| The Vernal Equinox is the time of year when day | | | | Pagan and Neopagan groups and is celebrated by |
| and night are of equal length with daylight increasing | | | | these groups if they so choose. Pagan and Neopagan |
| from then on. There are several other names | | | | groups do not follow all of the Sabbats in general, |
| associated with it including the Spring Equinox, Lady | | | | although some do. |
| Day and Ostara. The actual day of the Vernal | | | | The term Lady Day comes from Celtic lore and is |
| Equinox varies each year, as it follows the solar | | | | the accepted name given to this day in traditional |
| cycle, but is commonly held on March 21st. | | | | folk lore. The name Ostara is slightly misleading as this |
| Like its opposite, the Autumn Equinox, it is an | | | | name should more correctly be linked to Easter, but |
| astrological event and is of major importance for | | | | is commonly attached to the Vernal Equinox by |
| astrologers. The name Spring Equinox is attached to | | | | modern Neopagans such as Wiccans. Ostara is |
| it as this time of the year is when Spring is thought | | | | derived from the Teutonic lunar Goddess Eostre. Her |
| to begin by most of the northern hemisphere. The | | | | main symbols were the bunny and the egg and |
| Vernal Equinox is one of the four lesser Sabbats of | | | | Ostara is therefore more correctly used with Easter. |