Yemaya is a diviner. She stole the secrets of shell reading from her husband and has been going strong every since. Tonight, I wasn't up for a long journey so I pulled out my Mermaid Tarot and did a reading for myself. I asked Yemaya's guidance, using the type of divination with which I was most familiar. I did use a full deck, and here are the questions and answers.
1. Who was I when I first came to you?
The Hermit: Alone, seeking truth and knowledge, and a place to be.
2. Who am I now?
Death: Change and transformation, preparing for one life to end as I begin a new stage of life.
3. How is the work I'm doing?
Judgement: looking ans assessing myself, release from post mistakes. She forgives me, but I beat myself up. Also, I've been working on my Queenly discernment and I often find myself judging others.
4. Who will I be in the future?
Strength: courage to go forward and do that which needs to be done, despite fear. Courage that comes from her.
5. What work do you have for me in the future?
The Hanged Man: Sacrifice and submission, learning to better listen and follow her instructions. There is also an element of not knowing and not being told, of waiting for the future without worrying about it over much.
6. What should I work on most?
The High Priestess: Feminine mysteries, magic and power. Developing myself as a priestess and delving even further into my relationship with her.
7. What else should I know?
Knight of Swords: Go forth boldly and without fear knowing you are unstoppable. Also, since this one is a minor arcana and the rest were majors, I'm inclined to place less value on this one.
It is late and I am tired. In a few days I'll meditate more on each of these and write up a more detailed answer to each of these questions. I also need to come up with a list of questions that can be asked each year on the anniversary of the head wash as part of my obligations.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Yemaya Asseu
So, December 31, 2009 was the last official day of my working with Yemaya Assesu. Holiday schedules and stresses made it so I only had a few opportunities to sit and really talk with her.
She is amazing.
It's hard to get past the way she looks or the places in the ocean where she lives. She is bloated and dirty. Her hair is a tangled mess of oil, seaweed, and trash. She lives in the filthiest parts of the ocean. When I would journey to see her, I always found myself walking through a trash dump at the edge of the sea.
She is traditionally the one who eats the bodies of those who die at sea. In this way she reminds me of Oya or Brigette, the guardians of the graveyard and the protectors of the bones. It is with great love and compassion for the dead that Yemaya Asseu consumes the dead, for within her is their final resting place.
In more modern times, her role has been expanded. She does not just consume the dead, but all the pollution that humans have dumped in the ocean. She consumes the trash. She breathes in the polluted water and breathes out clean water. She works to maintain the ecosystem that we humans rely on to stay alive. I try and go to one of the major beach clean-ups around the Bay Area each year. From now one this work, and all environmental work around the ocean, will be dedicated to this specific path.
Ultimately, this is not going to be a path I deliberately go and visit, beach clean-ups not withstanding. I don't belong is the filth and muck. This path was important to get to know in an expanding my understanding of Yemaya sort of way. It's just not MY path.
She is amazing.
It's hard to get past the way she looks or the places in the ocean where she lives. She is bloated and dirty. Her hair is a tangled mess of oil, seaweed, and trash. She lives in the filthiest parts of the ocean. When I would journey to see her, I always found myself walking through a trash dump at the edge of the sea.
She is traditionally the one who eats the bodies of those who die at sea. In this way she reminds me of Oya or Brigette, the guardians of the graveyard and the protectors of the bones. It is with great love and compassion for the dead that Yemaya Asseu consumes the dead, for within her is their final resting place.
In more modern times, her role has been expanded. She does not just consume the dead, but all the pollution that humans have dumped in the ocean. She consumes the trash. She breathes in the polluted water and breathes out clean water. She works to maintain the ecosystem that we humans rely on to stay alive. I try and go to one of the major beach clean-ups around the Bay Area each year. From now one this work, and all environmental work around the ocean, will be dedicated to this specific path.
Ultimately, this is not going to be a path I deliberately go and visit, beach clean-ups not withstanding. I don't belong is the filth and muck. This path was important to get to know in an expanding my understanding of Yemaya sort of way. It's just not MY path.
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