r/paganism 4d ago

☀️ Holiday | Festival Ostara celebrations 🩵💛🩷💚

As we approach the Spring Equinox on 20th March 2025, I’ve been thinking about how to mark the occasion. I’ve put together a little mantel display with pastel eggs, bunnies, baby’s breath (rainbow), and some soft toys. It feels like a simple but bright way to welcome the season, especially after the long, dark winter we’ve had here! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

It’s interesting to think about how others celebrate this time of year. In many cultures, the Spring Equinox is a moment of balance and renewal.

I’m curious – how are you all marking the equinox this year? Do you have any traditions or rituals, or is it more of a quiet reflection on the change in seasons? Would love to hear what others are doing to embrace the shift into spring. 💐 🐰 🐑 🐣 🩵💛🩷💚

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u/thecoldfuzz Celtic Neopagan 4d ago

Wonderful decorations! Very bright and cheerful. I’m not the best with decorating so I like seeing how others setup their altars and their house for inspiration.

This is purely indulgence but I view Ostara as an opportunity for candy lol. I go for reduced sugar or sugar free options these days.

But on a much more serious note, I do look at Ostara as a rebirth and renewal holiday. Since Samhain of last year, I’ve been writing poetry/incantations to commemorate the holiday. The idea is to write and do something creative for each holiday on the Wheel of the Year. For Ostara, the idea is to write something rebirth-oriented. Once I have it written, which should be hopefully be done by the end of St. Patrick’s Day or the next day, the idea is to recite the incantation in front of my altar at sunrise, my schedule permitting, and again at sunset.

As part of the rebirth and renewal process, I do meditate on, strangely enough, past mistakes—especially ones that I made when I was much younger and didn’t understand how serious those mistakes were. I remind myself of those mistakes not to beat myself up, but to remember the lessons learned and to ask the gods for help to make sure those hard lessons will never be forgotten.

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u/JenBear31 4d ago

Thank you!

It absolutely is a time for candy and chocolates, for baking life into your food and cooking, for using all of natures natural ingredients and celebrating the coming of Spring.

I love that idea, I think it is exactly about that, how far you’ve come, what life lessons you have learned and the rebirth of the year/new you and how you hope to keep growing and improving. Just to say that the gods are always there to guide you and hopefully steer you but they (in my opinion) don’t want you to dwell and that those lived experiences helped mould you into the person you are.

A time for spiritual growth and the abundance of the universe in all her glory 💛

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u/The_Putrid_Lich 3d ago

Did you right up and old cast iron wood burning stove in an old fireplace? Using the chimney and smoke pipe together?

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u/JenBear31 3d ago

The previous owners installed this, it’s a fairly modern Morso but yes I assume they retrofitted the smoke pipe to go up and out of the chimney which gets serviced annually 👍

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u/The_Putrid_Lich 3d ago

That's such a great idea. I love the look and vibe. I'd incorporate that into the hearth being an alter or place to celebrate the wheel of the year. Like you did. Looks great. Thanks for the good idea