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

Dynamics/Meaning
The God comes of age, sexual union of the Lord & Lady, sprouting, greening,
balance of light and dark

Purpose
Plant and animal fertility, sowing

Gods/Goddesses
Hare, Green Man, Youthful Gods, Warrior Gods, Taliesin, Lord of the Greenwood (English),
Dagda(Irish), Cernunnos(Greco-Celtic), Pan(Greek), Adonis(Greek)

Eostre (Saxon Goddess of Fertility), Ostara (the German Goddess of Fertility) (Teutonic)
Kore, Maiden, Isis, Astarte(Persia, GrecoRoman), Ishtar(Babylonian), Minerva(Roman),
Youthful Goddesses. Faerie Queen, Lady of the Lake(Welsh-Cornish), the Green Goddess

Essence
Strength, birthing, completion, power, love, sexuality, embodiment of spirit,
fertility, opening, beginning

Tools, Symbols & Decorations
Colored eggs, baskets, green clothes, shamrock, equilateral cross, butterfly, cocoons,
sprouting plants; violets, lily, spring wildflowers, new clothes, lamb, hare/rabbit

Colors/Candles
Gold, light green, grass green, robin’s egg blue, lemon yellow, pale pink, anything pastel

Customs
Wearing green, new clothes, celtic bird festival, egg baskets coloring eggs,
collecting birds eggs, bird watching, egg hunts, starting new projects, spring planting

Animals/Mythical beings
Unicorn, merpeople, pegasus, rabbit/easter bunny, chicks, swallows, snakes

Gemstones
Rose quartz, moonstone, amethyst, aquamarine, bloodstone, red jasper

Herbs
Blessed thistle, evergreen, moss, oak, sage, bay, bayberry, cedar, pine, frankincense,
ginger, holly, ivy, juniper, mistletoe, myrrh, pinecones, rosemary, chamomile,
cinnamon, valarion, yarrow

Incense/Oil
African violet, lotus, jasmine, rose, magnolia, sage lavender, narcissus,
ginger, broom, strawberry

Rituals/Magicks
Personal renewal, world peace, honoring family & friends, Festival of light, meditation

Foods
Light foods, fish, maple sugar candies, hot crossed buns, sweet breads,
hard boiled eggs, honey cakes, seasonal fruits, milk punch, egg drinks