Create your Equinox Apple Ritual Blessing for Ostara

Blessed be at this time of Equinox 🌿, when Mama Earth is balanced for night and day, dark and light. Spring Equinox  — also known as Ostara and Alban Eilir (“Light of the Earth”) — arrives at 9:30 PM Pacific Time on Saturday, March 19th (4:30 AM UTC Sunday, March 20, 2016). TIP: go to TimeAndDate for…

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Easter-Eostre: a time of rebirth and renewal

 Many people today are celebrating Easter Sunday, the oldest religious holiday in the Christian calendar. It is believed that the name "Easter" comes from the old English celebration "Eostre" or Ostara. Alternate names - such as when we speak of the Paschal feast - come from the holiday's association with Passover, "Pesach". Many religions celebrate…