Okana Sa

nº 130 of 256

The one who carries the sacrifices before Olofin: no ebbó counts without him on the board — here the Great Flood happened, and the final victory arrives.

26 patakíes 6 eewó 10 ebbós and works 18 proverbs

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Okana Sa is Odù number 130 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Okana family. This page brings together its prayer in Yoruba, 26 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 130 of 256
Composition: Okana over Osa
In the Diloggún: 1-9 · Okana tonti Osá
Orishas that speak: Egun · Obatalá · Elegba / Eshu · Shangó · Ogún · Azojuano y su familia · Oduduwa · Olodumare

What Ifá says in this sign

Okana Sa — Okana Sa Bilari — is the Odù that carries the sacrifices before Olofin: no ebbó is recognized if Okana Sa is not on the board, which is why it is placed in every ebbó so it can be closed and taken where it is going. That sacred office demands conduct to match: avoid confrontations and face conflicts calmly — that is the only way you come out on top.

Cleanliness is part of its foundation: Okana Sa should be spotless, both the person and the house — whatever is kept clean turns foré (good) by the blessing of Obatalá and Olofin. This sign forbids three things: no favors for friends; no two people giving orders in the house (there is only one Shangó); and no standing at the window, which here foretells a death.

«No ebbó counts without Okana Sa on the board — and whoever carries the sacrifices to heaven cannot go about dirty.»The pulse of Okana Sa

Your obligations are to the dead: keep your promises to Egun — the day you forget them, you will lose everything (that is the lesson of the patakíes of the man in the ditch). And to Eshu Agbirari, Eshu's hungry friend: without saying his name, no sacrifice comes through. And respect the vulture, who saves in this odu: offer it food with palm oil.

This is the sign of the Great Flood — Atlantis sank here — and its lesson has two faces: one person's death is another's good; that is why ebbó is made for the good as well as for the bad — from the bodies of the Flood came the fertilizer for new life. It marks hunger, scarcity and disaster, and it also marks the final victory. Concrete warnings: if you are a pregnant woman, sorcery may be being worked on you so you lose the child (medical care and the work done); and be careful of your eyesight and of an accident at a party.

Your destiny is written: in time, Okana Sa becomes indispensable and prosperous — you are sought out to heal someone ill or to do a piece of work, and you should go. You win with the truth (no lies and no hiding money from your brother) and by never abusing women: every ebbó Okana Sa carries reaches its destination, and every debt — with the dead and with your own conduct — gets paid in the end

The sign in one line

Keep yourself spotless, keep your promises to your dead and fight calmly — Okana Sa ends up indispensable, and the final victory is yours.

The prayer of Okana Sa · Yoruba

Okana Sa shonshon were were unlo otonigoro ile Obatalá Ifá osi lorun ashibilori to iban Eshu bobo rubo bobo arayé oto lorun bobo abó shekuekue aobilari lorubo.

Súyere
Eleri Ikú eleri, Ikú opolopo leri, Ikú auya auya ere.

Ifá says — what Okana Sa tells you

The messenger Ifá: this Odù carries the sacrifices to heaven — the Divine Council appointed it to carry the ebbós offered, and by Olofin's order it is placed in every ebbó so it closes. The Ifá of Egun: keep your promises to the dead — the day you forget them, you will lose everything. The Ifá of Agbirari, Eshu's friend: no sacrifice comes through if his name is not said — «Kesu Agbirari… Okonronsa te te te» — before the iyerosun is laid. The Ifá of the Great Flood: one person's death is another's benefit — ebbó has to be made for the good and for the bad.
Two people cannot give the orders in the house: Shangó is one and that is all. Favors cannot be done for friends either.
Okana Sa should be spotless: keep your obligations from leaving you and your house dirty, and do not fight — everything kept clean will be foré by the blessing of Obatalá and Olofin.
In time, Okana Sa becomes indispensable and prosperous.
Be careful of bad eyes and of theft: cascarilla is blown around the house.
You can have an accident at a party, above all to your eyes — there is something blocking your sight.
For the woman: you are ill in your stomach and your monthly cycle is not right — treatment urgently; if you are pregnant, sorcery is being worked on you so you do not have the child.
To have children: sacrifice with a hen, a rat, a fish, akará and ekó, like the guinea fowl.
The vulture has to be respected, because it saves: offer it food with palm oil.
Illnesses of this sign: the digestive system (vomiting), the eyes, leprosy and the evil eye.
Do not stand at the window, because there will be a death.
You want to do something good and someone does not want you to do it: when you do it, you will be all right.
You are thinking of moving or you have already moved, and you want to make a journey: make ebbó so you are all right in that place.
Make ebbó with white cloth, to get the bad eyes and the envious off you.
Do not hide money from your brother or steal it from him, and do not tell lies: you win with the truth.
You are ill, but you will be cured; you are due to do something people will see soon.
They have been looking for you to cure someone ill or to do a piece of work.
Death can come to you because of a woman, and your enemy lives near you.
There was very nearly a death in your house from a fight.
Never abuse women: love and value your partner.

Proverbs of Okana Sa · Òwe

“One person's death is another's joy.”
“You win with the truth.”
“White cloth only grows old in tatters.”
“Ikín is not in the Awó's house.”
“The old have never heard that Olodumare is dead.”
“When the forest flowers, the animals will flourish.”
“If I avoid confrontation, I will have no trouble: when I act peacefully, I have no conflicts.”
“Those of upright conduct are honored and the crooked are disgraced.”
“Speaking with pride is foolishness; speaking with modesty is wisdom.”
“Whoever measures out the wheat they give their oxen ruins their harvest.”
“One person's laughter is another's weeping.”
“You have to keep your trousers where they belong.”
“Hoes on their own cannot work the farm.”
“Whoever shows their nakedness has no modesty; the modest one covers up.”
“A married man is a tamed donkey.”
“You do not send a boy to gather honey.”
“What is carved on a tablet is also carved in blood.”
“Nobody becomes wise through insolence; through intelligence, yes.”

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Iré and Osogbo

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What is born in Okana Sa · Ìbí

That this Odù is the messenger to heaven for sacrifices and ebbós.
Okana Sa marked the bunch of flowers for the dead that closed Olofin's ebbó: without his signature, Olofin recognizes no ebbó.
Naming Eshu Agbirari so the sacrifice comes through.
Eshu proclaimed that no sacrifice would arrive without his hungry friend's name being said.
Not letting your things get wet.
The literature of the Odù that Olofin gave the two Babalawo brothers got wet and was washed away — that is why Babalawos do not let their things get wet.
Keeping your promises to Egun.
The cardón tree in Dahomey.
The iyé of the cardón with the thunderstone, prayed on the board, defended Oñi Laye at the party where they meant to be rid of him.
That Okana Sa does not know, but marks what is needed.
«What can I say, if you have taught me nothing?» — and even so he closed the ebbó.
Leprosy.
From the powder Shakuana blew in the scornful rich man's palace — that is why sesame is forbidden.
White cloth in tatters (as a badge), the emblem of God's immortality.
That Eshu put the teeth and the venom in the snake.
The two hundred needles of the ebbó lined up its jaws, and Eshu's saliva made them poisonous.
The Great Flood, the catastrophe, illness and death.
And from the bodies, the fertilizer for more life: one person's death is another's well-being.

What is forbidden · Eewó

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

You are forbidden to eat sesame.
It was the powder that Shakuana blew to hand out leprosy.
Do not let the things of Ifá get wet.
The literature of the Odù got wet and was erased — that is why Babalawos do not let their things get wet.
Do not do favors for friends, and there cannot be two people in charge of the house.
Do not stand at the window.
There will be a death.
Do not look with contempt on the one you think is beneath you.
The man with leprosy at the door was Shakuana.
Do not tell lies.
Ogún and Oshosi vomited up their deceit; Shangó, for telling the truth, won a king's crown. Elo-Iré, for not telling the truth, lost his life.

Ebbós of Okana Sa · The sacrifices that open the road

SpiritualThe ebbó of Egun🔒 The Notebook Keeping death awayThe ebbó of the Awó's prosperity🔒 The Notebook Beating enemiesThe ebbó of the cardón🔒 The Notebook MoneyThe ebbó of the rain🔒 The Notebook HealthThe ebbó of the Flood🔒 The Notebook Beating enemiesThe ebbó of the leprosy🔒 The Notebook MoneyThe ebbó of the white road🔒 The Notebook

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Works of Okana Sa · The workings of the sign

SpiritualThe three gourds of stew🔒 The Notebook HealthThe white cloth for the evil eye🔒 The Notebook SpiritualThe naming of Agbirari🔒 The Notebook

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Patakíes of Okana Sa · The roads of the Odù

1The guinea fowl who shouted out her ebbó

Okonron konron ron ron read in heaven for the guinea fowl, so she could have children: a hen, a rat, a fish, akará and ekó. She sacrificed and began to have children; and when she felt danger coming close, she shouted the name of the Awó who read for her: «moti shebo Okonron kan ron ron ron — kan kan kan». That is why the guinea fowl sings that way to this day: proclaiming the ebbó she made.

In heaven he read for the guinea hen, who was looking for children, and the word was to make ebbó with a hen, a rat, fish, akará and ekó.

She did it, and the children started coming to her. Some time later, feeling danger on top of her, she shouted the name of the Awó who had attended her: "moti shebo Okonron kan ron ron ron — kan kan kan". Whoever has their ebbó done can shout their name in front of danger: the sacrifice is their declared shield.

2Oyá, Obalifón, the hawk and Awodi

Okan sa, eji sa read in heaven for Oyá, who was going out to divine practices in Ata; for Obalifón, headed to the land of Iyendin; and for the hawk together with Awodi. He told them all to make ebbó and none of them failed: a rooster, a hen, three eggs and a pair of scissors. That is why the projectile each one throws never misses the target.

In heaven he read for Oyá, who was getting ready to carry out divine practices in Ata; he also read for Obalifón, on his way to his Awó practice in the land of Iyendin; and in the same round he attended the hawk and Awodi.

He told them all to sacrifice, and none of them refused: a rooster, a hen, three eggs and a pair of scissors. That is why the projectile each one of them fires never misses the target: Oyá's lightning, Obalifón's thunderbolt and the hawk's claw always hit the mark — the aim of an ebbó done.

3The reading for prosperity

The Odù promises: when the forest blooms, the animals bloom with it; when the houses bloom, human beings prosper; when the river comes up high, the fish multiply. Do not give weight to your poverty: before the evening of your life falls you will bloom, multiply and prosper — as long as you sacrifice a rooster, a guinea hen, a hen and eggs.

"Mira we wele, mi ugbo ru; mira we wele, mi ule ru. Bi ugbo ba ti ru, omo eronko aa de; bi ule ba ti ru, omo araye aa de; bi omi ba ti ru, omo eja aa de": when the forest blooms, the animals bloom with it; when the houses bloom, human beings prosper; when the river comes up high, the fish multiply.

When this Odù comes out in an ordinary reading: do not give weight to your poverty, because before the evening of your life falls you have to bloom, multiply and prosper — on the condition that you sacrifice a rooster, a guinea hen, a hen and eggs.

4The snake and the two hundred needles🔒 The Notebook 5The reading before leaving heaven🔒 The Notebook 6Shangó and the blind man at the dance🔒 The Notebook 7Agbirari, Eshu's friend🔒 The Notebook 8The broken promise and Shangó's truth🔒 The Notebook 9The man who forgot the Egun🔒 The Notebook 10Keep your promises to Egun🔒 The Notebook 11Why Okana Sa is placed in the ebbó🔒 The Notebook 12Arosiyén and Elo-Iré🔒 The Notebook 13The yam field and Elegba's spikes🔒 The Notebook 14The cardón of Dahomey🔒 The Notebook 15When Okana Sa, without knowing, marked rain🔒 The Notebook 16Shebola, Shebola🔒 The Notebook 17The child of destiny🔒 The Notebook 18Where things cannot get wet🔒 The Notebook 19The Great Flood🔒 The Notebook 20The birth of leprosy🔒 The Notebook 21Where Obatalá leaves the town🔒 The Notebook 22White cloth only grows old in tatters🔒 The Notebook 23The messenger of peace🔒 The Notebook 24The mule and the sugar mill🔒 The Notebook 25The 16 daughters of the sand🔒 The Notebook 26The miraculous gift🔒 The Notebook

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Frequently asked questions about Okana Sa

What does the Odù Okana Sa mean in Ifá?

The one who carries the sacrifices before Olofin: no ebbó counts without him on the board — here the Great Flood happened, and the final victory arrives.

What number is Okana Sa among the 256 Odù of Ifá?

Okana Sa is Odù number 130 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Okana family.

Which orishas speak in Okana Sa?

In the Odù Okana Sa these orishas speak: Egun, Obatalá, Elegba / Eshu, Shangó, Ogún, Azojuano y su familia, Oduduwa, Olodumare.

What is a proverb of the Odù Okana Sa?

One of the proverbs of Okana Sa says: «One person's death is another's joy.».

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