Ostara is Approaching

 © Image courtesy of Delphine Bowden

Ostara - (The Vernal or Spring Equinox)

Merrie Meet and welcome to this new post here on A Little Bit of Magick.  I have had an extremely busy week with lots of things bubbling away under the surface. 

This is only to be expected because we are entering into the season of Ostara and strangely enough as I am writing this post  my colleague has walked into my office and passed a comment about the changes he is feeling in the energies of our planet………..

As I pointed out to him this is perfectly normal for the Ostara season that usually falls around March 21^st and marks the midpoint of Spring.  It is the time when the energies are expansive and exuberant, when night and day are in perfect balance, and the amount of light levels are on the increase.

As pagans we understand that the young Sun God will celebrate his sacred marriage to the Maiden Goddess who subsequently conceives and in nine months time she will again become the Great Mother

Ostara is a time of great fertility.  We see signs of new growth and newborn animals everywhere we look

The next full moon (that symbolises a time of increased births) is called the Ostara and is sacred to Eostre the Saxon Lunar Goddess of fertility (hence Oestrogen)

Traditional Ostara Foods

All of the following are traditionally the foods of Ostara - Leafy green vegetable, dairy foods, nuts (pumpkin, Sunflower, Pine, Flower dishes and Brussels Sprouts

Herbs and Flowers

Daffodil, Jonquil, Woodruff, Violet, Gorse, Olive, Peony, Iris, Narcissus and all Spring flowers.

Incense

Jasmine, Rose, Strawberry, Floral of any type

Symbols of Fertility

Eggs and Rabbits

These are both symbols of the awakening of the earth, the fertility of all of creation the egg is a symbol of the whole of the Universe.  The gold of the egg represents the Sun God whllst the white is said to represent The White Goddess and it is an illustration of a moment of perfect balance. 

Rabbits too are symbols of fertility as is attested by the well known phrase of “breeding like rabbits”

So in conclusion this time of year is fantastic and apart from anything else if you are like me it is a chocaholic’s dream season.  I know that I will enjoy this time and I sincerely hope you will too.

Love and Light to you all and…..

Blessed Be      

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Love, Light and Blessed Be!

Merlin.