Ostara Spell

Ostara, otherwise known as the Vernal Equinox, marks the date when
day overcomes night. Plants re-emerge from the earth, the air is
filled with birdsong, and animals mate and bear young. Humans feel
an overpowering urge to build now, to plant and to fall in love.
This powerful time is when winter dreams need to be acted upon. The
most potent talisman we have this time of the year is the egg,
symbol of rebirth, new beginnings, and growth. Here are some old and
new ways to use eggs in your spellwork. For a new love, take a raw
egg and dye it red. Poke holes on either end of the egg with a
needle or a small nail. Make the hole on the small end of the egg
large enough so that you can insert a crystal and herbs. Blow the
contents of the egg out the holes and thoroughly clean out the
inside. Insert into the egg a the small rose quartz crystal, rose
petals, and a sprinkle of catnip. Visualize a new love entering your
life. Glue over the hole with pink tissue paper. You can modify this
spell for abundance or any new venture with a change of color,
crystal, and herb. To keep a family together, the eldest member of
the clan divides a hard-boiled egg so that each member gets a piece
to eat. Throughout one’s life, if any member of the family gets lost
one must think about those he or she shared the egg with. This will
cause the others to think of him or her. The combined physic
energies will guide the lost one home. To ensure the safety and well-
being of your household, bury a magically charged egg in each of the
four directions. Charge an egg with visions of an abundant harvest
and bury it in your garden before you plant. Hang decorated eggs
from the trees around your property on Ostara to bring prosperity to
your family for the year.

Lily Gardner-Butts