I am a little more prepared and will do my solitary Ostara ritual tomorrow, on the actual holiday!! Here is my ritual:
Gather prepared items and set up altar
A basket of eggs (real or
artificial)
Rose or Strawberry incense
Spring flowers
*Only light the incense. Everything else will be lit
at the appropriate time during the ritual.*
Cast The
Sacred Circle
Call The
Watchtowers
INVOCATION
OF THE GODDESS:
“I call upon the eternal
Goddess in the ancient way, as Earth Mother and Lady Eostre. You who are Maiden,
fresh and young like the new buds sprouting from the earth around me. Come join
me! Bring me your love, knowledge and understanding as I celebrate the Spring
Equinox, when the land is just beginning to show that which was promised at
Imbolg. Send thy spirit forth so that I, your child, may feel your life within
me. As it is willed, so mote it be!”
Light Goddess Candle
INVOCATION
OF THE GOD:
“I call upon the eternal God
in the ancient way, as Lord of Day and Horned One of the Forests. You who are
known by many names – Green Man, Cernunnos, Dionysus. Come join me! Bring me
your light, energy and protection as I celebrate the Spring Equinox, that magickal
time when light and dark are in balance. Send Thy spirit forth so that I, your
child, may feel your light within me. As it is willed, so mote it be!”
Light God Candle
"Be with me now, oh
Ancients, eternal,
Hear now my prayers, hopes and dreams.”
Statement of Purpose:
We gather together, I with
Spirit, to celebrate Ostara, the spring equinox, when the day and the night is
equal and the birth of new life can be seen throughout the land. This is the
time for planting seeds, both in the ground and in our soul. Springtime is for
hopes and desires, for new ideas, for balance & inspiration.
With the Goddess and God candles, simultaneously,
light the central candle.
Read charge of the Goddess
“Blessed be this season of
Ostara,
Night of the Spring Equinox,
Night of balance.
Tonight all things stand as
equals; Goddess and God,
Life and death, Dark and
light,
All come together as equals
as do our young deities.
But the wheel of the Year
turns on
and after tonight, the light
will conquer the darkness –
Blessed be the darkness,
Blessed be the light!”
“Behold the Goddess who turns
the wheel,
Blessed be life renewed!
Let my spirit be as a seedling,
Flexible to the winds of
change,
Ever reaching toward the sun,
inspired to grow by the rain,
And grounded solidly in my
path.”
Take the eggs from the
basket, saving one for yourself, and set them around the perimeter of the
circle, clockwise.
“Tonight I celebrate the renewal of my Mother Earth
and the renewal of my own life as well, for we are all Her creatures and Her
children of Nature.”
Holding the egg in your hand
upward, toward the Sun, say:
“The egg which I hold in my
hand has long been a symbol of life renewed for as many millennia as our human
ancestors have walked the Earth and our Father God, the Horned One of the
Forests, has protected that life.”
Meditation
All sit and meditate on your
own "seed or egg". Think about something you want to do, a wish or a
dream. Think of something you wish to change or plant in the soil of your soul,
so that it may grow and be nurtured. After a suitable amount of time, the bell
is rung. Everybody takes a piece of parchment and writes your wish or desire on
it. The "seeds" are then lit from the altar candle, and the ashes
fall into the bowl of earth.
When done say:
“Lord and Lady, receive these,
my seeds, my hopes, my dreams and my goals. Let them germinate in my mind and in
my heart. Let them prosper and grow to maturity, for I will care for them and
encourage them in your name.”
THE GREAT RITE- (symbolic):
(The following rite symbolizes the union between the
Goddess & God - without which there would not be life.)
Pick up the chalice of wine
or juice and your athame. While slowing dipping your athame into the chalice,
repeat the following:
“Chalice to athame as Goddess
is to God,
Father is to Mother as man is
to woman;
Behold the sacred union of
The One!”
When finished, make a toast
to the Goddess & God – drinking from the consecrated chalice.
“I am a child of deity,
I am part of the creative
life force which moves the universe;
I am part of all that is.
Though we are apart, we are
always together,
For we are one in the spirit
of our Goddess and God –
Merry Meet, merry part and
merry meet again –
Blessed be!”
Release Goddess
“O great Goddess Eostre
Mother of fertility and new beginnings
I thank you for the honor you do me this day.
I ask that your protection
Be not only on myself
And on those whom I love
But on the whole world.
Thank you for joining me
tonight.
Hail and Farewell.”
Extinguish
the Goddess candle
Release God
“O great God Cernunos
Brightly burning sun
Father of the Animals
Giver of life
I thank you for the honor you do me this day
I ask that your protection
Be not only on myself
And on those whom I love
But on the whole world.
Thank you for joining me
tonight.
Hail and Farewell.”
Extinguish
the God candle
Release Quarters/Watchtowers
Open the sacred circle
