Obara Roso

Also called Obara Koso, Obara Iroso

nº 111 of 256 · Edited by Ricco Ledesma

Where the cashew was born, lost because of pride and talkativeness: the children of Azojuano wear a crown of tiger skin. Ifá of Abikú.

23 patakíes 7 eewó 8 ebbós and works 20 proverbs

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Obara Roso is Odù number 111 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Obara family. It is also written as Obara Koso or Obara Iroso. This page brings together its prayer in Yoruba, 23 patakíes (3 in full in plain sight, with their teaching, ebbó and chants), its proverbs, 8 ebbós and works and the signs it shows in the consultation — with the full eewó in plain sight; the rest of the 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 Roso, also known as Obara Koso and Obara Iroso, speaks to a person with a lucky star who has not yet seen it shine. In this sign Orunmila declared that the offering is the key to abundance, and here were born the cashew fruit and the crown of tiger skin worn by the children of Azojuano. Its ruling is one of conditional wealth: you can become immensely prosperous, but that door only opens with sacrifice and with your spiritual growth. That is why it is good for you to receive your Ifá soon.

Children, marriage, money and a good position, which everyone desires, each made their offering before coming down from heaven, and so they come to whoever fulfills what is asked. If you receive Ogún and Shangó and attend to them, they become your allies. Attend also to your head, the only one that always goes with you, and to your protective Egun, who are of the Arará nation. Here honesty is rewarded, and whoever shares with the brother who has less is blessed.

«The cashew was lost through talking and pride. Obara Koso is saved by being obedient and quiet.»The pulse of Obara Roso

Your luck is turned around because there are many evil eyes upon you. Something harmful was buried by your door: search the corners and the yard, because Ifá may order you to move. A trap is being set for you, a war is approaching and there may be a fire in your house with the blame on you. Eshu is pushing you toward something bad you are already thinking about, perhaps a theft: do not do it, because you will end up before the law and others will enjoy that money. The cashew fruit fell for being disobedient, arrogant and talkative, and for changing its mind from one day to the next; do not follow its example.

This is a sign of Abikú: the children born under it need ebbó so that they stay, and in your home there may be one who takes the others away. Look after your daughter, and if you had a child late in life, protect that child with sacrifice. Honor the mother who defended your life. In love, witchcraft and misunderstandings can separate you from your partner, but your hearts remain united and, with forgiveness, you can come back together.

In health, a dead spirit shut up in your home can cause impotence, and someone who lives with you may fall ill with smallpox, and remember that the leprosy Azojuano passed on to Dada Agbani got him driven out of the Yoruba land. If you promise the sacred to give up a vice in order to heal, keep your word, because relapsing can cost you even your voice. Shangó is angry with you and a dream has left you uneasy. Do your part and do not let laziness win: Azojuano and Obatalá want to visit you, and with them comes health.

The sign in one line

Make ebbó for your children, clean your door and do not heed Eshu's push, because the prosperity of Obara Koso opens with sacrifice, not with shortcuts.

The prayer of Obara Roso · 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 Roso tells you

That every child born this year needs ebbó, in order to escape death; many, even in the womb, will take their mothers with them. It speaks of Abikú: protect your children.
That a witchcraft work has been buried next to the threshold of your house: examine the corners and the yard carefully, even the ash of the hearth, if you cook with charcoal, and remove everything harmful that you find.
That Ifá orders you to move without delay from the place where you live.
That the person has good luck, but many evil eyes on him, and for that reason does not get ahead: make ebbó.
That luck is turned around, and death is also turned around against you; Obatalá will visit you.
That if you have received Azojuano, a dead spirit lives shut up inside your pot and can cause you impotence: go to the countryside, sit on a fallen log, and make a rogation to the penis with whatever Orunmila orders.
That it is necessary to make sacrifice in order to prevent the loss of a child you have in your maturity.
That a war is approaching: hand a goat to Eshu in order to come out of it alive.
Beware of fire: there will be a blaze in your house and you will be blamed for it.
That the person lacks faith and changes opinion from one day to the next, just like the marañón, which keeps changing color, and for that reason always ends up losing.
That the person is ruined by disobedience, pride and talkativeness.
That you dreamed something that keeps you uneasy, and it is possible that a trap is being set to catch you.
About how 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.
About how you live near a rich person, and someone you have not seen for a long time will turn up at your house.
Of the break with the spouse, caused by the paleros and by misunderstandings, for lacking the patience to study the problem: they live apart, but both plan to return, because their hearts remain together.
That you have stolen something, or plan to steal it, and it is a lot of money: heed the advice of Orunmila, lest Eshu make you lose that money and others end up enjoying it.
That an Abikú lives in your dwelling and is taking other people away.

Proverbs of Obara Roso · 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

Three iré and three osogbo of this sign, open to everyone.

Iré · what the sign brings

They have good luck, and if they make the sacrifice they become someone immensely prosperous.
The goods everyone longs for, such as having children, marrying, earning money and reaching a position, come to whoever performs the sacrifice for each one.
The door of prosperity opens for them with the offerings made at the door of their house.

Osogbo · what the sign warns

Children born under this sign may die if the ebbó is not done for them, and some take their mother with them.
There is an Abikú in their house who takes the others away, and they must take care of their children.
They may lose a child had at a mature age.

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What is born in Obara Roso · Ìbí

That the children of Azojuano wear a tiger crown and also the crown of Agbani.
The cashew.
Everyone wonders about its mystery: green one day, yellow and red the next, with the seed on the outside. It was ruined by being disobedient, proud and talkative.
That Azojuano gave Dada Agbañi leprosy.
For that reason they expelled him from the Yoruba land; and here the illnesses of Azojuano 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 a thunderstone, the odu ará, be placed inside your 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.
Azojuano can only be received after the death of the godfather.
The ja that this Awó must have is the one inherited from the godfather.
The branches of the palos cannot be touched.
Bitter leaves must not be eaten, nor any male bird, such as the rooster or the duck.
That is how the powers of the two warrior sisters were neutralized.
Do not go with anyone on a trip.
Never say where you are heading when you go out into the street.

Ebbós of Obara Roso · The sacrifices that open the road

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

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Works of Obara Roso · The workings of the sign

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

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Patakíes of Obara Roso · The roads of the Odù

1The Children of Prosperity

Ebara smeared both of his legs, using red wood from Angola, and performed divination for the children of prosperity, that is, being born, getting married, money, position and everything that gives health. They were about to leave heaven and come down to the earth.

The advice was that each one make ebbó, so as to become goods so precious that people miss them even when they already have them. Money had to offer a dove; marriage, a goat; birth, a hen; and position, a ram. All of them made their ebbó before leaving heaven. On touching the earth they turned into what kings and ordinary people alike dream of and long for.

What it teaches

What everyone longs for comes to whoever made his or her ebbó before being born. That is why children, marriage, wealth and rank are the common desire of the powerful and the humble.

What each child offered

A dove for money, a goat for marriage, a hen for birth and a ram for position.

When it comes out in Igbodu

Whoever receives this odu must make ebbó in order to enjoy very great prosperity.

Ebara's divination verse for the children of prosperity

EBARA KOSUN SOSE OSI ODA OSE OTUN SI, ODA FUN OMO ATI AYA ATI AJE ATI GBOGBO URE, NIJO TI WON TI KOLE LO WA SI KOLE AYE. ANI KI WON RU EBO.

2The Offering That Opens the Doors

Orunmila told the doorkeeper to open. The narrator answered that it would be better for the divine priest to open it. Then he wanted to know how the doorkeeper would do it; Orunmila, for his part, asked how the divine priest would do it.

The answer was that the door would yield with a dove, a hen, a slug, kola nuts, ekó, akará, fish and hutia, the last two smoked. Those materials are worked right at the entrance of the home, so that it stays open to prosperity. It is the special ebbó of this odu in Igbodu, called Ono Ifá or Odiha.

What it teaches

Prosperity comes in through a door that ebbó keeps open. The offerings are worked at the very entrance of the home to leave it free for good things.

The ebbó to open the door

A dove, a hen, a slug, kola nuts, ekó, akará, smoked fish and smoked hutia. Everything is worked at the entrance of the home, to open it to prosperity.

The divination verse of the sacrifice that opens the doors

ORUNMILA NI KI OLU SHIKU; EMI KI ALAWORO SHIKU. ORUNMILA NI KI NI OLU YIO FI SHIKU. EMI NA NI KINI ALAWORO YIO FI SHIKU. AYEBO ADIYE; EYELE, UGBIN, EKU, EJA, EKO, AKARA, EKPO ATI OBI.

3The Mother of the Six Children

Before performing divination for the mother of six children, Ebara washed his hands in a mortar and rubbed himself with red wood from Angola. He warned her that she had to make an ebbó, because one of her children could die. The ebbó she made consisted of a dove, a rooster and a goat.

If this odu appears in an ordinary consultation, the person must be warned: he or she must offer ebbó in order to keep the child born when the person was already mature.

What it teaches

When the loss of a child is threatened, a timely ebbó protects the child's life. Whoever cares for his or her own makes the offering before the harm arrives.

The mother's ebbó

A rooster, a dove and a goat, so that none of her six children would die.

In an ordinary consultation

The person is advised to offer ebbó for the life of a child born when the person was mature.

Ebara's divination verse for the mother of the six children

EBARA GOSUN GOSUN, OSHOWO UDO PORO PORO. ADIFA FUN YEYE OLOMO MEFA MATIYO. EBO NI KORU TO RI IKU OMO.

4The mother of the two warrior women🔒 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 9Esusu asks Orisha Nla for children🔒 The Notebook 10The cashew that would not make ebbó🔒 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, the son of Shangó🔒 The Notebook 15The slave of Ifá🔒 The Notebook 16The healing entity of Azojuano🔒 The Notebook 17When his wife left🔒 The Notebook 18Ebara and Kosun🔒 The Notebook 19The girl and the melon🔒 The Notebook 20The king who lost his voice🔒 The Notebook 21The burial of the lazy man🔒 The Notebook 22Thanks for life🔒 The Notebook 23The flower of honesty🔒 The Notebook

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The full treatise is in English. With The Notebook, the whole sign opens on this page in English: the full text of every patakí, the recipes for the ebbós and works, and the iré and osogbo readings. · This page is also available in Spanish: See Obara Roso in Spanish →

Frequently asked questions about Obara Roso

What does the Odù Obara Roso mean in Ifá?

Where the cashew was born, lost because of pride and talkativeness: the children of Azojuano wear a crown of tiger skin. Ifá of Abikú.

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

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

Which orishas speak in Obara Roso?

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

What is a proverb of the Odù Obara Roso?

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

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