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Ostara
A Course for Self Care & Celebration
Welcome to the free Mabon House Ostara: A Course for Self Care & Celebration. In this self-paced course, you’ll receive tips and resources for celebrating Ostara and the beginning of springtime. Be sure to follow along at Mabon House and share how you are celebrating the Spring Equinox!
Each Ostara lesson comes with free printable worksheets that can be used alone or as part of your journal, grimoire or planner. If you don’t have a printer available, no worries. You can use the downloads as prompts and just write your answers in a journal or notebook.
Lesson One
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Ostara History & Traditions
Ostara marks the Spring Equinox, which happens between March 19 -23. Marking the start of the traditional northern hemisphere growing season, Ostara is a balance of the masculine and feminine, light and dark, rest and activity. It is a good time to literally and figuratively plant seeds for the future.
Ancient Ostara Traditions
Ostara is the fourth celebration (or Sabbat) in the Wheel of the Year, a concept that blends many ancient traditions together. The eight holiday celebrations of the Wheel of the Year are based on Greek, Roman, Celtic and Germanic holidays and Ostara is a pagan celebration of the German fertility goddess Eostre. This is also where the name Easter comes from. According to German folklore, a bunny laid sacred eggs as a gift for Eostre. This is where the legend of the Easter Bunny comes from and the reason that eggs are a prominent symbol of springtime celebrations. Read more about the history of Ostara rituals & lore.
Modern Ostara Celebrations
In modern day living Ostara is a good time to start taking action on the ideas and goals you started thinking about around Yule and Imbolc. In keeping with the Wheel of the Year, what you plant during Ostara will be ready to harvest by Litha, Lughnasadh and Mabon. So, take action now for the changes you want to see later.
Ostara is also a good time to freshen up your home and life. As the days lengthen and the air warms, we have a natural inclination to be more active after the quiet months of deep winter. The season of Ostara is a good time to refresh your home and physical self, take time to plan (plant seeds) for future goals, and celebrate the start of Spring with friends and family.
Lesson 1 Homework: Write down how you want to be, do, have during this new season of growth and light. What would you like to celebrate in your life (what’s going well?) and what would like to change or let go of? Here is a free worksheet to help you get started.