Odù 152 of 256 · Osa family

Osalo Fobeyo

The hairy one and the shaven one — Olofin and Abita — sitting at the same table: you are with God and with the Devil, and happiness comes in old age.

Osalo Fobeyo is Odù number 152 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Osa family. This page brings together its prayer in Yoruba, 29 patakíes (3 with the full text), its proverbs, 20 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 152 of 256
Composition: Osa over Ogbe
In the Diloggún: 9-8 · Osá tonti Eyeunle
Orishas that speak: Eshu · Shangó · Obatalá · Azojuano · Oduduwa · Osain · Orunmila · Egun · Ibeyis · Abita

What Ifá says in this sign

Osalo Fobeyo is the Ifá where the hairy one and the shaven one — Olofin and Abita — sat down at the table together: you are with God and with the Devil. That is why even the okpele can deceive the Awó, depending on the eguns influencing him: on the day of the spirits of light, he divines everything; on the day of the obsessing ones, nothing — always know who is speaking to you.

You are spiritually a twin: you have one egun who pushes you toward good and another toward evil — one of them identical to you, of the opposite color: attend to them with masses, food and prayers, because ignored they govern on their own. Your gift is in your hands: a special skill in your fingers — magician, craftsman, illusionist: live it in the light, because the books of magic were born here too.

«The hairy one and the shaven one ate at the same table — Osalo Fobeyo learns to tell who is speaking to him.»The pulse of Osalo Fobeyo

The wound at the root is literal: Osalo Fobeyo kills his mother with upset — like the plantain tree, which dies when it bears, and the scorpion who eats its own. Knowing it, disarm it: look after your mother with determined gentleness, and look for your happiness inside the house — this odu says you go out to the street for it, and it is not out there.

Money in this odu comes with sacred banking rules: money given to you to hold belongs to the Souls — do not spend a cent (a coconut and six cents for Eshu so you can hold out); the famous resguardo that never delivers is put right with ebbó and a lodestone, and the dog you parted from was your luck: get that alliance with an animal back. And keep your word: your name for not keeping it is your own worst witchcraft.

The forecasts: the child with a mark on the belly or the buttock will be a child of Obatalá — his necklace at birth —, fluid retention and fibroids call for a doctor (the plantain tree is water), and the greatest promise has a date on it: the happiness of this odu comes in old age — receive Azojuano, and wait for it working==

The sign in one line

Attend to your two twin dead, sweeten your mother and do not touch the money of the Souls — the happiness of Osalo Fobeyo ripens with gray hair.

The prayer of Osalo Fobeyo · Yoruba

Osalo Fobeyo laminagada tori yampo be Lampe Shangó kawo kabio sile laminagada adifafun Eshu Yelu obarona oba Eshu Yelu yenye ni ona ni Olokun eni Ifá Eshu Yelu piriti omode Alara Lampe Shangó laminagada.

Súyere
Piriti piriti omode Alara — piriti piriti omode Alara — piriti piriti omode Alara laminagada.

Ifá says — what Osalo Fobeyo tells you

An Ifá of investigation, of spiritism and of magic: you have a special skill in your fingers and hands and you make your living from them — you can be a magician, an illusionist, a craftsman. The Ifá of the two faces: you are with God and with the Devil — on the day the eguns of light, the Oshas and Olofin influence him, the Awó divines; on the day the obsessing eguns and Abita influence him, he divines nothing for anyone. An Ifá of ungrateful people: the woman sacrifices for her man and he is not grateful; the aleyo is not grateful to the Awó for what he settles. An Ifá of being spiritually a twin: you have one egun who pushes you toward doing good and another who pushes you toward doing evil — one of those eguns is identical to you, though of the opposite color: attend to them with masses, food and prayers. An Ifá of great trouble in forming a family: it is about two people who cannot get what they want because they need other people's help. An Ifá of the godchild parting from the godfather through not being attended to: even though the godfather says he is very fond of him, disappointment comes.
If this Odù comes out in an itá, it marks that within the year a relative of that person dies.
If the person this Odù comes up for is ill, it marks loss; if it is intori Ikú, the ebbó carries a small piece of plantain stem.
Osalo Fobeyo kills his mother — kills her with upset: like the plantain tree, which dies when it bears. And like scorpions, who climb onto their mother at birth and eat her.
You have no happiness in your house and you go out to the street to look for it.
You do not keep your word.
You have a scar or a mark on your body or on the roof of your mouth.
You suffer from high blood pressure, your heart, poisoning, skin rashes (psoriasis, impetigo), impotence, weakness of the brain, fluid retention, fibroids and cysts.
The plantain tree speaks: you suffer from fluid retention — the plantain tree is nearly 90% water; in a woman fibroids show up, which are nothing but a build-up of fluid.
The scorpion speaks: a road of sodomy, both active and passive; if it is about women, lesbians.
This Ifá speaks of impotence: during sex you cannot concentrate because your mind is weak and other thoughts come to you; while sleeping you may spill in the bed.
The Awó who has Igba-Odu (Olofin) can be mounted by every Osha he knows.
The happiness of the Awó of this Odù is to live with a working woman: he cannot have business or relationships with homosexuals, but he can with prostitutes.
To the woman: you have come to find out about your husband, who is beside himself because he lost a great deal of money through having a good heart; look after your insides, since you tend toward fibroids, and during sex have your breasts bitten to avoid cancer.
The Babalawo cannot settle anything completely for anyone: when he settles the client's problem, the client never comes back to his house.
You had a dog, and since you parted from that animal you have lost and everything of yours has gone badly.
You are half thrown off because you have a dead one very close who will not leave you in peace: you have no rest, you do not stop anywhere, and that is why you want to go far away.
You had money put away and you wasted it, and now you have nothing.
They are going to give you money to hold: respect it and do not spend a cent, because that money belongs to the Souls — put a coconut and six cents for Eshu so you do not spend it.
You are going to have a child with a mark on the belly or the buttock who will be a child of Obatalá: put his necklace on them.
You have been given a resguardo with a great name for getting money, but when you have a hundred pesos you need a thousand, because it goes: make ebbó with that resguardo and a lodestone.
Be careful of someone who is going to come to you to do something bad.
You are thinking of moving from where you live: there is a pregnant woman there who has a piece of iron put away.
You have an animal you will have to make the prayer with over a war you have with someone: if you do it, Shangó will help you win it.
When you are out on an errand and someone stops you in the street, tell them — whoever it is — to excuse you, that you will speak with them the next day.
You were learning something of the magic of finger movements, and you had friends in your youth who are now dead.
Keep what you owe Yemayá, Shangó and Eshu.
If it speaks of illness, this person is ill in the blood or has a venereal disease.
They want to sink you: make ebbó with a gourd with its lid and mocolle inside, and take it downriver with honey — this Odù is for winning.
Do not tell your secrets to anyone: your luck is a wandering one, and do not waste anything you are given, because that will be your luck.
If you are a man, you are ungrateful, you want everything for yourself and you speak ill of your family; if you are a woman, there is trouble among men over you.
There is a dead one in your house who wants to carry you off with witchcraft, and you have an old razor put away.
See that your child does not get lost on you, and be careful of deaths in the family before the year is out, through a betrayal.
You have had or you have sores on your body and you do not sleep well at night; you owe money on something pawned and you have to have a mass said for a dead one.
Do not listen to gossip.

Proverbs of Osalo Fobeyo · Òwe

“A fly on the tiger does not frighten the tiger.”
“Once the lard is fried, let us see what cracklings are left.”
“The snail who dances is never missing from home.”
“He knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.”
“When you come to know spiritual things, you appreciate the joys of life.”
“To take risks in life, you need spiritual control.”
“Looking after your own conduct is looking after yourself.”
“The hen chases the dawn, but it is the rooster who crows.”
“Bad temptation leads to the bad road.”
“No rooster crows any clearer.”
“In a liar's mouth, what is certain becomes doubtful.”
“Better a live coward than a dead hero.”
“Enemies in front of you call for care; behind your back they are deadly.”
“A moderate wind is pleasant; a storm is dangerous.”

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Iré and Osogbo

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What is born in Osalo Fobeyo · Ìbí

Two-facedness.
Even when this person speaks well, it is not true.
Temptation and what is not allowed.
Everything that is not allowed tempts the person of this sign.
Musical instruments and books of magic.
This person has a special skill in their fingers and hands and makes their living from them.
Nipples on the breasts.
From the road of Iya Ile: when Shewere sucked emu meyi by the ashé of Olofin and of Osain, the patches healed and turned into nipples — and it was born that a man sucks a woman's nipples.
The power of Aberikunló (spirit-scarer).
It serves to scare off Ikú, the eguns and death: with its omiero, peace came back to the town tormented by devilish eguns.
The separating of the bad from the good.
«Edun eletun oshe ile kanfeetun eletun Arikú babawa».
That the okpele deceives Awó Osalo Fobeyo.
On the day he is influenced by the eguns of light he divines; on the day the obsessing eguns and Abita influence him, he divines nothing at all — because here the hairy one and the shaven one sat down to eat together.
The paraldo in the house.
In the house there is an egun attached that has to be sent away.
The power of the Oshas to come down into human heads.
People can be horses of Santo. When a horse is mounted by a strong, furious Osha, «ero Baba kalile» is said three times, and if it is a true Santo, it settles at once.
Osain Adebore, and that the oath is taken in Osain and ivory is placed on him.
The colors of the Orishas' necklaces, and why the dead are wrapped in white cloth.
From the road where Eshu took the cloth from Abita so the world could have it.
When Abita first ate along with Olofin.
Olofin told Elegba: for the world to exist, the good and the bad have to exist.
Oba Kolagba.
In this world, without Oba Kolagba you cannot enter Alafin's throne.
Why Agayú and Azojuano, when made directly, have the left half of the head shaved on the first day.
From the road of king Akanaba and Afelu's razor (Eshu): on the third day the right half is shaved and they are crowned.
The two-faced Eshu (Agriyelu).
Here the two faces speak.
The aleyo's ingratitude toward the Awó, and that the Babalawo cannot solve everything in one go.
When Orunmila solved everything for the people of the land of Yaya Orun Inle, nobody ever came back: you have to solve things little by little.
That women lost the upper hand in the religion.
That Eshu, Ogún and Oshosi are consecrated on the throne outside the Igbodun Osha, and that it is the Awó who shaves with scissors and razor at the consecrations of Osha.
Eshu Grivelu (Agriyelu), and the secret of the land of Lodo Nile.

What is forbidden · Eewó

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Ebbós of Osalo Fobeyo · The sacrifices that open the road

LoveAdabora's ebbó🔒 Babalawo

MoneyThe ebbó of the black-eyed peas🔒 Babalawo

Pushing death awayThe ebbó of the plantain stems🔒 Babalawo

Beating enemiesThe ebbó of the trap🔒 Babalawo

SpiritualThe ebbó at the top of the hill🔒 Babalawo

Law troubleThe ebbó of the two white pigeons🔒 Babalawo

MoneyThe ebbó of the money spent🔒 Babalawo

Beating enemiesThe ebbó of the war🔒 Babalawo

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Works of Osalo Fobeyo · The workings of the sign

SpiritualThe work of the two pots🔒 Babalawo

MoneyThe food taken to the market🔒 Babalawo

Beating enemiesThe inshé Osain of Osalo Fobeyo🔒 Babalawo

HealthThe work to save a sick person🔒 Babalawo

Law troubleThe work to get someone out of prison🔒 Babalawo

Law troubleThe works for trouble with the law🔒 Babalawo

SpiritualThe paraldo for the house🔒 Babalawo

SpiritualThe secret of Oba Kolagba🔒 Babalawo

SpiritualThe two-faced Opa Egun staff🔒 Babalawo

HealthThe secret of Bebe Ore Ikú🔒 Babalawo

LoveThe work for a woman🔒 Babalawo

SpiritualThe omiero of the egg over Eshu🔒 Babalawo

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Patakíes of Osalo Fobeyo · The roads of the Odù

1The road where the two faces speak

Olofin promised Eshu he would send him to make Ifá if Eshu could find him when he whistled out in the bush — but he hid behind the plantain tree and Eshu could not see him. Shangó, seeing Eshu upset, stood back to back with him: «you look that way and I will look this way». When Olofin whistled, Shangó caught him: «You sly one, you are behind that tree — now you have to pay for Ifá for both of us». Here the two faces speak.

Olofin told Eshu: «If you find me when I whistle to you out in the bush, I will send you to Orunmila's house to have Ifá made for you». Olofin would whistle and hide behind the plantain tree, and Eshu could not see him.

Eshu was upset by now and beginning to lose his temper, when Shangó happened to pass by and, seeing him that way, asked him: «What is the matter with you, that you are so upset?». Eshu told him what was happening. Shangó told him: «Stand behind me: you look that way and I will look this way». When Olofin whistled, Shangó told him: «You sly one, you are behind that plantain tree, and now you have to pay for Ifá for both of us».

Here the two faces speak.

2The dog and the hunter

The dog lived in the bush and warned the birds when the hunter came, and the hunter could never catch them. Worn out, the hunter took the dog home and slowly tamed him — until one day the dog began barking in the bush to show the hunter where the birds were hiding. Ever since, the hunter makes a good catch, and the birds wander about in flight.

The dog lived in the bush, and when the hunter came, the dog warned the birds and they left, and the hunter could not catch them.

Until one day, worn out by now, the hunter took the dog home and slowly tamed him. Sometimes he went to the bush alone and other times he went with the dog, until one time the dog began barking in the bush to show the hunter where the birds' hiding places were.

Ever since, the hunter makes a good catch, and the birds began wandering about in flight — and the hunter has good hunting.

3The road where Orunmila decided to stay on earth

Olofin sent Orunmila to earth to set it in order and then return to heaven. Orunmila did everything he was told, but he also took up with a woman and came to have children by her. When Olofin ordered him back, Orunmila begged for more time: he could not abandon his children. He went on sending the animals from the prayers, until Olofin sent word that he should stay on earth for everyone's good.

Olofin sent Orunmila to earth to set it in order. Orunmila began sending Olofin animals of the kind used in the prayers, so that when he finished, he could return. But Orunmila, while he did everything Olofin told him, also gave some of his time to a woman by whom he came to have children.

When Olofin ordered him to come back, counting the time he had already spent on earth setting it in order, Orunmila sent word that he would return so as not to disobey him, but that he could not abandon his children, and he begged him to grant him more time so as to finish setting everything properly in order. And he went on sending the animals, until Olofin sent word that he should stay on earth for everyone's good.

4When the Arara were at war with the Igere🔒 Babalawo

5The secret of the land of Lodo Nile🔒 Babalawo

6The secret of the war between Shangó and Ogún🔒 Babalawo

7The power of the spirit-scarer (Aberikunló)🔒 Babalawo

8Adabora finds company🔒 Babalawo

9The secret of the okpele🔒 Babalawo

10Where Abita eats with Olofin🔒 Babalawo

11Where Osalo Fobeyo became the executioner of his own victims🔒 Babalawo

12The horse🔒 Babalawo

13The secret of the war between Oshún and Oba🔒 Babalawo

14The road where shaving half the head for the Orisha's bordun was born🔒 Babalawo

15The road of Awo Mosawere🔒 Babalawo

16The breasts — where nipples were first sucked🔒 Babalawo

17The turtle and the deer🔒 Babalawo

18The seller of advice🔒 Babalawo

19When Eshu took the cloth from Abita🔒 Babalawo

20Eshu, Orunmila's barber🔒 Babalawo

21Things cannot be done completely🔒 Babalawo

22Omodonoy the sickly one — the birth of Agriyelu🔒 Babalawo

23When Ogún lived with Oyá and Shangó lived with Oba🔒 Babalawo

24The support🔒 Babalawo

25The reading made for time🔒 Babalawo

26Prosperity🔒 Babalawo

27The sprite🔒 Babalawo

28The miser and the debtor🔒 Babalawo

29Oba Kaloba🔒 Babalawo

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Frequently asked questions about Osalo Fobeyo

What does the Odù Osalo Fobeyo mean in Ifá?

The hairy one and the shaven one — Olofin and Abita — sitting at the same table: you are with God and with the Devil, and happiness comes in old age.

What number is Osalo Fobeyo among the 256 Odù of Ifá?

Osalo Fobeyo is Odù number 152 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Osa family.

Which orishas speak in Osalo Fobeyo?

In the Odù Osalo Fobeyo these orishas speak: Eshu, Shangó, Obatalá, Azojuano, Oduduwa, Osain, Orunmila, Egun, Ibeyis, Abita.

What is a proverb of the Odù Osalo Fobeyo?

One of the proverbs of Osalo Fobeyo says: «A fly on the tiger does not frighten the tiger.».

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