Oshe Sa

The sign at a glance

Order in Ifá

Odù 236 of 256

Composition

Oshe over Osa

In the Diloggún

5-9 · Oshé tonti Osá

Orishas that speak

Yemayá · Oshún · Azojuano (San Lázaro) · Odduduwa · Shangó · Oyá · Ozain · Ekubijegan

What Ifá says in this sign

The prayer of Oshe Sa · Yoruba

Oroshere Adifafun Ticoy Emapuo Miya Oba Toralo Ogun Awo Okuni Motu Cape Adifafun Ako, Akuko Lebo, Akofa, Baba Oko Moni Oko Kan Karita Mete Etu Oro Epola Pua Si Meyi Dudo, Leri Epu Chima.

Ifá says — what Oshe Sa tells you

• It points to disorders in the joints of the arms or legs: arthritis, calambrina, thrombosis and twisting of the limbs; colds are frequent.
• Lesbianism and homosexuality are spoken of, from the road of Yemayá Okunté and Yemayá Ashabá.
• The health of the children needs care: they tend to be born rickety or deformed, like Azón; the person has a defect in the legs or a child with twisted legs.
• The person lives under suffocating surveillance and pressure, like Oshún locked up by the sorcerer; the obinisis awaken sexual desire through their beauty and have moles on the face.
• In a couple, the tendency is to keep faith until death: widowhood is carried for life, as the parrot does.
• The person is unable to build their own house, or lives in one that was received as an inheritance.
• High positions are reached, but your own character brings you problems and justice comes down on you: the person ends up condemned and is caught up in trials.
• Resentment toward others can lead him to harm himself even to the point of losing his life, like the slave overseer.
• He is cheated in business: act shrewdly so as not to lose.
• If this Ifá turns out to be osobo (Ikú, Arun, Ofo), one must act urgently, because the person is in danger.
• If he has daughters, they may become pregnant even without having had sexual relations, like the Yemayá of the island.
• He lost a gift he had when they whispered in his ear; he is somewhat disturbed and confused, but his luck is good.
• He has the enemy inside his house.
• The cunning jicotea speaks, godmother of the fire, who asked to die in the water: her cunning saves her.
• The parrot speaks, which looked sideways for the efún, got a cramp and its legs twisted: arthritis; and so does its fidelity, which carries widowhood until death.
• The Flying Witches speak, also called the Elders of the Night, who guard the bath of God before the rooster crows.
• The coconut speaks: when it is dry and old it does not sprout, and without water no one wants it; there is contempt and lack of consideration.
• The sea speaks, which made ebbó, and the coast, which did not: that is why the sea pushes the garbage to the shore and leaves it there.
• The eweses of the Odù are: varita de San José (hollyhock), poinsettia and poplar, plants of beauty and ornament, whose splendor comes and goes in cycles, just as the person must look after their physical appearance, which is their strong point.

Proverbs of Oshe Sa · Òwe

• “Skill is worth more than strength.”

• “The good son has the blessing of God and of his mother.”

• “Nobody can feel with you the way a mother does.”

• “An ill with no cure.”

• “His cunning saves him.”

• “The brave man fights and dodges.”

• “When we see the turtle, we need no club.”

• “Money is cursed, but to be born and to die you need it.”

• “A dry old coconut does not sprout, and with no water nobody wants it.”

• “Destroying human lives without cause is punished.”

• “Making peace is the order.”

• “An ill with no remedy is best forgotten.”

• “Only the Creator of life has the right to take it.”

• “One hand washes the other and the two wash the face.”

• “Cheating is the wicked man's fault and honesty the just man's virtue.”

• “Blood weighs more than gold.”

• “The wise man is prudent, the fool insolent.”

• “Everyone who truly repents is truly forgiven.”

• “The sincere man is to be trusted; the two-faced one always lies.”

• “The wise man never gets tangled in quarrels with a fool.”

Iré and Osogbo

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

What is born in Oshe Sa · Ìbí

• Adí and Imú, the children (omó) of Yemayá: the adimú.

  Yemayá presented the heads of her children to Olofin so that he would forgive men, and said: «The adimú will be the greatest offering that can be made to me and to the other Orishas».

• The «do not touch my shoulder».

  The crafty man drew the other's business ideas out of him with a hand on his shoulder, and took advantage without sharing the profits.

• The great parting of Odduduwa and Obatalá.

  Oduduwa had to exchange tin for silver, and that is why his pieces are made of silver.

• The curse that Yemayá cast upon money.

  She cursed men and money because of their greed and their desire for profit, but without money one cannot live: it is needed in order to be born and to die.

• Doing atefá with a silver peso (owó laka).

  It gives no result in the sign, but its presence frees you from the curses that religious work might drag along.

• That a slave is made overseer and, even so, seeks his own death.

  The resentful slave killed those who looked down on him, and his master killed him.

• That Ifá beat the sorcerer's prenda.

  Orula broke the ologú's chain with the three arrows and the three nails, and freed Oshún.

• That Ozain eats monkey.

  The monkey, shameless and bold, pestered Osain, and his godchildren offered it to him.

• That Azón becomes Azojuano.

  The weak son of Odduduwa and Ekubijegan allied himself with Ikú, was sworn in as Koleyewe Kuté and came back giving health: «medicine that heals».

• That the witches, or Elders of the Night, took an oath upon the ground.

  The oath was made against ending human lives without cause: that is why the witches cannot annihilate the true children of God or the devotees of Orunmila.

• That Oshún received the crown from Olofin as Oshún Iyumú (the deaf one).

  After Orula freed her from the sorcerer's confinement, she was Ayabá, Queen.

What is forbidden · Eewó

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

• Do not run, and do not rush when you are running late.

  You may fall and break a leg; leave early for your destination and take precautions with transportation, like Orunmila, who refused to mount the horse.

• Do not attempt against your own life and do not wish for death anymore.

  Express instruction of this Odù.

• Do not drink alcohol.

  Drink costs you your life.

• Do not repeat what you see and hear; guard your tongue and do not anger anyone.

  One is always needed: the turtle lived respected because her mouth did not anger people.

• Do not be resentful.

  Resentment drives him to commit murders that in the end ruin his own life, as happened to the slave overseer.

• Do not leave the house for seven days.

  Instruction of the Ifá Says of this Odù.

• Do not shout so much.

  Watch your mouth, because they could break it.

• Do not press your partner with jealousy.

  She draws a lot of attention: avoid jealousy.

Ebbós of Oshe Sa · The sacrifices that open the road

Works of Oshe Sa · The workings of the sign

Patakíes of Oshe Sa · The roads of the Odù

Frequently asked questions about Oshe Sa