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OYA: Yoruban [Orisha / Iwa] – Goddess of Change - Storms & swift reckoning: Oya’s children are understand the need for making things happen, to shift circumstances so that good may come! Oya is the personification of storms, the swift change: for the good of the individual or community. Her nature is provocative and once evoked, in play til the task is completed. She is a cosmic storm, the principal and force of upheaval for changes, she is present in all things as life sustainer.
Companionship alignments: Chango, Oshun, the standard of the spiral announces her! Oya's power is rooted in the natural world through her presence is cosmic. She is the Goddess of thunder, lightning, tornadoes, winds, rainstorms and hurricanes. Also Fire Goddess, it is Oya who brings rapid change and aids us in both inner and outer transformation. Fire opals announce her, red garnets attract her. Her colors include purple, deep dark red, oranges and browns. Many plants please Oya: comfrey, pleurisy roots, horehound, chickweed, peony, elecampane, royal poinciana, star apple, flamboyan, yucca, caimito, cypress, grains of paradise. Her blend is a striking combination of oakmoss, vetiver, clove bud and soft rose.
Nurturing capacities: As the Goddess of swift actions and change, she is a protective presence, both loved and feared for good reasons: unleashed, Oya is a Savage Warrior, a Protective Mother whose power sweeps all injustice, deceit and dishonesty from a situation or community. She thought to destroy villages if the need is true. Oya will only act upon or speak the truth.
Inspirational influences: Desire for the truth, the action of seeking it out sets us on our spiritual journey in the beginning and sustaining us throughout our lifelong questing. She is a patron to female leaders.
Healing gifts: Oya refreshes us with new day, the new cycle, the new moment to begin again. Revival is her gift!
Creative drive: Driving force to accomplish the task at hand!
Leadership qualities: The willingness to make large changes for the better. Never an easy call, never an easy task.
Paradigm Shift skills: Knowing which directions to take in life at the exact right moments... our greater growth rests in making changes at the right time.