Equinox Invocation for Both Hemispheres — Tess Whitehurst

Whether you’re celebrating Mabon or Ostara, tune to the magic of the Equinox and invoke balance and healing for yourself and your world. Blessed Equinox! Wherever you are in the world, it’s the dawning of a new season: Spring in the Northern Hemisphere and Fall in the Southern. I composed this invocation for our online… via … Continue reading Equinox Invocation for Both Hemispheres — Tess Whitehurst

History: Ostara/Spring Equinox/Vernal Equinox

OSTARA (pronounced O-STAR-ah) is one of the Lesser Sabbats, may also be know by these names:[ Lady Day, Alban Eiler (Druidic), Eostara (Teutonic), Ostara, Eostra, Eos (Greek), Spring Equinox, Vernal Equinox, Summer Finding (Asatru), Naw Ruz (Persian New Year), Alban Elfed, Festival of Trees, No Ruz, Ostra, Rites of Spring]and is usually celebrated on the … Continue reading History: Ostara/Spring Equinox/Vernal Equinox

Correspondences of Ostara/Spring Equinox: Stones and Crystals — Crystal Dawn

Stones~~Rose quartz, moonstone, amethyst, aquamarine, bloodstone, red jasper Rose Quartz is often identified with romantic love, but this beautiful stone, in fact, encourages us to experience love in its myriad forms from a mother’s tender care of her child to random acts of kindness or service to a stranger. Rose quartz encompasses all expressions of […] … Continue reading Correspondences of Ostara/Spring Equinox: Stones and Crystals — Crystal Dawn

Imbolc Spell casting — Ravenhawks’ Magickal Mystical Places

Spell Work of Imbolc Blessing of seeds for this year’s garden, fertility, and purification, spring cleaning, “Bride’s Bed” rituals, Home hearth fires are put out and re-lit, and a besom is placed by the front door to symbolize sweeping out the old and welcoming the new, consecration of agricultural tools, rituals of initiation, transformation, and […] … Continue reading Imbolc Spell casting — Ravenhawks’ Magickal Mystical Places