At the Spring Equinox, light and dark stand in rare equilibrium. The earth softens. Seeds stir. Something long held beneath the surface begins to quicken. In contemporary Pagan traditions, this seasonal threshold is called Ostara — a festival associated with balance, fertility, and renewal. This time of transition invites us to consider where we have been conserving energy, gestating in darkness, or protecting something fragile within. The symbols of the season — the egg, the hare, the rising sap, the lengthening day — speak in a mythic language of potentiality, risk, and emergence. To crack open is to be vulnerable. To sprout is to be seen. In this lecture-ritual, mythologist Dr. Selena Madden will weave folklore, depth psychology, and living witchcraft practice to explore how seasonal rites can function as containers for transformation.