Ojuani She

Also called Ojuani Boshe

nº 105 of 256 · Edited by Ricco Ledesma

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.

15 patakíes 4 eewó 7 ebbós and works 12 proverbs

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Ojuani She is Odù number 105 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Ojuani family. It is also written as Ojuani Boshe. This page brings together its prayer in Yoruba, 15 patakíes (3 in full in plain sight, with their teaching, ebbó and chants), its proverbs, 7 ebbós and works and the signs it shows in the consultation — with the full eewó in plain sight; the rest of the iré and osogbo and the full recipes open with The Notebook, in English.

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 She, also known as Ojuani Boshe, is a sign of victory over adversaries, and it speaks to you with the voice of Oshún. Here was born the mandate to do good without looking at who receives it, here the chameleon learned to change colors, and here Orunmila swore before Olofin to attend to anyone who came to his door; that is why this awó may attend to the adodis and the alakuatas who come to his house and give them awofakán and ikofafún, but never the consecration of Ifá. Its ruling is one of nearby fortune: Oshún says the money is right beneath you, and that you only need to attend to her for your luck to rise.

But today you carry an evil that is not yours. You were cursed and someone blew powders at your back, and that is why things used to go well for you and now you neither move forward nor find work. You come dirty from the road, as Oshún came when Elegba took her to the water and the current carried away her weariness: cleansing in the river is your remedy. If they accuse you of doing evil or of promiscuity, it is false, and your accusers will end up taking back what they said.

«Do good without regard for who receives it: this motto of the world originated in Ojuani Boshe.»The pulse of Ojuani She

The Saints are seeking you because they want you to seat them, and in return they will serve you. Dress in white, pay what you owe to them and to Egun, and do not tell anyone what you dream about the Saints. Receiving Oduduwa is vital. Your greatest fault is not listening to advice, and that is where your troubles come from. In your home lives a child whom everyone mistreats and blames for every misfortune: take care of that child, because that child has the best head and one day will save the family.

In love, do not fight with your partner: luck comes to you through a woman, and with her a child who brings great fortune; if you are a woman, you are already pregnant or soon will be. You are looking at another man's woman and they are watching you, and the woman of this sign sets her eyes on a married man. She will be given bad advice to leave her husband: she must decide on her own, without being led.

In health, take care of your kidneys and urine, with stones and albumin, and also your stomach, parasites and your lungs, where tuberculosis lurks. At any fever, go to the doctor right away. Avoid rain, drink and sleepless nights, which destroy you from within. When your legs can no longer hold you, seek shelter in Iroko, like the traveler who regained his health in its shade. And live by the law of this sign: help whoever needs it without asking who they are, for the reward comes when you least expect it.

The sign in one line

Bathe in the river, look after the child whom everyone blames, and pay your Saints, because Oshún has already seated you on money.

The prayer of Ojuani She · 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 She tells you

That the person has been cursed and has been worked on: powders have been blown behind him, and that is why he used to be fortunate and now does not get ahead.
That this Odù orders you to be seated as a Saint (yoko osha) and to dress in white.
That the Santos harass this person until they are seated, and then they will serve them: pay what you owe them and you will be free and have good luck.
That in the home lives a child mistreated by everyone, to whom all the harm that happens is attributed: look after him, for his head is the most important and in time he will be the one who saves everyone.
That the woman is expecting a child or soon will be, and that this child will bring her enormous luck.
That there is a sick person in your home, and in order to be saved he will have to receive Ifá.
That you suffer from kidney stones, albumin, parasites, stomach and lung problems: if fevers begin, go to the doctor quickly.
That the person needs a safeguard to open their paths, because they are closed.
That this person does not like being given advice, and for that reason suffers setbacks.
That the woman will be given bad advice, to leave her husband or to love another man: do not listen to it, decide with your own head.
That you are pursuing another man's wife and are being watched so that you can be caught, while she is drawn to a married man.
That someone is treated with contempt by everyone, like a dog, and that this very person will free you from an evil.
That you have many dreams about the Santos; do not tell them to anyone.
That luck will come to you through a woman, even though for now a misfortune follows you and you cannot find work.
That your body is unclean: you must bathe in the river, like Oshún.

Proverbs of Ojuani She · 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

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

Iré · what the sign brings

This sign brings victory over adversaries and opponents.
According to Oshún, the person has money very close, almost beneath them, and if they take care of her, luck comes to them.
Luck comes to them through a woman.

Osogbo · what the sign warns

Someone blew powders behind them, they were cursed and live worked against, and that is why they do not get ahead.
They have an evil behind them, cannot find work and have their roads closed.
They reject other people's advice, and that is why they go through hardships.

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What is born in Ojuani She · Ìbí

Giving ikofafún and awofakán to homosexuals.
Orunmila swore to Olofin that he would take in every person who came to his home with any defect and do everything possible for them, except consecrate them in Ifá.
That the chameleon change colors.
Obatalá gave him ashé after the ebbó, and with his shades of color he won the 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 beginning of the year they are given two hens.
Doing good without minding to whom.
A bath of iroko leaves to drive the Egun away.

What is forbidden · Eewó

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

Avoid getting wet in the rain.
You have been cursed.
Giving yourself over to drink and spending bad nights is forbidden.
So you do not destroy yourself physically.
Do not share your dreams with anyone.
Fighting with your spouse is forbidden.
So the luck arrives.

Ebbós of Ojuani She · The sacrifices that open the road

Overcoming enemiesEbbó to win🔒 The Notebook MoneyThe two black hens of the year🔒 The Notebook HealthThe bath in the river🔒 The Notebook SpiritualThe goat at the riverbank🔒 The Notebook

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Works of Ojuani She · The workings of the sign

Overcoming enemiesThe inshé of the milkweed🔒 The Notebook SpiritualThe thunderstone on Ifá🔒 The Notebook HealthThe iroko baths🔒 The Notebook

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Patakíes of Ojuani She · The roads of the Odù

1Why Ifá has only one hand

In Adonile, Orunmila lived with his brother Abaranife, an adodi (an effeminate man). Abaranife had the gift of seeing what is hidden and was a great diviner; his fame grew so much that everyone wanted to consult him.

So as not to overshadow his brother, he asked Orunmila to consecrate him in Ifá. Orunmila felt ashamed and answered by slapping him. Abaranife wept in the presence of Olofin and Obatalá.

Elegba, an adodi himself though Orunmila did not know it, wanted revenge. He made witchcraft with milkweed and managed to leave one of Orunmila’s hands without strength. From then on he was disabled in that hand.

With only one working hand, Orunmila could no longer attend to people or carry out the great consecrations. Abaranife went to see the Obá Awó Ojuani Boshe, chief of that land, and asked him to plead with Obatalá and Olofin, with two black hens, that Orunmila have both hands again.

The Obá Awó Ojuani Boshe did so. Olofin, as a punishment for Orunmila, set a condition: to give awofakán to Abaranife. Orunmila gave it to him and promised before Olofin that he would receive in his house anyone with a moral fault and do everything for that person, except consecrate them in Ifá.

Thanks to that Obá, Orunmila was able to practice Ifá with both hands again.

Because of that warning from Olofin, today the Awó may receive and save the adodi and the alakuatas who come to his house, but only with awofakán and ikofafún.

What it teaches

Contempt toward a brother, driven by shame, brought a revenge that left Orunmila without the use of one hand. His power returned when someone interceded with offerings and Olofin’s conditions were accepted. From that condition came the limit that the Awó respects today.

Black hens

The Obá Awó Ojuani Boshe presented two black hens to Obatalá and Olofin to ask that Orunmila recover his hands.

Olofin’s condition

In return, Orunmila gave awofakán to his brother Abaranife and promised to help anyone with moral faults, except to consecrate them in Ifá.

Warning for the Awó

The adodi and the alakuatas who come to his house can be attended to and saved by the Awó, but only with awofakán and ikofafún.

Prayer of this path

OJUANI SHEKERE ABANIFO ASHOBO ABURE NI ORUNMILA ADONILE ORIFEFA ONA ARA OMOFA NI IGBODUN ENI EDUKE ADODI ASHOBO OSOBO AWO IFA MEJI LATI INBALAMIBA ADENI IFA LODAFUN ELEGBA

Suyere of this path

OOSINI BAE KONI OBON OWO NIJA MEJI LATISHE

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2The visit of Luck

A farmer had a simple house and loved to host anyone. The word spread that he was a very kind man. On hearing it, Luck wanted to check, since the world was full of evil.

She went to his house and asked for lodging; the farmer welcomed her, gave her food, and prepared a room for her. At midnight, to find out whether he was asleep, Luck struck a hard blow on the palm bark wall that divided the rooms. The farmer woke up, and she asked him where she could relieve herself. He answered politely that she should do it right there, and that the next day he would clean. “Without a doubt he is a good man,” thought Luck, and she left the room full of money before leaving through the window.

At dawn the farmer got up, made breakfast without noise, and waited for his guest to wake. As the morning went by, he knocked on the door and asked whether something was wrong. Nobody answered, so he forced the door, which gave way with difficulty, and he was stunned to see the room packed with money. Do good without paying attention to who receives it.

What it teaches

Kindness toward anyone, without finding out who the person is, receives the greatest reward. Friendly treatment in the face of an inconvenience shows the worth of the one who gives it.

3The enslaved diviner

An enslaved man was an Awó. Wanting to find a way out of his condition, he sat at the foot of an oil palm, took sixteen ikines and began to atefar. Ojuani Boshe came out. At that moment the overseer appeared, insulted him and slapped him. The enslaved man, in reply, predicted that three of Olofin's wives were expecting children and that, unless they made ebbó, they would lose the babies at birth. He also told him that he must warn Olofin.

Intrigued, the overseer investigated and confirmed it was true, but did not pass on the warning. A few days went by and he began to drink in a tavern. Already drunk, he told his friends what had happened with the enslaved man and his prediction. The story circulated until it reached Olofin, who verified that what the enslaved man had said was true. Olofin gave the order to execute the overseer for keeping silent about such an important message, and put the enslaved Awó in his place. He also granted him the post of diviner of the court.

What it teaches

A hidden gift can change the destiny of the one who has it once it is recognized. Keeping quiet about an urgent message, or letting it slip through drink, can cost a life.

Advice from this path

When this path comes out there are problems for women to give birth, and a hand of palm nut ikines is placed as company for Ifá.

4When Oshún came back dirty🔒 The Notebook 5The chameleon defeated Olokun🔒 The Notebook 6The traveler and Iroko🔒 The Notebook 7Three short roads: the weeping, the accusation and the horse's blood🔒 The Notebook 8The king of the night🔒 The Notebook 9The chameleon's colors🔒 The Notebook 10The little black chick🔒 The Notebook 11The clouds looked down on the sea🔒 The Notebook 12The secret of the enchanted boa🔒 The Notebook 13The moon dress🔒 The Notebook 14Olofin's great punishment🔒 The Notebook 15Forgiveness lights up the heart🔒 The Notebook

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Frequently asked questions about Ojuani She

What does the Odù Ojuani She 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 She among the 256 Odù of Ifá?

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

Which orishas speak in Ojuani She?

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

What is a proverb of the Odù Ojuani She?

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

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