Osa Ogbe

Also called Osalo Fobeyo, Osalo Fogbeyo

nº 152 of 256 · Edited by Ricco Ledesma

Olofin, the hairy one, and Abita, the bald one, seated at one table: one lives next to God and next to the Devil, and happiness comes in old age.

29 patakíes 10 eewó 20 ebbós and works 14 proverbs

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Osa Ogbe is Odù number 152 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Osa family. It is also written as Osalo Fobeyo or Osalo Fogbeyo. This page brings together its prayer in Yoruba, 29 patakíes (3 in full in plain sight, with their teaching, ebbó and chants), its proverbs, 20 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 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

Osa Ogbe, also known as Osalo Fogbeyo, is the sign where Abita sat down to eat for the first time beside Olofin. Here were born hypocrisy and the temptation of the forbidden, the books of magic, musical instruments, the two faced Eshu and the gift by which the Oshas mount their children. That is why you live between good and evil, and your ruling is twofold: the happiness you seek comes to you late, in old age, if you do not let yourself be dragged into what is illicit.

Spiritually you are like a twin: one Egun pushes you toward good and another toward evil; one of them is identical to you, but of the opposite color. Take care of your dead with masses, candles and food, because there is an Egun attached to your home and a close departed one who gives you no peace. On the day light surrounds you, your okpele tells the truth; on the day of the dark spirits, it deceives you. Receive Azojuano and Oduduwa, who restores your memory. Your hands have a special gift and you can live from them, as a craftsman or as a magician.

«The hairy one and the bald one ate at the same table: Osalo Fobeyo learns to know who is speaking to him.»The pulse of Osa Ogbe

Around you are people who speak sweetly and do not tell the truth, and your enemies set traps for you without rest. Keep away from what is illegal and from bad company, which lead you to the law and strip you of your morals. Money slips away from you: with a hundred you want a thousand. Do not touch money that others entrust to you, because it belongs to the Souls. Do not have partners or do business with adodi, and always keep the word you give. Here people are not grateful: help little by little.

This sign kills the mother with heartache, like the plantain plant, which dies when it bears its bunch: take care of yours and do not abandon her. It is very hard for you to build a family; you find no joy at home and go looking for it outside: this is a path of adodi in men and of alakuata in women, and the awó who has this sign finds his joy living with a woman of the street. The woman sacrifices for her man and he does not thank her. Watch your children, for they can go astray, and there is a danger that a minor suffers a rape or falls into effeminacy: do not leave the children alone. A child of Obatalá will be born to you with a mole on the belly or on a buttock. Before the year ends a relative may die.

In health, watch your blood pressure, your heart and your skin, and avoid whatever may poison you. This sign brings impotence, a weak mind, fluid retention and, in women, fibroids and cysts; also guard against falls. And if anger takes hold of you, stay still and silent until you know what truly happened.

The sign in one line

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

The prayer of Osa Ogbe · 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 Osa Ogbe tells you

When this Odù appears in an itá, it announces the death of a relative of the person before the year is out.
When this Odù comes out for someone who is ill, it signals loss; if it is intori Ikú, a small piece of plantain stump is added to the ebbó.
Osalo Fobeyo kills his mother, and he does it with troubles: like the plantain plant, which dies when it bears fruit. And also like scorpions, which when born climb onto the mother and devour her.
The person does not find happiness in his home and goes outside to look for it.
The person does not honor the word he has given.
There is a scar or mark on the body or on the roof of the mouth.
There are ailments such as high blood pressure, heart problems, poisonings, skin eruptions (psoriasis, impetigo), impotence, brain weakness, fluid retention, fibroids and cysts.
The plantain plant speaks: the person suffers from fluid retention (the plantain plant is almost 90% water); in women, fibroids appear, which are nothing more than an accumulation of fluid.
The scorpion speaks: it is a path of adodi, both active and passive; in the case of women, of alakuata.
Ifá of impotence: during the sexual act the person loses concentration (the mind is weak and other thoughts cross it), and when asleep may release semen in bed.
An Awó who has Igba Odu (Olofin) can seat any Osha he knows.
The happiness of the Awó of this Odù lies in living with a woman who works as a prostitute: he cannot do business or have dealings with adodi or alakuata, but he can with prostitutes.
If the one being consulted is a woman: she comes asking about her husband, who is wandering around as if mad after losing a lot of money because of his good heart. She should take care of her insides, since she tends to have fibroids, and during sexual relations her breasts should be bitten, to be free of cancerous processes.
The Babalawo cannot fully solve anything for anyone: once he settles the matter for the client, the client does not come back to his house.
About a dog you had: since you parted from that animal you began to lose, and nothing has gone well for you again.
That you are somewhat unsettled because a dead person very close by does not let you rest: you find no peace, you do not stay anywhere, and for that reason you want to go far away.
That you had saved money, wasted it, and now you are in poverty.
That money will be handed to you in custody: respect it, do not touch it even for one cent, because it belongs to the Souls. So as not to spend it, place a coconut and six cents before Eshu.
Of a son you will have, marked with a mole on the belly or on a buttock: he will be a son of Obatalá and his necklace must be put on him.
That you were given a charm with a great reputation for bringing money, but when you have a hundred pesos you need a thousand, because they slip away; do an ebbó with that charm and a magnet stone.
About someone who will come to find you for something bad: be careful with that person.
That you plan to move away from where you live: there is a pregnant woman there who keeps an iron.
That you have an animal with which you will have to do a rogation because of a war you have with another person: if you do it, Shangó will help you win it.
That, when you go out to take care of an errand and someone stops you in the street, whoever it is, you should ask to be excused and say that you will speak with that person the next day.
That you learned a little hand magic and had friends in your youth who have already died.
That you must fulfill what you owe to Yemayá, Shangó and Eshu.
That, if it concerns an illness, the person has diseased blood or a venereal disease.
That they want to sink you: make ebbó with a jícara with its lid and mocolle inside, and take it downriver with honey. This Odù is for winning.
That you should not reveal your secrets to anyone: you have a wandering luck, and you should not waste anything that is given to you, because from that your fortune will come.
That, if you are a man, you are ungrateful, want everything for yourself and speak ill of your family; if you are a woman, there are conflicts with men because of you.
That in your house there is a dead person who wants to take it away with witchcraft, and you keep an old razor.
That you should keep an eye on your son, in case he is lost to you, and be careful of deaths in the family before the year ends, because of a betrayal.
That you have had or have pimples on the skin and do not sleep well at night; you owe money for a pledged item and must have a Mass said for a dead person.
That you should not listen to gossip.

Proverbs of Osa Ogbe · 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

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

Iré · what the sign brings

When they know the spiritual side of life, they know how to appreciate its pleasures.
The happiness they seek comes to them in old age, at the end of life.
Their fingers and hands have a special skill they can live from, for example as a magician, an illusionist or a craftsman.

Osogbo · what the sign warns

They gamble everything in a short time and are left without their spiritual balance.
There is hypocrisy around them: even if someone speaks well, what they say is not true.
The temptation of the unlawful pursues them, and if they get involved in illegal things, they have problems with the law and lose their moral standing.

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What is born in Osa Ogbe · Ìbí

Two-facedness.
However well the person speaks, what he says is not true.
Temptation and what is not allowed.
Everything that is not legal tempts the person of this sign.
Musical instruments and books of magic.
The person has a particular skill in the fingers and hands, and lives from them.
Nipples on the breasts.
From the path of Iya Ile: when Shewere nursed emu meyi thanks to the ashé given by Olofin and Osain, the patches healed and turned into nipples; that is why a man sucks a woman's nipples.
The power of Aberikunló (spirit-scarer).
It serves to scare away Ikú, the eguns and death: with its omiero, peace returned to the town tormented by diabolical eguns.
The division between good and bad.
«Edun eletun oshe ile kanfeetun eletun Arikú babawa».
The deception of the okpele toward the Awó Osalo Fobeyo.
If on that day the eguns of light guide him, he divines correctly; if the obsessing eguns and Abita dominate him, he divines nothing, because in this Odù the hairy one and the bald one sat down together to eat.
The paraldo in the house.
In the house there is an attached egun that must be cleansed away.
The gift that the Oshas descend upon the heads of people.
People can serve as horses of the Santo. When a strong and furious Osha mounts a horse, «ero Baba kalile» is repeated to him three times; if it is a genuine Santo, calm comes at once.
Osain Adebore, and that the oath is taken in Osain and ivory is placed on him.
The colors with which the necklaces of the Orishas are made and the reason why people who die are covered with white cloth.
From the path in which Eshu took the cloth from Abita so that the world could have it.
The first time Abita ate in the company of Olofin.
Olofin explained to Elegba that, for the world to exist, both good and bad must exist.
Oba Kolagba.
In this world, no one can take the throne of Alafin without Oba Kolagba.
The cause of why, when Agayú and Azojuano are initiated directly, only the left part of the head is shaved on the first day.
From the path of King Akanaba and the razor of Afelu (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 ingratitude of the aleyo toward the Awó, and that the Babalawo cannot solve problems all at once.
When Orunmila solved everything for the people of the land Yaya Orun Inle, nobody ever came back: you must solve things little by little.
That women lost the upper hand in the religion.
That Eshu, Ogún and Oshosi be consecrated outside the Igbodun Osha, on the throne, and that the Awó be the one who cuts the hair with scissors and razor in the consecrations of Osha.
Because whoever is consecrated in Osha must always be accompanied by the shadow and the blessing of the Awó: without them, the consecration would not be iré.
Eshu Grivelu (Agriyelu) and the mystery of the land Lodo Nile.

What is forbidden · Eewó

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

Do not eat eggs, squash, chocolate, chard, pork or white beans, or foods that poison you.
Do not eat chard.
It is the main herb of this Ifá: the person is saved by it through the rogación of the head, baths and cleansing of the house, and for that reason what saves him is not eaten.
Dove is not eaten.
Do not do business or have any dealings with adodi or alakuata.
Do not go into partnership with other people.
Do not touch money that is entrusted to you for safekeeping.
If, when it is asked back, you cannot return it, you will suffer great shame; so as not to spend it, place a coconut and six cents before Eshu.
Do not wear stained clothes: dress in white and clean.
Do not get involved in illicit things.
It protects against legal conflicts and against moral disgrace.
Do not give advice if you have not been asked.
Do not do or say anything when you are very angry, until you know the truth.

Ebbós of Osa Ogbe · The sacrifices that open the road

LoveThe ebbó of Adabora🔒 The Notebook MoneyThe ebbó of the black eyed peas🔒 The Notebook Keeping death awayThe ebbó of the plantain stumps🔒 The Notebook Overcoming enemiesThe ebbó of the trap🔒 The Notebook SpiritualThe ebbó of the top of the hill🔒 The Notebook JusticeThe ebbó of the two white doves🔒 The Notebook MoneyThe ebbó of the spent money🔒 The Notebook Overcoming enemiesThe ebbó of war🔒 The Notebook

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Works of Osa Ogbe · The workings of the sign

SpiritualThe work of the two pots🔒 The Notebook MoneyThe food taken to the market🔒 The Notebook Overcoming enemiesThe inshé Osain of Osalo Fobeyo🔒 The Notebook HealthThe work to save a sick person🔒 The Notebook JusticeWork to free someone from prison🔒 The Notebook JusticeThe works for trouble with the law🔒 The Notebook SpiritualThe paraldo for the house🔒 The Notebook SpiritualThe secret of Oba Kolagba🔒 The Notebook SpiritualThe two-faced Opa Egun staff🔒 The Notebook HealthThe secret of Bebe Ore Ikú🔒 The Notebook LoveThe work for a woman🔒 The Notebook SpiritualThe omiero of the egg over Eshu🔒 The Notebook

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Patakíes of Osa Ogbe · The roads of the Odù

1Shangó and Eshu, back to back, find Olofin

Eshu received a challenge from Olofin: he had to find him in the bush whenever Olofin whistled, and if he managed it, Olofin would send him to Orunmila to have Ifá made for him. But Olofin whistled from behind some banana plants, and although he looked everywhere, he could not find him.

More and more annoyed, Eshu was almost bursting with anger when Shangó came along the path. Shangó saw the anger on his face and wanted to know the reason. After hearing the story, he told Eshu to stand at his back, so that one would watch ahead and the other behind. Olofin whistled again and this time Shangó pointed him out: he was hidden behind the banana plants. He called him a rascal and said that it was now his turn to pay for the Ifá of both.

This path is known because in it the two faces speak.

What it teaches

Looking in opposite directions makes it possible to see what one person alone cannot. Whoever accepts help in time finds what is hidden, and the benefit is shared between the two.

2The Dog and the Hunter

The wild was the dog’s home. When the hunter appeared, the dog raised the alarm with its voice; the birds took to the air and none fell into his power.

Exhausted from returning without prey, the hunter brought the animal to his own house and, with patience, made it gentle. After that he climbed to the wild sometimes alone and sometimes with the dog. Until one day the dog, now in the wild, barked toward the places where the birds took shelter.

From that day the hunter gets good game, and the birds find no rest: they live on the run.

What it teaches

One who once looked after his own people can turn against them when he enters the service of another. Changing sides for comfort leaves without shelter those who trusted him.

3Orunmila Stays on Earth for His Children

Orunmila went down to the earth on an assignment from Olofin, who wanted to see it set in order. From there he kept sending Olofin the animals used for rogations, convinced that he would return to the sky when he finished. He carried out what he had been told to do, although he also gave attention to a woman, and from that union children were born.

One day Olofin counted the time Orunmila had spent on that task and called him back. Orunmila answered by message that he would obey the order, since he did not want to disobey, but that his children would be left alone and he needed an extension to put them on their way. And he went on sending animals. In the end Olofin said something else: Orunmila should remain in the world, because that suited everyone.

What it teaches

Fulfilling an assignment does not prevent other duties from arising along the way. When children depend on someone, staying by their side can be the decision that suits everyone best.

4Shangó and Eshu give victory to the Igere🔒 The Notebook 5Griyelu and the scorpions of Lodo Nile🔒 The Notebook 6Ogún becomes iron and his fight with Shangó ends🔒 The Notebook 7The power of the spirit-scarer (Aberikunló)🔒 The Notebook 8Adabora finds company🔒 The Notebook 9The secret of the okpele🔒 The Notebook 10Where Abita eats with Olofin🔒 The Notebook 11Where Alañó went from executioner to sacrificer of Oduduwa🔒 The Notebook 12The horse that died for not listening to advice🔒 The Notebook 13The fight of Oshún and Oba over Shangó🔒 The Notebook 14Where the shaving of the head in halves began for Agayú and Azojuano🔒 The Notebook 15Awo Mosawere learns who the faithful friend is🔒 The Notebook 16Iya Ile and the origin of nipples🔒 The Notebook 17The tortoise and the deer🔒 The Notebook 18The seller of advice🔒 The Notebook 19Eshu distributes Abita's cloths throughout the world🔒 The Notebook 20Eshu, Orunmila's barber🔒 The Notebook 21When men forgot Orunmila🔒 The Notebook 22Omodonoy the sickly and the birth of Agriyelu🔒 The Notebook 23The ear of Oba and the river born from her weeping🔒 The Notebook 24The support🔒 The Notebook 25The reading made for time🔒 The Notebook 26The bell of Ogún that stopped the lucks🔒 The Notebook 27The sprite🔒 The Notebook 28The miser and the debtor🔒 The Notebook 29Shangó, dressed as a child, tests King Emiru🔒 The Notebook

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Frequently asked questions about Osa Ogbe

What does the Odù Osa Ogbe mean in Ifá?

Olofin, the hairy one, and Abita, the bald one, seated at one table: one lives next to God and next to the Devil, and happiness comes in old age.

What number is Osa Ogbe among the 256 Odù of Ifá?

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

Which orishas speak in Osa Ogbe?

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

What is a proverb of the Odù Osa Ogbe?

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

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