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Deity in Hazel
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Ostara is the Spring Equinox. As with Mabon, it
is a time of balance, a point at which the day and the night are of equal
length.
This is a festival sacred to the Anglo-Saxon Dawn Goddess, with the symbols of the egg and the hare. Spring is most definitely in the air - the birds are becoming territorial, and perhaps are visible in distinct pairs. Trees are in bud, with the first signs of the cycle of life. The snowdrops may be gone, but the daffodils and tulips are starting to come through. In my own garden, my 'Canary Bird' climbing rose, one of the earliest flowering roses, has not just buds, but leaves as well. And a word of explanation for the caption on my picture for this Sabbat: visible on this branch are the male catkins and the female flower buds, both of which are necessary for the hazel to bear fruit. At Imbolc, we sowed the seeds for our year. Let us not forget that it takes several aspects for those seeds to bear a harvest. |
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