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Ojuani Boshe

Where giving ikofá and awofakán to homosexuals was born, and Orunmila's oath for his two hands: Oshún sits this person on top of the money.

Ojuani Boshe is Odù number 105 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Ojuani family. This page brings together its prayer in Yoruba, 15 patakíes (3 with the full text), its proverbs, 7 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 105 of 256
Composition: Ojuani over Oshe
In the Diloggún: 11-5 · Ojuani tonti Oshé
Orishas that speak: Oshún · Elegba · Obatalá · Ogún · Iroko · Oduduwa · Egun

What Ifá says in this sign

Ojuani Boshe is an Ifá foré ayé signed by Oshún: this person is sitting on top of the money — and its motto was born here: do good and never mind to whom. It is the sign of Orunmila's oath before Olofin, and of the chameleon that learned to change colors to survive.

Its stain was put there by someone else: you have been cursed and worked on — powders were blown behind you — and that is why you used to be fortunate and now get nowhere. The cure comes from the river: bathe the way they bathed Oshún, who came back dirty from traveling the world — a clean body shines again. And they are wrong to accuse you of loose living: like Ojuani, put the thunderstone on your Ifá, and your accusers will take it back.

«Do good and never mind to whom — the world's motto was born in Ojuani Boshe.»The pulse of Ojuani Boshe

The saint of this house is over in the corner: there is a child everyone mistreats and blames for everything — look after him: he is the one with the greatest head, and he will save them all in the future. And there is another person who is treated like a dog: that is the one who will save you from something bad. In this odu, the ones nobody wants are the chosen ones.

The Saints are after you — for your own good: they want you to seat them, and they will serve you — pay them what you owe and you will be free to enjoy your luck. Dress in white, do not tell anyone your dreams about the Saints, and let yourself be advised: going through hard times for not listening is this odu's vice.

The promises: a child who brings a great deal of luck (the woman is pregnant or soon will be), luck that arrives through a woman, and fevers that are dealt with quickly by a doctor. Leave another man's wife alone — you are being hunted — and collect your inheritance: Oshún sat you on top of the money: all that is missing is for you to get up and pick it up

The sign in one line

Bathe in the river, look after the child everyone blames and pay what you owe your Saints — Oshún has already sat you on top of the money.

The prayer of Ojuani Boshe · Yoruba

Ojuani Boshe omonishe kaferefun Yemayá ati Obatalá baba beifa korugbo kolowo bude inka lafeshe korugbo intori sheke sheke losa obini kanibashe amarora Orisha Elegba, Elegba obofu Ogun yobi.

Súyere
Oosini bae koni obon owo nija meji latishe.

Ifá says — what Ojuani Boshe tells you

An Ifá of victories over your opponents; you will be accused of loose living — but Ojuani does not sin and does no harm: the accusation is false. Ifá foré ayé umba owo moni Boshe: Oshún says you are sitting on top of the money. Kaferefún Yemayá and Obatalá.
You have been cursed, and you are being worked on: powders were blown behind you, and that is why you used to be fortunate and now get nowhere.
This Odù orders you to seat Santo (yoko-osha) and to dress in white.
The Saints are after you so that you seat them and they can serve you: pay them what you owe them, so you are free and can enjoy your luck.
There is a child everyone mistreats and blames for everything that goes wrong in the house: look after him, because he is the one with the greatest head and he will save them all in the future.
The woman is pregnant or soon will be, and a child is coming who will bring a great deal of luck.
There is someone ill in your house who will have to receive Ifá if they want to be saved.
You suffer with kidney stones, albumin, parasites, your stomach and your lungs: if the fevers start, go to the doctor right away.
You should have a resguardo to open your roads, because they are closed.
You do not like being given advice, and that is why you go through hard times.
Someone is going to give the woman bad advice, so she leaves her husband and takes up with another man: do not listen to advice like that, decide for yourself.
You have your eye on another man's wife and you are being hunted for it; and the woman has her eye on a married man.
There is someone everyone treats like a dog: that person is the one who will save you from something bad.
You dream a great deal about the Saints: do not tell your dreams to anyone.
Luck is going to come to you through a woman, even if right now something bad is following you and you cannot find work.
Your body is dirty: you have to bathe in the river, like Oshún.

Proverbs of Ojuani Boshe · Òwe

“Do good and never mind to whom.”
“When he is not in jail, they are out looking for him.”
“Where nothing stings, no harm is being done.”
“Today's outcast can be tomorrow's savior.”
“Sleeping around is a relative of suicide.”
“A cage is a cage, even a golden one.”
“The footprints of people who walked together are never wiped away.”
“A hunter does not rub himself with grease and lie down to sleep beside the fire.”
“The maidservant takes the lady's place when the husband is weak.”
“Locusts with no king come out in squadrons everywhere.”
“Watch out for the lizards inside the palaces.”
“The just man says pleasant things; the wicked man says vicious ones.”

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Iré and Osogbo

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What is born in Ojuani Boshe · Ìbí

Giving ikofafún and awofakán to homosexuals.
Orunmila swore before Olofin to attend to anyone who came to his house with any failing at all, doing everything for them — except the consecration of Ifá.
That the chameleon change colors.
Obatalá gave it the ashé after the ebbó, and with its shades of color it won its war against Olokun.
That the traveler's legs grow tired and he rest under Iroko.
That Oshún, dirty from traveling the world, be bathed in the river.
That the hands of Ifá live together.
At the start of the year they are given two hens.
Doing good without minding to whom.
Bathing with iroko leaves to send the Egun away.

What is forbidden · Eewó

4 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 Ojuani Boshe · The sacrifices that open the road

Beating enemiesEbbó to win🔒 Babalawo

MoneyThe two black hens of the year🔒 Babalawo

HealthThe bath in the river🔒 Babalawo

SpiritualThe goat at the riverbank🔒 Babalawo

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Works of Ojuani Boshe · The workings of the sign

Beating enemiesThe inshé of the milkweed🔒 Babalawo

SpiritualThe thunderstone on Ifá🔒 Babalawo

HealthThe iroko baths🔒 Babalawo

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Patakíes of Ojuani Boshe · The roads of the Odù

1Why Ifá is one-handed

Orunmila lived with his brother Abaranife, adodi and a clairvoyant of great fame, who asked him for consecration in Ifá: ashamed, Orunmila brushed him off. Elegba — who was also adodi, without Orunmila knowing — took revenge with milkweed witchcraft, and Orunmila was left one-handed, unable to consecrate. The Obá Awó Ojuani Boshe interceded with two black hens before Obatalá and Olofin — and Olofin set the condition: that he give awofakán to his brother, and swear to attend to anyone with any failing at all, except with the consecration of Ifá.

Orunmila had an adodi brother, and they lived together in the land of Adonile. Abaranife, the brother, stood out in divination for his gifts as a clairvoyant, which won him great fame: everyone wanted to be read by him. So as not to take standing away from his brother, he asked Orunmila to consecrate him in Ifá; Orunmila, ashamed, brushed him off, and Abaranife wept before Olofin and Obatalá.

Elegba, who was also adodi and whom Orunmila knew nothing about, decided to take revenge: with witchcraft made from milkweed he caused Orunmila to lose the power of one of his hands, and from then on he was one-handed. Without that hand he could not attend to his fellow men or perform the great consecrations. So Abaranife went to the head of that land, the Obá Awó Ojuani Boshe, so that with two black hens he would intercede before Obatalá and Olofin, and Orunmila would get both his hands back. He did so — and as punishment for Orunmila, Olofin set the condition that he give awofakán to his brother Abaranife. Orunmila gave it to him, and swore before Olofin to attend to anyone who came to his house with any moral failing at all, doing everything for them, except the consecration of Ifá. And so he was able to work again with both his hands, thanks to the Obá Awó Ojuani Boshe. Because of that instruction from Olofin, the Awó may attend to and save the adodi and alakuatas who come to his house — but only with awofakán and ikofafún.

2The visit from Luck

A humble farmer gave lodging to anyone who asked, and Luck, hearing the rumor of his kindness, went to see if it was true. She asked for a bed: he gave her one, fed her and made up a room. At midnight she tested him: «Where can I relieve myself?». «Do it right there, I will clean the room in the morning». «This really is a good man»: she filled the room with money and left through the window. In the morning the farmer had trouble getting the door open — and the room was full of money.

There was a farmer who had a humble house and liked to give lodging to anyone at all. People began to say that this man was very good, and Luck, who heard that rumor, decided to visit him to see whether it was true, because there was a great deal of wickedness in the world.

Luck arrived and asked for a bed: the farmer gave her one, fed her and made up a room for her to sleep in. At midnight, to make sure he was asleep, she knocked hard on the palm-thatch wall that divided the rooms; the farmer woke, and Luck asked: «Where can I relieve myself?». The farmer, kindly: «Do it right there, and I will clean the room in the morning». Luck said to herself: «This really is a good man», filled the room with money, and left through the window. In the morning the farmer made breakfast and waited; when it got late he knocked at the door, and getting no answer he opened it with a great deal of trouble: the room was full of money. Do good and never mind to whom.

3The slave who was a diviner

A slave who was an Awó atefó with 16 palm ikines under the tree, and Ojuani Boshe came to him. The overseer caught him at it, insulted him and slapped him — and the slave prophesied: three of Olofin's wives were pregnant and would miscarry without ebbó; he was to report it. The overseer checked and found it was true, and said nothing; drunk in a tavern, he told the story, and it reached Olofin's ears. Olofin had the overseer executed for keeping the great message to himself — and named the slave overseer and diviner of the court.

There was a slave who was an Awó and, looking for a way out of slavery, sat down under a palm ikin tree, took sixteen of those ikines and began to atefar. When he brought out the Odù, Ojuani Boshe came. At that moment the overseer caught him, and insulted and slapped him. The slave, answering back, foretold that Olofin had three wives who were pregnant and that, if they did not make ebbó, they were going to miscarry — and that the overseer should report it to Olofin.

The overseer, curious, looked into it and saw that it was true, but he did not pass the message on. Days later, drinking in a tavern and well past his limit, he told his friends the story of what had happened with the slave; it spread, and the slave's warnings, which had come true, reached Olofin's ears. Olofin had the overseer executed for not having delivered that great message, and named the Awó slave overseer, giving him besides the title of diviner of the court. That is why there is trouble here with women giving birth, and why a hand of palm ikines is set alongside Ifá.

4When Oshún came back dirty🔒 Babalawo

5The chameleon defeated Olokun🔒 Babalawo

6The traveler and Iroko🔒 Babalawo

7Three short roads: the weeping, the accusation and the horse's blood🔒 Babalawo

8The king of the night🔒 Babalawo

9The chameleon's colors🔒 Babalawo

10The little black chick🔒 Babalawo

11The clouds looked down on the sea🔒 Babalawo

12The secret of the enchanted boa🔒 Babalawo

13The moon dress🔒 Babalawo

14Olofin's great punishment🔒 Babalawo

15Forgiveness lights up the heart🔒 Babalawo

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Frequently asked questions about Ojuani Boshe

What does the Odù Ojuani Boshe mean in Ifá?

Where giving ikofá and awofakán to homosexuals was born, and Orunmila's oath for his two hands: Oshún sits this person on top of the money.

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

Ojuani Boshe is Odù number 105 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Ojuani family.

Which orishas speak in Ojuani Boshe?

In the Odù Ojuani Boshe these orishas speak: Oshún, Elegba, Obatalá, Ogún, Iroko, Oduduwa, Egun.

What is a proverb of the Odù Ojuani Boshe?

One of the proverbs of Ojuani Boshe says: «Do good and never mind to whom.».

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