Yemoja — Ocean, Motherhood, the Great Water

Yemoja (Yemanjá) is the Orisha of the ocean, motherhood, and the protective depths. She is the mother of many Orishas and governs salt water — the amniotic ocean from which all life emerged. Hex 2 (The Receptive) is pure yin: the mare that bears all things, the earth that receives every seed. Hex 29 (The Abysmal) is doubled water: the abyss that is also the source, danger and nourishment in the same element. Yemoja is both — the infinite receptive capacity of the ocean and the dangerous depth that can swallow the careless. Her worship reminds that the source of life and the agent of death are the same water.

Cross-Tradition Resonances