Ofun Ka

The sign at a glance

Order in Ifá

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Composition

Ofun over Ika

Orishas that speak

Azojuano (San Lázaro / Oluopopó / Babalú Ayé) · Obatalá · Shangó · Elegbá · Orunmila · Odé (Oshósi)

What Ifá says in this sign

The prayer of Ofun Ka · Yoruba

Ofún Kamalá, Ainá La Nifé Tanló Kakamalá, Oni Babalawó Tosá Tomalá Ainá La Oni Obatalá Ifá Obatalá Maferefún Intorí Ofó Adifafún Obí Tasá Adifafún Babalú Ayé. Rezo arará: Fuká Jozí Mowó Efushé Kayebó.

Ifá says — what Ofun Ka tells you

• When this sign appears, the Awó begins by making a rogation at a corner of the dwelling and continues with the aleyo or godchild.
• There is an obstacle that keeps you from moving forward: a dog was thrown a bone and, while it gnawed on it, it was kept busy; do not let yourself be distracted any more.
• There is a situation with the elder or the godfather: take due precautions wherever you eat, and if something breaks, you must leave at once.
• The person works hard without seeing fruit: what is gained slips away, like the catch of the elephant hunter.
• Infectious or rapidly advancing diseases and malignant internal illnesses appear; tetanus and contagion speak here.
• Your wife is expecting a child and has pain in one leg.
• Do not spend a single cent of the money the aleyos give you before four days have passed (when you keep the money of the ebbó, the waiting period goes on until after five days).
• Thursdays call for care: in a meeting, an appointment or something similar you suffer an embarrassment, or in a brawl you are attacked and may die.
• People laugh at you: do not let yourself be used.
• The person is like the dog: everyone makes use of her because she is useful, but gives her no reward; the man needs to talk more with his obiní.
• There is always a problem in the house; a house harassed by ogú.
• The ewé of the Odù are: cedar, cuaba blanca and ébano carbonero.
• Here speaks tetanus: the infection enters through the wound, the bacillus multiplies and produces toxins that spread along the nerve fibers, with a fatal outcome; the bacillus lives in the intestines of ruminants and in dirty objects on the ground. Avoid punctures and touching dirty substances from the floor or animal manure with a wound.
• Here speaks the cursed silver coin, with which the reading is broken.
• Here speaks the pact of the monkeys with the hunter, which Olofin approved: on a Thursday, in the church, the hunter broke it, and Olofin's sentence was that wild beasts would attack him and that he would rarely be able to eat a monkey he hunted.
• Here speaks the wretched bitch: once her heat is over, she is left alone with her belly and raises her puppies without help.
• Here speaks the dog busy with the bone: the obstacle that does not let you move forward.
• It speaks of the youngest son who obtains his mother's blessing, the one who used to take charge of every difficulty in the home.

Proverbs of Ofun Ka · Òwe

• “A good son is his father's treasure.”

• “To each his own.”

• “The monkey does not even trust his own tail.”

• “The catch slips out of his hands.”

• “If you fell it was because you raised yourself up; and if you thought badly, put your finger over your mouth.”

• “The crown of the old are their children, and the honor of children is their parents.”

• “The Awó always has something to do.”

• “Beauty is an illusion, virtue is real.”

• “Rain makes the land fruitful, but it also floods it.”

• “The blinders make the horse look straight ahead.”

• “The dawn is always born out of the night.”

• “Olorun takes curses away, Olorun gives blessings.”

• “Whoever does not know his father cannot love him.”

• “Everyone knows which leg they limp on.”

• “A good wife is a solid stone that increases the earnings.”

• “Build a good name and then lie down to sleep.”

• “Bread with bread is still bread.”

Iré and Osogbo

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

What is born in Ofun Ka · Ìbí

• That those who are older neglect those who are younger.

  From the path of Kamalaraifé: «With him you will pretend to be courteous and you will never value him, because in this place the younger ones are not taken into account».

• That the adversaries of Orunmila tried to harm him by means of epó.

  They made a deal with the seller in the market of Dassa; Oluopopó found out in his reading and no epó was used for 16 days.

• That Obatalá went through a great shame.

  He sat on the bench that was smeared with manteca de corojo, and some boys mocked him, saying that he had «corrected himself». From that day on he cursed epó.

• That the money is cursed.

  The Awó resolves this letter by using a silver coin. That coin must not be spent before four days have passed, because doing so could cost the person's life; it is first presented to Elegba and then given away.

• That tetanus speaks.

  From the afoshé Orunla used to correct his sons who had raised themselves up; the treatise describes Clostridium tetani, its tough spores and its toxin that goes for the nerve tissue.

• That in Ateboleta Azojuano is the last one to be sung to.

  From the untefá of Kamalaraifé, where Shangó and Azojuano appeared.

• That the person is meant to receive all the great powers that the religion holds.

  Azojuano demanded it of Kamalaraifé: until he has the greater powers, he cannot receive him, because his life depends on it.

• That the omó of Azojuano identified in Awofakán, if he is not mounted in the Igbodu, is able to make Ifá.

  Among the omó of Oluopopó, only this one makes Ifá, and he does so after having made Obatalá. He receives Orun, Oduduwa, Orunmila and Olofin; the last thing handed to him is Azojuano. The piece of Omolú is prepared for him, and he buries that piece under a cardón plant.

• That the white monkeys mocked the black monkeys.

  They hid against the Sun and the hunter could not see them, and they laughed at the black and brown monkeys.

What is forbidden · Eewó

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

• Do not handle epó (palm butter) for 16 days.

  Orunmila's enemies poisoned the epó in the market; Obatalá cursed it after his embarrassment.

• Do not wear black clothes.

  You go through hardships; give thanks to San Lázaro.

• Do not spend the money of the aleyos until four days have passed.

  The money is cursed and it can cost you your life.

• Do not argue with your spouse.

  You have a very bad temper.

• Do not puff yourself up before your parents or before your elders.

  If you fell, it was because you puffed yourself up: the boasting children of Orunla died from the afoshé.

• Do not touch any afoshé or any powder that gives you doubts.

  The eldest son of Orunmila escaped danger because the etú screeched each time he was about to put his hand in.

• Do not break the pacts you have made.

  It costs you dearly, as it did the hunter who broke the Thursday pact.

• Do not argue.

  Obatalá's children were met with sticks in Ifé for being stubborn without first consulting Orula; a lamp to Azojuano.

Ebbós of Ofun Ka · The sacrifices that open the road

Works of Ofun Ka · The workings of the sign

Patakíes of Ofun Ka · The roads of the Odù

Frequently asked questions about Ofun Ka