Oxum is a great healer and helper in matters of love and emotions due to her contact with the waters and waterfalls. She can cleanse us of emotions we no longer need and guide them through the riverbeds and streams to the goddess Iemanja in the realm of the seas and salt waters. Oxum has a common strength with Iemanja in the theme of motherhood and pregnancy. Therefore, prayer and petition for offspring is often brought to her.
Oxum, as the ruler of the waters, is very touched and often cries because she knows that crying cleanses the soul. She is the one who has the power to touch our hearts and stir up a dance of emotions, just as water flows through rivers, without pressure or haste, always reaching where it is supposed to. The Oxum teaching on how to work with emotions and feelings in our lives is the same. Without pressure and with patience, open up and just experience the moment.
Oxum is passionate, representing love and sexuality. Her archetype is also a woman of sensuality and beauty, of grace and elegance, who dances and enjoys the ecstasy of her body in motion, in the rhythm of waves and waterfalls. She is the one who teaches us to be in good contact with our feminine side, with the qualities that femininity brings. She guides us how to take care of beauty, because she is the one who sees it in each one of us. Just as the image of our face is reflected in the water, each woman and her beauty is reflected in Orixá Oxum.
Like many other Orixás, Oxum can protect us from black magic, slander, hurtful words, or a mind attack from another person.
Oxum loves gold, which is why it is sometimes associated with wealth. However, the value of gold for Oxum is in its purity, i.e. its purity. As well as in the purity of intentions in trading, etc.
Oxum (Osun) is also the goddess of the river of the same name in southwestern Nigeria, where the Orixás cult originated.
How can you connect with Oxum?
- Put a glass of pure water on the altar - yes, it's that simple. Of course, the ideal way to connect with the Oxum energy is on the banks of a river or taking a dip in a waterfall.
- Oxum colour: yellow
- Herbs: ginger, chamomile, golden rain, but Oxum also likes honey.
- Her day is Saturday
Salutations to Orixá Oxum, by which we use it and invoke its power:
Ora ye ye Oxum!
Orixás statues tradition in Brazil
Orixás statuettes can be found not only in Brazilian households that practice the Afro-Brazilian religion of Umbanda, but also in families that do not participate in these rituals, but believe in the power of Orixás to represent the forces of nature and to represent male and female archetypes. We can have Orixás at home that we identify with or, conversely, by acquiring a statue of a particular Orixás, we contact the qualities and abilities we would like to have. It is good to know that there are several Umbanda lineages in Brazil, and so it is possible that the information we bring you that we have encountered in central Brazil will be slightly different in other parts of Brazil. There are sometimes differences of opinion, for example, about the colour of the candles that are lit by individual Orixás - for example, Ogum is sometimes blue, sometimes red. Therefore, if you use Orixás statues for your rituals and energy work, we recommend that you take our recommendations as inspiration, but ultimately it is you who develops your intuition and defines how you honor your Orixás.
How to work with Orixás archetypes for your personal development
The characteristics of the individual Orixás and the archetypes they represent easily lead to projections in meaning: This Orixá will help me win love, another will give me courage. And to some extent, that's okay - Orixás give us the strength and the necessary approaches to deal with our life situations. However, it is the underlying perception that leads us to animism.
We, in working on ourselves, offer you an approach to Orixás as impulses that come into our lives and show us something essential. They teach us on a moral and spiritual level.
"When we imagine that we are walking on the path of our lives, Orixá is like a horse that appears on the path and invites us to ride. When we agree, it adds another dimension to our life's journey."
If you're serious about studying Umbanda and Orixás, get yourself a white outfit, which is typical of Brazilian umbandistas. White symbolizes peace, purity and positive energy.
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