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Odi Oshe (Odi She)

Where the ceremony of the Apeterbí is born: this person quarrels with their own Guardian Angel, and that quarrel is the whole of their bad luck.

Odi Oshe (Odi She) is Odù number 75 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Odi family. This page brings together its prayer in Yoruba, 16 patakíes (3 with the full text), its proverbs, 12 ebbós and works and the signs it shows in the consultation; the detail of iré and osogbo, the eewó and the full recipes open with the Babalawo plan — that locked part is still written in Spanish.

The sign at a glance

Order in Ifá: Odù 75 of 256
Composition: Odi over Oshe
In the Diloggún: 7-5 · Odí tonti Oshé
Orishas that speak: Orunmila · Oshún · Oshosi · Obatalá · Osanyin · Shangó · Eggun

What Ifá says in this sign

Odi She is the sign that goes forward and backward: one day well, the next badly; one day with money, the next with nothing. And this odu knows why: you are not at peace with your Guardian Angel — and that quarrel is the whole of your bad luck.

The remedy starts with a reconciliation: ask your Guardian Angel's pardon and pay Oshún what you owe her. The ceremony of the Apeterbí was born here, and so was feeding the earth (Inle Oguere): do it — earth that is fed holds you up. And if it comes with a loss, make ebbó within three days, so you do not lose another piece of luck.

«Quarreling with your Guardian Angel is the whole of Odi She's bad luck — a pardon asked sets the life straight.»The pulse of Odi Oshe (Odi She)

Sleeping around, here, is a diagnosis: too many bodies bring the illness — parasites, infections, galloping sickness that breaks down bone and blood. One partner, a serious diet and a doctor: this odu turns faithfulness into medicine. And that damp house that makes your feet and your joints ache: dry it out or move — as many as three times if that is what it takes.

At work there are thefts being hidden: when they come to light it will be far too much — do not let them drag you into it: keep your distance and your paperwork clean. In the family, the wound of being looked down on: they want the darkest brother far away — if that is you, live apart and prosper; if it is someone else, take no part in the scorn, because this odu charges for it.

And the patience of the hen, who learned the lesson here: in this life everything takes work and time. When this odu comes out Fore, everything is better than good — and even in court you are cleared for want of evidence. Dress in white, a mass and a ram for the dead one who is asking, and your erukere to drive death off: once it is at peace with its Angel, Odi She only goes forward

The sign in one line

Make peace with your Angel, feed the earth and keep to one love — Odi She stops going backward the day it stops quarreling.

The prayer of Odi Oshe (Odi She) · Yoruba

Odi She adifafun Oluo Bombo shekete shekete ofo leri modun erini odikereshe igi obashe kin oni, adifafun Oloshe Olofin, adifafun Amafofo olo fariño Ogun, eyele lebo eure lebo.

Súyere
Odishe aun babalawo bombo shekete shekete bombo.

Ifá says — what Odi Oshe (Odi She) tells you

Kaferefún Orunmila, Oshún and Oshosi. Maferefún Eggun and Obatalá.
This is an Ifá that goes forward and backward: one day you are well and the next badly, one day you have money and the next nothing at all.
It marks unfaithfulness in the woman, and that you sleep around far too much, which is what brings the illness.
What is wrong is inside your body, inside your house and inside your head, because you do not weigh what your actions will cost.
It marks thefts that are being hidden, and when they come to light the amount will be far too much; you can go to jail if they drag you into it.
It speaks of brothers by blood who look down on the darkest one and wish him gone; he should live apart so they do not destroy him.
Illness of the stomach and the kidneys, conditions that keep you from having children, tuberculosis, infections of the private parts, constipation, thrombosis and rheumatic pain.
Parasites in the woman, and in the man's testicles, caught from sleeping around too much.
Galloping illness that can kill by breaking down the bones or the blood.
Your nerves out of balance, and shame about yourself; you can lose your mind through the way you are living or through witchcraft.
You live in a damp house, and the soles of your feet and your joints ache.
A mother-in-law with trouble between herself and her son's wife, and scorn among brothers.

Proverbs of Odi Oshe (Odi She) · Òwe

“The mouth killed the head.”
“Whoever makes sacrifice lengthens their life.”
“Too much sleeping around brings the illness for certain.”
“What is wrong is inside the body and inside the house.”
“If one lover throws me out, I find another.”
“Cleared for want of evidence.”
“Wealth and honor are the fruits of wisdom.”
“The river only sweeps away the careless one in its current.”
“The eyes protect the head, but it is the head that makes them blink.”
“What you sow is what you reap.”
“Whoever hurries to shelter takes the straight road.”
“Do not count your chickens before they hatch.”
“Human parasites are worse than the parasites of the body.”
“Children and drunks always tell the truth.”
“The ignorant one's mouth is their ruin; the wise one's is their fortune.”

15 proverb interpretations in this Odù, locked.Every proverb explained: which road it comes from and how it applies. Written in Spanish for now.Unlock →

Iré and Osogbo

6 iré and osogbo readings in this Odù, locked.The iré and osogbo of the sign, sorted by subject — health, money, love, death, loss… Written in Spanish for now.Unlock →

What is born in Odi Oshe (Odi She) · Ìbí

That a person is not at peace with the Guardian Angel they were given.
They want to be the child of another Saint, and that is where all their bad luck lies; a pardon has to be asked.
The ceremony of the Apeterbí.
Orunmila washed the obo of Inle Oguere and passed the Iruquere over her, making her the watching spirit of Ifá's honor after her unfaithfulness.
Feeding the earth (Inle Oguere).
That the hen's first husband was the pheasant.
It was afterward that she married the rooster, who wept, and whom Orunmila helped for being good.
Feeding the four cardinal Odù (Eyiogbe, Oyeku Meyi, Iwori Meyi and Odi Meyi).
With them, the Eggun that come near are held in check.
That Orunmila made his luck with weapons, and that Shangó turned himself into the Devil.

What is forbidden · Eewó

5 eewó (taboos) in this Odù, locked.What the child of this sign must not eat, do or wear. Written in Spanish for now.Unlock →

Ebbós of Odi Oshe (Odi She) · The sacrifices that open the road

HealthSarayeye with the chameleon🔒 Babalawo

HealthThe ebbó of the eggs and the insects🔒 Babalawo

LoveThe ceremony of the Apeterbí🔒 Babalawo

Pushing death awayMass and a ram for the dead one🔒 Babalawo

Pushing death awayEbbó within three days🔒 Babalawo

LossAsking your Angel's pardon and paying Oshún🔒 Babalawo

Beating enemiesFood for the four cardinal Odù🔒 Babalawo

HealthInfusion for the nerves and for weakness🔒 Babalawo

8 ebbós in this Odù, locked.Each full recipe: ingredients, preparation and where it goes. Written in Spanish for now.Unlock →

Works of Odi Oshe (Odi She) · The workings of the sign

HealthThe she-goat's leg in the hand of Ifá🔒 Babalawo

SpiritualAttending the wooden pot🔒 Babalawo

Pushing death awayThrowing water out in the morning🔒 Babalawo

HealthFeeding the earth🔒 Babalawo

4 works in this Odù, locked.Each full recipe: ingredients, preparation and where it goes. Written in Spanish for now.Unlock →

Patakíes of Odi Oshe (Odi She) · The roads of the Odù

1The mouth killed the head

A hunter found a severed head that spoke; when he asked who had killed it, it answered: «the mouth». He told the story in the town, but when he took them to the place, the head said nothing, and the townspeople, taking him for a liar, sentenced him to death.

A hunter, after a day with nothing to show for it, came in horror upon a severed human head. He muttered to himself «who killed this man?», and the head began to speak. He asked it «who killed you?», and the head answered: «The mouth». The hunter fled to the village, and an old man asked him why he had brought back no game; he told everything, including what the head had answered.

The news went round, and nobody believed the story; they all went out to the place. The hunter went up to the head and asked it the same question, but this time not even a fly was heard. The townspeople, believing he had lied, laid the blame on him and sentenced him to death. So the mouth — the head's, and the hunter's own for saying too much — killed the head; that is why in this Odù you must keep up with the dead and with Osanyin, and guard against the habit of talking too much.

2The hen's eggs

The hen believed her chicks would hatch after three Fridays, but the woodlice, the worms and the ants were emptying her eggs. She made ebbó with Orunmila and was given sight: ever since, when the insects come to peck at her eggs, she sees them and kills them.

The hen laid her eggs every day and believed that after three Fridays — after 21 days — her chicks would hatch, not knowing that in this life everything takes work and time. But her enemies, the woodlice, the worms, the ants and the rest of the insects, pecked at her eggs from underneath and left them empty.

Worn out with sitting, the hen went to Orunmila, who saw this Odù for her and told her to make ebbó with five eggs, worms, ants, a rooster and two young chickens. After the ebbó, the hen was given sight, and when the insects came to peck at her eggs, she saw them and killed them. That is why, ever since, a sitting hen pecks.

3Oluo Bombo swapped people's heads

Oluo Bombo, who governed a land, used Osanyin's sorcery to steal people's brains and stored them without keeping them apart. When Obatalá arrived, sent by Olofin, Oluo Bombo put the brains back mixed up; Obatalá had to pray every head, and took his command away from him.

Oluo Bombo Shekete, a Babalawo who had this Odù and knew Osanyin's sorcery for taking possession of people's brains, was put in charge of the land of Elulu Iya Ilori. He began stealing people's brains for his own gain, storing them at the foot of a hibiscus without keeping them apart. Onye Awo, Olofin's messenger, saw what was going on, made ebbó and went to tell Olofin, who sent Obatalá to look into it.

When he heard of it, Oluo Bombo hurried to give everyone their brain back so he would look good, but since he had them all in a heap, he began putting the wrong ones in: the children's into the old people, the women's into the men. When Obatalá arrived, he had to pray every single head so they would come back to themselves, and by Olofin's order he took the command away from Oluo Bombo for having thrown people's minds out of order. That is how whoever quarrels with their own head and their own Angel ends up out of their senses.

4The ceremony of the Apeterbí was born🔒 Babalawo

5When the hen married the pheasant🔒 Babalawo

6The black chick🔒 Babalawo

7The hen who died of tuberculosis🔒 Babalawo

8When it was divined for the 165 trees🔒 Babalawo

9When Baale-Ero fell ill from sleeping around🔒 Babalawo

10When Shangó turned himself into the Devil🔒 Babalawo

11Orishanla's bricks🔒 Babalawo

12The donkey and the dog🔒 Babalawo

13The vampire and the infant🔒 Babalawo

14The seven jars of gold🔒 Babalawo

15Hatred and tolerance🔒 Babalawo

16What is truly beautiful🔒 Babalawo

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Frequently asked questions about Odi Oshe (Odi She)

What does the Odù Odi Oshe (Odi She) mean in Ifá?

Where the ceremony of the Apeterbí is born: this person quarrels with their own Guardian Angel, and that quarrel is the whole of their bad luck.

What number is Odi Oshe (Odi She) among the 256 Odù of Ifá?

Odi Oshe (Odi She) is Odù number 75 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Odi family.

Which orishas speak in Odi Oshe (Odi She)?

In the Odù Odi Oshe (Odi She) these orishas speak: Orunmila, Oshún, Oshosi, Obatalá, Osanyin, Shangó, Eggun.

What is a proverb of the Odù Odi Oshe (Odi She)?

One of the proverbs of Odi Oshe (Odi She) says: «The mouth killed the head.».

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