This week I'll be using the Tarot Lukumi, a deck created by Caelum Rainieri, Ivory Andersen and Raphael Montoliu. It is published by Dal Negro, and the artwork was done by Luigi Scapini. The oracle deck I'll be using this week is the Diloggun Cards, a digital set created through the use of art by Mase Lobe. Each card is associated with an Ifa ethic as well as a proverb, with information from a book by Ifa Karade called The Handbook of Yoruba Religious Concepts. Today's draws are the Queen of Cups (Yemaya) and Six Mouths (Obara):
The Queen of Cups is illustrated with Yemaya, orisha of all the oceans and bodies of water and Mother of All. Having a powerful influence over the tides and the movements of the sea, she encourages us to surrender to the natural flow of life and find the strength to transform ourselves during after difficult periods. When we meet head-on with hardships, our first response is often to find some way - pills, booze, sleep, or some other pleasure - to help us ignore it. Yet the proverb associated with Obara (six mouths) tells us just the opposite: "Do not let what you cannot do tear from your hands what you can." Choosing to be present rather than zoned out can give us the clarity to respond in ways that might be beneficial to us and possibly the situation too.
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