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September - Yemaya Goddess of Surrender
Chosen by Spirit, this sea
goddess might at first seem strange for September,
but the more I felt into her the more apt she is.
She is celebrated at the Summer
Solstice, where worshippers come to meet her at the
shoreline dressed in white. They launch tiny boats
laden with flowers, candles and gifts for her.
It is said that those who come to
Mother Yemaya and surrender to her, find that their
troubles dissolve in the waters of her embrace.
Surrender is a concept that can
scare people. It scared me until I understood that
to surrender means giving up the position of being
right, in order to embrace happiness.
It doesn't mean giving in. It doesn't
mean that the other person is right and that I am
wrong. More that I am willing to let go and trust.
trust the other to be my friend, and trust that there
is a lesson to be learned in the situation.
Yemaya also means surrendering and
asking for help. People love helping other people,
have you noticed? There is nothing more appealing
than when someone is vulnerable and asks, from their
heart, for your help. It's so different from a demand,
and so different from the stance of a victim.
There is a heart energy that receives
the help, that is like the wave lapping on the shoreline,
greeting it, accepting it. Just as the tides go in
and then out. There is a natural rhythm to it, with
no effort.
The feminine principle of surrender
opens us up to Grace and to Heaven. Experiment, just
for a day, in putting all your decisions into God's
hands. Just for a day, ask for Yemaya's help.
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May
Kuan Yin Goddess of Compassion
June Sedna Inuit Goddess
of the Sea
July Persephone
Queen of Souls
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Yemaya is an African-Caribbean Goddess
of the sea. Her principle is
surrender.
September is the time for surrender
to the fall, to the change of season
as the Sun disappears below the equator
and we embrace the descent into winter.
She is
one of the great goddesses of Africa.
In her original homeland, she was the
Yoruba goddess of the Ogun river, where
she was said to the be daughter of the
sea into whose waters she empties. Her
breasts are very large, because she
was mother of so many of the Yoruba
gods.
She is also the mother of waters-Mama
Watta-who gave birth to all the world's
waters. Even as she slept, she would
create new springs, which gushed forth
each time she turned over.
Yemaya from
The Goddess Oracle Copyright
Hrana Janto, used by permission of the
artist.
www.goddessoracle.com
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