Ostara - Spring Awakening
The spring equinox celebrates the awakening of the earth and return of fertility.
Spring marked the awakening of the earth from winter's grip. Fertility rituals honored the goddess and sought blessing for crops and animals. This was a time of new beginnings, planting, and celebration of life's return.
The earth awakens from winter's sleep; honor her with seeds and celebration.
Spring rituals focused on agricultural and reproductive fertility.
Various Sources
Written about in
- What the Norse year looked like, season by season
Spring rites for fertility and planting. Hold this one loosely: the library cites it to Germanic calendar tradition with no text behind it, and it is the entry in this list that rests on the least evidence.