This article is about the solar holiday. For the 19th-century Viennese publication, see Ostara (magazine); for the neofolk band, see Ostara (band).
Ostara is one of the eight major holidays, sabbats or festivals of the Wiccan wheel of the year. It is celebrated on the spring equinox, in the northern hemisphere around March 21 and in the southern hemisphere around September 23, depending on the Spring Equinox.
The name is derived from a goddess said to appear in German legends by Jakob Grimm in his Deutsche Myth ...
Ostara is a modern Wiccan festival. There is no evidence that Spring Equinox festivals were called by this name in the past. However, There is no direct "proof" of many christian or pagan traditions.
According to Bede and Einhard, the month Eostremonat/Ostaramanoth was equated with April[2]. This would put the start of 'Ostara's Month' after the Equinox in March. However, it must be taken into account that these 'translations' of calen ...
