Ogbe Sa

nº 25 of 256

The one who went to war to ask for peace, not to fight: an Ifá of betrayal by friends, where only what is done completely is won.

33 patakíes 4 eewó 7 ebbós and works 18 proverbs

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Ogbe Sa is Odù number 25 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Ogbe family. This page brings together its prayer in Yoruba, 33 patakíes (3 with the full text), its proverbs, 7 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 25 of 256
Composition: Ogbe over Osa
In the Diloggún: 8-9 · Eyeunle tonti Osá
Orishas that speak: Orunmila · Shangó · Oyá · Yewá · Oshún · Eggun · Osain (Asonyin)
Eweses of the sign: Jaboncillo · Ceiba · Bejuco jimaguas

What Ifá says in this sign

Ogbe Sa is the one who went to war in the land of the women — not as a warmonger, but as a peacemaker, to ask for peace. His law is simple and strict: do things completely so you do not lose — in this sign, whatever is left half done turns into loss.

This odu warns without softening it: betrayal by friends — people who used to be friends and are not any more —, traps set, and bad things that can come to light at any moment. On the day this Ifá comes out, do not walk anywhere with anyone, do not trust, do not vouch for anybody — here you pay for what others did.

«Do things completely: in Ogbe Sa, whatever is left half done turns into loss.»The pulse of Ogbe Sa

Two urgent duties: the father and the Eggun. If your father is alive, he is ill or needs attention; if he has passed, you owe him a mass and food — here is the throne of Ikú, where you must kneel to feed the dead, and where the three Eggun kings are consecrated. The whole family must make ebbó: the protection of this sign is a shared one or it is nothing.

Your money has a guardian: put it with Shangó, so he knows what you have — with a ram to Shangó and a rooster to Yemayá the difficulty is beaten, and Oshún together with Shangó have already saved you from many. In the house there is a woman or a daughter, very beautiful, whom everyone looks at: look after her without locking her up.

Look after your eyesight — it can go as far as blindness —, the testicles, the heart and the kidneys (kidney failure was born here), do not visit sick people for seven days when this odu comes out, and pray your head with red snapper and beer. With all of it done — completely, not half way — the promise is a high one: posts, a house, money and great prosperity.

The sign in one line

Do not trust easily, look after your father and leave your money with Shangó — Ogbe Sa wins his wars in peace, and he wins them whole.

The prayer of Ogbe Sa · Yoruba

Ogbe Sa Yeyematero afefe salú Ayé afefe salú Olorun Adifafun ewe Bana awayeni abo, awayeni Orunmila Afefelona Shangó Adifafun ewe Bana.

Ifá says — what Ogbe Sa tells you

Betrayal by friends.
There are traps set for you.
Losses, always.
The throne of Ikú, where you have to kneel to feed Eggun.
People who are no longer your friends and once were.
Trouble with the heart, the instep and the neck.
There is a daughter or a wife, very beautiful and striking, whom everyone looks at.
The works have to be done completely, or they turn into losses.
Illness of the testicles; and look after your eyes, because blindness is possible.
Bad things that were done and that can come to light at any moment.
Your father is ill, if he is alive, or needs spiritual attention, if he has passed.
Falls, trouble in the legs and illness of the nerves.

Proverbs of Ogbe Sa · Òwe

“Whoever betrays their own child deserves the same fate as the ram.”
“Whoever wishes another dead is already dead themselves.”
“The bad thing you did once, do not do again.”
“Moonlight brings light, as the eyes of Olofin bring light to all.”
“A tree born crooked never straightens its trunk.”
“Two friends do not make room for a third.”
“When the father of a family dies, there is desolation in the home.”
“You can be cleverer than one man, but not cleverer than everyone else.”
“If you ate the sauce, you will eat the fish.”
“Where there are no elders there is no government; that is why, with no elders, things do not go well.”
“The braggart wakes with his nose in the air and goes to bed with it on the floor.”
“Whoever betrays another's life ends up losing their own.”
“Not correcting a child in childhood makes it impossible to correct them as an adult.”
“Forgiveness frightens, but it does not kill.”
“Closing the mind is closing the roads.”
“Whoever eats the bone has a right to the ham.”
“Wisdom is freedom for the one who gains it and slavery for the one who loses it.”
“However well the enemy disguises himself, with cleverness he is found out.”

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Iré and Osogbo

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What is born in Ogbe Sa · Ìbí

Kidney failure (the kidney not working).
The hunting of Ikú and the foundation of Yewá.
The Moon (Oshupa).
The head of Asonyin (Osain) and his pot or jar.
That whoever has Oduduwa must never eat ram (Abó).
That the three Eggun kings are consecrated: Oba Erun, Oba Oyigbo and Oba Kukunduku.
That the crown of Olodumare is prepared.
That the power to wake Orunmila was taken from Ogbe Sa and passed to Ogbe Di.

What is forbidden · Eewó

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

Coconut is not eaten.
The day the Awó sees this Ifá, he does not walk with anyone.
If ebbó is made with a ram (Abó), the person concerned does not eat it.
Do not trust anyone.

Ebbós of Ogbe Sa · The sacrifices that open the road

Beating enemiesApayerú against the arayé🔒 The Notebook The skin (ewe Bana)The soapberry for skin trouble🔒 The Notebook EyesightWork to heal the eyes🔒 The Notebook Keeping death awayWhen it comes out intori Ikú🔒 The Notebook

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Works of Ogbe Sa · The workings of the sign

Elegua of the signElegua of Ogbe Sa🔒 The Notebook Eshú of the signEshú Shiki🔒 The Notebook OsainOsain Yuan (to succeed in life)🔒 The Notebook

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Patakíes of Ogbe Sa · The roads of the Odù

1The four deadly enemies of Orunmila

The Sun, the Moon, Water and Fire were plotting to kill Orunmila. Because of his sacrifice, they stopped at the crossroads to eat the ebbó; Water, who got no soup, flew into a rage and wiped out the other three with rain.

Orunmila had four deadly enemies: Fire, the Sun, the Moon and Water, who were plotting to kill him. Through divination, he made sacrifice with soup in three pots and a fourth one empty, and four plates of yam, and he left it at the last crossroads before his house.

The next day, the four of them set out to fight him, but they saw the sacrifice and stopped to eat. Fire, the Sun and the Moon each took a plate with their soup; for Water, the youngest, there was only yam left, with no soup. He asked the others to share, and they all refused.

Enraged, Water accused the three of looking down on him for being the youngest, and with his stake — which was raindrops — he put out Fire and wiped out the Sun and the Moon. So Orunmila's enemies destroyed each other, and he was left in peace. This person has four enemies looking for them to kill them; they must sacrifice to get them off their back.

Prayer of the road

Uno Omo Ojogbo Orunrun Ojodon Oshupa Ota Giri Konran Ojo Giri Ke Somo

Por su orden: el Fuego, el Sol brillante, la Luna y el Agua.

2Epikpayemi and her four suitors

The Sun, the Moon, Fire and Rain were courting Epikpayemi. Because of her sacrifice, she prepared food for the four of them; Rain got the empty pot and, furious, beat the other three and was left as her true husband.

The Sun, the Moon, Fire and Rain were all courting Epikpayemi without knowing about each other. She went to Orunmila to find out which was the right husband, and he told her to prepare three plates of yam and three pots of soup, leaving a fourth one empty, and warned her to be careful of flirting.

She left the food ready and went off to braid her hair. Fire, the Sun and the Moon arrived and each ate his share; Rain, the last one, found only the empty pot. When he complained, she told him she had prepared for all four and asked who had eaten his portion.

Furious, Rain gathered himself into clouds, drove the Sun and the Moon up into the sky, and Fire ran off to hide inside stone. With his rivals beaten, Epikpayemi ran to embrace Rain, her true husband. That is why the Sun and the Moon take shelter in the sky when rain threatens, and fire is struck out of stone.

Prayer of the road

Uno Omo Ojogbo Orunrun Omo Ojodon Oshukpa ntara wolu pip giri giri omo Ikeyin won leenje

Por su orden: el Fuego, el Sol brillante, la Luna y el Agua.

Súyere

Ojo moba koo dimba dona Una Kpikpa beleje Ojo didu dere Ora ita ojo Okpenu fun Orúnmila

Antes del sacrificio, mi gusto iba al fuego y no al agua; pero el sacrificio se cumplió y proclamó esposo mío a la Lluvia. Alabanza a Orunmila, que sacrificó por mí.

3The faithful wife (Ekolo, the earthworm)

Epikpayemi, married to Rain, went on flirting in secret with the Sun. He punished her by setting the bush on fire; she chose death rather than betray her husband. Rain saved her, but she lost her limbs and was renamed Ekolo, «the Faithful».

Though married to Rain, Epikpayemi was still secretly in love with the unbeatable Sun. Seeing that he would not win her, he took his rod of fire and talked her into going with him to a patch of dry grass, where he gave her the choice between death and running away with him. She stood firm.

The Sun set the bush alight and vanished, leaving her burning. She called out to her husband Rain, swearing she had not betrayed him. Rain gathered himself into clouds and a storm put out the fire; but on her way home she stepped on a root that the fire had burned hollow, fell into the hole and lost her hands and legs.

She had to drag herself home on her belly. Her husband, recognizing her, embraced her and thanked her for her loyalty, and renamed her Ekolo, «the Faithful», which is the earthworm: out of loyalty it only comes to the surface when it rains, and buries itself away from fire and sun. A wife must be faithful, or she will die or be left deformed.

Súyere

Ololufemi Owon Ikú ti fe pa mi Lati owo awon Orun ati ina Wa gbamila Nitori mon ku lo, titori esin mi si o Emi kotu asiri re Egbami ni awon Orun ati ina Ti koba jebe, Awo yio ni ri mi mo

Lluvia, esposo querido: me está llegando la muerte por mano del Sol y del Fuego. Acude a librarme. Muero por serte leal; jamás te fui infiel. Sácame del Sol y del Fuego, no vaya a ser que no vuelvas a verme.

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Frequently asked questions about Ogbe Sa

What does the Odù Ogbe Sa mean in Ifá?

The one who went to war to ask for peace, not to fight: an Ifá of betrayal by friends, where only what is done completely is won.

What number is Ogbe Sa among the 256 Odù of Ifá?

Ogbe Sa is Odù number 25 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Ogbe family.

Which orishas speak in Ogbe Sa?

In the Odù Ogbe Sa these orishas speak: Orunmila, Shangó, Oyá, Yewá, Oshún, Eggun, Osain (Asonyin).

What is a proverb of the Odù Ogbe Sa?

One of the proverbs of Ogbe Sa says: «Whoever betrays their own child deserves the same fate as the ram.».

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