03/16/2024
Join Little Bees Community Connections at Indigo Aura Connection for an Ostara Celebration all day March 23rd.
Naturally Beautiful Self Portraits ✨️ Ostara Celebration
Little Bees will be at Indigo Aura Connection from 11am - 1pm doing self made portraits using nature element like pressed flowers, leaves, grass, and other fun nature elements. Inspiring you to find your natural beauty and to appreciate the beauty of nature. Feel free to bring something from nature that inspires you to incorporate into your self art. This Little Bees event is presented by Trista Marie Real Estate.
The celebration at Indigo Aura Connection continues all day with:
🪴A plant swap from 2-4
⚖️"Harmonizing Symmetry in Landscapes" informative talk from Compatible Placement at 2:45
👑💐Flower crowns and free portraits with Lily and Ros from 2-4
🔮Spring Readings with Witchy Little Ghost Girl from 2-4
🎊🥗🍽 And a Ostara Ceremony with Dinner from 6-8 ($33)
✨️Make sure to check with Indigo Aura Connection for any event details or to purchase tickets for the evening Ostara Celebration.
About Ostara, the Spring Equinox
Spring Equinox is when the sun crosses the celestial equator (moves from south to north); the word “equinox” comes from a Latin work meaning “equality of night and day”. The days have been getting longer since Winter Solstice and are now getting closer to being equal the nights in length. Dispersing are the long winter nights and endless darkness…this is the breath of fresh air that promises Spring is coming!
From now until the Summer Solstice, June 21 (the longest day of the year), the days will gradually get longer because the sun is higher in the sky. This means more hours of daylight – and it’s getting warmer too! Anyone else excited to spend some time outside while the days transition from crisp Winter to breezy Spring?? I cannot wait!
History of Ostara/Eostre
For our ancestors, this time marked the return of the light, which meant crops, animals births, etc…general abundance and a reprieve from the cold, dark winter months. Although Imbolc is the sabbat celebrated as the lambing holiday, Ostara promised the returning light, which meant food and warmth. This was generally a jovial time of celebration for families and communities.
Goddess Ostara – also known as Ēostre is the Germanic Goddess of Spring and dawn. (Can you guess what holiday came from that name? The Christian festival EASTER!). She is also known as the Goddess of resurrection, and rebirth (sound familiar?). She is associated with freedom and energy as the animals returned to run their pastures and enjoy outdoor activities.
CELEBRATE!
Historically, families would celebrate by planting crops, lighting candles, and “bringing Spring inside” by way of flowers, greenery, and decorations.
Ostara is celebrated as the beginning of new life, so planting a garden, or even a few seeds, is a great way to celebrate this holiday in the present day as well!
Just like with Easter, eggs are big for Ostara. So get out those egg decorating kits, paint some fancy eggs and use them to decorate all over the house! Egg hunts and celebratory dinners are also considered standard celebrations for this holiday. In the Pagan tradition for Ostara, eggs were considered symbols of fertility and it was thought that whoever found the eggs would be guaranteed fertility, joy, and achievement of their goals and dreams for the year to come.
