intuitive, intelligent, and have mystical lunar powers
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Ostara 🐇🌷
Other Names
Spring Equinox, Eostre, Eostar, Spring Equinox, Oestarra
Related Holiday
Easter
Colors
Light Green, pink blue
Foods
Eggs, honey, sprouted greens, baked goods, asparagus
Symbols
Spring flowers, rabbits, eggs, lambs, clover, baskets
Flowers & Plants
clover, daffodils, crocus, tulips
Happy Spring Equinox! Today is a day of balance.
On this day, light overtakes the dark, signaling a rebirth of life and the perfect time to embrace new beginnings and fresh ideas. Focus on planting not just in your garden but in your daily life, dreams, and goals. This solar festival of fire, light, and fertility invites serious meditation on your hopes for the coming year. As spring awakens, flowers bloom, and birds chirp, it’s time to open the windows, stretch wide, and perform a thorough spring cleaning. Cleanse, purify, and protect your home from harmful energies by washing windows, doors, and floors with Moon water and lemon juice, sprinkling some on carpets, and pouring it down drains. Keep tulips for prosperity, hang linens outside to absorb Ostara’s energies, and collect rainwater for plant and prosperity magic. Craft a besom from tree branches for spiritual cleaning, and make fertility charms from blown eggs filled with herbs like chickweed, cornflower, fennel, or parsley.
- plant seeds for a garden
- spring clean your house
- decorate an Ostara altar to honor your goddess
- make egg-based dishes and dessert
- take a nature walk with loved ones
- host a tea party with a spring time theme
- take time to meditate/journal
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Imbolc 🌱🔥
Other Names
Imbolg, Imbolq, Olmeic, Candlemas, Bride Day, Brigid, and Brigid’s Day
Related Holiday
Valentine’s Day
Colors
White, Red, Pink, Pale Green
Foods
baked goods, butter, cheese, dried fruit, lamb, milk, mutton, seeds, winter vegetables
Stones
amethyst, bloodstone, garnet, onyx, ruby, turquoise
Symbols
candles, cauldron, chalice, cow, sheep, swan
Flowers/Plants
angelica, basil, bay laurel, celandine, snowdrops
Imbolc, the first Cross Quarter Day of the year, falls midway between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox, and between the Wolf Moon and the Snow Moon. As snowdrops, violets, and primrose begin to emerge, this holiday signals the start of spring. Associated with the Celtic Goddess Brigid and once known as Candlemas, Imbolc is a time for lighting candles to celebrate the return of the sun and kindling ritual fires. This season of birth, healing, and inspiration is ideal for vows of dedication and consecration. Embrace the increasing daylight and the coming spring by contemplating what to plant in the year ahead—not just literal plants, but also your wishes, intentions, and goals. Prepare for the planting season by getting ready for spring cleaning and performing house blessings.
- Sort through your belongings and set aside any that could be donated or thrown away.
- Cleanse your space with sound ringing bells, clapping hands, playing music-to let the energies that have lain dormant the last couple of months know it is time to start waking up.
- Open up the blinds and curtains in the morning, and light candles to welcome back the Sun and bring its cleansing brightness into your home.
- Bless your seed packets, pots, gardening tools, and so on, as well as your car, your computer, yourself, your family, and your pets.
- Bless your oven, anointing it with rosemary-infused olive oil.
- Perform a house blessing by sprinkling Moon water and salt throughout your home.
- Host a candlelight dinner
- Create meals with intention for what you want to accomplish in the coming year
- Create authentic medieval fare such as roasted meats, hearty breads and old fashion desserts
- Take time to meditate or journal in your candlelit room
- Take some time to go outside and enjoy the lengthening days and increased sunlight
