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Okana Juani

Also called Okana Yabilé, Okana Ojuani, Okonron Oworin

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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 Juani is Odù number 127 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Okana family. It is also written as Okana Yabilé or Okana Ojuani or Okonron Oworin. This page brings together its prayer in Yoruba, 24 patakíes (3 in full in plain sight, with their teaching, ebbó and chants), its proverbs, 9 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 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 Juani, also known as Okana Yabilé and Okana Ojunai, speaks to a person whom only Eshu can carry forward. In this sign Olodumare created the Earth, which rose from beneath the water, Orunmila married Oshún Laya, his first wife, and Olokun's daughter bore a boy they named Money. Here the Twins broke their oath and became man and woman, and so it announces that siblings or great friends drift apart. Its ruling is firm: when no one else can, Eshu saves you, and whatever you agree to with Elegba you must always fulfill.

Your Guardian Angel asks you not to be sour, scolding or rough. That character can lead you to sick distrust and to losing your mind, and your words burn like the fire Shangó breathed from his mouth. You are inclined to fight: control it, because people move away from someone who explodes. You start things and do not finish them; go slowly, step by step, and do not announce what you plan to do. When well being arrives, do not forget who helped you, because that is when doors close on you.

«Only Eshu saves, with his publicity, good or bad: the door of Okana Yabilé always gives food.»The pulse of Okana Juani

This sign speaks of legal trouble with the government, and crime is paid for. A neighbor spies on you to go around telling what you do; do not fight with or mock your neighbors, and give them some gift, because that is how good fortune enters and your business runs well. If you have a shop, you are surrounded by enemies who work witchcraft on you. If there are three siblings, the older ones want to take an inheritance that is yours, but with the ebbó you win that dispute. If you are an awó, do not sit in public parks: there you may witness a rape, and the rest is hidden from you.

In love, the wife who will make you prosperous must stay by your side even if you have a bad temper. There is danger of violence with a woman, and there may be blood: never strike your partner, because Oshún does not forgive that violence and the law comes down on him. Witchcraft has been worked on you to make you impotent. If you are a woman, a man from another town will come to marry you; take care, because losing a child could make you lose your mind.

In health, watch out for hernia, tumors in the throat, toothache and disability, which comes if you forget Elegba. Take care of your father if he has died, and make the sacrifice in time, because an elder close to you may die soon and leave you expenses. If you comply, your enemies come in peace and you prosper until you are king of your own town, and you will have a child more famous than you.

The sign in one line

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

The prayer of Okana Juani · 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 Juani tells you

Proverbs of Okana Juani · Òwe

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Iré and Osogbo

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

Iré · what the sign brings

  • Only Eshu saves them when nobody else can.

  • If they treat their neighbors and others generously, good enters their life.

  • With the ebbó done, they win the lawsuit over the inheritance that belongs to them, even if the older brothers want it for themselves.

Osogbo · what the sign warns

  • They have legal problems with the government, and crime is punished.

  • Brothers or great friends separate.

  • If they are a santero, they must beware of traps when doing something religious with a babalawo.

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What is born in Okana Juani · 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 Juani · The sacrifices that open the road

6 ebbós in this Odù, locked.Each full recipe: ingredients, preparation and where it goes.Unlock →

Works of Okana Juani · The workings of the sign

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Patakíes of Okana Juani · The roads of the Odù

1The daughter of Olokun and the son named Money

While still in heaven, his Guardian Angel warned him that on earth he had to soften his sour character and stop reproaching everything, because otherwise he could suffer a mental disorder and paranoia. In the same consultation several offerings were indicated: to Olokun, divinity of the water, many cowries, cascarilla and white cloth, plus a dove; to Eshu, a goat; to Ogún, a rooster and a dog; and, for his Ifá and his head together, a castrated goat. He fulfilled it all.

Then he invited Ogún to come down by his side and Ogún said yes. He made the same invitation to Olokun, and Olokun refused it.

On earth he opened an Ifá house and it went badly: his predictions did not come true, his ebbós showed no result at all, the clients kept disappearing and poverty came. One night he heard in his sleep his Guardian Angel again, who told him to have a consultation. He went with other awó, and the answer was that he had to repeat what he had already offered above. Since he had nothing to pay for it, he asked for borrowed money. Then he took his work to the town market; there he earned enough to pay what he owed, his consultations began to be right and people believed in him again.

One day, at that market, he saw the daughter of Olokun and fell in love, but she scorned him for finding him very rough. He put on white clothes, went back to his house, offered another goat to Eshu and carried out what he had been told in heaven. When he asked for her again, she agreed to marry him. They went together from the market to the house, and there they lived as husband and wife.

A long time passed without her conceiving. He called the awó again, and they ordered him to serve Olokun with a dove, white cloth, parrot feathers, cascarilla and cowries, and to serve Ogún with a dog. From then on the daughter of Olokun calmed down and stopped the mockery. Some time later she became pregnant and gave birth to a boy, who was given the name Money. She went on with her work.

The birth brought complete prosperity. The man married other women and had many children, and the eldest became better known than his parents. When this odu appears in the Igbodu, the recommendation is to practice a patient and calm character, since the woman who will bring him prosperity has to stay by his side even if he loses control. He will have a son who will give him renown and wealth if he continues with the sacrifices.

What it teaches

A bad temper drives away what is desired, and patience brings it near. Whoever falls into poverty rises again by repeating what Ifá marked and working without rest; the home and the children come afterwards.

Offerings marked in heaven

Olokun: a dove, white cloth, cascarilla and many cowries. Eshu: a goat. Ogún: a rooster and a dog. His Ifá and his head: one castrated goat.

To win the daughter of Olokun

White clothes and a second goat for Eshu, together with what was already indicated above.

So that she would conceive

To Olokun: cowries, cascarilla, parrot feathers, white cloth and a dove. To Ogún: a dog.

Advice when this odu comes out

Keep a calm character so that the prosperous wife stays by his side, and never fail to fulfill the sacrifices.

2The Man with the Hernia and the Woman with the Tumor

A man reached such wealth that he founded a town for himself and became its king. Two of his neighbors had impairments: one suffered from a hernia and the other had a tumor in the neck. Every day they came to the palace to present their complaints. If the king asked them what caused the dispute, both gave the same answer: that he should ask the other. However much he scolded them, they went back to their homes and appeared again the following morning.

One day the one with the hernia, a man, and the one with the tumor, a woman, arrived together. She came in broken in tears and accused the man of laughing at her illness, which was visible. He defended himself: the one who had started the mockery was she, because of his problem in the abdomen, with the difference that his clothes hid it while nothing shielded her from the looks. The king calmed them and ordered an investigation into the real origin of so much fighting. At dawn, a messenger saw the man come out and sit in front of his house, and the woman do the same. He observed that she made circles with both hands in front of her private parts and that he answered by pointing with both hands to his own throat, where she had the tumor. She burst into tears and the two went to the palace again.

With what he learned, the king got them to stop mocking each other, but he still decided to consult their fortune. For the man an offering to his late father came out, with a ram; for the woman, an offering to her own head, with a hen, which she had to make without telling anyone. Both thanked him and went off to arrange their part. Confident in his strength, the man wanted to sacrifice the ram by himself and grabbed it; the ram kicked with a hind leg and struck him in his private parts, so that the hernia burst and the pus came out. He fell unconscious and, on coming to, was cured. Something similar happened to the woman: while trying to kill the hen to offer her head, the bird dug its claws into the tumor, pus began to come out, and she felt relief. The next day both went to the palace, now at peace, to thank the king, who was glad the quarrels had ended.

What it teaches

Mocking the ailments of others feeds quarrels that never end. The prescribed ebbó can heal what seemed to have no remedy, and peace comes when each one stops making fun of the other.

The man’s ebbó

A ram, offered to his late father.

The woman’s ebbó

A hen, offered to her head without inviting anyone.

In the Igbodu

This path carries what is ordered in the Igbodu, with a warning; it is in the complete treatise.

When this path comes out

A rooster is offered to Ogún and a goat to Eshu, to avoid friction with neighbors or partners.

3The dog and her puppies

The babalawo of the dogs, Okonron wain wain, consulted for a female dog. She wanted to have young, and she was told that she had to make a sacrifice. Another one was also indicated to her, meant to prevent fights between her and her litter later on.

She made the first one; the second she neglected. The young grew up and each went its own way. Since then, whenever a mother runs into her young one, they fight. That is the inheritance that the dog breed keeps to this day.

If this odu comes out in an ordinary consultation, the person tends to fight and must learn to control that impulse.

What it teaches

Doing only half of what was commanded leaves the most delicate part pending: the children come, but not peace with them. Whoever is prone to fighting must deal with that trait in time so as not to harm the family.

The divination formula of the dogs' babalawo for the bitch

Okonron wain wain, Babalawo aja, odifafun aja.

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Frequently asked questions about Okana Juani

What does the Odù Okana Juani 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 Juani among the 256 Odù of Ifá?

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

Which orishas speak in Okana Juani?

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

What is a proverb of the Odù Okana Juani?

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

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