ostara
Celebrate Ostara with crafts, recipes, and rituals welcoming the change of seasons at the spring equinox. [1]
Eggs are scared to the Goddess and they are the mainstay of all morning Ostara celebrations, along with cakes and breads. [2]
Most Pagans will be celebrating the beginning of spring, some under the name “Ostara”. [3]
Don’t forget to sign up for the free Seven Day Ostara Class! [4]
The goddess flies through the heavens surrounded by Roman-inspired putti, beams of light, and animals. [5]
The Goddess, having finished recovering from the Gods birth, she covers the Earth in fertility. [...] The celebration of Ostara is for the daylight overcoming the night and the return of warmth to the Earth. [...] The tradition of coloring eggs started with her celebrations in pre-Christian Europe, along with inscribing the Solar Cross on cakes and breads. [2]
Always held in early Spring, most indigenous people held rites of fertility, renewal, and celebration of the return of life. [6]
This year in the Northern Hemisphere, Spring Equinox happens on March 20 at 7:21 pm EST. [3]
Sources:
[1] Ostara - Traveling within the World
[2] Ostara, The Spring Equinox | The Wiccan Way | a Chron.com blog
[3] Spring Equinox: Ostara 2011 - National Domestic Witchery …
[4] Ostara Countdown: Rabbit Magic
[5] ?ostre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[6] Owls Wings ‘ Goddess Sunday: Ostara