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ALTAR OF WATER

Boundless Love

Ancestral Principles: new relationships, deeper connection, intimacy

Element: Water

Declaration: I trust the intuition of my heart.

Sacred Inheritance: Libation is an act of love. Divine love, romantic love, communal love – every kind of love is pouring through you. Make way for the joy of new love. This new relationship can be a friendship or a new suitor. It could even be a career partnership that you love. Or even a renewed love for an already existing person or situation in your life. Either way, you are worthy and deserving of this juicy new blessing.

With the energy of boundless love, what can you give to your community? This is the beginning of something beautiful. The water ancestors represent emotions. Allow the seeds of joy to blossom.

Ancestral Memory: Sweet water mother Orisha Oshun comes forward to teach us the holy blessing of libation, an ancient prayer practice. Pouring libations is a key traditional way to honor ancestors in many cultures and countries throughout Africa. Most use blessed water or alcohol to pour libations from a glass, calabash, or bowl. Libations can also be poured in reverence with rice or even tea, in some cultures.

Lineage Healing: Pour libations for your ancestors. Something new is being born. Every birth expands and evolves your lineage.

Shadow Aspect (Reversed): You are holding back on love. But the question is, are you holding back on love for someone else or are you holding back on love for yourself? Your self-love is not what it could be, beautiful. It’s time to turn the love inward. Have compassion for you. Care for you — and then allow that love to flow naturally outward.

Tarot Correspondence: Ace of Cups

Ritual: Set up an altar in honor of water goddess energy from African diaspora goddess Mami Wata to Anuket, Egyptian goddess of the Nile and Hindu river goddess Yamuna to South African rain queen Madjadji.