Ostara _ rituals, recipes, & lore for the spring equinox ( PDFDrive )

Wheel of the Year—Southern Hemisphere
The wheel is comprised of two groups of four holidays each. There are four solar
festivals relating to the sun’s position in the sky, dividing the year into quarters:
the Spring Equinox, the Summer Solstice, the Fall Equinox, and the Winter
Solstice, all of which are dated astronomically and thus vary slightly from year
to year. Falling in between these quarter days are the cross-quarter holidays, or
fire festivals: Imbolc, Beltane, Lughnasadh, and Samhain. The quarters are
sometimes called the Lesser Sabbats and the cross-quarters the Greater Sabbats,
although neither cycle is “superior” to the other. In the Southern Hemisphere,
seasons are opposite those in the north, and the sabbats are consequently
celebrated at different times.
While the book you are holding only focuses on Ostara, it can be helpful to
know how it fits in with the cycle as a whole.
The Winter Solstice, also called Yule or Midwinter, occurs when nighttime has
reached its maximum length; after the solstice, the length of the days will begin