Correspondences For Ostara
Correspondences for Ostara (Spring Equinox)
Other Names: Eostre, Eostre’s Day, Spring Equinox, Vernal Equinox, Alban Eiber, Bacchanalia, Lady Day
Dates: March 19 – 22nd
Colors: Pink, Yellow, Grass Green, All Pastels, Robin’s Egg Blue
Altar Items: Eggs, Rabbits, Potted plants, Seeds, Maiden goddesses, Flowers, Quartz crystals, Cocoons, Bees, Baskets, Lambs, New Moon
Activities: Conception, Egg painting, Gardening/planting a garden, Actualizing potential
Spell Work: Manifestation, Healing, Energizing, Rededications, Removing obstacles, Restoring balance, Love attraction, Abundance, Home blessings, Spring cleaning
Animals: Rabbits, Snakes, Chicks, Birds
Stones: Aquamarine, Amethyst, Rose quartz, Moon stone, Bloodstone, Red jasper
Foods: Eggs, Honey, Sprouts, Fresh fruits, Sweet breads, Seeds, Poppy Seed Cake, Banana bread, Chocolate, Sweet Wine, Milk and other dairy foods
Herbs: Celandine, Cinquefoil, Jasmine, Rose, Tansy, Viole, Acorn, Crocus, Daffodil, Dogwood, Honeysuckle, Iris, Lily, Strawberry
Trees: Birch, Ash, Alder
Meaning: Balance, New Life/Rebirth, Goddes and God in Youth, Non-Celtic End of Winter, Light Overtaking Darkness, Fertility, Balance, New Beginnings, New Love, Growth,
Ritual Oils: Lotus, Magnolia, Ginger
Incense: Jasmine, Light scented florals
Mythical Creatures: Mermaid, Dragons, Unicorn
Goddesses: Aphrodite (Greek), Athena (Greek), Cybele (Roman), Eostre (Teutonic), Eriu (Irish), Gaia (Greek), Hear/Juno (Greco-Roman), Iris (Greek), Lady of the Lake (Welsh-Cornish), Madhusri (Hindu), Melusine (Franco-Scottish), Moon Mother (Native American), Ova (Greek-Etruscan), Renpet (Egyptian), Salamaona (Middle Eastern), Vesta (Greco-Roman), Anna Fearina (Roman), Astarte (Canaanite), Coatlicue (Aztec), Doda (Siberian), Erce (Slavic), Flidais (Irish), Garbhog (Irish), Ishtar (Babylonian), Isis (Egyptian), Libera (Roman), Ma-Ku (Chinese), Minerva (Roman), The Muses (Greek), Persephone (Greco-Roman), Rheda (Anglo-Saxon), Vesna (Slavic), Venus (Roman), Freya (Norse), Rati (Hindu),
Gods: Adonis (Greek), Cernunnos (Greco-Celtic), Danh (West African), Gwali (Central African), Lord of the Greenwood (English), Attis (Persian), Dagda (Irish), Dylan (Welsh), The Great Horned God (European), Mithras (Greco Persian), Odin (Norse), Ovis (Roman Etruscan), Osiris (Egyptian), Pan (Greek), Thor (Norse)
For a beautifully energizing Elemental Ritual for Spring, go HERE.