Wheel of the Year Ceremony

THURSDAY, MARCH 20: Spring Equinox Ostara Ceremony

Celebrate the Spring Equinox and Pagan Holiday of Ostara at Grandmother Cherry Sanctuary.

The balance of light and dark takes a sacred pause on this day and we will too. Join us for an evening visioning ceremony where we will work with divination tools and elemental magic. Bring your favorite Tarot/Oracle decks, journal, magical crafts, potions, and crystals. Together we will cast a magic sharing circle where we will practice a dance of giving and receiving from each other, and feeling the balance in our bodies and energy.

Herbal and root tea will be served, brewed with medicinal plants grown organically at Grandmother Cherry Sanctuary, where we will gather in the cozy Sanctuary Room. We will sing to give reverence to both light and dark, with awareness to the shadow and shine sides of both, supporting us to release from binary thinking and embrace an arc, dance, and flow of our collective consciousness.

Join us for this inside “Wheel of the Year” Spring Equinox Ostara Ceremony of ritual and emergence of spring within and upon Mother Earth and ourselves.

Spring Equinox Ceremony
LOCATION

Grandmother Cherry Sanctuary
Plainfield, Vermont

DATE

Thursday, March 20, 2025

TIME

6:00-9:00 pm

Details

The EmpowR Transformation “Wheel of the Year” Ceremony series celebrates living in rhythm with the cycles of Nature (and our bodies which are a part of nature). We practice Pagan Earth-based spirituality in community and welcome people from any spiritual or cultural background. Our ceremonies are simple and invite anyone interested in connecting with Earth-based spiritual practices to remember our land-based roots before the harms of colonization severed our relationships with land and each other. We draw from the Celtic Wheel of the Year and Norse mythology as that is the ancestry of our facilitators and welcome all Earth-based spiritual practices and traditions in our cocreative space.

Age
People 16 and older are welcome. Please do a separate registration for each person over 12. Please send a message if a discount would be helpful for a second member of a family to attend. Milking mothers and their babes are most welcome.

Timing
Please arrive, park, and use the facilities by 5:45 pm so we can open ceremony at 6 pm.

Food/Drink
Please bring snacks as you feel called and a water bottle.

To Prepare
Bring and offering for the altar and your magic. Bring your favorite Tarot/Oracle decks, journal, magical crafts, potions, and crystals.

Location
We will gather at Grandmother Cherry Sanctuary in the mountains of Plainfield, Vermont. The ceremony space is on the second floor up one flight of stairs. Uley, the Sanctuary therapy dog will greet you with friendly barking (how he says hello) and will join us along with Rider and maybe Sade (witch cats) for the afternoon.

Directions and additional information will be provided upon registration.

Reciprocity

Tier 1 – $22
~ I stress about expenses to meet all of my basic needs
~ I am underemployed or do not have much expendable income
~ I may not have stable housing and it can be challenging to find support from family and friends
If Tier 1 is still unaccessible, please send a message to receive additional support from the EmpowR Equity Fund.

Tier 2 – $42
~ I am employed or have regular work to meet my basic needs
~ I am able to eat out and buy tickets to events and activities
~ I have some debt, but it does not prohibit basic needs
~ I may have access to financial savings or family to help me when times are tough

Tier 3 – $62
~ I earn enough to meet my needs and contribute to savings or retirement
~ I own or rent a middle to upper income home; I can afford an annual vacation
~ I would like to act in solidarity and with people who may not have the same income advantages as I have
(Tips welcome to support the EmpowR Equity Fund)

Send a message to pay cash in person at the event.

REGISTER for the Spring Equinox Ostara Ceremony

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CANCELLATION POLICY

Life happens! If you are unable to attend, please be respectful of our time and let us know/cancel your registration. You can pay the cost forward or request a refund up to 24 hours in advance. Cancellation refunds include a small fee to cover credit card costs. No refunds for cancellations within 24 hours of a program.