Correspondences for Ostara

  • Usually on the 21st or 22nd of March
  • The Spring Equinox, which occurs when the Sun moves into zero degrees Aries
  • Also called the Vernal Equinox, Alban Eiber, Bacchanalia, Lady Day, and Eostre
  • One of the two days of the year�the other being Mabon�when there are exactly twelve hours of light and twelve hours of darkness
  • Fire Festival
  • Fertility Festival
  • Ostara is the time to�
    • Celebrate the God and Goddes in their youth
    • Do spellwork to bring balance into your life
    • Celebrate the end of Winter, when light overtakes darkness
    • Celebrate new life and rebirth
    • Bless seeds that will be planted in your garden
  • A celebration of balance; in my area, the time of year is not quite Winter, but not yet Spring either
  • Light green, lemon yellow, and pale pink are the colors traditionally associated with this holiday
  • This is the traditional time to buy a new besom or staff
  • Traditional Incense: African violet, jasmine, rose, sage, strawberry
  • Traditional candle colors: gold, green, yellow
  • Traditional gemstones: amethyst, aquamarine, bloodstone, red jasper
  • Traditional foods: hard-boiled eggs, honey cakes, fresh fruits, milk punch
  • Traditional herbs: acorn, celandine, cinquefoil, croqus, daffodil, dogwood, Easter lily, honeysuckle, iris, jasmine, rose, strawberry, tansy, violets
  • Traditional animals: rabbits and snakes
  • Suggested decorations: daffodils, tulips, woodruff, violet, gorse, olive, peony, iris, narcissus, any spring flowers, eggs, butterflies, and cocoons
  • Suggested activities: dying eggs, looking for spring growth
  • Attunement teas: dandelion, egg drinks, hyssop, and linden
  • Ritual oils: lotus, magnolia, ginger
  • Mythical creatures: unicorn, merpeople, Pegasus
  • Key actions: openings and beginnings
  • Taboos: none known
  • Goddesses of Ostara:
    • All Androgynous Deities
    • All Goddesses of Love
    • All Moon Goddesses
    • All Virgin Goddesses
    • Anna Fearina (Roman)
    • Aphrodite (Greek)
    • Astarte (Semitic)
    • Athena (Greek)
    • Chalichiuhtlique (South American)
    • Coatlicue (Aztec)
    • Copper Woman (Native American)
    • Cybele (Roman)
    • Demeter (Greek)
    • Doda (Serbian)
    • Eostre (Saxon)
    • Erce (Slavic)
    • Eriu (Irish)
    • Esther (Semitic)
    • Flidais (Irish)
    • Gaia (Greek)
    • Garbhog (Irish)
    • Guadalupe (Mexican)
    • Hera (Greek)
    • Hina (Polynesian)
    • Iris (Greek)
    • Ishtar (Babylonian)
    • Isis (Egyptian)
    • Juno (Roman)
    • Kwan Yin (Chinese)
    • Lady-of-the-Lake (Welsh-Cornish)
    • Libera (Roman)
    • Ma-Ku (Chinese)
    • Lilith (Hebrew)
    • Madhusri (Hindu)
    • Melusine (Franco-Scottish)
    • Minerva (Roman)
    • Moon Mother (Native American)
    • The Muses (Greek)
    • Oddudua (African)
    • Oshun (African)
    • Ova (Greek-Etruscan)
    • Parvati (Indian)
    • Persephone (Greek)
    • Renpet (Egyptian)
    • Rheda (Anglo-Saxon)
    • Salmaona (Middle Eastern)
    • Some Fertility Goddesses
    • Venus (Roman)
    • Vesna (Slavic)
    • Vesta (Roman)

  • Gods of Ostara:
    • Adonis (Greek)
    • All Gods of Love
    • All Gods of Song & Dance
    • All Moon Gods
    • Attis (Persian)
    • Cernunnos (Greco-Celtic)
    • Dagda (Welsh)
    • Danh (West African)
    • Dylan (Welsh)
    • The Great Horned God (European)
    • Gwali (Central African)
    • Lord of the Greenwood (English)
    • Mithras (Greco-Persian)
    • Odin (Norse)
    • Osiris (Egyptian)
    • Ovis (Roman-Etruscan)
    • Pan (Greek)
    • Some Fertility Gods

  • Suggested chant (author unknown):
    "The river is flowing,
    Flowing and growing.
    The river is flowing,
    Down to the sea.
    Mother, carry me.
    Child I shall always be.
    Mother, carry me,
    Down by the sea."
  • Ostara Incense:
    • 2 parts Frankincense
    • 1 part Benzoin
    • 1 part Dragon�s Blood
    • � part Nutmeg
    • � part Violet flowers (or a few drops of Violet oil)
    • � part Orange peel
    • � part rose petals

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My sources include, but are not confined to, the following works:
  • Bereyl, Paul. The Master Book of Herbalism.
  • Cunningham, Scott. The Complete Book of Incense, Oils, and Brews.
  • ------------------. Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner.
  • Dunwich, Gerina. Wicca Craft.
  • Galenorn, Yasmine. Dancing with the Sun.
  • K., Amber. Covencraft: Witchcraft for Three or More.
  • McCoy, Edain. The Sabbats.
  • Starhawk. The Spiral Dance.
  • Stein, Diane. Casting the Circle: A Women�s Book of Ritual.

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