The vessel we know as a basket functions as a Spring archetype the
same way as the chalice or cauldron do. It is a place where spirit
becomes whole and brings forth creation. It is a womb, a fertile
hollow
wherein the male and female aspects of he divine meet, unite and
spark new life.
At Ostara we call them Eostre's or Easter Baskets and at Beltane we
call them May Baskets. They are the same vessel. You may want to
recite a blessing to the divine creators as you place eggs in a
basket at Ostara to honor this sabbat of life renewed by remembering
from where all life flows.
Egg Basket Blessing
"The cycle of life again comes to pass,
I place an egg all nested in grass;
in a basket of straw, the Goddess's womb,
a place to meet God, who's returned from the tomb.
Life again is reborn this day,
in the womb of Eostre, in the basket of May;
female and male in the Great Rite balance,
new life is born from their Spring dalliance."