Hello and welcome to Psychic Teachers on your host Samantha Fay.

And I'm Deb Bowen.

And we're so happy to have you join us this week when we're going to be talking about celebrating of Stara.

We've got a lot of exciting suggestions for you on how to incorporate this holiday into your spring.

And also some nice background information in history.

Before we dive into all of that, Deb has a card of the week that she has both for all of us.

I do indeed, Samantha.

We've so much to talk about.

So many wonderful things are happening on the same day this spring that I have a lot to discuss.

But of course, this episode is focused on the turning of the pagan wheel of the year to the holiday of Stara.

And so in honor of that, I chose for the card of the week the Empress.

And of course, the Empress represents divine mother energy,

which is a huge part of the legend of Ostarra to begin with.

And so I'm working of course from Eden Gray's wonderful book, The Complete Guide to the Taro,

and The Weight Rider to Roda.

And this key, it's rightly called,

pictures of the Earth Mother, seated in a blooming garden.

And there's a field of wheat in front of her, which is sacred to the Egyptian god Isis.

Behind her is a stream of consciousness flowing between Cypress trees,

which are sacred to the Roman goddess Venus.

She has seated next to her chair, a heart shaped shield,

which is inscribed with the symbol of Venus.

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