Ojuani Shogbe

nº 92 of 256

Where glass was first known — Oyá's spectacles against Elegba —: the earth was left half and half, and pride is the greatest osogbo of all.

23 patakíes 8 eewó 10 ebbós and works 17 proverbs

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Ojuani Shogbe is Odù number 92 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Ojuani family. This page brings together its prayer in Yoruba, 23 patakíes (3 with the full text), its proverbs, 10 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 92 of 256
Composition: Ojuani over Ogbe
In the Diloggún: 11-8 · Ojuani tonti Eyeunle
Orishas that speak: Eshu / Elegba · Orunmila · Oyá · Obatalá · Olokun · Osanyin · Oduduwa · Azojuano

What Ifá says in this sign

Ojuani Shogbe is the sign where glass was first known in the world — Oyá made the first spectacles — and where Olofin ruled that on earth there would be half and half: the good living alongside the bad. Its great truth about money was born here too: money is not everything in this life.

Because the portrait this odu paints is of the miser: the more he has, the more he wants — he helps nobody, and wants everybody to help him. And its greatest osogbo is pride: when it clouds you, you can harm the very people closest to you — here Ojuani went as far as the unforgivable with his own son. When you feel the blood rising: stop, go outside, breathe.

«Money is not everything in this life — the ruling of Ojuani Shogbe on the miser.»The pulse of Ojuani Shogbe

Your eyes are your sacred organ: constant check-ups and dark glasses — short sight left untreated blinds you here, and Oyá punishes through the eyes. Look after your blood too, your throat and your bones (arthritis can cripple you), and blows to the head: this odu marks them as serious.

Never take revenge: Orunmila and Eshu are enough — Elegba's white and red cap in iré, and the razor chalked with your enemies' names when there is war. Always keep your word: the king who stopped feeding his protector almost paid with his daughter's head.

And the treasure at home: the woman who gives you no peace is your luck — and the child you have with her, more so. Do not quarrel with her: if she leaves you, you will not get her back. Make ebbó together, give aguardiente to your father's Egun, and remember Olofin's ruling: half and half — but the ebbó tips the scales

The sign in one line

Let go of pride and greed, look after your eyes and do not quarrel with your own luck — in the land of half and half, the ebbó of Ojuani Shogbe loads the dice toward the good.

The prayer of Ojuani Shogbe · Yoruba

Ojuani Shobe tobayaku bain bain iki bain bain lobati adifafun oun babalawo merindilogun tinlodifa ile Olofin. Ojuani Shobe Eshu gba o, Eshu ba lohun, Eshu ba lode.

Súyere
Ojuani Shobe Eshu gba o — Ojuani Shobe Eshu gba o — Ojuani Shobe Eshu gba o — irun mole asheto, ashebo.

Ifá says — what Ojuani Shogbe tells you

An Ifá of the greedy and the bad payer: the more this person has, the more they want; they do not like helping anyone, but want everyone to help them. A hard Ifá: it marks tragedy with a knife over a woman who has a lover. It speaks of witchcraft and bad influences that get in the way of peace of mind.
There may be a theft: take precautions.
Accidents with blows to the head, serious ones.
Great trouble with your eyes: have them checked constantly and wear dark glasses, even plain ones.
Whoever has this Odù — Awó, apetebí or ikofafún — should not stand as godparent to anyone.
Two great friends parting company.
Osanyin, Olokun and Oduduwa must be received urgently, and another Obatalá.
There is a commitment you have taken on and want to be out of.
Be careful with money: it will bring you great tragedy; feed the money.
Witchcraft or bad influences getting in the way of your peace of mind: you have no peace and people are against you.
A relationship of the heart that is clouding your judgement.
The greatest osogbo of this Odù is pride: it leads to violence and to harm that cannot be undone; when it clouds them, this person can go as far as killing someone they are closest to.
You are no one's friend: you are capable of courting your best friend's wife.
Trouble with your throat, your blood, your eyes and your bones; if there is arthritis or trouble with the spine, take care not to be left unable to walk.
The Awó of this sign is an Ozainista and works sorcery, since Ojuani Shogbe was born for that.
If you are a man, you have a woman who gives you no peace and a child by her who will be your luck.
You will take up with a woman who is very close by and you will love each other dearly: make ebbó together so you have happiness.
Aguardiente is set out for your father's Egun.

Proverbs of Ojuani Shogbe · Òwe

“Fetching water in a basket.”
“Whoever eats the egg does not think what it cost the hen.”
“What is bad is learned without a teacher.”
“Good and evil always went about together.”
“Money is not everything in this life.”
“A king's rage means death; a servant's, destruction.”
“Whoever worships money will soon lose it; whoever invests it wisely will multiply it.”
“Even the wicked have a purpose in Olodumare's plan.”
“Moneylenders keep their capital in constant danger.”
“Claiming your right in moderation secures the win.”
“Whoever steals an ounce will lose a pound.”
“A friend's wife is as sacred as Eshu's altar.”
“When haste arrives, the body aches and the head bleeds.”
“A patient man will always have the good sense to get past life's obstacles.”
“Trying to enlighten a halfwit is a sign of stupidity.”
“Whoever means to control another's will forgets how to steer their own steps.”
“When the floor is wet, nobody helps the fallen one up, for fear of falling.”

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Iré and Osogbo

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What is born in Ojuani Shogbe · Ìbí

The shaving of the Iworo, the santero.
The glass in spectacles.
Oyá wrapped sand in egg white, and Olofin's lightning and the rays of the sun cooked the mass: that is how she gave back sight and memory to the land Elegba had blinded.
That the good lives alongside the bad.
Olofin gave ashé to Shangó and ruled: on earth there must be half good and half bad — «To iban Eshu».
That money is not everything in life.
Orunmila refused Ifá to Elegba, Ogún and Shangó for having no money, and the three of them made him pay for it until he consecrated them.
Elegba's cap: white and red when the Odù comes in iré, red and black when it comes in osobo.
That Elegba wanted everyone to do as he wished.
Do not be like him.

What is forbidden · Eewó

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

You do not eat black beans.
You do not keep other people's things, and you do not lend out your belongings.
The lent jar brought down the coconut tree, and the «lent» necklace asked for the head of the girl.
You do not make claims in a bad way.
To avoid tragedies.
Do not help anyone lift weight.
You fall behind and the other one rises.
Do not baptize any child.
If someone gives you a yellow necklace or a bracelet, do not put it on.
Do not step on blood, do not argue stubbornly, and if there is a tragedy in your house, do not get involved.
Do not go out into the street at night for seven days.

Ebbós of Ojuani Shogbe · The sacrifices that open the road

Beating enemiesEshu's urgent rooster🔒 The Notebook Beating enemiesSecret ebbó of the three stones🔒 The Notebook HealthThe hen on the sand🔒 The Notebook Keeping death awayThe oparaldo of the figure🔒 The Notebook LoveThe binding of the turtles🔒 The Notebook MoneyTo lift the Awó up🔒 The Notebook

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Works of Ojuani Shogbe · The workings of the sign

Beating enemiesThe plate behind the door🔒 The Notebook HealthThe no-te-avergüences herb🔒 The Notebook SpiritualThe bath of the iyefá🔒 The Notebook Beating enemiesSo you are not found out🔒 The Notebook

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Patakíes of Ojuani Shogbe · The roads of the Odù

1The farmer and Eshu

A farmer refused Eshu some vegetables from the crop everyone envied. The next day Eshu came back dressed in court clothes announcing that the king had ordered every crop destroyed; the farmer, in a rage, did not wait: he took his machete and finished his own. The king had never ordered any such thing — it was Eshu's mischief, and he was hungry.

A farmer raised a huge field of chard, cabbage and malanga, and there was no neighbor who did not envy it. One time Eshu showed up asking him for a few roots to eat; the owner, who did not know who he was, answered: "I do not have my crop to give away." Eshu did not insist and left.

The next day he was back, dressed in the clothes of the king's court and calling out: "The king has ordered all the crops destroyed, because they are bad for your health." As soon as he heard it, anger blinded the farmer and he burst out: "The king said that? Well, I am not waiting for him to wreck my crop." He took the machete and left nothing standing. The next day he realized that he should have checked with the king first, and he went to the palace. There he heard something else: "I have not ordered any such outrage. That was a piece of mischief from Eshu, who was hungry." From this road comes giving Eshu a rooster to turn away misfortune; and with the Odù in foré, trouble comes in with whoever comes from the street.

2Eshu set two friends fighting

Eshu dressed in clothes that were clean and pressed on the right side, and filthy and patched on the left — his hair combed on one side only, the same way — and walked between two friends without speaking to them. One saw the well-dressed man, the other the ragged one: the argument grew until they came to blows, and the friendship was broken.

Once Eshu set out to make two friends fight. He dressed in clothes whose right side was clean, pressed and unpatched, while the left side was crumpled, filthy and mended; he combed his hair neatly on the right and left the left side wild.

He made his way to the corner where the two friends were talking and, addressing neither of them, walked between them. Remarking on his rudeness, one said: «How well dressed and well combed he was!», and the other insisted: «But he was filthy and unkempt!». The argument grew so heated that they came to blows and fought, and the friends were left parted. That is why this Ifá speaks of two great friends parting company: there are people who want to see them fight.

3The three thieving monkeys

Orunmila hunted without a sack: he left his kills at the foot of a tree, and somebody was stealing them. Ifá marked him an ebbó with a black rooster, two doves and two arrows. Going back to the tree, he looked up: three monkeys were the thieves. He shot and killed two; the third got away. That is why three monkeys cannot be together.

Orunmila was a hunter and, when he went out to work, never carried a sack for his kills: he left them at the foot of a tree and went on hunting. He noticed that, while he hunted, his kills were being taken.

He decided to be read by Ifá and this Odù came out, which marked him an ebbó with a black rooster, two white doves — for the praying of the head — and two arrows. Once the ebbó was made, he went out to his usual work and Ifá lit the way for him: on reaching the foot of the tree he looked up and saw the three monkeys who had been robbing him. He quickly loosed his arrow and killed two; the other got away. So he was rid of the thieves, who were also his enemies. That is why three monkeys cannot be together: if there is one female and two males, they fight.

4The arm of the sea🔒 The Notebook 5Ojuani and his friend Eyiogbe🔒 The Notebook 6The three difficulties🔒 The Notebook 7When the good lived alongside the bad🔒 The Notebook 8The foolish man and the basket of water🔒 The Notebook 9Where the glass in spectacles came from🔒 The Notebook 10The pact with the Devil🔒 The Notebook 11The king who stopped feeding his protector🔒 The Notebook 12Eshu Fekun, the tiger skin🔒 The Notebook 13The jar and the borrowed necklace🔒 The Notebook 14Queen Obeleja and bitter Olu Oge🔒 The Notebook 15The friend called money🔒 The Notebook 16The divine seeds of Ifá🔒 The Notebook 17Stupidity that never ends🔒 The Notebook 18The farmer and the snake🔒 The Notebook 19The wise man and the charlatan🔒 The Notebook 20The fruits of greed🔒 The Notebook 21The antelope and the tree🔒 The Notebook 22The destruction of the kingdom🔒 The Notebook 23A lie is lame🔒 The Notebook

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The full treatise is in English. With The Notebook, the whole sign opens on this page in English: the full text of every patakí, the recipes for the ebbós and works, and the iré and osogbo readings. · This page is also available in Spanish: See Ojuani Shogbe in Spanish →

Frequently asked questions about Ojuani Shogbe

What does the Odù Ojuani Shogbe mean in Ifá?

Where glass was first known — Oyá's spectacles against Elegba —: the earth was left half and half, and pride is the greatest osogbo of all.

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

Ojuani Shogbe is Odù number 92 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Ojuani family.

Which orishas speak in Ojuani Shogbe?

In the Odù Ojuani Shogbe these orishas speak: Eshu / Elegba, Orunmila, Oyá, Obatalá, Olokun, Osanyin, Oduduwa, Azojuano.

What is a proverb of the Odù Ojuani Shogbe?

One of the proverbs of Ojuani Shogbe says: «Fetching water in a basket.».

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