OSTARA

March 21 -- Ostara -- Spring or The Vernal Equinox
Also known as: Lady Day or Alban Eiler (Druidic)

As Spring reaches its midpoint, night and day stand
in perfect balance, with light on the increase.

The young Sun God now celebrates a hierogamy
(sacred marriage) with the young Maiden Goddess,
who conceives.

In nine months, she will again become the Great Mother.
It is a time of great fertility,
new growth, and newborn animals.

The next full moon (a time of increased births) is called
the Ostara and is sacred to Eostre the Saxon Lunar Goddess
of fertility (from whence we get the word estrogen,
whose two symbols were the egg and the rabbit.

The Christian religion adopted these emblems for Easter
which is celebrated on the first Sunday
after the first full moon following the vernal equinox.

The theme of the conception of the Goddess was adapted
as the Feast of the Annunciation, occurring on the alternative
fixed calendar date of March 25 Old Lady Day,
the earlier date of the equinox.

Lady Day may also refer to other goddesses
(such as Venus and Aphrodite), many of whom
have festivals celebrated at this time.

Traditional Foods:
Leafy green vegetables, Dairy foods, Nuts
such as Pumpkin, Sunflower and Pine.

Flower Dishes and Sprouts.

Herbs and Flowers:
Daffodil, Jonquils, Woodruff, Violet,
Gorse, Olive, Peony, Iris,
Narcissus and all spring flowers.

Incense:
Jasmine, Rose, Strawberry, Floral of any type.

Sacred Gemstone: Jasper

Special Activities:
Planting seeds or starting a Magickal Herb

Garden. Taking a long walk in nature with no intent
other than reflecting on the Magick of nature and our
Great Mother and her bounty.


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