Ojuani Batrupon

nº 102 of 256

The Ifá that made peace on earth and in heaven: here the pact of Osanyin and Orunmila was born, and Oyá handed over the power of the wind.

14 patakíes 6 eewó 7 ebbós and works 15 proverbs

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Ojuani Batrupon is Odù number 102 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Ojuani family. This page brings together its prayer in Yoruba, 14 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 102 of 256
Composition
Ojuani over Otrupon
Orishas that speak
Osanyin · Oyá · Oluo-Popo (Azojuano) · Shangó · Olofin · Elegba · Egun

What Ifá says in this sign

Ojuani Batrupon is the Ifá that made peace on earth and in heaven: here Osanyin and Orunmila made their pact — Osanyin came down into the world inside the prophet's belly — and here Oyá handed over the power of the wind in exchange for the iruke that strips away obsessing dead. This is an odu of great reconciliations: whoever was born to make peace cannot live angry.

And there is the knot: you are always angry and you do not want anyone to be more than you — that is your mistake, your ruin and your death. This odu tells it through the king with four wives: he raised his hand to them, and together they killed him. Arrogance in this sign does not just lose: it kills — take it apart with the ebbó that is marked.

«The king raised his hand to his four wives — and together they killed him: arrogance here does not just lose, it kills.»The pulse of Ojuani Batrupon

Its generosity is a teacher's: the Awó of this sign should teach Ifá to his godchildren — and one of them will save him from a great war; you make Ifá for the godchild with whatever much, little or nothing he has, and you do not make it for your own children: that is what this odu laid down. The generous teacher raises his own army.

It carries the tenderest medicine in the whole treatise: the answer to the early death of children — the ebbó of the figure, the scissors and the six gourds ties the Abikú down: «when I am born again, I will not go away anymore». And it comforts the one nobody wants: if your elders treat you like a slave and your family does not look after you, this odu promises that if you are obedient with the Saints you will be great and live happy.

Its horizons are wide: a house on this side of the water and another on the far side, money that is waiting for you, and a journey that goes well. Watch your back (your attitude can get you hurt), do not say the true thing that does not suit you to say, and remember where your poverty comes from if it arrives: not from bad luck, but from debts still to be paid — the one who made peace above and below can also make it with himself

The sign in one line

Bring your temper down, teach your godchildren and tie the Abikú down — Ojuani Batrupon made peace for the world, and it has peace left over for your house.

The prayer of Ojuani Batrupon · Yoruba

Ojuani Batrupon ika kalare okolishirawo omo Oluo-Popo babere ni Ifa nayire Awo omo Osanyin moruboro Ojuani Batrupon Ifa yani lanire Oya Ifa mofun omiyawo inle feleyekun Ifa onire omo ni Oba Osanyin Ojuani Batrupon kaferefun Osanyin, Oluo-Popo, kaferefun Oya ati Orunmila.

Súyere
Baba kuelene ilarosa Osanyin beye biwao moyekun Osanyin.

Ifá says — what Ojuani Batrupon tells you

Proverbs of Ojuani Batrupon · Òwe

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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…Unlock →

What is born in Ojuani Batrupon · Ìbí

What is forbidden · Eewó

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

Ebbós of Ojuani Batrupon · The sacrifices that open the road

4 ebbós in this Odù, locked.Each full recipe: ingredients, preparation and where it goes.Unlock →

Works of Ojuani Batrupon · The workings of the sign

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Patakíes of Ojuani Batrupon · The roads of the Odù

1Where Ifá has to be made for the godchild

A famous Awó made osode for his orphaned servant boy, saw this Odù — and threw him out of the house, because the sign obliged him to make Ifá for the boy at his own expense. Elegba, Ogún and Oshosi found the boy crying and sent him to three Awoses: «Tell your godfather that Olofin is angrier than he is — and remind him of the tiger an unseen hunter killed in the forest: that was Olofin, who saved his life so he would make Ifá for you». He did it grudgingly and taught him nothing: he lost his health and died — and the godchild went on to become Obá of that land.

In his land that Awó had a name, and in his house a young boy served as a servant. One day he sent for him: "I am going to do osode for you, to see what your road in life is." The ókpele fell, this Odù came out, and the Awó's mood changed: violent, he threw the boy out of the house. With no parents or relatives to answer for him, and not understanding why, the servant headed for the countryside, crying. There two men and a big lad found him — Elegba, Ogún and Oshosi — and they wanted to know what he was doing in such a dangerous place. They listened to his story and asked him to draw on the ground the figure that had come out. Elegba looked at it and spoke: "That Awó threw you out because with that Odù he has to make Ifá for you with whatever much, little or nothing you have — and since you have nothing, he has to put up everything. Take this money, get a reading from three Awoses and do what they tell you."

Before the three Awoses the sign came out again, and from them he got the message: "Go back to your godfather's house and tell him that if he is angry, Olofin is angrier still. Remind him of the time in the jungle when a tiger was going to kill him, and a hunter who never showed himself killed it with an arrow: that hunter was Olofin himself, who saved his life so that, when you came to his house, he would make Ifá for you." Once the message was delivered, the Awó agreed to the consecration, though grudgingly: he complained about the money it cost him, and afterward he did not pass on a single teaching. From then on his health went downhill and his dealings with the Saints and with the neighborhood got tangled up, until he died. At that very moment the godson took his place in that land, and came to be Obá of it.

2The Abikú's spell

The king's wife bore children who died young. Pregnant again, she was given the ebbó of the figure by the diviner Oluwo Pamora. When the child was born with mysterious eyes, he laid him on the mat, cut hair and a small piece of his right ear to load the figure — and heard a voice: «You have tied me to the earth. When I am born again my name will be Ojuani Batrupon, and I will not go away anymore». Years later a beautiful boy was born with a scar on his right ear, and his Ifá was Ojuani Batrupon.

The wife of a certain king lived in despair: every child she gave birth to died young. With a new pregnancy on the way, the king sent for Oluwo Pamora Awó, the palace diviner. He did osode for him, saw this Odù and set up the ebbó of the rooster, the scissors, the doll, the chain and the six gourds, with the order that the queen keep the doll and send word as soon as the child was born.

A boy with strange eyes was born, and Oluwo Pamora came: he laid out the mat, set the newborn on it, marked the ebbó of the Abikú on the board and did it with the doll and the candle; with the scissors he took from the child a few hairs from his head and a small piece of his right ear, to load the doll. Those terrible eyes fixed on him, furious, and a voice reached his ear: "Very well: you have tied me to the earth, and this is the last time you will do this. You, in your land, are called Benkoyo and you are going to die. But when I am born again, I will be called Ojuani Batrupon, and I will not leave again." With the years Oluwo Pamora died. The queen, who kept worship to the doll, got pregnant again and gave birth to a beautiful boy who had on his right ear a mark like a scar. When Ifá was consulted for him the Odù Ojuani Batrupon came out, and with that name the boy stayed living on earth.

3The war with the omologú

Awó Ifa Dere's own sign warned him he would lose everything through his own head, and ordered him to consecrate his servant Alawana in Ifá — he ignored it. The servant, listening out in the street, uncovered the war being waged by a palero who wanted the whole clientele: he won the man's trust by singing along with him, got the secret out of him, and when his godfather fell ill he made the ebbó — into which he slipped, without the sorcerer knowing, his girlfriend's menstrual cloth, she being a daughter of Oyá. With the ebbó set on the palero's secret, the man went blind and died on the third day. When he came back, the Igbodun was waiting for him: they consecrated him.

Awó Ifa Dere lived in the land of Balawa, and his Odù was Ojuani Batrupon. He had Alawana as a servant, and in time he gave him the warriors; the boy was sharp and in a short while he knew all his godfather's secrets. An osode brought Awó Dere his own sign with the prophecy osobo ofó lerí toshu: his head would make him lose everything he had. Orunmila told him to consecrate that godson in Ifá, since salvation would come from him. He did not obey.

Since Alawana spent the day out in the street running errands, he came to understand that his godfather was in a big war against an omologú, who was set on keeping all those people for himself. He started visiting him, dropping hints that he was not happy in Awó Dere's house, until he won his trust: on arriving he would sing "Okokuo odara odara Baba Aroni", and the witch would answer him. The day came when the omologú told him the plan with which he meant to destroy Awó Dere. Three days later, back in his own land, Alawana found his godfather sick and all the people of the place sick too: "We have to make ebbó for you, and for this whole land too." He worked singing "Oya akuanaro osadie berele". He went out to carry the package with a hen in his hand and ran into his girlfriend, who had Oyá seated; he handed her the hen. She was on her period and, without noticing, dropped her cloth; Alawana picked it up and put it inside the ebbó. Once in the land of Yeyekun, he went into the omologú's house and set the ebbó on top of his secret: the witch went blind on the spot and on the third day he died. When he came back to tell his godfather everything, Awó Dere was waiting for him with a group of Awoses: they took him into the Igbodun of Ifá and consecrated him.

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Frequently asked questions about Ojuani Batrupon

What does the Odù Ojuani Batrupon mean in Ifá?

The Ifá that made peace on earth and in heaven: here the pact of Osanyin and Orunmila was born, and Oyá handed over the power of the wind.

What number is Ojuani Batrupon among the 256 Odù of Ifá?

Ojuani Batrupon is Odù number 102 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Ojuani family.

Which orishas speak in Ojuani Batrupon?

In the Odù Ojuani Batrupon these orishas speak: Osanyin, Oyá, Oluo-Popo (Azojuano), Shangó, Olofin, Elegba, Egun.

What is a proverb of the Odù Ojuani Batrupon?

One of the proverbs of Ojuani Batrupon says: «I will bring peace to heaven and to earth.».

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