A Few Ostara Traditions
~ Go to a field and pick wild flowers and random. [Thank the flowers for their sacrifice before picking them, and leave a small offering that can be water, a strand of your hair, or small pieces of food] Or buy some from a florist, taking one or two of those that appeal to you. Then bring them home and divine their magickal meanings by the use of books, your own intuition, a pendulum or by other means. The flowers you’ve chosen reveal your inner thoughts and emotions.
~ It is important at this time of renewed life to plan a walk (or a ride) through gardens, a park, woodlands, forest and other green places. This is not simply exercise, and you should be on no other mission. It isn’t even just an appreciation of nature. Make your walk celebratory, a ritual for nature itself. ~ Other traditional activities include planting seeds, working on magickal gardens and practicing all forms of herb work - magickal, medicinal, cosmetic, culinary and artistic.
~ You can make and/or wear new clothing, and clothing that consists of green, yellow, or light pink. Wearing new clothes is a way to celebrate and feel the renewal of our persona.
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Yule Correspondences
Animals ~ Reindeer stag, Goat (Norse), White Buffalo, squirrels, mouse, deers
Gemstones ~ Cat’s eye, Ruby, Garnet, Bloodstone, Peridot, Serpentine, Turquoise
Incense/Oils ~ bayberry, ginger, cinnamon, pine, cedar, ginger, rosemary, saffron, myrrh, frankincense, wintergreen, nutmeg
Colors ~ Green, Silver, Gold, White, Green
Herbs ~ Blessed Thistle, Evergreen, Moss, Sage, Bayberry, Bay leaf, Cedar, Pine, Rosemary, Holly, Ginger, Juniper, Mistletoe, Yarrow, Valarion, pinecones, Frankincense, Myrrh
Element ~ Earth
Threshold ~ Dawn
Tarot ~ Knight of Cups
Magick/Rituals ~ Peace, Harmony, Meditation, Self-renewal, Hearth and Home Magick, Gaia spells, Habit breaking
Goddesses ~ Great Mother, Befana, Isis, Mary, Snow Queen, Holda, Hertha, Freya, Athena
Gods ~ Sun Child, Saturn, Horus, Ra, Jesus, Cronos, Holly King, Mithras, Odin, Balder, Marduk, Sol Invicta, Janus.
Tools/Symbols/Decorations ~ Yule Tree (Christmas Tree), Yule Log, Presents, Lights, wreaths, spinning wheels, bells, evergreens, holly, mistletoe
Purpose ~ Honor Mother aspect/Triple Goddess, Welcome the Sun Child.
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