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living in temperate climates celebrate the coming of spring with
rituals and festivals. This was one of the most important of
spring festivals among pre-Christian Germanic tribes, dedicated
to the goddess Ostara, a goddess associated with the "east" and
thus "dawn" and "morning light." Ostara is a time to celebrate
the renewal and rebirth of Nature herself, and the coming
Summer. At the vernal equinox[12:32 PM EST March 20th, 2010],
the world is poised on the brink of light and dark, suspended
between the cold months and the new warmth of the growing
season. Light and darkness are also in balance, as are masculine
and feminine energy.  Ostara is a fertility festival celebrating
the rebirth of the God and the awakening of life from the Earth.
Some Wiccan traditions worship the Green Goddess and the Lord of
the Greenwood. It is one of the Lesser Sabbats, usually
celebrated anywhere from March 19th to 21st. Some celebrate on
the fixed date of March 25