The days and nights are of equal length but the Sun God is gaining more power over the darkness of Winter. Ostara is also celebrated as the time of courtship of the God and Goddess in preparation for their consumation on Beltaine. Witches typically plant the seeds that were annointed on Imbolc on this Spring Equinox. Ostara is also known as Eostre or Lady Day. Ostara colors are anything soft and muted such as pastels.
Symbols are the egg, equilateral cross and the butterfly.
Dieties for this sabbat are Youthful Gods and Goddesses, Warrior Gods, and Faerie Queens. This May Sabbat is a celebration of new life in all it's forms. This is the day God and Goddess are united in sacred marriage, their relationship consumated. This melding of God and Goddess symbolically fertilizes the animals and crops for the rest of the year. Witches celebrate the great fruitfulness of the earth and the exuberance of spring this night with a playful sense of carefree abandon.