: jasmine, daffodil, lavender. Symbols: eggs, hares, seeds.
Traditional ways Ostara has been celebrated through the ages.
Painted eggs as symbols of fertility and new life.
Sowing literal and symbolic seeds for the season.
Greeting the returning life in nature, in balance with day and night.
The colours, symbols, herbs, foods, and crystals traditionally tied to Ostara.
| Category | Associations |
|---|---|
| Colors | Pastels, green, yellow |
| Symbols | Eggs, hares, seeds, spring flowers |
| Herbs | Daffodil, jasmine, honeysuckle, violet |
| Food | Eggs, sprouts, leafy greens, honey |
| Crystals | Aquamarine, rose quartz, moonstone |
The Wheel of the Year turns through eight festivals — the solstices and equinoxes, and the four cross-quarter days between them.
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