Spring Solstice

The Spring solstice celebrates the coming season of spring. The solstice is every year, but the type of solstice and what is celebrates changes every year and restarts every 12 years.

• Eostre/Ostara (Germanic goddess of spring)
• Ver (Roman god of personification of spring)
• Jarylo (Cyrillic god of vegetation and springtime)
• Iarilo/Gerovit (Slavic god of vegetation, fertility and springtime)
• Eiar (Hora of spring, Classic ancient Greece)
• Ba Jia Jiang (Chinese god of spring & West Mountain)
• Morityema (American god of spring and west mountain)
• Brigid (Celtic god of Fire, Home, Poetry and end of winter)
• Demeter (Greek god of Harvest and Agriculture)
• Princess Konohanasakuya (Japanese goddess of flowers)
• Isis (Egyptian goddess of motherhood, magic, fertility, death, healing, and rebirth)
• Saraswati (Hindi goddess of arts, wisdom and learning)

As the solstice grew throughout the years, from a small gathering of families to a collective village celebration, people throughout the country come out to gain some profound connections for the rest of the year. One of the biggest trading connections can take place during this timeframe.