Okana Sa

Also called Okana Osa, Okonron Osa, Okana Sa Bilari, Okana Sa Kobilari

nº 130 of 256 · Edited by Ricco Ledesma

The one who carries the sacrifices before Olofin: no ebbó is valid without him on the board. The Universal Flood happened here, and final triumph comes.

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. It is also written as Okana Osa or Okonron Osa or Okana Sa Bilari or Okana Sa Kobilari. This page brings together its prayer in Yoruba, 26 patakíes (3 in full in plain sight, with their teaching, ebbó and chants), its proverbs, 10 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 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, also known as Okana Osa and Okana Sa Kobilari, is the messenger who carries sacrifices to Heaven, and that is why it is marked in every ebbó. In this sign were born the white cloth as a sign that the life of God does not end, the duty to Egun, leprosy and the Flood, and the law that what costs some their life brings joy to others. This sign goes through hunger, scarcity and illness, but its ruling is one of final triumph: even if you are in need today, before you reach old age your life will bloom and you will prosper.

You win when you avoid confrontations. Take each conflict calmly, think it through and face it in peace, and you will come out ahead. Be frank and do not lie: this is a sign of broken promises, and whoever lies to escape a fault can lose their life. Do not hide or take your brother's money, do not do favors for friends and remember that in your home two cannot give orders. Keep your body and your home clean, because where there is dirt Obatalá goes away.

«No ebbó is valid without Okana Sa on the board, and the one who carries the sacrifices to heaven cannot go around dirty.»The pulse of Okana Sa

Your protection lies in the dead. The day you forget Egun you lose everything, and if you look after them you move forward, take command and become rich. Elegba defends you and reveals your enemy, who lives near you. You are surrounded by traps and false friends who may prepare a party to harm you, and there are evil eyes and envy upon you. Guard your home against thieves: someone nearly died there in a tragedy.

In love, a woman can bring you death. Never abuse women; love and respect your partner. Having children requires sacrifice, and witchcraft may be worked on a pregnant woman so that she does not give birth. At work, in time you become indispensable and prosperous: people seek you out to heal a sick person or to do a work, and the good you plan to do turns out well even if someone does not want it.

In health, take care of your stomach, because there is vomiting and digestive trouble, and take care of your eyes: something is clouding them, and at a party you could suffer a blow to the eyes. Leprosy was born here, and it comes to the one who looks down on those they believe inferior. The woman of this sign suffers from the stomach and her cycle is irregular: she should seek treatment soon. Do not eat sesame. If you are ill today, you will heal.

The sign in one line

Keep yourself shining, fulfill your duties to your dead and fight calmly, because Okana Sa ends up indispensable, and the final triumph 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

Two cannot rule in the house: Shangó is one and nothing more. Neither can you do favors for friends.
Okana Sa must stay clean and radiant: he must not let his commitments make him neglect his cleanliness or that of his house, and he must not fight; everything that is purified will be foré by the blessing of Obatalá and Olofin.
With time, Okana Sa becomes indispensable and prosperous.
Beware of the evil eye and of theft: cascarilla is blown inside the house.
An accident may happen during a party, especially to the eyes; something is blocking the sight.
For the woman: she has a stomach ailment and her menstrual cycle is not normal, so she must be treated at once; if she is pregnant, witchcraft is being done against her so that she does not get to have the child.
To have children: a sacrifice with a hen, a rat, fish, akará and ekó, like the guinea fowl.
The tiñosa, which saves, must be honored: food prepared with corojo butter is offered to it.
Illnesses of the sign: the digestive system (vomiting), eyesight, leprosy and the evil eye.
That you should not stand at the window, because there will be a death.
That you want to do something good and someone does not want you to do it; once you carry it out, all will be well.
That you are thinking of moving or have already moved, and you want to take a trip: make ebbó so that you will be well in that place.
That you should make ebbó with white cloth, to get rid of the evil eye and of envious people.
That you should not hide money from your brother or take it from him, and should not lie: whoever tells the truth wins.
That you are sick, but you will recover; you will do something that others will soon see.
That people have been looking for you to heal a sick person or to do a job.
That because of a woman death may come to you, and that your enemy lives near you.
That someone in your house came close to dying because of misfortunes.
That you should never abuse women: love and respect 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

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

Iré · what the sign brings

If they take conflicts calmly and analyze them well, they come out victorious from them.
Even if they are poor today, before their life ends they fill with flowers: they grow, multiply and prosper.
With time they become indispensable and prosperous.

Osogbo · what the sign warns

This sign marks hunger, scarcity, calamities and illnesses.
What costs one person their life gives others joy.
They must beware of evil eyes and of thefts.

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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 who closed Olofin's ebbó: without his signature, Olofin does not recognize any ebbó.
To name Eshu Agbirari so that the sacrifice takes effect.
Eshu proclaimed that no sacrifice would arrive without mentioning the name of his hungry friend.
Not letting your things get wet.
The literature of the Odù that Olofin gave to the two brothers, both Babalawos, got wet and was erased, which is why the 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 thunder stone, prayed on the board, defended Oñi Laye from the party where they planned to eliminate him.
That Okana Sa does not know, but points out what is needed.
“What am I to say, if you have taught me nothing?”; even so, he completed the ebbó.
Leprosy.
From the dust that Shakuana blew in the palace of the scornful rich man, which is why sesame is forbidden.
The white cloth as a shred (coat of arms), a symbol that God is immortal.
That Eshu put the teeth and the venom in the snake.
The two hundred needles of the ebbó lined up their jaws, and Eshu's saliva gave them their toxicity.
The Great Flood, the catastrophe, illness and death.
And from the corpses, fertilizer for more life: the death of some is the wellbeing of others.

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, which is why the Babalawos do not let their things get wet.
Do not do favors for friends, and two people cannot rule in the home.
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 speaking the truth, won the crown of a king. 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 Overcoming enemiesThe ebbó of the cardón🔒 The Notebook MoneyThe ebbó of the rain🔒 The Notebook HealthThe ebbó of the Flood🔒 The Notebook Overcoming 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 Her Ebbó

In heaven, the Awó Okonron kan ron ron ron read the destiny of the guinea fowl, who wished to have children. He marked an ebbó of a rat, a fish, a hen, akará and ekó. She fulfilled it, and the children began to arrive.

Some time later, sensing danger close by, she shouted the name of the Awó who had attended her. That is why the guinea fowl keeps crying out like that to this day. Whoever has his ebbó done can call on the Awó who attended him when danger comes, because the fulfilled ebbó protects him.

What it teaches

Fulfilling what Ifá marks can give children to those who seek them. And whoever has his ebbó done knows he is sheltered and can face danger with confidence.

Ebbó of the guinea fowl

A rat, a fish, a hen, akará and ekó.

What is advised when this path comes out

Whoever already has his ebbó done can call, in the face of danger, on the Awó who attended him, because the fulfilled sacrifice is his protection.

The guinea fowl's cry when she sensed danger, calling out to her Awó

moti shebo Okonron kan ron ron ron — kan kan kan

Prayer of this path

Okonron Konron ron ron. Odifa fun Aworo ugbo, to tori toma dafa.

2Oyá, Obalifón, the Hawk and Awodi

In heaven, the diviner did the reading for Oyá, who was getting ready to carry out divine functions in Ata. He also attended Obalifón, who was going to the land of Iyendin to work as an Awó, and on the same round he consulted for the hawk and Awodi.

He marked an ebbó for all of them, and none refused: three eggs, a pair of scissors, a rooster and a hen. That is why what each one shoots never misses its target: the lightning flash of Oyá, the thunderbolt of Obalifón or the talon of the hawk. It is the aim that a fulfilled ebbó gives.

What it teaches

A simple ebbó of birds, eggs and a pair of scissors made what each one launched always hit its target. When each person does what is marked, he reaches his purpose without failing.

Ebbó of Oyá, Obalifón, the hawk and Awodi

Three eggs, a pair of scissors, a rooster and a hen.

Prayer of this path

OKAN SA, EJI SA, ODIFA FUN OYA NI JO TI O SHE AWO LO SI ODE ARA. ABU FUN OBALIFON ON SHE AWO LOL SI ODE IYENDEN. OTUN BU FUN ASA ATI AWODI.

3Flourishing Before the Evening of Life

This odu brings a saying in the old tongue about how what stands beside something that blooms prospers. If the forest fills with flowers, the animals that live there flourish too; if the houses flourish, the people who live in them progress; and if the river rises, the fish abound.

The one who receives this odu is advised not to give importance to their poverty, because before their life reaches its evening, they will flourish, multiply and progress, as long as they make the ebbó.

What it teaches

When the surroundings flourish, those who live in them prosper with them. Poverty at the moment does not decide the end of a life, if the prescribed ebbó is carried out.

Ebbó of the odu

Eggs, a hen, a guinea hen and a rooster.

Saying of this odu about what flourishes

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; mi ira we wele, mi omi ru. Bi omi ba ti ru, omo eja aa de (cuando florece el bosque, florecen con él los animales; cuando florecen las casas, prosperan los seres humanos; cuando el río viene crecido, se multiplican los peces)

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 Egun of the ditch that the man stopped attending to🔒 The Notebook 10The man who abandoned his dead twice🔒 The Notebook 11Why Okana Sa is placed in the ebbó🔒 The Notebook 12The friend who lied about Arosiyén's women🔒 The Notebook 13The yam field and Elegba's spikes🔒 The Notebook 14The cardón of Dahomey🔒 The Notebook 15Olofin's illness and the lack of rain🔒 The Notebook 16Elegba brings the king what is out of season🔒 The Notebook 17The child of destiny🔒 The Notebook 18The babalawos who let what Olofin gave them get wet🔒 The Notebook 19The Great Flood🔒 The Notebook 20The birth of leprosy🔒 The Notebook 21Where Obatalá leaves the town🔒 The Notebook 22Olodumare covered with the white cloth🔒 The Notebook 23The messenger of peace🔒 The Notebook 24The mule and the sugar mill🔒 The Notebook 25The omiero test and the sixteen maidens🔒 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 is valid without him on the board. The Universal Flood happened here, and final triumph comes.

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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