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Other Names: <\/span><\/strong>Ostre, Oestre, Eostre, Rites of Spring, Eostra\u2019s Day, Lady Day, First Day of Spring, Easter, St. Patrick\u2019s Day, Alban Eiler, Bacchanalia, Mean Earraigh, Pasch, Caisg, Pess<\/span><\/p>\n Date: <\/span><\/strong>Spring Equinox (March 20-22 in Northern Hemisphere) or when the Sun is 1 degree Aries.<\/span><\/p>\n Symbolism: <\/span><\/strong>The beginning of spring, new life and rebirth, the God and Goddess in Their youth, balance, fertility<\/span><\/p>\n Goddesses: <\/span><\/strong>all love, virgin, and fertility Goddesses; Anna Perenna (Roman), Aphrodite (Greek), Astarte (Canaanite, Persia, GrecoRoman), Athena (Greek), Cybele (Greco-Roman), Blodeuwedd, Eostre (Saxon Goddess of Fertility), Flidais (Irish), Gaia (Greek), Hera, Ishtar (Assyro-Babylonian), Isis (Egyptian), Libera (Roman), Minerva (Roman), The Muses (Greek), Persephone (Greek), Renpet (Egyptian), Venus (Roman), Ostara (the German Goddess of Fertility), Kore, Maiden, Isis, Youthful Goddesses. Faerie Queen, Lady of the Lake(Welsh-Cornish), the Green Goddess<\/span><\/p>\n Gods: <\/span><\/strong>all love, song & dance, and fertility Gods; Adonis (Greek), Attis (Greco-Roman), Cernunnos (Celtic), The Great Horned God (European), Liber (Roman), Mars (Roman), Mithras (Persian), Odin (Norse), Osiris (Egyptian), Thoth, Pan (Greek), the Green Man, Hare, Youthful Gods, Warrior Gods, Taliesin, Lord of the Greenwood (English), Dagda(Irish),Adonis (Greek)<\/span><\/p>\n Symbols: <\/span><\/strong>Eggs, rabbits, similar to easter symbols.<\/span><\/p>\n Purpose:<\/span><\/strong> Plant and animal fertility, sowing<\/span><\/p>\n Meaning:<\/span><\/strong> The God comes of age, sexual union of the Lord & Lady, sprouting, greening, balance of light and dark<\/span><\/p>\n Essence:<\/span><\/strong> Strength, birthing, completion, power, love, sexuality, embodiment of spirit, fertility, opening, beginning<\/span><\/p>\n Customs:<\/span><\/strong> Wearing green, new clothes, celtic bird festival, egg baskets coloring eggs, collecting birds eggs, bird watching, egg hunts, starting new projects, spring planting<\/span><\/p>\n Foods: <\/span><\/strong>Hard-boiled eggs, honey cakes, fresh seasonal fruits, milk punch, leafy green vegetables, dairy foods, apples, nuts, flower dishes, sprouts, fish, maple sugar candies, hot cross buns, sweet breads, milk, punch, egg drinks<\/span><\/p>\n Plants & Herbs:<\/span><\/strong> Acorn, celandine, cinquefoil, crocus, daffodil, dogwood, Easter lily, Irish Moss, ginger, hyssop, linden, strawberry, gorse, honeysuckle, iris, jasmine, jonquils, narcissus, olive, peony, rose, tansy, violets, woodruff and all spring flowers<\/span><\/p>\n Incense and oils:<\/span><\/strong> African violet, jasmine, rose, strawberry, lotus, magnolia, ginger, sage lavender, narcissus, broom<\/span><\/p>\n Colors:<\/span><\/strong> Light green, lemon yellow, pale pink, pastels, gold, grass green, robin\u2019s egg blue, lemon yellow.<\/span><\/p>\n Stones: <\/span><\/strong>Amethyst, aquamarine, rose quartz, moonstone, bloodstone, red jasper<\/span><\/p>\n Animals and Mythical Beasts:<\/span><\/strong> Rabbits\/Easter bunny, snakes, pegasus, unicorns, chicks, swallows, merpeople<\/span><\/p>\n Decorations: <\/span><\/strong>Daffodils, tulips, violet, iris, narcissus, any spring flowers, eggs, butterflies, cocoons<\/span><\/p>\n Spell\/Ritual Work: <\/span><\/strong>Garden\/plant blessings, seed blessing, spellcrafting, balance, growth, communication, invention, new growth, new projects<\/span><\/p>\n Planetary Ruler: <\/span><\/strong>Mars<\/span><\/p>\n Element:<\/span><\/strong> Air<\/span><\/p>\n Gender:<\/span><\/strong> Male<\/span><\/p>\n Threshold:<\/span><\/strong> Dawn<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (oh-star-ah) \u2013 Lesser Sabbat \u2013 Spring\/Vernal Equinox, March 20-21st \u2013 when the Sun enters Ares Other Names: Ostre, Oestre, Eostre, Rites of Spring, Eostra\u2019s Day, Lady Day, First Day of Spring, Easter, St. Patrick\u2019s Day, Alban Eiler, Bacchanalia, Mean Earraigh, Pasch, Caisg, Pess Date: Spring Equinox (March 20-22 in Northern Hemisphere) or when the Sun is 1 degree Aries. Symbolism: The beginning of spring, new life and rebirth, the God and Goddess in Their youth, balance, fertility Goddesses: all love, virgin, and fertility Goddesses; Anna Perenna (Roman), Aphrodite (Greek), Astarte (Canaanite, Persia, GrecoRoman), Athena (Greek), Cybele (Greco-Roman), Blodeuwedd, Eostre (Saxon Goddess of Fertility), Flidais (Irish), Gaia (Greek), Hera, Ishtar (Assyro-Babylonian), Isis (Egyptian), Libera (Roman), Minerva (Roman), The Muses (Greek), Persephone (Greek), Renpet (Egyptian), Venus (Roman), Ostara (the German Goddess of Fertility), Kore, Maiden, Isis, Youthful Goddesses. Faerie Queen, Lady of the Lake(Welsh-Cornish), the Green Goddess Gods: all love, song & dance, and fertility Gods; Adonis (Greek), Attis (Greco-Roman), Cernunnos (Celtic), The Great Horned God (European), Liber (Roman), Mars (Roman), Mithras (Persian), Odin (Norse), Osiris (Egyptian), Thoth, Pan (Greek), the Green Man, Hare, Youthful Gods, Warrior Gods, Taliesin, Lord of the Greenwood (English), Dagda(Irish),Adonis (Greek) Symbols: Eggs, rabbits, similar to easter symbols. Purpose: Plant and animal fertility, sowing Meaning: The God comes of age, sexual union of the Lord & Lady, sprouting, greening, balance of light and dark Essence: Strength, birthing, completion, power, love, sexuality, embodiment of spirit, fertility, opening, beginning Customs: Wearing green, new clothes, celtic bird festival, egg baskets coloring eggs, collecting birds eggs, bird watching, egg hunts, starting new projects, spring planting Foods: Hard-boiled eggs, honey cakes, fresh seasonal fruits, milk punch, leafy green vegetables, dairy foods, apples, nuts, flower dishes, sprouts, fish, maple sugar candies, hot cross buns, sweet breads, milk, punch, egg drinks Plants & Herbs: Acorn, celandine, cinquefoil, crocus, daffodil, dogwood, Easter lily, Irish Moss, ginger, hyssop, linden, strawberry, gorse, honeysuckle, iris, jasmine, jonquils, narcissus, olive, peony, rose, tansy, violets, woodruff and all spring flowers Incense and oils: African violet, jasmine, rose, strawberry, lotus, magnolia, ginger, sage lavender, narcissus, broom Colors: Light green, lemon yellow, pale pink, pastels, gold, grass green, robin\u2019s egg blue, lemon yellow. Stones: Amethyst, aquamarine, rose quartz, moonstone, bloodstone, red jasper Animals and Mythical Beasts: Rabbits\/Easter bunny, snakes, pegasus, unicorns, chicks, swallows, merpeople Decorations: Daffodils, tulips, violet, iris, narcissus, any spring flowers, eggs, butterflies, cocoons Spell\/Ritual Work: Garden\/plant blessings, seed blessing, spellcrafting, balance, growth, communication, invention, new growth, new projects Planetary Ruler: Mars Element: Air Gender: Male Threshold: Dawn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10009],"tags":[10031,10077,10206,11161,11160,10744,10054,10053],"class_list":["post-21772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-this-months-holiday","tag-correspondences","tag-magick","tag-meaning","tag-names","tag-ostara","tag-rites","tag-rituals","tag-spells"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21772"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21774,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21772\/revisions\/21774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}