Blackberry Circle will celebrate Ostara this March 20th at 7:30pm at the Covenstead.

This minor Sabbat ritual is open to the public. We hope to make many new friends and to welcome all our old friends.

As always, please remember to bring a lawn chair and something for our potluck dinner.

What: Ostara, a celebration of the Vernal Equinox

Where: Blackberry Circle Covenstead (see here for directions)

When: March 20, 2010 at 7:30pm

Why: Well, why not?

Who: Open to the Public. Please feel free to bring your friends and family! Just leave the pets at home... please.

Ostara, the Vernal Equinox (from Wikipedia)

The vernal equinox, sometimes called Ostara, is celebrated in the Northern hemisphere around March 21 and in the Southern hemisphere around September 23, depending upon the specific timing of the equinox. Among the Wiccan sabbats, it is preceded by Candlemas and followed by Beltane.

The name Ostara is from ôstarâ, the Old High German for "Easter".

In terms of Wiccan ditheism, this festival is characterized by the rejoining of the Mother Goddess and her lover-consort-son, who spent the winter months in death.^[11] Other variations include the young God regaining strength in his youth after being born at Yule, and the Goddess returning to herMaiden aspect.