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Have a traditional breakfast of buns, ham, and eggs.
Wear green clothing.
Bless seeds planted in the garden.
You can celebrate by taking a walk through a nature-trail or into your backyard to recognise the changes in the Earth as she awakens even more.
Place a lit green candle in a dish full of moist earth, let it burn down and then bury the remainders (except the dish)
Plant some seeds in pots or in your garden (if you blessed some seeds for Imbolc and saved them, use those!)
Dye or paint eggs with pagan symbols and God/Goddess signs. Make natural dyes from herbs. In the Recipes Section!
Fill up a dish with green and yellow candies (Jolly Ranchers, Skittles, Jelly Bellies, Gummie Bears... anything!) and leave them out for everyone to enjoy!
Make hot cross buns to honor the union of the earth and the sun for Spring. Slash the "X" and bless the cakes.
On Ostara Eve, light a purple or violet candle and burn patchouli incense. Carry them both through the house, and say:
"Farewell to wintry spirits and friends; On morrow we greet the spirits of spring. Our blessings to thee as your way we wend; And merry we'll meet next winter again."
Blow out the candle and say: "Merry meet, merry part, and merry meet again."
updated March 18, 2000
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