Oshun prayer
In Santeria Oshun is the Goddess of the rivers, for the Africans who follow the Yoruba religion it is related to beliefs that join the Catholic faith, but that only enriches Santeria in faith and devotion. She is highly sought after to do jobs that have to do with love, health and work. This is one of the many prayers that are made to him and the best known is that of love, with it you dominate the will of the person so that he is by your side.
Oshun goddess of passion, powerful, you are the one who has the gift of making many things possible, today I am before you with a heart full of love, full of fear, since I fervently wish that a person whom I love with all my life, can reciprocate in the right way and die of love for me.
With my disconsolate crying and with fire I ask you, goddess Oshun, that the love of (say the name of the person), be double towards me, that it be more than the one I feel for her, that I can say that it is completely mine and May I be imprisoned by my passion and love forever. So be it.
Who is Oshun?
Oshun is a deity or goddess that belongs to the Yoruba religion, better known as Santeria, which is related to the Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre. She is the queen of fresh waters (rivers, streams, springs), and is the personification of love and fertility, which is why she is highly sought after in matters that have to do with love, money and many other things.
This deity comes from Nigeria, Africa, and her legend tells that she was the second wife of Shango, but that before this she had been the wife of Ogun, Orunmila and Oshosi. If a woman wants to have children she makes her offering to this deity. She is also usually called Iyalóóde or Iyalode, a title given to a person who has a place of importance before the rest of the women in her community. Being related to rivers, she is also related to the fertility of the earth.
Cult
His cult has radicalized in Cuba and Brazil and his followers wear necklaces of yellow glass beads, gold and bronze bracelets. His consecration day is Saturday and his expression of greeting is Ore Yéyé or which means "let us call the benevolence of the Mother". The sacrifices that are made to him are those of goats, in Cuba they use goats, and a dish called mulukun is prepared that consists of a dish with onion, beans, salt and shrimp.
In Cuba it is prepared with onions, tomatoes, capers, eggs, salt and shrimp and is called Osínsin and is combined with adum, which is a mixture of corn flour with honey and sweet oil. When a person wants to become a tutelary orisha, he must perform a ceremony in a river. Its synchronization with a Catholic saint is due to the fact that when the slaves arrived from Africa, Europe and America, they could not perform rituals for their saints since it was a cause of death, that is why they associated it with the Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre, to have a catholic deity.
Other Prayers to Oshun
As we mentioned before, Oshun is invoked for love, fertility, money, business, work, and more. For many, she is very powerful and can grant any favor asked of her with love and devotion. Therefore, we will now teach you several popular prayers to offer in her honor and obtain her favor. You can learn more about this goddess in the section on the goddess of beauty and her connection to Santería.
Prayer to Oshun for money
If you practice this prayer you will make your life prosperous, since money is what is most desired in life to have some comfort, so help yourself with this prayer of abundance of money.
Oshun, you who are our protective mother of all the fresh waters that are the ones that give life and food to the earth for the sustenance of human beings. Beautiful and beautiful goddess, owner of everything that is in nature, that you can give me lighting on my paths so that they open, I beg you to attend to my current needs.
Put your attention on me, that I am your faithful and humble servant and fill me with gold and money, that I never see failures, that I never fall into ruin, that I do not know hunger and misery and that it is through your hand that have the guide to be prosperous and achieve the success you desire.
Beauty of Oshun, give me the abundance I ask for, give me your help to take advantage of the abilities I have and thus have my safe path with health, joy and prosperity.
Prayer to ask for a favor
With this prayer, you will be able to solve any problem you have on your own without the help of others, since these problems are beyond what a single person can solve.
Pious and dignified goddess Oshun before you I am desperate in search of wisdom in the face of this problem that has me in a bad state and that I do not know how to solve, I do not want to fall or collapse, since I am afraid that I will not be able to get up again.
I come before your clemency because I know you have the ability to serve favors, that's why I ask you to look at me with your kindness and help me to move forward in the face of adversity, because if you do, I will have the necessary strength to continue on my way.
Prayer to seduce and fall in love
If you make this prayer to the Goddess Oshun you can have the gift of seducing and falling in love with a person you want or the one you want to attract to stay by your side.
Powerful and beloved Goddess Oshun, you are sensual and can charm anyone you desire, because you are naturally beautiful, with your movements and wisdom that captivate anyone, bringing them to their knees before you. I ask you to rid me of the shyness that overwhelms me.
I want you to give me more security so that you ignite in me that gift to be sensual and achieve love, I want to have the power that can awaken passion in a man within his heart and that his virility is only for me. You are the only one who can help me in this, since you are the beautiful Oshun, the goddess, the example of the beautiful woman and of love.
Prayer for a love to return
With this prayer you can have the will that a loved one, who is under confusion or deception, and who wants to leave your side, manage to stop him, just say this prayer to Oshun to help you and intercede for you.
Powerful Oshun, my queen, queen of the rivers, waterfalls and streams, which obey you and go to the rhythm that you tell them, in the same way it is the will of men, that is why I seek you to ask for your help, I am with you. my heart in my hands to ask you to intercede for me in the will of (say the name of the person).
Make him return to my side in body and soul, that we be together again and that nothing can separate our lives, that this person come to my side in love and at my feet because he knows that I am the one with whom he must establish a home and that I am his destiny, I ask you with sincerity and humility, to return to my side Goddess Oshun, return him to my side.
Prayer for health
This topic is one of the main ones why devotees go to Oshun, or to any other saint to restore their health, so just learn it and do it every day if you feel bad.
Oshun, the queen and virgin who can remove any evil, I ask that you protect me in the same way I love you, remove all discomfort and illness from my body. Be kind and cover me with your blessings so that my health may return and that no illness may ever again touch my body. I ask that you heal me with your magical waters. I turn to your mercy, since I know you are miraculous, and that is why I want to be free from all discomfort and illness. So be it.
Prayer for Work
If you find yourself unemployed and looking for something, then pray this prayer to Oshun to help you find the job you want and need.
Oshun, goddess, full of glory, I thank you for the blessings you have given me every day of my life. Today I ask that I never lack work, that you be the one at my side in my labors and that you bless my actions. No matter how small they may seem, they will serve to bring you greater glory.
I want you to fill me with energy and light throughout the day. May my heart be generous with others, may I be kind and helpful to my fellow human beings, may I be skilled in my work and fulfill all my duties. May you give me the health I need to continue working, since you are my Queen. So be it.
Prayer for Protection
If what you are looking for is the protection of the Goddess Oshun, not only for you but also for your closest ones, make this prayer that is very powerful to the goddess Oshun with which you will be free from any evil and from the enemies that lie in wait for you. .
Mystical goddess Oshun, protector of water and animals, today I kneel before you to ask for your protection and for you to guide my path, for you can do all things. You are the beloved goddess, and that is why I come to you with all my heart so that you may take care of me and my family, free me from my enemies, and that with your motherly love you may embrace me and all those I love.
May success be with me, may I have unity and prosperity. Protect my home and family. Cover me with your motherly love in everything I do in life, so that all may turn out well. So be it.
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