The Wheel
Spring Equinox, Lady Day
March 20-23: balance, new growth, new projects, and seed blessings.
Date: March 20-23
Colors: Green and Yellow
Customs: Wearing green, egg games, baskets and dyeing, new clothes, lilies
Ritual Focus: Breakthroughs, new growth, new projects, seed blessings
Ostara was the Virgin Goddess of Spring in Germany. In Celtic Cornwall and Wales, Ostara was renamed Lady Day and celebrated the return of the Maiden Goddess.
This is a day of balance where she finds equal footing with the youthful God. Their courtship continues as light overtakes darkness and the living world moves into fertility and renewal. The source also names this as a traditional time for coming-of-age observances within the community.