Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Ostara

  • Ostara has arrived. The celebration of spring kicked off Tuesday March 20 along with the vernal equinox. Ostara is a celebration named after a German goddess also known as Eostre, who's associated with rebirth and new life.
  • (LongIslandPress)
  • A hush is over everything, Silent as women wait for love; The world is waiting for the Spring. - Sara Teasdale Today we have come to the Vernal Equinox. This is the midpoint between the Solstices, the point when night and day are equal.
  • (The Vernal Equinox - DAILY KOS)
  • Normally around the 21st of March. Nature starts the season of Spring, a favorite time for me. Also known simply as Spring, the Rites of Spring, and Eostra's Day.
  • (Houston Chronicle)
  • Ostara! We bless the newborn Spring! Ostara! Welcome, welcome Spring! We have two equinoxes (equinoce?) per year and astronomically speaking it is the time when the dark part of the day is equal to the bright part of the day.
  • (Asheville Citizen-Times)
  • I love Spring in Savannah! There is no where you can look without seeing bushes abloom with gorgeous azaleas, roses, brightly colored banners flying in the breeze, and who can forget the leprechaun green that is all over down town Savannah right now.
  • (Examiner)
  • Vancouver-based Ostara Nutrient Recoveries Technologies Inc. has found a solution to not one but two global environmental problems: too much raw sewage and too little commercial fertilizer.
  • (business2community.com)
  • Some of the holidays associated with the Vernal Equinox are Alban Eilir, Eostar, Festival of Trees, Eostre, Feast of Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Lady Day, NawRuz, No Ruz, Ostara, Ostra and Rites of Spring.
  • (Examiner)
  • For the past couple of years, I've been running a very small and very limited, incredibly part-time business. I make custom essential oils, I am an ordained pagan minister, and I create and mix my own gem essences, among other things.
  • (Salon)
  • Ostara owner the Rev. Mary Cabot-Butler said the electronic meters cut down on the number of shoppers seeking change for the traditional meters.
  • (LehighValleyLive.com)

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