Cultural Insert — Ostara and the Spring Cultures

• Among the Germans, Ostara gave its name to the month of Eosturmonath (April). Its name has given "Easter" in English.
• The rabbit, a crepuscular animal, symbolizes rapid fertility, underground prosperity, and the running intuition.
• The eggs, present in all pagan traditions, symbolize sealed potential, life in waiting, the seed of the possible.

To give an egg is to say: "I believe in what you will become, even if you have not yet hatched."