Prayer to Oxum: for prosperity, protection, love and more!

The orixá Oxum is a spiritual mother. It helps not only in the conception of a child, but also in the empowerment of the being. She brings beauty, love and gold into every aspect of life, then working through prayer the requests made to her.

Below, you will learn how to truly connect with this Orisha and use prayers to evolve, ask or thank with more wisdom and assertiveness. A prayer is the heart between spirituality and the earthly plane, that’s why it’s so important that it’s done with love and care. Find out now about her story, what are the main prayers, rites and ways to connect with Mama Oxum.

Oxum is an orixá worshiped within African matrix religions, mainly in Umbanda and Candomblé. She is the lady of gold, love, beauty and waterfalls. In umbanda, she is known as the orixá that corresponds to the throne of polarized love with Oxumaré. Oxum is also the fertility lady, helping and assisting at the time of conception.

The origin of the name Oxum is given to the Osun River in southwestern Nigeria. Brought to Brazil with enslaved peoples who, despite suffering persecution and prejudice, did not give up their deities, the Orixás came through slavery and won the heart of Brazil. Oxum is worshiped in waterfalls and fresh waters by devotees spread across the country.

The cult of the orixás is an ancient practice that dates back to at least 2000 years before Christ. The cult practices of the nation have their pillar in ancestry and each form of cult is passed from generation to generation, the father teaches to the son, who teaches to the grandson, and so on. The way to keep tradition alive is to pass on knowledge in the form of stories.

Known as Itan, these stories are told to children from an early age who acquire the knowledge of the orixás and keep it alive inside their minds, repeating it to their children and thus the tradition is maintained, orally and with great wisdom.

Itan – Oxum deceives Exu and starts to answer in the game of buzios.

Oxum lived in his beautiful castle with his father, receiving many gifts and having everything he wanted, Oxum saw that his father constantly sought Exu to find out about the future and decided to ask Exú to teach him how to play the buzios too. However, Exu refused to teach her even after several requests, so Oxum, who didn’t know how to listen, had a plan.

She went to the dark forest to ask the 3 witches to teach her magic so that she could deceive Exu and the witches, after much insistence on her part, taught her. Oxum went back to Exu and said that if he was so smart he would have to guess what she was holding. Exu, already irritated with Oxum, approached and at this moment Oxum blew a magic dust in Exu’s eyes.

Exu’s eyes began to burn and afraid that Oxum would steal his shells, he ordered Oxum to give the game into his hands, so with each piece that Oxum passed to Exu, she would write and ask about the piece. Exu nervous for her eyes and afraid that Oxum would steal the shells, was saying what each piece was without even realizing it.

Oxum, very smart, soon understood the number of pieces and what each one meant, so she returns home and tells her father that she learned to throw the whelks, Ifá, surprised and impressed with Oxum, allows her to play the whelks, but only in the presence of Exu and so the two began to share the game of buzios.

Oxum is the lady of beauty, her beauty is rare and unmistakable, but she brings not only physical beauty, but also spiritual beauty, Oxum brings out the inner beauty of each being. The Abebé is a circular shaped fan carried by Oxum, which may or may not have a mirror in the center, gold and yellow are the colors of Oxum, which represent gold and wealth.

Oxum represents female strength, vitality and empowerment. Oxum owns herself and brings this strength to each of us in her irradiation, beautiful and warrior, she fights her battles using her intelligence and cunning, but she also knows how to fight when it is rarely necessary. Lady of Gold she brings prosperity in all areas of your life.

Oxum in Brazil is syncretized with Our Lady of Aparecida, both carry the strength of motherhood, but Our Lady represents all motherhood, while Oxum is responsible for conception. Oxum acts at the exact moment of fertilization and that is exactly why many women struggling to get pregnant offer Oxum.

Oxum is Iabá who watches over his children and is always willing to intercede and help them on their journey. To connect to Oxum, just make an offering at your point of strength and then light a yellow candle in your home at least once a month or whenever you feel the need, and place your head in Oxum.

Prayers to Oxum are mostly called invocations, because that’s the energy you want to attract at that moment. You can use these prayers for different purposes such as when lighting a candle, in a smoke or when consecrating a herbal bath. Each of the following prayers are powerful and will connect you to Oxum’s energy.

“I ask permission from my masters of light, from the sacred fathers and mothers orixás, from our Greater Father. I call on my mother Oxum to cover me with her sacred and divine mantle and remove from my spirit, any and all negative energy that may be interfering in my connection with the energy of prosperity.

I ask the Lady, my mother of gold, that plenty and abundance never lack in my home, that I have prosperity in my health, in my work, in my family and friends. I ask for your blessing my mother and that all these blessings overflow to my fellow people as she deserves.
Ora ye ye Mama Oxum!”.

“I ask permission from my masters of light, from the sacred fathers and mothers orixás, from our Greater Father. I ask my dear and beloved mother Oxum to intercede for me in this moment of need, I beg my mother to bless me at this moment and that _____( make a wish to come true).

May you provide the necessary conditions so that I can achieve this objective according to my merits, and may every energy contrary to this achievement be neutralized and directed to its place of merit. Ora ye ye Mama Oxum!”.

“I ask permission from my masters of light, from the sacred fathers and mothers orixás, from our Greater Father. Oxum my mother, lord of divine love, I ask that you pour your energy, sacred and divine, on me. May I be filled by your energies of love.That I can love myself above all else and thus attract to my life people who really love me, who help me to grow and evolve.

May I be a source of your divine love on earth, make me a messenger of your love for all those who are in need of a bit of light and hope.
Ora ye ye Mama Oxum!”.

“I ask permission from my masters of light, from the sacred fathers and mothers orishas, ​​from our Greater Father. I ask my lady mother to activate your energies within my relationship, making passion, desire, conquest and seduction be reactivated and that we can love each other if that is the will of our Creator Father.

May my father Oxumarê enter our hearts, exhausting any and all addictions linked to love, may the Lord, my father, bring renewal and vitality into each of us.
Ora ye ye Mama Oxum! Arrô Boboya My father Oxumarê!”.

“I ask permission from my masters of light, from the sacred fathers and mothers orixás, from our Greater Father. Save my mother Oxum, Save my father I hope. I ask you my divine masters, to radiate my mind, my body and my spirit with the your sacred energies.

May Oxum surround my spirit with his energy of love, carrying me and overflowing this force within me, may my father I hope he uses his crystallizing power to keep this energy with me and that I have so much energy that I am able to donate to other people, this pure energy of love and divine fire. Ora ye ye Mama Oxum! Épao, èpa bàbá Papa I hope!”.

“I ask permission from my masters of light, from the sacred fathers and mothers orixás, from our Greater Father. I ask my mother Oxum to bring calm and serenity to my heart and to help me grow and evolve, in my thoughts and feelings .

That I can understand my separation and that I can win back my love, if that is the will of our Greater Father. Ora ye ye Mama Oxum!”.

Oxum is not a person, he is not in a specific religion. She is in nature, in the waters of rivers and waterfalls, the best way to connect with her is to go to her natural strength point. You can take a shower to unload, you can take your guides and leave some gifts, always remembering to preserve nature.

Taking a bath in the waterfall or in a river to commune with Oxum is not the same thing as when you go to have fun. Do not drink alcohol and do not go to a party, enter, stay and leave with the utmost respect. If you don’t have this possibility, don’t worry, check out some tips below to make this connection.

Chanting can act like a mantra that puts you in a state of spiritual connection and communion with the orisha, these repeated points will help you enter that state:

“Hey girl, hey girl
It’s the oxum of the mine
It’s a girl, it’s a girl
It’s the oxum of the mine
Oloomi maà, oloomi maà iyò
Olóomi máà iyò ìyáàgbá, Ó yèyé o
Aláadé Òsun mi yèyé o
Aláadé Òsun mi yèyé ó”

“I saw mama oxum at the waterfall
Sitting on the bank of the river
Harvesting lily lily
Harvesting lily
picking lily
To decorate your gongá”

To offer Oxum is to enter into communion with the Orisha. In a clay bowl place various fruits such as: banana, grape, apple, soursop, avocado, papaya, passion fruit, sweet orange, etc. Cut the fruits and assemble them in a very beautiful way, remember that Oxum is the lady of beauty, separate 4 yellow candles and 7 gold coins (R$1.00 or R$0.25).

In a natural spot or even in a reserved space at home, place the fruit bowl and place the candles in the shape of a cross, light the candles and say your prayer for what you want. Remembering that if you are going to do it in a natural spot, you can replace the someone with a banana leaf that is biodegradable and thus does not get dirty….