Odù 193 of 256 · Otrupon family
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. 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; 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.
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 in this odu carries a secret mercy: the sick person thinks they are going to die, but they will be cured — and through that illness they will come to know humankind. Give thanks for it: were it not for that illness, you would already have gone to jail over something the law found out. What looks like punishment was hiding you 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.
This is where death wanted to take Orunmila's son, and this Ifá told him to make ebbó with a goat. When Ikú was asked what she wanted, she answered that eating was her need. Orunmila made ebbó, and death left him alone.
This is where death wanted to take Orunmila's son, and this Ifá told him to make ebbó with: a goat. And when she was asked what she wanted, she answered that eating was her need. Orunmila made ebbó, and death left him alone.
A king had three sons, and they were lost in the bush. After walking a long way they met an old man who owned a hut, and they asked him for hospitality, and he gave them whatever he had at hand. Once the danger had passed, they told him how they had gone astray and revealed to Orunmila that they were a king's sons; in the king's name they thanked him and took their leave. The old man showed them the road to the city, and when they got there they ran to tell their father what had happened. The king, in gratitude, ordered a great company on horseback to go and fetch him, and made him Awó of the city.
There was a king who had three sons, and they were lost in the bush. After walking a long way, they met an old man who owned a hut, and they asked him for hospitality, and he gave them whatever he had at hand.
Once the danger had passed, they told him how they had gone astray and revealed to Orunmila that they were a king's sons, and in the king's name they thanked him and took their leave.
On their way back, the old man showed them the road to reach the city; and when they arrived, they ran to their father the king's house to tell him what had happened. And their father, in gratitude, ordered a great company on horseback to go and fetch him, and made him Awó of the city.
Orunmila wanted to move house, and his angel told him that he was going to find his luck right there, and ordered him to keep a light burning; besides that, Ifá asked him for a hen. Orunmila had only two hens, which fed on nothing but the eggs the hens laid; but being obedient, he gave them. That night, two boys, sons of the king, got lost in the bush, and by the light they made their way to Orunmila's house, and he looked after them very well, fed them, and there they slept until the next day. In the morning, Orunmila took them out of the bush and they reached their house, where the boys told their father what had happened, and the king, in return, granted him a high post.
Orunmila wanted to move house, and his angel said that he was going to find his luck right there, and ordered him to keep a light burning; and besides that, Ifá asked him for a hen.
Orunmila had nothing but two hens, which fed only on the eggs the hens laid. But Orunmila, being obedient, gave them.
That night, two boys, sons of the king, got lost in the bush, and by the light they made their way to Orunmila's house, and he looked after them very well, fed them, and there they slept until the next day. In the morning, Orunmila took them out of the bush, and they reached their house, where the boys told their father the king what had happened; and he, in return, granted Orunmila a high post.
What does the Odù Otrupon Tauro mean in Ifá?
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.
What number is Otrupon Tauro among the 256 Odù of Ifá?
Otrupon Tauro is Odù number 193 of the 256 in Ifá, part of the Otrupon family.
Which orishas speak in Otrupon Tauro?
In the Odù Otrupon Tauro these orishas speak: Obatalá (Oshanla / Oshalufón), Shangó, Orunmila, Elegbara (Eshu), Olofin, Oshún, Ikú, Arun, Ofo, Eyó.
What is a proverb of the Odù Otrupon Tauro?
One of the proverbs of Otrupon Tauro says: «Overnight, a man becomes rich just as easily as poor.».