To whom is this day Spiritually important?
Please suggest a site to learn something about why you feel so.
2007-03-10 16:32:26 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Zero Cool: Thank you for the site!!
2007-03-10 16:39:43 · update #1
Lökásennä: Ostara, thanks, I did read about her after my divorse, because I wanted to color eggs with my son. I never did:( Well that's why she's my ex, eh, too strict to enjoy life...
2007-03-10 16:43:57 · update #2
Swordarkeereon: Thanks for the site!
Hotep
2007-03-10 16:48:05 · update #3
momoftwoboys: My son is 12, going on 40, but 2 & 4 were great years. They go by quickly. Great times...
2007-03-10 18:51:42 · update #4
'Tis the end of Winter and the beginning of the season of rebirth, Spring and the festival of Ostara falls on this day. Ostara, the holiday sacred to the Goddess for whom the modern Easter is named. She is a fertility Goddess and her symbols are the hare and the egg. She was an important Goddess of spring to the ancient Saxons.
Pagans and Heathens celebrate this day.
2007-03-10 16:37:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, many Pagan paths find the Vernal Equinox important because it's the time of year when the earth is metaphorically reborn from Winter into Spring and things begin growing. It's a celebration of the cycles of the earth. For myself, I look at Spring as a time for new growth and enlightenment, and therefore I hold my annual Rite to Lucifer during the Vernal Equinox. Not only in celebration of the earth's natural renewel process, but in celebration of new beginnings and new growth. It's also associated with fertility.
Here's a website that gives a wonderful overview of the Vernal Equinox and its importance in numerous traditions:
http://www.religioustolerance.org/spring_equinox.htm
2007-03-11 00:41:10 · answer #2 · answered by swordarkeereon 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
This is Ostara, we celebrate the spring and the new planting (if we had a garden). We usually do fun spring stuff with the kids (like dying eggs, and planting seeds, and lots of playing outside) and we have a big party with lots of fresh fruits and veggies. It is part of the cycle of the year and is a big relief after being cooped up all winter with little ones.
paganwiccan.about.com/library/blaz.htm
2007-03-11 00:59:27 · answer #3 · answered by Huggles-the-wise 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
All equinoxes are important because it represents a perfect balance between light and darkness.
I do not have any religious references though.
2007-03-11 00:36:56 · answer #4 · answered by the taino boy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is important to many. It is important to Wicca, Christians and Jews. It is the time used to measure the coming of Passover and of Easter.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/spring_equinox.htm
2007-03-11 00:38:03 · answer #5 · answered by tonks_op 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
this is also known as the sping equinox. it marks the beginning of sping. it is important spiritually to the pagans.
it was of use to the farmers to help them keep track of the seasons for planting.
2007-03-11 00:40:57 · answer #6 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Chevy Equinox is here.Why is that spiritually important. Did the pope drive one?!!!!
2007-03-11 00:35:50 · answer #7 · answered by Tribble Macher 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
http://www.factmonster.com/spot/riteofspring1.html
2007-03-11 00:36:06 · answer #8 · answered by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋