Ix Chel

She is the Lady of the Rainbow and the weaver of the tides, a goddess who governs the mysteries of birth, medicine, and the waning of the moon. Often depicted with claws and a serpent headpiece, she represents the dual nature of the feminine—the healer who mends the body and the crone who empties the jars of destruction. Does the moon pull the water, or is it her silver shuttle moving across the loom of the night sky? She is the patroness of midwives and the protector of the life that begins in the moist darkness of the womb.