Odù 123 of 256 · Okana family

Okana Yeku

Orunmila's secretary, the memory of Egun: sacrifice brings riches and refusing it destroys — here the first three Oloshas were born.

Okana Yeku is Odù number 123 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, 10 ebbós and works and the signs it shows in the consultation; the detail of iré and osogbo, the eewó and the full recipes open with the Babalawo plan — that locked part is still written in Spanish.

The sign at a glance

Order in Ifá: Odù 123 of 256
Composition: Okana over Oyekun
In the Diloggún: 1-2 · Okana tonti Eyioko
Orishas that speak: Eshu · Shangó · Olokun y Oduduwa · Osanyin · Egun · Oshún · Olugbodo

What Ifá says in this sign

Okana Yeku is Orunmila's secretary — nature's own memory: when the Awó forgets the sign in the middle of the ebbó, he prays this Odù and the memory comes back. Its law of money cuts both ways: sacrifice brings riches, and refusing it brings ruin — and this person likes walking the edge of the blade.

Your character manufactures loneliness: serious marriage trouble — you tend to end up alone because of the way you are: be kinder to your wife and to people, because the luck in this odu comes in through courtesy. You are a man of the road: shut in for a few days you feel like a prisoner and fall ill — keep moving, but with the work done.

«Sacrifice brings riches and refusing it destroys — Okana Yeku walks the blade's edge, but with ebbó.»The pulse of Okana Yeku

For the Awó of this odu, the trade diagnosis: you pick up the bad shadow of the ebbós and paraldos you perform, because you never get read yourself — while everyone you attended to lives well, the only one who is ill and restless is you. Prayer over the head with pigeons, white cloth on top and two hens for Orunmila: the doctor gets treated too. And its higher rules: the ebbó of this Odù calls for the knife, Oduduwa and more than ten years of Ifá — respect the ranks.

The spiritual fronts: they are bombarding you with a sorcerer's pot — feed Ogún so he is on your side —, all the Saints are angry (a bunch of plantains for Shangó, and attention), and your prayers have not reached heaven: they will reach it when you sacrifice. The speckled hen of the ebbó is not sacrificed: she stays alive in the sick person's house.

The secretary's promises: poor today, money tomorrow — if you make ebbó; a son who will come to Ifá, and victory in the war with Eshu beside you. Do not lend the money that brings trouble, put down the gunpowder you are carrying, and remember the first three Oloshas who were born here: even the consecration itself began in this odu — your story can begin today

The sign in one line

Be kind, get read yourself too and sacrifice — the prayers of Okana Yeku reach heaven the day the ebbó pushes them there.

The prayer of Okana Yeku · Yoruba

Ifá arufin aruda akitin bombo walashe asheto akitin bombo Orunmila ñale babashe orun arufin aruda Okana Yeku oberele inayero ashé gbogbo orumale yikotun gbogbo orumale yikosi to iban Eshu orun Orunlofun aye Okana Yeku Barabaniregun arufin aruda.

Súyere
Arufin aruda onishebo ada, arufin aruda onishebo ada Awó.

Ifá says — what Okana Yeku tells you

The Ifá of Orunmila's secretary: when the Awó cannot remember the Odù of the reading at the moment of the ebbó, he prays Okana Yeku — «Odun eledun Olokun eledun asho risa osode Orunmila Odù toyale lokueri Ifá mokun» — and the situation is resolved. It is an Ifá that is an enemy of sorcerers: Okana Yeku is not a sorcerer, but is capable of it. This Odù also saves a brother. It is the Ifá of the rayamiento and the prenda: there is jealousy between Osanyin and the prenda, which stands for the Devil — the bird is given to the prenda first, and to Osanyin afterwards. It is the Ifá of the hard life of Ifá: Orunmila states that the life of Ifá is one of dedication, study and strict discipline.
You have to have Kuanardo (the knife), Oduduwa and more than ten years of Ifá to make the ebbó of this Odù.
Ebbó is not made for an aleyo with osogbo Ikú without asking Orunmila first.
It is essential to make ebbó with a speckled hen that is not sacrificed: she is left alive in the sick person's house.
Do not seat a Santo on the head with this Odù, or when all the dilogunes fall face down in the washing: the Saints show themselves on the forehead.
There is serious marriage trouble: you tend to live alone and should prepare for the end of your life — your character is what causes this.
The Awó disagrees with the way things are done in his branch and leaves the place.
Illnesses of this sign: hardening of the arteries, cholera, chronic stomach pain from witchcraft, ulcer and vomiting — here strange things are vomited up.
The woman has trouble having children or giving birth: seven yams and a mother goat to Olugbodo.
The Awó picks up the bad shadow of the ebbós and paraldos he performs, because he never gets read himself or counters the effect: while everyone else lives well, the only one who is ill and restless is him — prayer over the head with pigeons, covered with white cloth, and two hens for Orunmila.
They are bombarding you with a sorcerer's pot, possibly with Sarabanda: Ogún has to be fed so he is on our side.
You have many enemies at war with you: make ebbó so Eshu goes with you and you win the war.
Not one of your prayers has reached heaven — and they will reach it when you sacrifice.
You are a man of the road: when you spend several days inside your house you feel like a prisoner and fall ill; you always have to be doing something.
You are not happy with the line taken in your religious house and you want to go elsewhere.
All the Saints are angry with you: attend to Shangó and give him a bunch of plantains.
They envy you a great deal for what you have and for what God gave you; you will have a partner who will envy you everything.
You will have a son for whom you will have to make Ifá.
Today you will be poor, but tomorrow or the day after you will have money if you make ebbó.
Money you lend will bring you trouble, and you are carrying gunpowder on you.
Your wife is being held back: be kinder to her and to the people you deal with, so good luck comes to you soon.

Proverbs of Okana Yeku · Òwe

“If pure oil sets its eyes on the fire, it melts.”
“The snail never suffers a hot life.”
“The square board wants to be more than the round one.”
“Be content with what you have.”
“Old trouble comes back around.”
“When there is too much fire, Yemayá puts it out with water.”
“Slyness is a sentence and kindness an approval.”
“The root of hatred is trouble; the root of forgiveness is love.”
“Whoever thinks only of deceit will never have a place among the just.”
“Nobody suffers more than whoever will not adapt.”
“The one who puts an end to the beginning is death.”
“She is like the Moorish queen, who sometimes sings and sometimes weeps.”
“The hunter chasing an elephant does not stop to throw stones at birds.”
“You are working for nothing.”
“Whoever serves the orphan serves Olorun.”
“A man only thinks things over when the osogbos touch him.”
“While the wicked fall, the just stay standing.”

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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… Written in Spanish for now.Unlock →

What is born in Okana Yeku · Ìbí

The war of the square board with the round one.
The square one (Osanyin) wanted to be more than the round one (Orunmila and Oduduwa).
Praying this Odù when the sign of the ebbó is lost or forgotten.
Okana Yeku was Orunmila's secretary and filed all his papers: his remarkable memory saved the ebbó of Obatalá Oloyú Okuní.
That Orunmila and Shangó were paleros (Arufin and Aruda), and their redemption before Olofin.
The Awan of Olokun.
The change of head.
That is why the Awó does not make the ebbó of this Ifá for an Awó older than himself — and even less if it is osogbo.
The anger of the Saints: Osha Babinú.
It is avoided with the frizzled hen to all the Oshas, guaguao pepper, Indian plantain yam and the gourd split in two.
The consecration ceremony in Osha, and the first three Oloshas: Akodá, Ashedá and Obaralokue.
Madness from wanting to know the whole of Ifá.
It is not possible for one person to know everything of Orunmila's: that person would go mad.
That Orunmila allows your Odù of Ifá to be revealed.
If someone warns you not to reveal your sign to another Babalawo, that is a sign that whoever warns you is a liar: keep away from them.
The deformed belly, and the prayer over it with a gourd.
Giving a bird to Osanyin, the guinea fowl to the feet, and the special ókpele of this Odù.

What is forbidden · Eewó

7 eewó (taboos) in this Odù, locked.What the child of this sign must not eat, do or wear. Written in Spanish for now.Unlock →

Ebbós of Okana Yeku · The sacrifices that open the road

Beating enemiesThe secretary's ebbó🔒 Babalawo

SpiritualThe two paraldos of Awó Waorun🔒 Babalawo

SpiritualThe paraldo on the hill🔒 Babalawo

SpiritualThe ebbó of the gourd🔒 Babalawo

Pushing death awayThe ebbó of the big land and the small land🔒 Babalawo

HealthThe sacrifice of the embrace🔒 Babalawo

MoneyThe sacrifice of well-being🔒 Babalawo

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Works of Okana Yeku · The workings of the sign

SpiritualThe prayer for the forgotten Odù🔒 Babalawo

HealthThe prayer over the belly🔒 Babalawo

Pushing death awayThe live speckled hen🔒 Babalawo

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Patakíes of Okana Yeku · The roads of the Odù

1The witches' mark

Before coming down he sacrificed a goat and roast yam to Eshu, warned about his many enemies. On arriving, the Witchcraft Cult put a mark on his forehead to single him out for destruction: everything went wrong for him. In a dream, his Guardian Angel told him to wash his head at Eshu's altar with goat's blood: that sacrifice enabled Eshu to take off the mark of the Elders of the Night, and the witches began to confess what they were doing against him. His chronic stomach pain was cured by a one-eyed woman with some cooked leaves: he vomited up a scorpion, and the trouble ended.

«Uroke mi lawo ligonrin, uroke mi lawo leturuye» were the two Awoses who made the reading for this Odù before he left heaven. He was warned to make sacrifice because he was going to have many enemies on earth: to serve Eshu with a goat and roast yam — and he did. As soon as he reached the earth, the Witchcraft Cult put a mark on his forehead so the witches would be able to identify him wherever he went, as a victim singled out for destruction. He had already been through every kind of difficulty: everything he did went wrong.

One night, while he slept, he had a dream in which his Guardian Angel told him to wash his head at Eshu's altar with the blood of a goat. When he got up he had a reading made, in which Ifá told him that this sacrifice would enable Eshu to take off the mark put on his head by the Elders of the Night (Awon Iyami Osoronga). He made the sacrifice, after which the witches began to confess what they had been doing against him. Before this he had begun to have a chronic stomach pain that no treatment relieved: one morning, a woman with only one eye came to him and gave him some leaves and other materials to cook and drink. After taking the preparation, he vomited up a scorpion, which put an end to his stomach trouble. In an ordinary reading: find a priest of Ifá to wash your head at an altar of Eshu with goat's blood and reduce your trouble from witchcraft; you probably have a stomach problem caused by the Elders of the Night — the priest should serve the Night on your behalf.

2Odogbonikere, who bought without paying

«The coconut tree keeps its fruit at a height hands cannot reach without help; the palm has long legs and a long neck»: those were Ifá's benefits throughout his life. Odogbonikere came into the world to enjoy the fortunes and the providence of Orunmila: he could buy rats, fish, goats and a wife at the market without having to pay anything. He sacrificed a goat and enjoyed great prosperity. Serve Ifá very well: you will never be in need throughout your life.

«The coconut tree kept its fruit at a height where hands could not pick them without some help. The palm has long legs and a long neck». Those were Ifá's benefits throughout his life: he could buy rats, fish, goats and a wife at the market without having to pay anything for them, since Odogbonikere came into the world to enjoy the fortunes and the providence of Orunmila.

He made sacrifice with a goat and enjoyed great prosperity in life. In Igbodu: serve Ifá very well, since you will never be in need throughout your life. In an ordinary reading: have your own Ifá so you can enjoy a prosperous life.

3Osogeregere and the sentence of the Night

Okana Yeku was no sorcerer, but he could attend the meetings of the Witchcraft Club and knew how they sent their messages. One night they sentenced his brother Osogeregere — a rogue — to bring water from the river in a basket, with no coming back until he managed it. He did not tell him directly: he persuaded him to serve Olugbodo with seven yams, and to tell the infertile woman who would come near the altar to serve Olugbodo with a mother goat so she could conceive. The woman — the witch appointed to carry out the sentence — served Olugbodo, became pregnant and gave birth: and she refused to hand Osogeregere the basket for the river.

Although Okana Yeku was not a sorcerer, he was able to attend the meetings of the Witchcraft Club, and could tell how the witches sent their messages. He had a brother called Osogeregere. One night, his brother's case was brought to a witches' meeting, where they decided that Osogeregere would be given a basket to bring water from the river: he would not be able to come back until he managed it. Osogeregere was a rogue. After hearing the impossible task set for his brother by the Night, he did not give him the information directly: he called him and asked him to go for a reading. Osogeregere refused, saying he had no problems in his life; all the same, he was persuaded to go, and to serve a lesser divinity called Olugbodo with seven yams. He was told that while he was making the sacrifice, an infertile woman would come near him at the altar, and he should tell her to buy a mother goat to serve Olugbodo so she could have a child.

He carried out the sacrifices. While he was making them, a woman came near him, and he told her she should serve Olugbodo with a female goat so she could conceive. The woman was a witch appointed by the Night to carry out the sentence passed on Osogeregere; even so, she served Olugbodo, became pregnant and later gave birth to a boy. The woman, who had settled her own fate in the world of the witches, refused to give him the basket for bringing water from the river. In Igbodu: there is an infertile woman in your family, and there is a divinity in your family whose priest you should be — do not refuse to serve it; serve Ogún three times before completing the ceremonies of Ifá, and give a second goat to Eshu. In an ordinary reading: a goat to Eshu and a rooster to Ogún, to avoid trouble in a relationship.

4The voice with authority🔒 Babalawo

5When Orunmila left for heaven never to return🔒 Babalawo

6The embrace of the oil and the snail🔒 Babalawo

7Igbehin and Itori🔒 Babalawo

8Igbeyin-Odo and the war turned aside🔒 Babalawo

9The reading for well-being🔒 Babalawo

10Orunmila and Shangó were paleros🔒 Babalawo

11The deformed belly🔒 Babalawo

12Orunmila visits the prisoners🔒 Babalawo

13Okana Yeku, Orunmila's secretary🔒 Babalawo

14The gourd tree and the Devil🔒 Babalawo

15The big land and the small land🔒 Babalawo

16How the Odù Okana Yeku came together🔒 Babalawo

17The wealth Oshún gave Awó Moyedí🔒 Babalawo

18The consecration of Osha: Ashedá, Akodá and Obaralokue🔒 Babalawo

19The fight of the four Odù of power🔒 Babalawo

20When the king won the war🔒 Babalawo

21The toad and the princess with the golden ball🔒 Babalawo

22The double of Shangó's son🔒 Babalawo

23The king and the goose🔒 Babalawo

24The three enchanted gourds🔒 Babalawo

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Frequently asked questions about Okana Yeku

What does the Odù Okana Yeku mean in Ifá?

Orunmila's secretary, the memory of Egun: sacrifice brings riches and refusing it destroys — here the first three Oloshas were born.

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

Okana Yeku is Odù number 123 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Okana family.

Which orishas speak in Okana Yeku?

In the Odù Okana Yeku these orishas speak: Eshu, Shangó, Olokun y Oduduwa, Osanyin, Egun, Oshún, Olugbodo.

What is a proverb of the Odù Okana Yeku?

One of the proverbs of Okana Yeku says: «If pure oil sets its eyes on the fire, it melts.».

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