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Oyá
Spanish name: Oyá
For honoring Oyá, owner of the winds and of change
- Item
- A-00138
- Size
- ½ fl oz (14.8 mL)
- Intention
- Saints & Devotion, Protection & Cleansing
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Note. For spiritual use and sold as a curio and novelty only. No specific result is claimed or guaranteed.
About this oil
Oyá is the orisha of the wind, the storm and sudden change. She is one of the wives of Changó, and she stands at the gates of the cemetery. People come to her when life has to turn: when a change is overdue, when a house needs a strong wind to sweep out what has gone stale, or when one stage of life is ending and another is starting.
Her number is nine. Her color is maroon, deep wine red, and her skirt carries nine colors. In Santería she is honored alongside the Virgin of Candelaria, whose feast is February 2. For anything beyond a candle at home, people go to a santero or santera, a priest of Santería. The oil is purple, with a warm ylang and ginger scent.
Ways to use
- On a candle
- Put nine drops, her number, on a maroon or purple seven-day candle, and greet her before you light it.
- With offerings
- Many devotees leave her an eggplant, or a few dark grapes or plums. Put a drop on the rim of the plate.
- In mop water and around the house
- When the house feels stuck, add nine drops to the mop water and mop from the back toward the front door, so the old air goes out.
- On the altar and saint statues
- If you keep her holy card or an image of the Virgin of Candelaria, put a drop on the corners of the card and on her candle.
