The Ostara Companion: Spells, Meditations, Coloring Pages, and All About Ostara
We are so excited to introduce our new Ostara book, The Ostara Companion!
(There are several books already in this series. Find them here!)
As the earth warms, the witch's year, the Wheel of the Year, turns to Ostara.
Ostara, celebrated around the spring equinox, is a festival of renewal, balance, and the awakening of nature. Named after the Germanic goddess Ēostre, it marks the time when light and dark are in perfect harmony before the days grow longer.
This celebration is closely tied to themes of fertility, growth, and the potential for new beginnings, as the Earth bursts into bloom after winter's dormancy. With symbols like the hare, egg, and flowers, Ostara invites us to honor the cycles of nature and embrace the opportunities for growth and transformation that lie ahead. Seasonal rites invite us to consider new perspectives and the role of growth and balance in our lives.
This companion to the Ostara holiday features meditations, journal prompts, coloring pages, spells, and information on Ostara to help you begin your seasonal reflections.
Its pages are for you to write, color, and make notes on as you work magic, whether you are part of an earth based spiritual group or you are a solo practitioner or spiritual seeker. May it bring you insight, inspiration, and joy.
Inside you'll find...
About Ostara: An introduction to the Wheel of the Year holiday
Ostara associations: Eggs, hares, crystal, and herbs
An Ostara ritual for your seasonal rites
4 spells: Seed Blessing, Wish Trees, Ostara Rebirth Spell Jar, and Fertility Spell
Lore for the spring: an introduction to the goddess Ēostre
3 meditations: Beginning of Spring Meditation, Balance Meditation, and Awakening Your Spirit Meditation
4 coloring pages
12 journal prompts
Have a wonderful Ostara this year!
Where to Get Your Copy of The Ostara Companion
Digital Book
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Print Book
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Excerpt from The Ostara Companion: Rebirth Spell Jar
This spell is for welcoming change into your life so you can take root and grow this Ostara. Just like the earth, you are constantly renewing yourself. Give yourself a fresh spring start in general, or focus on a particular area of your life in which you would like to experience rebirth.
You will need:
White candle
Stick of incense
Jar with a lid
White or black salt for protection
Small decorative eggs symbolizing possibility
Flowers for spring
Green aventurine for growth
Lavender for clarity
Use your preferred method for preparing for spellwork. Or: Take a few deep breaths and center yourself. When your energy is calm, continue to concentrate on your breathing, feeling your power rise.
Light a white candle. Light a stick of incense of your choice and slowly draw a circle around yourself and your working space.
Arrange your spell jar items on the workspace in front of you. Spend a few minutes meditating on how you want to experience rebirth in your life. Set your intentions for the spell jar.
When you are ready, take the incense in one hand and bless each item with the incense smoke. As you place the item in the jar, whisper the word rebirth. Close the jar.
When you are ready, thank the universe for assisting you. Spin slowly in the opposite direction of the incense and blow out the candle.
Place the spell jar somewhere you can see it throughout the Ostara season. Disassemble it at the end of the season.
More About Ostara
Want to explore more about Ostara? You're in the right place! Here's where to start:
About Ostara
About Ostara: The spring equinox holiday on the Wheel of the Year, the witch's year.
Ostara is a joyful festival that marks the balance between light and dark, symbolizing the transition from winter's stillness to the vibrant energy of growth and returning sunlight. Named after the Germanic goddess Ostara (Ēostre), who embodies renewal, fertility, and dawn, this holiday celebrates the awakening of the Earth as nature stirs to life at the spring equinox.
As the days grow longer and the sun's warmth returns, Ostara encourages us to embrace new beginnings, personal growth, and the potential for transformation. It is a time to honor the natural cycles of rebirth and renewal, recognizing that every ending makes way for a fresh start. The traditions of Ostara are filled with symbols that represent fertility, abundance, and new life. Eggs, often decorated during the festival, symbolize potential and the promise of growth, while the hare represents fertility and vitality, as it is a creature known for its rapid reproduction.
Other symbols of the season include flowers, particularly those that bloom early, and the colors green, yellow, and pastel shades, which reflect the fresh energy of the outdoors. Ostara shows us a way to connect with nature, plant seeds—both literal and metaphorical—and embrace the opportunities for growth, creativity, and transformation that the season offers.
Ostara Journal Prompts
Ostara Journal Prompts: Celebrate Ostara by using these journal prompts for reflection.
Ostara is a wonderful time for journaling because it marks a season of renewal, making it ideal for reflecting on personal growth and setting intentions for the months ahead. As the earth awakens and the days grow longer, journaling can help capture fresh ideas, clarify goals, and embrace the transformative energy of spring.
The Goddess Eostre
The Goddess Eostre: The spring equinox goddess who teaches us lore for the spring to seek balance and embrace change in the returning sunlight.
Ēostre is a Germanic goddess and dawn, associated with renewal, fertility, and the awakening of the natural world. Her name is believed to be the origin of the word Easter, and she is linked to ancient celebrations that honored the return of warmth and life after winter. Symbols such as the hare and the egg are connected to Ēostre, representing fertility, abundance, and the cycles of rebirth that define the spring season.
How to Celebrate Ostara
How to Celebrate Ostara: Ideas for your modern celebrations of the spring equinox!
Ostara can be celebrated by spending time outside, whether by taking a walk, making time to plant seeds, going on a colorful egg hunt with children, listening to the birds, or simply appreciating the spirit of spring's renewal. Many people perform rituals, decorate eggs, a symbol of fertility and new beginnings, or set intentions for personal growth and transformation. Seasonal rites such as lighting candles, meditating on balance, or creating an Ostara altar with flowers and seasonal symbols help honor the changing season and welcome the energy of renewal at the spring equinox.
Ostara Associations
Ostara Associations: Ostara hares, eggs, and more.
Ostara is associated with themes of renewal, balance, and fertility, reflecting the awakening spirit of the world during the spring equinox. Common symbols of this festival include Easter hares and eggs, which represent fertility and new beginnings, as well as flowers and seeds, symbolizing growth and abundance. Colors like green, yellow, pink, and pastel shades are also linked to Ostara (think Easter eggs!), embodying the fresh energy of the spring equinox and the balance between light and dark.
Ostara Meditation
Ostara Meditation: Celebrate Yule with a guided meditation from The Ostara Companion.
As the spring equinox time of balance between light and dark, Ostara shows us the perfect opportunity for prayers, meditations, and other reflection focused on harmony, renewal, and setting intentions for personal growth. With the earth awakening and energy shifting toward expansion, meditating during Ostara allows us to align with the season's transformative power, fostering clarity and new beginnings.
More About Our Books
Thank you for your interest in our metaphysical books!
It's our goal to create some great books to help you work magic, explore moon phases, perform rituals, explore prayers / meditations, enjoy some recipes / lore, and contribute to your deep understanding of (and deeper connection with) the world through earth based spirituality. Divination, crafts, correspondences, and more!
Our hope is to make metaphysical books for individual spiritual seekers and those in earth-based spiritual groups. Here are some of our favorites so far. We hope you will find several books you love.
The Hedge Witch's Hearth
The Hedge Witch's Hearth: Old and new ways to nourish your home, room by room, for a family friendly, spiritually calm space. This book is especially meant for those looking for a new path in their home organizing and maintenance, restoring hope that it's possible!
Tarot Meditations
Tarot Meditations: A beautiful tarot book featuring meditations for those seeking ways to enrich their relationship with their cards.
52 Garden Meditations
52 Garden Meditations: Meditations for when you plan your garden, plant seeds, harvest your fruits, and other key portals into reflection. Gardening is one of the world's oldest ways to celebrate your connection to the earth!
(These are also available as e-books, seeing as we live in a digital age.)
The Wheel of the Year Book Series
We have published several books in our Wheel of the Year series, designed to help you explore, reflect, work magic, and perform rituals of the holiday by yourself or with an earth based spiritual group.
The Yule Companion
The Yule Companion: Modern celebrations for an old holiday. Yule, celebrated around the winter solstice, is a time of honoring the returning sunlight, the rebirth of light, and the reflection on the cycles of darkness and light. Though tough times of winter may be ahead, old and new ways of gathering in community for family friendly magic abound!
The Imbolc Companion
The Imbolc Companion: Modern celebrations for an old holiday. Imbolc, celebrated at the beginning of February, marks the midpoint between winter and spring, honoring the first signs of renewal, the returning sunlight, and the awakening of the earth, often associated with the goddess Brigid, a spiritual teacher for the winter.
The Beltane Companion
The Beltane Companion: The lore of spring continues at Beltane. Beltane, celebrated on May 1st, is a vibrant festival that honors fertility, creativity, lore for the spring, and the blossoming of life, marking the arrival of summer and the height of the season's vitality.
The Litha Companion
The Litha Companion: Old and new ways to celebrate the passion of summer. Litha, also known as the summer solstice, or Midsummer, is a celebration of the sun’s peak power, honoring the height of light, abundance, and the fullness of life during the longest day of the year.
Here is a link to all of our books. We hope there will be one for you, whether you are looking for magic rituals, something family friendly to do with children, or other books celebrating readers and writing!
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