Today we celebrate the return of the Goddess to Earth, the arrival of Spring, life's reawakening and the annual process of renewal. The God begins to shine his warmth and light upon us to banish the darkness of Winter. Ostara (Eostre) the Goddess of Spring, presides over this day. As the second of the three Wiccan fertility festivals, this day is rich with symbols of fertility - eggs, rabbits, seeds.

A Prayer In Spring

Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers today;
And give us not the think so far away
As the uncertain harvest; keep us here
All simply in the springing of the year.

Oh, give us pleasure in the orchard white,
Like nothing else by day, like ghosts by night;
And make us happy in the happy bees,
The swarm dilating round the perfect trees.

And make us happy in the darting bird
That suddenly above the bees is heard,
The meteor that thrusts in with needle bill,
And off a blossom in mid-air stands still.

For this is love and nothing else is love,
The which it is reserved for God above
To sanctify to what far ends He will,
But which it only needs that we fulfill.

Robert Frost

Wishing you the blessings of this day. May you be filled with a joyful sense of renewal and light.

Ostara by Christina Aubin at Witches' Voice and Christina's Ostara links

My post on Ostara eggs

Posted by Angela-Eloise at 9:19 AM