Ostara, the Spring Equinox, also known as Rites of Spring, Eostra's Day, Festival of the Trees, Alban Eilir, and Rite of Eostre, marks the first day of true spring. The Goddess blankets the Earth with the exuberant expansion of spring. The God, stretches and grows to maturity. He walks through the greening fields and delights in the abundance of nature. This is a time of beginnings, of action, of planting spells for future gains, and of tending ritual gardens.

Traditional ritual herbs - acorn, celandine, cinquefoil, crocus, daffodil, dogwood, Easter lily, honeysuckle, iris, jasmine, rose, strawberry , pansy, and violets.

Altar decorations - hard-boiled eggs colored and painted with magickal symbols to symbolize fertility, a lucky rabbit's foot amulet, a bowl of green and yellow jellybeans

Traditional Sabbat incense - African violet, jasmine, rose, sage, and strawberry

Sacred Sabbat gemstones - amethyst, aquamarine, bloodstone, red jasper

Sabbat deities - Eostre (Saxon goddess of fertility), Ostara (German goddess of fertility), the Green Goddess, and Lord of the Greenwood.

Candle colors- green , yellow, gold, and all pastel shades

Traditional foods - hard-boiled eggs, honey cakes, the first fruits of the season, waffles, and milk punch( I questioned this, i don't usually mix juice and milk.... I guessed strawberry quik was a suitable substitute...)


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