Ostara is the Sabbat festival of the Vernal or Spring Equinox, the First day of Spring. The themes for this Sabbat are Balance or Equilibrium; Fertility and New Beginnings. Light and darkness are in perfect balance and the light is growing daily - This is a Solar Festival.

The symbols of Ostara are the Hare or Bunny and the Egg. The Egg as a symbol of rebirth or renewal, and the Hare a symbol of fertility.

The trees start to bud, the grass will turn green again, birds sing and waters start to flow again. The promise of coming Spring given to us at Imbolc is now upon us.

As the Wheel of the Year turns from Imbolc to Ostara, the Goddess returns to us youthful again and Her Eternal Flame melts the snow and ice, freeing the God from the hold of cold and darkness. Her Flame also attracts the attention of the God and the courtship begins.

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