I like Easter. I think I say this about every holiday when that holiday is near, but it’s one of my favorites. It’s an important religious event, but I also like the Pagan meanings of the day–fertility. It’s a day of spring, and new life, baby animals, egg hunts–just joy. So I feel I can embrace both the Christian and the Feminist and the Pagan and Native American aspects of the day all at once. I don’t have to chose or limit myself, and I like that. So you know the typical traditional events of Easter, but here are some suggestions to appreciate nature and fertility:
-Go out for a walk and look for signs of spring: robins, nests being built, flowers buds, bulbs shoots, plants starting to green
-Buy a new broom for magical or mundane cleaning
-Do meditations focused on new beginnings or growth
-Make paper flowers and use them to decorate your home
-Have an egg hunt
-Learn about the migration of butterflies or the plight of the honey bee. Vow to take steps to help them on their way
-Have a seed blessing ritual
-Start seeds indoors or out
-Eat eggs for breakfast on Ostara morning and bury the rinsed shells in your garden to promote prosperity and abundance of your crops
-Try to incorporate at least one traditional correspondence into you daily life through the spring season: cook with seasonal foods, use traditionally colored cloth napkins, display a vase of wildflowers on your table, burn traditionally scented incense, etc.
Catty Remarks