Obara Koso

nº 111 of 256

Where the cashew was born, lost through arrogance and talking too much: the children of Azojuano wear a crown of tiger skin — an Ifá of Abikú.

23 patakíes 7 eewó 8 ebbós and works 20 proverbs

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Obara Koso is Odù number 111 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Obara family. This page brings together its prayer in Yoruba, 23 patakíes (3 with the full text), its proverbs, 8 ebbós and works and the signs it shows in the consultation — with the full eewó in plain sight; the detail of iré and osogbo and the full recipes open with The Notebook, in English.

The sign at a glance

Order in Ifá: Odù 111 of 256
Composition: Obara over Iroso
In the Diloggún: 6-4 · Obara tonti Iroso
Orishas that speak: Shangó · Azojuano (Oluo Popo) · Eshu · Ogún · Elegba · Oshún · Ibeyis

What Ifá says in this sign

Obara Koso is the sign of the cashew: the fruit that was lost through disobedience, arrogance, talking too much and showing off — and that changes color the way the person of this odu changes their mind. Its founding ruling comes from Orunmila: it is sacrifice that opens the doors of prosperity.

Its urgent matter is children: this is an Ifá of Abikú — ebbó has to be made for every child born, so they do not die, and there may be one in the house who takes the others with them: tie that one down. The child born later in life also calls for sacrifice: this odu protects your line with work, not with fear.

«The cashew was lost for talking too much and being arrogant — Obara Koso is saved by obeying and keeping quiet.»The pulse of Obara Koso

Your house needs digging up: witchcraft was buried at your door — search the corners, the yard and even the ashes in the stove, clean out whatever is bad there, and obey the greatest order: Ifá says move house right away. Your luck is turned around and so is death: the ebbó sets them straight, and Obatalá will pay you a visit.

Temptation has an accomplice: Eshu is pushing you to do something bad that you are already thinking about — do not do it: you will fall into the hands of the law, and if it is the theft of a large sum going around your head, Orunmila will send Eshu to make you lose it so other people enjoy it. Even theft, in this odu, gets a reading — and the answer is no.

The promises for whoever obeys: the couple split up by gossip from paleros will come back together — their hearts are together —, someone you have not seen in a long time will turn up, and the special sacrifice at the door (hen, pigeon, snail, fish and jutía) opens immense prosperity: birth, marriage, money and position all sacrificed before coming down — do as they did

The sign in one line

Make ebbó for your children, clean your doorway and do not listen to Eshu's push — the prosperity of Obara Koso opens with sacrifice, not with shortcuts.

The prayer of Obara Koso · Yoruba

Obara Koso Ifa duro Ifa nire ireku kaferefun Orunmila, Eshu ati Ogun.

Súyere
Obashe oni Shangó omo Alara Oba Ekun.

Ifá says — what Obara Koso tells you

An Ifá of initiation in Ifá to secure the blessings: your success depends on your spiritual growth. It is an Ifá of theft: to come out on top, even a theft is put to Ifá. This person's protecting Egun are Arará; it speaks of the different religious sects, and the tree of the Anai is the night-blooming jasmine.
Ebbó has to be made for every child born this year so they do not die — many, even in the womb, will take their mothers with them. It speaks of Abikú: look after your children.
Witchcraft has been buried at your front door: search the corners and the yard well — even the ashes in the stove, if you cook with charcoal — and clean out whatever is bad there.
Ifá orders you to move out of where you live, right away.
You have good luck, but a great many bad eyes on you, and that is why you get nowhere: make ebbó.
Your luck is turned around, and death is turned toward you as well; Obatalá will pay you a visit.
If you have received Azojuano, a dead one lives shut inside his pot and can leave you impotent: go out to the bush, sit on a fallen trunk, and have the prayer made over the penis with whatever Orunmila calls for.
Sacrifice has to be made to avoid losing a child born later in life.
A war is coming: give Eshu a goat so you come through it.
Be careful with fire: there is going to be a fire in your house and you will be blamed for it.
You have no faith and you change your mind from one day to the next — like the cashew changing color — and that is why you always lose.
You lose your way through disobedience, arrogance and talking too much.
You had a dream that has left you uneasy, and a trap may be being set to catch you.
Eshu is pushing you to do something bad that you are already thinking about: do not do it, because you will fall into the hands of the law.
You live near a rich person, and someone you have not seen in a long time will turn up at your house.
A separation from your partner caused by paleros and by misunderstandings, from not having the patience to look at the problem: you are apart and you are both thinking of coming back, because your hearts are together.
Something has been stolen or you are thinking of stealing it — it is a large sum: follow Orunmila's advice, so he does not send Eshu to make you lose the money and have others enjoy it.
There is an Abikú in your house who takes the other people with them.

Proverbs of Obara Koso · Òwe

“Whoever eats cashew gets a tight mouth.”
“There is one virtue and many wickednesses.”
“My crown is made of tiger skin.”
“To be able to steal, I must consult Ifá.”
“If I do not want punishment, I will not practice abortion.”
“Whoever is born with a crown will not lack for subjects.”
“There are no achievements without sacrifices, and no sacrifices without achievements.”
“Everyone who humiliates will be humiliated.”
“Many births mean many burials.”
“An ox's work is never too heavy for the elephant.”
“The hunter looks for the game; the game does not look for the hunter.”
“You know the winner by the dignity of his followers.”
“Few accept a truth that rings in the head and not in the pockets.”
“Joy has a skinny body.”
“An empty hand does not go to market.”
“An egg becomes a rooster if it does not argue with the stone.”
“The parrot says what its master teaches it.”
“Bread is never hungry.”
“Whoever made the sack should carry it on his shoulder.”
“The head takes advice from the ear.”

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Iré and Osogbo

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What is born in Obara Koso · Ìbí

That the children of Azojuano wear a tiger crown, and the crown of Agbani.
The cashew.
People wonder what mystery it holds: green one day, yellow and red the next, and the seed on the outside. It was lost through disobedience, arrogance and talking too much.
That Azojuano gave Dada Agbañi leprosy.
That is why he was driven out of Yoruba land; and here Azojuano's illnesses were cured.
That the inshé-Osanyin is always covered in tiger skin.
That Orunmila declared sacrifice to be what opens the doors of prosperity.
That this person is the child of two mothers, and that the king in need speaks.
That an odu-ará (thunderstone) be placed inside their Ifá.
The herbs of this sign: cashew, wild tomato, escoba amarga, milkweed, hierba la vieja, quita maldición, cuaba and bejuco madrina.

What is forbidden · Eewó

The full eewó of this Odù, open to everyone — with the road each ban came out of.

Dove is not eaten.
It is forbidden to work the regla of Mayombe or Kimbisa, and to be read in that religion.
You cannot receive Azojuano until your godfather dies.
The ja that this Awó must have is the one inherited from the godfather.
The branches of the palos cannot be touched.
Forbidden to eat bitter leaves and any male bird, rooster and duck included.
That is how the powers of the two warrior sisters were neutralized.
Do not go with anyone on a trip.
When you go out to the street, never say where you are going.

Ebbós of Obara Koso · The sacrifices that open the road

Beating enemiesThe three roosters on the road🔒 The Notebook Beating enemiesThe broody hen and the arrow🔒 The Notebook Keeping death awayThe paraldo of the doll🔒 The Notebook Beating enemiesThe guinea fowl of the seven waters🔒 The Notebook SpiritualThe ebbó of Okika🔒 The Notebook

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Works of Obara Koso · The workings of the sign

HealthThe prayer at the fallen trunk🔒 The Notebook MoneyThe door of prosperity🔒 The Notebook Beating enemiesEshu Afra-Mi🔒 The Notebook

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Patakíes of Obara Koso · The roads of the Odù

1The children of prosperity

Ebara rubbed his legs with red Angola wood when he read for the children of prosperity — birth, marriage, money and position — before they came down from heaven: each of them sacrificed (a pigeon for money, a goat for marriage, a hen for birth, a ram for position). From the moment they reached the earth, they became the dream and the ambition of kings and of ordinary people.

With red wood from Angola, Ebara rubbed both of his legs before he read for the children of prosperity —birth, marriage, money, position and all that holds up health— when they were about to leave heaven for earth. The mark asked them for sacrifice, so they would become precious goods themselves, the kind people keep longing for even after they have them.

Each one brought his own. Money, a dove. Marriage, a goat. Birth, a hen. Position, a ram. None of them came down without paying, and as soon as they set foot in the world they became what kings and common people dream of alike. When this Odù falls in Igbodu: let the person sacrifice, because prosperity without measure is due to him.

2The sacrifice that opens the doors

Orunmila told the gatekeeper to open, and the divine priest asked how the door would be opened: with a hen, a pigeon, a snail, fish and smoked jutía, ekó, akará and kola nuts. All these materials are worked at the front door of the house, so it opens onto prosperity: it is the special sacrifice of this Odù.

Orunmila told the doorkeeper to open it. I answered Orunmila that it was better to leave that to the divine priest. Then I asked him what the doorkeeper would use to open it, and Orunmila in turn asked what the divine priest would use to open the door.

He answered that it would open with a hen, a dove and a snail, smoked fish and jutía, ekó, akará and kola nuts. With all of that you work the threshold of the house, so the door gives way and prosperity comes in through it. That is the Ono-Ifá, the sacrifice of this Odù in Igbodu.

3The mother of six children

Ebara rubbed himself with red Angola wood and washed his hands inside the mortar when he read for the mother of six children: she was to sacrifice against the chance that one of them might die. She sacrificed a goat, a rooster and a pigeon. When this Odù appears: sacrifice to avoid losing a child born later in life.

Ebara rubbed himself with red wood from Angola and washed his hands inside the mortar. That is how he read for the mother of six children: the mark carried the risk that one of them would die, and the cure was to sacrifice.

She paid with a goat, a rooster and a dove. When this Odù comes out in an ordinary reading, the person has to be warned to sacrifice if she does not want to lose the child that came to her late in life.

4The mother of the two women warriors🔒 The Notebook 5Orunmila before leaving heaven🔒 The Notebook 6The three dishonest servants🔒 The Notebook 7Only the head and the Guardian Angel🔒 The Notebook 8The son of Obara Iroso is a Babalawo🔒 The Notebook 9The prayer of Esusu🔒 The Notebook 10The show-off cashew🔒 The Notebook 11Ti-Obada, the Abikú girl🔒 The Notebook 12The mystery of Okika🔒 The Notebook 13Oshún in the land of Filani🔒 The Notebook 14Omo Lade, Shangó's son🔒 The Notebook 15Ifá's slave🔒 The Notebook 16Azojuano's healing spirit🔒 The Notebook 17When his wife left him🔒 The Notebook 18Ebara and Kosun🔒 The Notebook 19The girl and the melon🔒 The Notebook 20The land of the flaw🔒 The Notebook 21The idler's burial🔒 The Notebook 22Thanks for life🔒 The Notebook 23The flower of honesty🔒 The Notebook

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Frequently asked questions about Obara Koso

What does the Odù Obara Koso mean in Ifá?

Where the cashew was born, lost through arrogance and talking too much: the children of Azojuano wear a crown of tiger skin — an Ifá of Abikú.

What number is Obara Koso among the 256 Odù of Ifá?

Obara Koso is Odù number 111 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Obara family.

Which orishas speak in Obara Koso?

In the Odù Obara Koso these orishas speak: Shangó, Azojuano (Oluo Popo), Eshu, Ogún, Elegba, Oshún, Ibeyis.

What is a proverb of the Odù Obara Koso?

One of the proverbs of Obara Koso says: «Whoever eats cashew gets a tight mouth.».

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