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(108,903 posts)10. Solitary Witchcraft: Ostara (Vernal Equinox)
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Spring Is Here
It is called the Spring (Vernal) Equinox. It is the time of the year when day and night are nearly equal in length. When the sun crosses the true celestial equator from south to north. And so we celebrate the first day of spring. It is the time of year that pagans and neopagans celebrate as one of the eight major holidays/sabbats of the wiccan calendar and it is one of the four that fall on solar event.
The Vernal Equinox has many names and it all depends on what Tradition you follow. There is no single 'right' name regardless of what some may think. Ostara is only one of many names that are used to honor this day. Some authors indicate that Ostara might be linked to the name Eostre the Saxon Lunar Goddess of fertility. Her sacred animal is the rabbit which may or may not have led to the myths about the Easter bunny along with eggs which are a sign of fertility. For the sake of this article I prefer to use the term Ostara for the holiday and how I celebrate it.
Ostara is the time of rebirth and renewal on my wiccan calendar. I celebrate it as a festival of spring in which the Goddess in her guise as the Maiden rises from her place a rest. We give thanks for her blessing and look forward to the upcoming growing season. The God is now mature and begins his courting of the Maiden.
Spring Is Here
It is called the Spring (Vernal) Equinox. It is the time of the year when day and night are nearly equal in length. When the sun crosses the true celestial equator from south to north. And so we celebrate the first day of spring. It is the time of year that pagans and neopagans celebrate as one of the eight major holidays/sabbats of the wiccan calendar and it is one of the four that fall on solar event.
The Vernal Equinox has many names and it all depends on what Tradition you follow. There is no single 'right' name regardless of what some may think. Ostara is only one of many names that are used to honor this day. Some authors indicate that Ostara might be linked to the name Eostre the Saxon Lunar Goddess of fertility. Her sacred animal is the rabbit which may or may not have led to the myths about the Easter bunny along with eggs which are a sign of fertility. For the sake of this article I prefer to use the term Ostara for the holiday and how I celebrate it.
Ostara is the time of rebirth and renewal on my wiccan calendar. I celebrate it as a festival of spring in which the Goddess in her guise as the Maiden rises from her place a rest. We give thanks for her blessing and look forward to the upcoming growing season. The God is now mature and begins his courting of the Maiden.
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