Creating an altar

Common items:

Right:

• Goddess statue
• Goddess candle
• Wand
• crystals

Left:

• God statue
• God candle
• Athame
• crystals

Others:

• Incense
• cleansing water
• seasonal flowers
• bell
  

Ostara Colors

Certain colors are associated with Ostara. These colors tend to be pastel and soft.

• Blue: hue of the heavens.
• Purple: color of royalty.
• Yellow: sunlight, bringing happiness and joy.
• Pink: signifies a new beginning.
• Green: the color of grass, brings hope.
• Orange: represents hope. Associated with dawn.
• White: symbolizes grace and purity.

Ostara Crytals

Agates:

Banded: Protection, de-stressor, restores energy.

Black: Victory, courage, protection.

Black and White: Guards against danger.

Blue Lace: De-stressor, peace, happiness.

Brown or Tawny: Victory in battle, success.

Green: Enhances health of the eyes.

Moss: Restores energy, healing, attracts happiness, new friends and riches, worn to insure a longs life.

Red: Attracts peace and calmness.

Others:

Crystal Quartz: Psychicism, healing, power, protection. This crystal can substitute for all others in spell work

Jade: Healing, love, wisdom, longevity, prosperity, protection, gardening, money

Lapis Lazuli: Joy, love, healing, psychicism, protection, courage, fidelity

Rose Quartz: Love, fidelity, happiness, peace

Flowers to be used in Ostara rituals

Bluebell: Gratitude, constancy, humility

Crocus: Youthful gladness

Daffodil: Regard, desire, affection, luck

Dogwood: Eternal life, regeneration

Forsythia: Anticipation

Hyacinth: Love, happiness, protection

Iris: Message, cherished friendship, valor, faith, hope, wisdom

Jonquil: Love me, returned affection, sympathy, desire

Lilac: Purple: First love; White: Youthful, Innocence. Both drive away evil

Narcissus: Self love

Olive: Protection, peace, fruitfulness, purification

Tulip: Fame, declaration of love, perfect love, luck love

Violet, Purple: Faithfulness, love, luck, protection, peace, healing, wishes. Yellow and white: Happiness

Ostara

(Oh-star-ah) - Lesser Sabbat - Spring/Vernal Equinox, March 20-21st - when the Sun enters Ares

Other Names: Ostre, Oestre, Eostre, Rites of Spring, Eostra’s Day, Lady Day, First Day of Spring, Easter, St. Patrick’s Day, Alban Eiler, Bacchanalia, Mean Earraigh, Pasch, Caisg, Pess

Date: Spring Equinox (March 20-22 in Northern Hemisphere) or when the Sun is 1 degree Aries.

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 & 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 & 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 & 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’s 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

Source: paganpages.org