What a beautiful magical time of the year when
the mother opens her eyes and all of natures beauty begins to awaken and
breathe. Ostara, the Spring Equinox is a
time for fertility and sowing seeds. It
is the time to when mating season begins on all levels. We plant the seeds,
nurture them and a plant grows. A seed is planted inside a human and a new
child is born. What is there to not love about Ostara?
Different beliefs celebrate this time according
to their path. Many believe this is a
time that marks when the young Sun
God marries the young Maiden Goddess
-who will conceive and in nine months will become the Mother Goddess. Easter is
celebrated the first Sunday after the full moon after the Spring
Equinox. But regardless of what path you walk in life, the one thing in common
is the fact all of nature awakens and brings forth some of the most beautiful,
breath taken beauty you cannot help but fall in love with!
Ostara (The Spring Equinox) marks the balance of
day and night, as the light begins to increase more and more giving all of us
more time to tend our gardens and time to watch more beauty around us. It is a time when you open your windows and
allow the air spirits to come through and drive all negativity stale energy away
leaving behind nothing but new fresh energy and beautiful smells.
This is a wonderful time to enjoy more leafy
green vegetables, nuts and edible flower dishes. There is nothing more
beautiful than having a fresh salad with nasturtiums, borage flowers, fresh
pansies and other edible flowers. What is even more exciting is going outside
in your yard and picking (what some refer to as weeds) fresh dandelion greens,
chickweed and wide leaf plantain. **Word
of caution** If you should decide to pick some fresh greens in your yard, you
need to make sure no pesticides have been used on them, they are away from road
toxins but most important and I CANNOT stress this enough, RESEARCH before you
eat anything from your yard. Also, just as a reminder, as you are harvesting
your vegetables and flowers, save as many seeds as you can for next year's
corps. It is not hard all you do is lay the seeds out and allow them to
completely dry in an area will they will not be bothered, bag them after they
are dried and label them with the name, and date you dried them.
Once Ostara has arrived, you will notice the
daffodils. Usually they are everywhere and to be honest for this photographer I
cannot get enough photos of them. Many of the bulbs type flowers like hyacinth,
and tulips are beginning to wake up and show their beauty as well. Now if you
are a kitchen witch, one thing I know you already do is collect the flowers,
dry them and store them to use for different rituals. One of the most popular things to do during
Ostara is redecorate your altar mainly using flowers like daffodils, and other
bulbs flowers. Once the flowers begin to fade and finish their cycle, these
flowers can be dried, stored and used later.
Daffodils are used for Love, Fertility and luck. They say if you wear a daffodil flower next
to your heart, it will bring good luck.
If you place fresh daffodils in your bedroom it will increase fertility
and as with more flower petals, they can be used in love spells but of course
love spells should never be placed on anyone but yourself. You must love
yourself before you can truly love another person..
Another one of my favorite flowers to dry and
save is the Hyacinth. Hyacinth's not only smell sweet as honey but their energy
is unbelievable. The hyacinth flowers are used for Love, Protection and
Happiness. They say if you have a pink
hyacinth plant growing in your bedroom, it will help guard against
nightmares. As you smell the hyacinth
flower it will relieve depression and grief and as like the daffodils, the
hyacinth can be used in love rituals.
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