A Perpetual Calendar
March 22
Spring Equinox, a Wiccan Sabbat, is also called Easter or Oestre; the day is dedicated to Ostara, Eostre, Aphrodite, Ishtar, Esther, Astarte, and Persephone. (It honors the return of Persephone to Demeter——her mother——and the return of the god to the goddess.)
March 24
Purim (in the Hebrew calendar) is the Fast and Feast of Esther who saved the Jews of Persia; she is also Eostre, Ostara, Aphrodite, Ishtar, Venus, etc.
March 30
Easter (the first Sunday after the first full moon of spring equinox) is also the Festival of Ostara, Eostree, or Esther; in Mesopotamia it was the Akitu Festival to celebrate creation and the sacred marriage.
Contributed by Sena Havasy