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The albino Odù, where the pains of childbirth are born: the ebbó settles the contest between good and bad — in 24 hours you are rich, or poor.
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Otrupon Tauro is Odù number 193 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Otrupon family. This page brings together its prayer in Yoruba, 19 patakíes (3 with the full text), its proverbs, 7 ebbós and works and the signs it shows in the consultation — with the full eewó in plain sight; the detail of iré and osogbo and the full recipes open with The Notebook, in English.
Otrupon Tauro is an albino Odù, a sign of thresholds: here the pains of childbirth, the candles of the igbodun and the Awó's power to work at night were born. Its greatest scene is a contest on the road: the three pieces of luck went out walking along with illness and death — and the ebbó settles which one reaches your door first.
Your fortune swings like a pendulum: in 24 hours you become rich — and out of disobedience, in 24 hours you become poor. The red and white sash at your waist holds that swing steady, and one rule protects you from the fall: do not hide the money you have — there is something to be done with it, and if you do not do it you will come to harm.
The illness of this letter carries a secret of mercy: the sick person is sure to die, but he is going to get well — and that same illness will make him known to humanity. Give thanks for it: if not for the illness, he would already be in prison for something that came out with the law. What looks like punishment was hiding him from the real blow.
Your mouth is your border: secrets of any weight are told to nobody — however close the friendship, they stop being secrets and you come to harm — and do not throw curses: they turn back on you — it is through a curse that illness and death arrive here. And do not weep over having deceived: the three pieces of luck went where they heard their own names — let yours be spoken clean.
Your house is a temple of hospitality: whoever asks you for shelter, give it; whoever asks you for food, feed them — and food for Orunmila, and yam at the door, from outside inward. Do not move house, keep a light burning, keep your promise to Shangó: they are going to name you in charge of something, and the war with the one who wastes no time over the long run, you win.
Throw no curses, do not hide your money and give shelter and food to whoever comes — the pieces of luck of Otrupon Tauro go where they hear their name spoken clean.
Otrupón Tauro Iré Nifa Pori Ifá Ni Kaferefún Obbatalá Ati Shangó.
Súyere
Iremifa fueri iré ariku Oshanla y Shangó lodafun Olofin.
“Overnight, a man becomes rich just as easily as poor.”
“Do good and do not look at whom.”
“Whoever crushes others to get rich ends up poor and crushed.”
“Whoever lets the wicked into his house puts a rope around his own neck.”
“It is easier to calm a raging animal than a man set on having his way.”
“The fly does not display her pearls in order to sell them.”
“When the crocodile weeps, he is announcing the death of his prey.”
“What happens is for the best, and today's ill is tomorrow's good.”
“Better a little in peace than a great deal in fear.”
“Whoever preaches what he does not practice will not be respected.”
“Without asking first, plans come to nothing.”
“The just man thinks before he answers, and his words bring him honor.”
“It is not enough to be good; you have to show it.”
“Whoever profits from a swindle is a swindler too.”
“Act out of love and not out of good arguments.”
The pains of childbirth.
The candles (itaná) in the igbodun, to the right and to the left.
The Awó's power to read and to work at night.
The full eewó of this Odù, open to everyone — with the road each ban came out of.
Do not tell serious secrets to anyone, no matter how great the friendship.
They stop being secrets and you are harmed.
Do not curse, do not complain, and do not fight with anyone.
Illness and death arrive through cursing, and they turn back against you.
Do not be curious or a busybody, and do not suddenly look into any closed room or shut-up house.
It can cost you an illness or your own sight.
Do not be mean or stingy with the things of the religion.
Like the son of Shangó, for being mean he lost everything.
Do not hide the money you have.
You have to do a certain thing, and if you do not do it you will be harmed.
Death was coming for Orunmila's son, and this Ifá ordered him ebbó with a she-goat. When they asked Ikú what she was after, she answered that her need was to eat. Orunmila did it, and death left him alone.
Here Ikú wanted to take Orunmila's son, and the Ifá ordered him to make ebbó with a she-goat. When she was asked what she wanted, the answer was that eating was her need. Orunmila carried out the rogation and death left him alone.
The three sons of a king got lost in the bush and, after a long walk, came upon an old man who owned a hut; he took them in and offered them everything he had. Safe now, they explained how they had got lost and confessed to Orunmila that they were the sons of a king; they thanked him in their father's name and left. The old man showed them the road to the city, and the boys ran to tell their father what had happened. In return, the king sent a party on horseback to fetch him and gave him the post of Awó of the city.
A certain king had three sons, and all three were lost in the bush. They walked a long way until they came upon an old man who owned a hut; they asked him for shelter and he put before them everything he had within reach.
Out of danger now, they told him how they had got lost and revealed to Orunmila that they were the sons of a king. They thanked him in their father's name and went on their way.
On the way back, the old man pointed out to them how to get to the city. Once there, they ran to the house of the king, their father, to tell him everything. The king, grateful, ordered that they go out on horseback and in great number to look for the old man, and he named him Awó of the city.
Orunmila had a mind to move away, but his angel assured him that his luck was right there and ordered him to keep a light burning; Ifá, for its part, asked him for a hen. He had only two hens, and these ate nothing but the eggs the hens laid; obedient, he handed them over anyway. At night, two boys, sons of the king, got lost in the bush and that light led them to Orunmila's house. He treated them well, gave them food and put them up until the next day. In the morning he took them out of the bush to their house; they told their father what had happened and the king, as a reward, gave him a high post.
Orunmila meant to move away, but his angel told him he was going to find his luck right there, and ordered him to keep a light burning. Ifá also asked him for a hen.
Two hens were all Orunmila had, and they fed only on the eggs the hens laid. Even so, obedient, he handed them over.
That night two boys, sons of the king, got lost in the bush, and guided by that light they reached Orunmila's house. He received them well, put food before them and let them sleep there until the next day. In the morning he took them out of the bush and that was how they got home; the boys told the king, their father, what had happened, and he, in return, granted Orunmila an important post.
The albino Odù, where the pains of childbirth are born: the ebbó settles the contest between good and bad — in 24 hours you are rich, or poor.
Otrupon Tauro is Odù number 193 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Otrupon family.
In the Odù Otrupon Tauro these orishas speak: Obatalá (Oshanla / Oshalufón), Shangó, Orunmila, Elegbara (Eshu), Olofin, Oshún, Ikú, Arun, Ofo, Eyó.
One of the proverbs of Otrupon Tauro says: «Overnight, a man becomes rich just as easily as poor.».