Okana Ofún

The sign at a glance

Order in Ifá

Odù 136 of 256

Composition

Okana over Ofun

In the Diloggún

1-10 · Okana tonti Ofún

Orishas that speak

Aje (fortune) · Eshu · Orisa-Nla (Obatalá) · Ogún · Orò · The Guardian Angel

What Ifá says in this sign

The prayer of Okana Ofún · Yoruba

Okonron fifun kpeneden, Babalawo Aje, adifafun Aje. Ewe di ewe, dile dile mi, di ona Ikú fun mi, maa di ona iré.

Ifá says — what Okana Ofún tells you

• The Ifá of fortune: the woman who will meet the man — attractive or not — is the sign of fortune: marry her, because she is the key to the treasures of your prosperity. The Ifá of the monkey's pact with the trees: the feast for the neighbors guarantees you shelter when the attack comes. The Ifá of growing rich through someone else's wealth — like the jewels in the forest. The Ifá of Orisa-Nla: every time she appears, «Ba ta laoo!» is shouted — universal honor and respect are sacrificed for.
• For the man: a woman — attractive or not — will meet you: she is the sign of fortune; you should marry her, because she is the key to the treasures of your prosperity.
• For the woman: you will travel somewhere and find the man who will make you happy, and you will marry him.
• Sacrifice so you can have children: the hen of the rabbits, the hares and the pigs.
• Sacrifice to become honored and respected, like Orisa-Nla.
• Throw a feast and invite your neighbors, so you and your family do not fall victim to something you did not see coming — the monkey's pact with the trees.
• You are meant to grow rich through someone else's wealth: but ask Ifá before you touch what you find.
• Serve the divinity of the town where you live, and receive Orò with a dog.
• The three sets of clothes of the day: white in the morning to ask God; red in the afternoon to ask Ogún; black at night so your Guardian Angel does not let your enemies kill you in the dark.
• The wife who plotted with her lover to steal his jewels and kill him: the woman in this sign can be your death — the ebbó is made without delay.
• The man who found the jewels and did not touch them until he asked Ifá: that is how he grew rich and paid his debt from heaven.
• The corpse who ate and drank himself drunk at Death's party: for someone with prohibitions, a party can break them.
• Borrowing for the ebbó and paying it back once you prosper: your Guardian Angel allows it in this sign.

Proverbs of Okana Ofún · Òwe

• “Fortune settles where they find their food.”

• “The branch the monkey takes hold of cannot break.”

• “Leaves upon leaves offer protection.”

• “Whoever is lost for not listening goes back to heaven naked.”

• “Bad luck with sacrifice will turn good.”

• “Feed the beggar when he has nothing to pay with.”

• “If you do not look after your own house, you cannot look after anyone else's.”

• “Among mortals there is no greater blessing than a mother's.”

• “Stubbornness is the straightest road to losing everything.”

• “The last will be first and the first last.”

• “Cunning can push wisdom aside.”

• “The point is not arriving, but staying.”

• “We work on the surface; Ifá works in the depths of the mystery.”

• “Honor goes to whoever fights to win it.”

• “True testimony saves; false testimony kills.”

Iré and Osogbo

What is born in Okana Ofún · Ìbí

• That fortune settles where she finds her food.

  Onigede scattered the pigeon feathers with pounded yam around his palace, and Aje's daughter moved in with all the fortune she brought from heaven.

• That monkeys live in the high branches.

  From the pact their ancestral mother made with the trees at the beginning of time: any branch the monkey takes hold of cannot break. Only the iyere tree did not join the feast — and the monkey never goes near it.

• That a corpse decays.

  He refused the sacrifice of the dry materials and the goat for Eshu; drunk at Death's party, they poured on him the water he was forbidden — and within three days he began to rot and stink.

• The muttering of the rabbits and the hares.

  They sacrificed the hen so as to have children, and to this day they mutter under their breath the prayer of Okonron fun fun fun.

• Calling on Orò from heaven.

  He left his followers the knife of the curfew for calling on him, when he went back to heaven.

What is forbidden · Eewó

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

• Do not touch what you find without asking Ifá.

  The jewels could have been stolen: the he-goat to Eshu protected him — and his wife, who ran for them, died in the fight.

• Do not mention your findings or your secrets to your partner without having Ifá look at it first.

  He mentioned it in passing to his wife — and she set up the plot to kill him.

• Do not break your prohibitions at parties.

  They poured on the drunken corpse the water that was forbidden to him, and he rotted.

• Do not throw the missile that Ifá ordered you to hold back.

  Orò threw it and got lost in the forest forever.

Ebbós of Okana Ofún · The sacrifices that open the road

Works of Okana Ofún · The workings of the sign

Patakíes of Okana Ofún · The roads of the Odù

Frequently asked questions about Okana Ofún