Spring Equinox - Ostara

​I wrote this ritual about a week before Ostara.  I'm still getting used to re-doing things so they look nice and posting them on the web in time for people to actually use them.  Hopefully next year I will be ahead of the game.  The actual ritual was written on the back of my water bill, just in case you all think I get all fancy when I write stuff.  I don't. 
I often take note of the wheel of the year as it's based on just that, the natural laws of the world we live in.  I'm not so concerned with the exact dates, as our ancestors were not concerned with it.  It's about the time of the year, the feeling, the things we should be doing to be in the groove with the natural order.
I often reference back to my Yule Blessing, and as I move through the year I continue to do this.  We don't write rituals and keep grimoires for likes or ego or other people, we do it so we can reference back.  My yule blessing this year is around growth and neutering.  Growth of a new business, neutering of my physical and mental health.  I garden and this year, my outdoor space needs to be a reflection of shoring up, gathering and putting in roots.  Basically getting ready for whatever the next five years bring.  Just like my ancestors did, this is a moment to move and groove and get it done.

​The Earth rolls through the black of space, and brings us around again to this place
We plant the seeds and face the Sun, feeling the warmth and the life to come
Hope for the future I do request, comfort, and joy, and plenty of rest
To slow a little and worry less, enjoy nature more and feel her chest
All things in good time will grow big and strong, if you nurture and cradle them in your arms
The rise and fall of the Sun, the Rhythm of Life Starts to hum
Out from the cold I do crawl, and into the light I do behold; a future that grows steady and strong, nurtured within my loving arms