Tuesday 30 October 2012

Hekua Yansa...all hail the Queen

Well well well. If anybody had doubted the potency and irrevocability of the Oya/Ogun pairing, maayyyyyybbeeeee the last 48 hours would have silenced the naysayers, at least those in North America. What an extravaganza. We've had it all - hurricane, fires, floods, blizzards, earthquakes, swinging broken cranes on towering skyscrapers blowing in gale force winds (OGUN & OYA anyone??),


innumerable sudden deaths.....air, road, rail and subway transportation are in a shambles, and all this on the verge of a significant and (for many) nailbiting U.S. election. Oya (Yansa) ent done yet....she is brandishing her iruke (flywhisk) right up into Canada and god knows where else......take heed allyuh! It is the time of MAJOR TRANSFORMATION. As I have been saying for some time - make the changes now or suffer the consequences!



On top of this, we have Halloween (October 31) Day of the Dead/El Dia de Los Muertos/All Saints Day (November 1) and All Souls Day (November 2).


That's a whole lotta dead people floating around. Oh yeah, and we just had a full moon yesterday. No sleep, no sleep (kinda like Carnival). Too many eguns, too many messages to process, extrasensory overload. So, what better time to feed your ancestors and let them know they are loved and not forgotten? Even if you do this once a year, it is better than not at all. Today many Mexicans and Latin Americans still maintain this tradition, but in many other societies, gone are the days when families would take this time to tend the graves of the dearly departed,and have a picnic on their graves. What can you do in lieu of this? Cook their favourite food/family favourites/your favourite food without salt, and offer it up on a white plate, set on a white cloth with a white candle and glass of water, on the floor of your dwelling. Say prayers for them, for their well-being and spiritual elevation, and ask that they may guide over and protect you. The next day, take that food to a park, the bush, the earth, and leave it there. Saturn (Egun) is transiting Scorpio (Mars/Pluto = Chango/Ogun) - all of this relating to death/the underworld/the afterworld/the ancestors/resurrection/karma. Wear black: if these kind of energies energize you. However, if you are more the type to get sucked in/sucked under by these energies (particularly water signs Cancer and Pisces - Scorpios can handle wearing black, and in fact prefer it and seem to have been born swaddled in black cloth!) then white is a better choice when dealing with energies of the Dead.

It is important to honor the Dead. It is important to take time away from going,doing, running,working,moving,busying....and be still. Remember that everything comes to an End. Remember that Time is not infinite. That Change is inevitable. Remember the Cycles of Birth, Death and Transformation. Remember that the Dead are always with us. Let us pay our respects.

Maferefun Eguns!

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