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Ostara is the Spring or Vernal equinox when days and nights are once again equal in length. It is a time of renewal and rebirth. The name Ostara is believed to be derived from Eostre - the Teutonic lunar Goddess (see more on this below). Her chief symbols are the hare, which represents fertility, and the egg, which is a symbol of rebirth.
Ostara is close in symbolism to the Church festival of Easter, but Ostara is fixed at the equinox while Easter is a moveable feast decided by the phases of the moon. The Jewish holiday of Passover also falls during March or April, depending on the moon phases of each year.
Ostara also falls close to St Patrick's Day amongst other festivals – there's more detail in this article: Spring Traditions around the World.

Traditionally this day marks the start of Spring, and is a good time for cleaning in the physical, emotional, and spiritual sense.

This year, Ostara falls on the 20 March. It almost coincides with a supermoon due at 2am GMT: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/mar/20/rare-super-worm-moon-will-loom-large-as-it-coincides-with-equinox


[note: the following is an unedited repost of last year's post]

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In the Southern Hemisphere, it is Mabon that this being celebrated today at the time, with the balance of daylight about to go in the opposite direction, from more daylight to less.

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Ostara is the Spring or Vernal equinox when days and nights are once again equal in length. It is a time of renewal and rebirth. The name Ostara is believed to be derived from Eostre - the Teutonic lunar Goddess (see more on this below). Her chief symbols are the hare, which represents fertility, and the egg, which is a symbol of rebirth.
Ostara is close in symbolism to the Church festival of Easter, but Ostara is fixed at the equinox while Easter is a moveable feast decided by the phases of the moon. The Jewish holiday of Passover also falls during March or April, depending on the moon phases of each year.
Ostara also falls close to St Patrick's Day amongst other festivals – there's more detail in this article: Spring Traditions around the World.

Traditionally this day marks the start of Spring, and is a good time for cleaning in the physical, emotional, and spiritual sense.

This year, Ostara falls on the 20 March.

( Read more... )

In the Southern Hemisphere, it is Mabon that this being celebrated today at the time, with the balance of daylight about to go in the opposite direction, from more daylight to less.

Crossposted to my wordpress blog

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Ostara is the Spring or Vernal equinox when days and nights are once again equal in length. It is a time of renewal and rebirth. The name Ostara is believed to be derived from Eostre - the Teutonic lunar Goddess. Her chief symbols are the hare, which represents fertility, and the egg, which is a symbol of rebirth.
This year a solar eclipse will be totally or partially visible in some regions.
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Happy Spring Equinox has some background about and ideas for celebrating and includes a section all about the Autumn Equinox, because in the Southern Hemisphere, it is Mabon that this being celebrated, with the balance of daylight about to go in the opposite direction; winter is drawing in, rather than summer approaching.

Previous Ostara posts

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Ostara is the Spring or Vernal equinox when days and nights are once again equal in length. It is a time of renewal and rebirth. The name Ostara is believed to be derived from Eostre - the Teutonic lunar Goddess. Her chief symbols are the hare, which represents fertility and the egg, which is a symbol of rebirth.
This day marks the start of Spring, and is a good time for cleaning in the physical, emotional, and spiritual sense. A good time to plant seeds, and a great time to put out bits of straw/fur from brushing your pets/bits of pet bedding from your small animals for birds to use for lining their nests :D
Ostara is close in symbolism to the Church festival of Easter, but Ostara is fixed at the equinox while Easter is a moveable feast decided by the phases of the moon. This year it happens to coincide with the Jewish festival of Purim.

Correspondences: green, yellow, white, eggs, hares, spring cleaning, balance, light/dark, daffodils, lambs, honey, aquamarine

You can read about world festivals relating to Ostara in particular and Springtime in general here

ETA: In the Southern Hemisphere, it is Mabon that this being celebrated today at the time, still the balance of daylight but going in the opposite direction; winter is drawing on, rather than summer.