Oshanla

Oshanla

Oshanla Oshanla Oshanla is the best-known female path of Obatalá, and an Orisha in her own right. She is a deity of wisdom, clarity, peace and mysticism. She is known as the Great Orisha, Ancient Orisha of the White Shine, and the Beautiful Light Appears. Oshanla is...
Yemaya

Yemaya

Yemaya Yemaya Yemaya is the Orisha of the sea, where life on Earth began—Yemaya, Mother of all Life, the Great Mother. Like human mothers, she has many different styles of mothering, different modes of being. Like the sea, she can be calm and peaceful or rough and...
Elegua

Elegua

Elegua Elegua Elegua is the orisha of the Crossroads,  and is central to Santeria. Elegua in his primordial form, Eshu, is said to have been present when God (Olodumare) created the universe, and is all-knowing and all-perceiving. He is also a trickster who challenges...
Oshun

Oshun

Oshun Oshun Oshun is the Orisha of the sweet waters, and her home is the river and all the world’s sweet waters. She is the youngest of all the Orishas, created by Olodumare almost as an afterthought and given the task of bringing joy to the world—everything that...
the devil

the devil

The Devil The Devil If achieving temperance, mastering the art of life, requires super-human skill, then seeking liberation from the devil is harder still. Human beings are naturally born into enslavement, with the weight of their problematic yearnings and turbulent...
Temperance

Temperance

Temperance Temperance Temperance refers to the ability to hold yourself in balance, to regulate your nervous system. Another title is art, and it is truly the art of living well. Although for all those addicted to dopamine highs it will often be seen as dull....
Death

Death

Death Death As the only thing we can be absolutely certain of in this life, death is extremely underrated. We come into this world, the great unknown. We have no idea about any of it, we don’t know where we came from, why we’re here, where we’re going, how long we’ve...
The Hanged Man

The Hanged Man

The Hanged Man Whether or not the hanged man is a universal archetype is debatable, but history is certainly replete with figures enduring trials invoking a very specific symbolism. Although Jesus and Attis are easily brought out as relatable to the hanged man of the...
Tarot and your energetic safety belt

Tarot and your energetic safety belt

Tarot and your energetic safety belt: tips when going for a reading or reading for others.   Tarot is a wonderful tool for self-knowledge and self-exploration. You can use it to help with answers to very basic questions. And you can use it to heighten your intuition...
Justice

Justice

Justice All human societies have, in one form or another, embraced the concept of man‑made justice—the idea that we create systems to ensure wrongs are righted through courts of law. Yet beneath the surface, strong passions often struggle to accept these rulings, and...