03/19/2024
🪺🐰Happy OSTARA from HERB 'N STONES🍀🫖
Ostara marks the Spring Equinox, which happens between March 19 -23. Ostara is a pagan celebration of the German goddess Eostre. The 1st tale is of the hare that once was a bird with an injured wing. The Goddess Ostara knew it would never fly again, even if she healed it. So, she decided to transform it into a 4-legged animal, a hare. In return, the hare lays an egg for her every spring on her festive day.
As the beginning of spring Ostara is a good time to literally & figuratively plant seeds for the future. Plants you started during Ostara will be ready for harvest in the coming Sabbats like, Beltane, Litha & Lammas. Ostara is a good time to do that Spring Cleaning & freshen up your home.
Symbols of Ostara:
Colors: Green, Pink & Blue
Foods: Eggs, Honey, Sprouted Greens, Baked Goods & Asparagus
Stones: Aquamarine, Amethyst & Rose Quartz
Herbs: Lemon Verbena, Rose Buds or Petals, Clove Buds, Lemon Grass, Red or White Cedar, Sandlewood, Mullien, Red Clover
Essential Oils: Lavender, Rosemary, Cypress, Rosewood, Lemon, Cedar, Clove, Sandlewood & other Floral Scents
Symbols: Rabbits, Eggs, Spring Flowers , Lambs, Clover & Baskets
Flowers & Plants: Clover, Daffodils, Crocus, & Tulips
Deities: Isis, Estotre, Adonis & Persephone
Ways to Celebrate Ostara:
Planting seeds for a vegetable garden or flower garden
Spring clean your house
Decorate an Ostara altar to honor your goddess of choice
Make egg based dishes & dessert
Take a nature walk with loved ones & look for signs of spring
Host a tea party with a springtime theme
Ukranian egg folk art
Take time to meditate/journal & think about your intentions for the next few weeks as it relates to the goals you want to achieve
Read the book Story with your kids
