Don t forget to thank the plant and bless it for the sacrifice it gave for your ritual. I ask that you give of your bounty that it may aid me in my work. Their silvery soft buds show the last signs of the moonlight hanging onto the branches before the green of Spring takes hold. Forsythia branches bring a lovely display of yellow to your altar. To me, they symbolize the Sun making its reappearance.
Honeysuckle branches bring a sweet scent and warmth to the altar.
Herbs of Ostara Daffodil, woodruff, violet, gorse, olive, peony, iris, narcissus, mint and all Spring flowers. Seeds Ostara is the time to bless any seeds that you will be planting for a garden this next season. You may want to get a special basket to hold your seed packets during ritual. Although planting times will vary from place to place and from plant to plant, you will feel the vibrations of your blessings throughout the planting season. Some people are fortunate enough to live in a climate where they can actually plant seeds in the ground as part of their Ostara ritual.