Okana Yabilé

nº 127 of 256

Trouble with the law, where crime is punished: here Olodumare created the earth through Orunmila's hand, and only Eshu saves, with his word of mouth.

24 patakíes 5 eewó 9 ebbós and works 17 proverbs

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Okana Yabilé is Odù number 127 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Okana family. This page brings together its prayer in Yoruba, 24 patakíes (3 with the full text), its proverbs, 9 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 127 of 256
Composition
Okana over Ojuani
In the Diloggún
1-11 · Okana tonti Ojuani
Orishas that speak
Eshu / Elegba · Oshún (Yalorde) · Ogún · Shangó · Azojuano · Olokun · Orunmila

What Ifá says in this sign

Okana Yabilé is the sign where Olodumare created the earth through Orunmila's hand — it came up from under the water at Oke Ará and was called Ifeguará: «may you spread out». And where its life insurance was laid down: only Eshu saves — with his word of mouth, good or bad: always feed the front door of the house.

The law is literal: crime will be punished — this odu runs into legal trouble with the government, and there is no shortcut: clean conduct is the only ebbó the law accepts. And one absolute red line: the man who hits a woman — Oshún does not forgive him.

«Only Eshu saves, with his word of mouth, good or bad — the door of Okana Yabilé always gets fed.»The pulse of Okana Yabilé

Your character needs sugar: your Guardian Angel does not want you so sour, so scolding, so rough — give things to your neighbors, stop being harsh, and you will see your business move. Do not say what you are going to do (so you can finish it), do not curse the Saints, and finish what you start: little by little, without getting bored.

The family accounts: the inheritance of the land belongs to the youngest of the three siblings — even though the elder ones want to take it from them; the child of this odu will be more famous than the parent — celebrate it, do not compete with it —; and for the woman who has lost a child or fears losing one: Ikofafun and steadiness, because grief with no work done drives you mad, like the hen whose eggs were stolen.

The hopes of the body and the pocket: the hernias and the tumors of this odu burst — and that is how the healing arrives: what looks like a catastrophe is drainage. Do the work even if you have to borrow — that is what this Odù did on earth —, double the sacrifice so your predictions come true, and remember: there is no sorrow Orunmila cannot settle

The sign in one line

Sweeten your character, respect women and finish what you start — the whole earth was created for Okana Yabilé, and Orunmila knows no sorrow without a remedy.

The prayer of Okana Yabilé · Yoruba

Okana wawa adifafun Abelaye adié elen lebó kure kure euré ekú lebó. Okana Ojuani Ifá ni iré kaferefun Yalorde ati Eshu.

Súyere
Rezo arará: Tablika nonu asuwa aklaweli azokue koko monoja yerbu bodu.

Ifá says — what Okana Yabilé tells you

Proverbs of Okana Yabilé · Òwe

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Iré and Osogbo

5 iré and osogbo readings in this Odù, locked.The iré and osogbo of the sign, sorted by subject — health, money, love, death, loss…Unlock →

What is born in Okana Yabilé · Ìbí

What is forbidden · Eewó

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

Ebbós of Okana Yabilé · The sacrifices that open the road

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Works of Okana Yabilé · The workings of the sign

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Patakíes of Okana Yabilé · The roads of the Odù

1Olokun's daughter and the son called Money

His Guardian Angel warned him not to be so sour so he would not fall into paranoia, and marked him sacrifices to Olokun, Eshu, Ogún and to his Ifá along with his head. Ogún agreed to go with him into the world; Olokun refused. On earth his predictions did not come true and he fell into poverty; he repeated the sacrifices with borrowed money and practiced Ifá at the market, paid his debts and won his clients back. He fell in love with Olokun's daughter, who refused him for being rough; dressed in white and having given another goat to Eshu, she accepted. Even so she did not become pregnant: he served Olokun with a pigeon, white cloth, parrot feathers, cascarilla and cowries, and Ogún with a dog — and she gave birth to a boy they called Money. He prospered, had more wives and children, and the first was more famous than his parents.

Before leaving heaven he got a warning from his Guardian Angel: on earth he would have to hold back his sour temper and his constant blaming, because if not he risked a mental breakdown and paranoia. That same warning set his offerings: for Olokun, the water divinity, a lot of cowries, cascarilla and white cloth along with a dove; for Eshu, a goat; for Ogún, a dog and also a rooster; and a castrated goat that served both his Ifá and his head. He did it all. Right away he asked Ogún to come down with him, and Ogún agreed; he asked Olokun the same and she did not agree. Once on earth he opened a house of Ifá, though with little success: nothing he announced came true, none of his sacrifices gave a sign, people drifted away and poverty caught up with him. One night, asleep, he heard his Guardian Angel again telling him to get a reading. He went to other Awoses and the verdict was to repeat what he had already offered up above. He had nothing to do it with, so he borrowed the money. Then he moved his practice to the town market, and out of that came what he needed to pay off his debts; his work began to give results and clients believed in him again.

In that market he ran one day into Olokun's daughter and fell for her, but she did not want him: she found him too coarse. Dressed in white when he got home, he gave another goat to Eshu and did what he had been told in heaven; when he courted her again, she agreed to be his wife. From near the market she went with him to the house, and there they stayed as husband and wife. A long time passed and the pregnancy did not come, so he called the Awoses again: they told him to attend Olokun with a dove, white cloth and parrot feathers, cascarilla and cowries, and to attend Ogún with a dog. From then on Olokun's daughter settled down and stopped mocking him; in time she conceived and a boy was born, and they named him Money, and she kept working. With that birth prosperity came to him in full: he took other wives and raised many children, and that first one came to be better known than his parents. In Igbodu: grow a calm temperament, because the woman who will make you prosper must stay at your side even when she blows up; and you will have a child who will bring you fame and fortune as long as you keep up the sacrifices.

2The man with the hernia and the woman with the tumor

He prospered so much that he founded his own town and became its king. Two disabled neighbors — he with a hernia, she with a tumor in her throat — brought complaints before the king every day, and the king ordered an investigation: the woman made circles with her hands in front of her private parts, and the man pointed out her tumor with his hands at his throat. The king read for them both: the man, to serve his dead father with a ram; the woman, to serve her head with a hen without calling anyone. When he killed the ram it kicked him and the hernia burst, draining the pus — he woke up cured; the hen dug its claws into the tumor, the pus came out, and she was relieved. The next morning they went together, on friendly terms, to thank the king.

His prosperity grew so much that he built a town of his own and ruled it. Among his neighbors lived two people with ailments: one had a hernia; the other, a tumor in the throat. Not a day went by without them coming before the king asking for justice, and every time he wanted to know the reason for the quarrel, both gave him back the same answer: "ask the other one." The king's warnings did no good: they went home and the next day they were back at the palace. One day the man with the hernia and the woman with the tumor appeared again. She arrived in tears and gave her reason: that man laughed at her illness because she carried it in plain sight. He gave his: she was the first to mock him, about the problem in his belly; only his clothes covered it and nothing hid hers. The king calmed them down and ordered someone to find out where all this quarreling really came from. The next morning the man in charge saw the one with the hernia come out and sit in front of his house; he saw the one with the tumor do the same; he saw the woman draw circles with both hands in front of her private parts, and he saw the man answer by pointing at her tumor, both hands on his own throat. The woman burst into tears and once again they ended up at the palace.

With that report in hand, the king talked them into dropping the mockery, and even so he wanted to give them a reading. The man was told to attend his dead father with a ram; the woman, to attend her head with a hen, and to do it without calling anyone. Both gave thanks and left to get their things ready. The man felt strong enough to kill the ram without help and held it down; the animal kicked him with its back leg and hit him in his private parts, so the hernia burst and let out the pus. He passed out from the blow, and when he came to he no longer had a hernia. Something similar happened to the woman: while she was trying to kill the hen to serve her own head, the bird sank its claws into the tumor, the pus started to run and she felt relief. The next morning, both came in good spirits to thank the king, who celebrated the end of the quarrels. In Igbodu: be careful with a person who has a hernia; a ram for your Ifá, a goat for Eshu and a rooster for your own head; and let your house be across from a woman's house. In an ordinary reading: a rooster for Ogún and a goat for Eshu, so no friction comes up with neighbors or partners.

3The dog and her pups

Okonron wain wain, the dog's Babalawo, read for the female dog: a sacrifice so she could have pups, and a second sacrifice so she would not fight with them afterwards. She made the first and failed to make the second: that is why, once the pups grew up and went their separate ways, whenever mother and pup meet, they fight — a peculiarity of the canine race to this day. You have a disposition for fighting: keep it in check.

Okonron wain wain, Babalawo aja, odifafun aja. The reading was for the female dog: if she wanted to have children, she had to make sacrifice, and so she was told. They also marked a second sacrifice for her, meant to keep there from being fights between her and those children once she had them. She took care of the first one; the second was left undone.

The children grew up and each one took his own road, and since then, every time the mother and the child run into each other, they fight. The dog family carries that mark to this day. In an ordinary reading: whoever gets this sign has a leaning toward fighting and must master it.

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Frequently asked questions about Okana Yabilé

What does the Odù Okana Yabilé mean in Ifá?

Trouble with the law, where crime is punished: here Olodumare created the earth through Orunmila's hand, and only Eshu saves, with his word of mouth.

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

Okana Yabilé is Odù number 127 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Okana family.

Which orishas speak in Okana Yabilé?

In the Odù Okana Yabilé these orishas speak: Eshu / Elegba, Oshún (Yalorde), Ogún, Shangó, Azojuano, Olokun, Orunmila.

What is a proverb of the Odù Okana Yabilé?

One of the proverbs of Okana Yabilé says: «Where the truth is uncovered, the lie is found out.».

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