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Breaking Ground

For waking what was planted in the dark

Before You Begin

Find a threshold between inside and outside. A doorway, a window, the edge of a porch. Bring something small that represents what you’ve been tending—a seed, a stone, a written word.

The Rite

  1. Stand at the threshold. Feel both sides—the inside you know, the outside that’s waking.

  2. Hold what you’ve been tending. It doesn’t need to be literal. Only true.

  3. Name what you buried. Say it aloud: I planted this in the dark. I tended it without seeing.

  4. Step outside. Let air touch your face. The balance tips now.

  5. Place or plant what you’re holding. It has emerged. So have you.

Notes

Ostara is the pivot—equal light, equal dark, and then the scale tips. The seed doesn’t wonder if it’s ready. When the conditions are right, it breaks ground.

A fuller version of this rite, with correspondences, lore, and invocation, is available as a printable card in the shop.