Ostara and the Spring Equinox

The spring Equinox is the time of year where we celebrate the coming of the light, at the point where daylight length is the same as the night. From this point onwards, the days get longer than the nights. Ostara takes its name from the fertility goddess Ostara (also known as Eastre and Eostre), when celebrations in her honor were made for women’s fertility and the rebirth of nature.

During the Spring Equinox the Sun rises exactly in the east travels through the sky for 12 hours and sets exactly in the west. The March equinox marks the moment the Sun crosses the celestial equator—an imaginary line in the sky above Earth’s equator—from south to north. The spring equinox in Crawley for 2024 falls on Wednesday, 20 March 2024, 03:06 am GMT.

Looking to decorate your altar?

Why not paint some eggs to decorate your altar?  You may wish to blow your egg before placing it on your altar. If you want to do this, use a large needle and pierce a hole in both the top and the bottom of the egg, making one hole large than the other. Don’t forget you need to pierce the albumen in order to get the egg out! Find a container to catch the egg and blow gently through the smaller hole. You may need to widen the holes if it doesn’t work. If you’ve blown your egg, you may wish to thread it and hang it up once you’ve decorated it. Don’t forget, you can use your kitchen magick to fry, scramble or poach them and eat them on the eve of the Equinox!

You can also hard boil your egg and write a wish on it, and leave it in the woods as an offering.

Collect some wild flowers and greenery and place them on your altar. Alternatively, buy seasonal flowers instead.

Put some Green, pink, yellow, and purple spell candles on your altar and use them in the spell work.

Use your cauldron because this is a symbol of fertility. Burn incense or place flowers in it if you are not incorporating it into a spell.

Bake some bread and place some on your altar and leave some outside as an offering.

Colors: Yellow, green, pink and purple

Foods: Eggs, honey, bread, cake

Stones: Rose quartz, amethyst, emerald, citrine, jade, green aventurine, ocean jasper, amazonite

Symbols: Rabbits, eggs, spring flowers, lambs, bread

Flowers: daffodils, crocus, tulips, daisies

Deities: Isis, Estotre/Ostara, Adonis

Shop Stuff

1) We have a wonderful handblended Ostara incense available in the shop at the moment, so pop in and grab some. I’ll chuck in a couple of free charcoal discs to burn it on. We also have some handblended Ostara oil, and mini altar kits for the Hectic Witches among us.

2) The next crystal live will be on Tuesday 2nd April on our main Facebook page. This starts at 6pm.

3) The next beginners Tarot Workshop will be on Wednesday 10th April from 6pm. Drop into the shop to secure your place and pay a deposit. The spaces are limited to just six!

4) We would like to start a Moot in the shop in May or June. Do drop me a line with what you’d like to cover and if you’d be interested.

Thank you for all of your amazing support over the years!

Saranne