{"id":27967,"date":"2023-02-02T01:10:40","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T05:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/?p=27967"},"modified":"2023-01-31T15:23:05","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T19:23:05","slug":"ostara-correspondences-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2023\/02\/02\/ostara-correspondences-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Ostara Correspondences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-27968\" src=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ostara-correspondences.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ostara-correspondences.png 301w, https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ostara-correspondences-201x300.png 201w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><b>Mon, Mar 20, 2023<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><b>(oh-star-ah) \u2013 Lesser Sabbat \u2013 Spring\/Vernal Equinox <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Other Names: <\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">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><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Symbolism: <\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The beginning of spring, new life and rebirth, the God and Goddess in Their youth, balance, fertility<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Goddesses: <\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">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><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Gods: <\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">all love, song &amp; 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><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Symbols: <\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Eggs, rabbits, similar to easter symbols.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Purpose:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> Plant and animal fertility, sowing<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Meaning:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> The God comes of age, sexual union of the Lord &amp; Lady, sprouting, greening, balance of light and dark<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Essence:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> Strength, birthing, completion, power, love, sexuality, embodiment of spirit, fertility, opening, beginning<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Customs:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> Wearing green, new clothes, celtic bird festival, egg baskets coloring eggs, collecting birds eggs, bird watching, egg hunts, starting new projects, spring planting<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Foods: <\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">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><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Plants &amp; Herbs:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> 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><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Incense and oils:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> African violet, jasmine, rose, strawberry, lotus, magnolia, ginger, sage lavender, narcissus, broom<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Colors:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> Light green, lemon yellow, pale pink, pastels, gold, grass green, robin\u2019s egg blue, lemon yellow.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Stones: <\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Amethyst, aquamarine, rose quartz, moonstone, bloodstone, red jasper<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Animals and Mythical Beasts:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> Rabbits\/Easter bunny, snakes, pegasus, unicorns, chicks, swallows, merpeople<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Decorations: <\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Daffodils, tulips, violet, iris, narcissus, any spring flowers, eggs, butterflies, cocoons<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Spell\/Ritual Work: <\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Garden\/plant blessings, seed blessing, spellcrafting, balance, growth, communication, invention, new growth, new projects<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Planetary Ruler: <\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mars<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Element:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> Air<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Gender:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> Male<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Threshold:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> Dawn<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Mon, Mar 20, 2023 (oh-star-ah) \u2013 Lesser Sabbat \u2013 Spring\/Vernal Equinox 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 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 &amp; 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 &amp; 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 &amp; 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":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10009],"tags":[10272,13533,12850,10299,10898,10270,14367,11160,14368,10261,14369,11019,12873],"class_list":["post-27967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-this-months-holiday","tag-celebrate","tag-easter","tag-first-day-of-spring","tag-guide","tag-help","tag-holiday","tag-lesser-sabbat","tag-ostara","tag-ostre","tag-sabbat","tag-saint-patricks-day","tag-spring","tag-vernal-equinox"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27967","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=27967"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27970,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27967\/revisions\/27970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}