Calendar of the Sun 24 Halegmonath Yemaya's Day Colors: Blue and silver Element: Water Altar: Upon cloth of blue place strings of silver stars, seven blue candles, a bowl of rice, a bowl of blue corn meal, a bowl of salt water, a bowl of sea salt, and many shells. Offerings: The food should be taken, if possible, to an ocean shore and left for the tides to take it away. If this is not possible, it should be dissolved in salt water and given back to the earth. Daily Meal: Fish and seafood. Invocation to Yemaya Ocean Mother Whose blood runs with the tides Whose pulse is the turning of the moon Beating like a great white drum Whose soul is a white bird flying Over the waves Into the moonlight Whose children are everywhere Whose love is neverending Whose sacrifice is awesome And from whose embrace we once Crawled long ago. Ocean Mother who sacrifices for her children Even to the point of pain, But who requires that we do the same for our own, Teach us, Yemaya, what it is To love more than we can understand. Ocean Mother, May we never take for granted Your pulse Within our veins. (The salt water is passed around, and all anoint themselves with it.)
Chant: Yemaya Yemaya Tides turn on the shore Yemaya Yemaya White seagull soars Yemaya Yemaya Moon Moon Yemaya
[source:paganbookofhours.org]