Yoruba Orishas
Yemaya
Ocean, motherhood, fertility
In the Yoruba Orishas table used by the Who Watches Over You calculator, Yemaya answers to the number 7: the day of the month you were born, reduced to a single digit.
Born under Yemaya
Yemaya is the ocean and the mother of the Orishas, deep enough to hold everything. You carry the sea's two sides: nourishing calm and storms that come from being wronged. People rest in you; make sure you also have somewhere to rest.
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The psychic number is the day of the month reduced to one digit, so these are the days of any month that answer to 7.
- 7
- 16
- 25
About the Yoruba Orishas gods
The Orishas of the Yoruba tradition each have sacred numbers of their own, and this table keeps them where they are single digits: Eshu's 3, Oshun's 5, Shango's 6, Yemaya's 7, Obatala's 8, Oya's 9. Orunmila, Babalu-Aye and Ogun take the numbers their domains fit.
The same number in other traditions
- PoseidonGreek Mythology · Sea, storms, earthquakes, horses
- OsirisEgyptian Mythology · Afterlife, resurrection, agriculture
- NjordNorse Mythology · Sea, wind, fishing, wealth
- SusanooJapanese Mythology · Sea, storms, valor, rulership
- ChaacMayan Mythology · Rain, thunder, lightning, agriculture
- NeptuneRoman Mythology · Sea, fresh water, horses, earthquakes
- EaBabylonian Gods · Fresh water, craft, magic, mercy
- GaneshaHindu Deities · Beginnings, obstacles removed, learning
- CernunnosCeltic Mythology · The wild, animals, the horned god, the deep
- VelesSlavic Mythology · Cattle, magic, the underworld, wealth
- GuanyinChinese Deities · Compassion, mercy, hearing the world's cries
- Mama CochaInca Mythology · The sea, lakes, fishing, the deep
- MithraPersian Gods · Covenant, the sun, oaths, friendship
- KanaloaHawaiian Gods · The ocean, the deep, voyaging, healing
- TangaroaPolynesian Gods · The ocean, fish, the deep, the tides
- TezcatlipocaAztec Gods · The smoking mirror, night, fate, the hidden
- EnkiSumerian Gods · The abzu, fresh water, wisdom, craft
- YamPhoenician Gods · The sea, the river, the deep, chaos
In the Vedic table the number 7 belongs to Lord Ganesha, through Ketu.
The other Yoruba Orishas gods
Frequently Asked Questions About Numerology
- How is Yemaya linked to the number 7?
- Through the psychic number of Vedic numerology: the day of the month you were born, reduced to one digit. Each pantheon on this site assigns one god to each number from 1 to 9, and Yemaya holds 7 in the Yoruba Orishas table.
- Is this a traditional Yoruba Orishas belief?
- No. The gods and their domains are traditional; pairing them with birth numbers is a modern numerological reading, and it is presented here as reflection rather than doctrine.
- What if my life path is different from my birth day number?
- They are two different numbers. This page follows the day of the month; the life path uses your whole date of birth and has its own pages under Numbers.