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Ifa: The 16 Odu Ifa & Their Meaning.

The meaning of the 16 Odu Ifa of the Ifa is based on 16 symbolic or allegorical parables contained in the 16 Core Chapters or Principles that form the basis of the Ifá, a system of divination of the Yoruba people of Nigeria. The Grand Priest of Ifa, the Babalawo or Iyanifas are the Priests and Priestesses of the Ifa Oracle that receive and decode the meaning of the Divine Messages contained in the Odu Ifa Parables that are transmitted to them using a Divination Chain known as Opele or the Sacred Palm or Kola Nuts on a Wooden Divination Tray called the Opon Ifa. When the 16 Odu Ifa is combined, a total of 256 Odu emerges which is essentially a collection of 16 Odu, each of which has sixteen alternatives that are believed to reference all situations, circumstances, actions, and consequences in life. These form the basis of traditional Yoruba spiritual knowledge and are the foundation of all Yoruba divination systems. Ifá proverbs, stories, and poetry are not written down. Rather, they are passed down orally from one Babalawo to another. People consult Ifa for divine intervention and spiritual guidance. The 16 Odu Ifa:

- Eji Ogbe: The principle of Eji Ogbe is the idea of perfect alignment with Destiny. Ifa teaches that all human Destinies are rooted in the spiritual discipline of developing good character.

- Oyeku Meji: It references the idea that death represents the end of a cycle for example the end of poverty, the end of ill health, the end of confusion, and the end of loneliness.

iii) Iwori Meji: It focuses on the ability to identify REAL possibilities.

iv) Odi Meji: Odi means the spirit of female reproductive organs; it is known as the seal. To seal something in a ceremony is to guarantee it will manifest. A seal is anything irreversible such as birth.

v) Irosun Meji: Irosun Meji occupies the fifth position within the order of Odu Ifa in Yorubaland. Irosun means the spirit that protects the head and descends. The Odu is known as the sounding Osun. Osun is the spirit that protects the head (Ori). The head is where memories are stored, so by protecting the head, Osun preserves the past. Irosun Meji is the stable and inflexible reality of what has come before us.

vi) Owonrin Meji: Owonrin means brought by the hands. It says the solidification of the past lays the foundation for that which is to come. Humans are born with a spectrum of potential that cannot be changed. Within the spectrum, we can make choices affecting the way our potential becomes manifest.

vii) Obara Meji: Obara is the Odu that incarnates humility in the struggle with arrogance. For those who are struggling to find abundance cleaning away the negative effects of arrogance is the first step towards accessing your ability to create abundance.

viii) Okanran Meji: Here is a warning not to scatter your attention. Okanran refers to new beginnings and a change of direction in your life. This change needs to be focused and directed towards a specific goal in order to be effective.

ix) Ogunda Meji: Ogunda Meji is a reference to the courage of Ogun to face unknown obstacles. When some people have problems they complain and blame others. In Ifa, complaining and blaming others is called ibi. Ire comes from accessing Ogun’s Ase, which is the Ase of the courage to take responsibility for all of your problems and the willingness to face them head-on.

x) Osa Meji: There are some stories attached to his Odu, simply put, it is said according to the Odu Ifa Osa Meji Ifa explains what happened between the Iyami and human beings: When humans (eniyan) and birds (eye) came to earth (Aye) from the sky (Orun) they made the sacred promise they will never kill each other. Time passed by and human beings became hungry because there wasn’t food for them and so they started to die one by one; Esu came to humans and put in their minds why they were dying with so many birds around. Humans decided to break the promise and started to kill the birds and eat them. The Eleye became very furious and went to Eledumare who said that human beings were guilty and since that moment the Eleye or Iyami will have the power to interfere in the human’s life and do what they want with them. Human beings broke the promise, they broke the equilibrium and now they need Iyami’s favor to avoid negativities.

xi) Ika Meji: This speaks of running away from evil thoughts, evil actions, and evil utterances. IFA says evil does not pay, but doing good and thinking well, and speaking out good words attract enormous blessings from OLODUMARE.

xii) Oturupon-Meji: Oturupon-Meji occupies the twelfth position in Odu Ifa. It is an image of instability within the forces of the earth. Oturupon Meji reveals how the faculty of intelligence came to the world. It relates to Egungun (Ancestor Society). The Egungun should be allowed to comment on the resolution of any conflict. Oturupon deals with the spiritual consequence of lack of courage.

xiii) Otura Meji Otura meji means peace, harmony, love, and light through proper examination of mind, heart, and soul to find the infinite wisdom, infinite power, and the infinite supply of all that is necessary to achieve our earthly destiny and spiritual growth.

xiv) Irete Meji: Under this Odu, Orunmila speaks of possible initiation into IFA to guarantee long life and good health. This Odu speaks of the prosperity of life and the Exaltation of life if the possible offering of rituals, sacrifice, and initiation to encourage the fulfillment of life and happiness.

xv) Ose Meji: Ose Meji says there is a woman that is looking to have children but she has been unsuccessful up till this point. Ose Meji says this person must make a sacrifice. Ose Meji says that if this person can sacrifice, they will soon find a spouse, and birth to children, and receive a financial increase.

xvi) Ofun Meji: Ofun Meji occupies the sixteenth position within the order of Odu Ifa in Yorubaland, West Africa. In Ogbe Ofun, it means that the person is in alignment with their destiny and is receiving blessings as a result of the effectiveness of their prayers and spiritual discipline. Read the full article

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hi! i hope you don't mind a question. i was wondering if it's still okay to approach the orisha if you're not an initiate (but are still black)

Hi! Always happy to try to answer questions and help any way I can (: 

Ifá, Santería, Candomblé, and Beyond

I’m not sure how much background you have on the orishas so bear with me if you know all this already! Before explaining anything else, I wanna clarify that the orishas are not part of just one religion, so it’s not possible to generalize about them too much.

Ifá, Ifá Orisha, or Yoruba religion are all names for the indigenous religious traditions of the Yoruba people in West African (mostly Nigeria). The way the orishas are worshipped and the oral traditions of Yorubaland vary region by region, lineage by lineage. Every lineage family has its own ways and its own version of the Odu Ifá, the oral tradition of Ifá religion and Yoruba culture.

The slave trade forcefully brought Yoruba people and their religion around the world, especially to Brazil and Cuba. It’s in these countries that many olorishas, babalawos, and iyalawos (priests and priestesses of Ifá and the orishas) were forced to convert to Catholicism and hide their worship of the orishas as the worship of saints and under the guise of Catholic practices. This is how Santería was born in Cuba and Candomblé in Brazil. Each of these religions originated from Yoruba culture and religion, but also include influences from Catholicism and the languages and cultures of each country. So Santería is uniquely Afro-Cuban and Candomblé, Afro-Brazilian. There are even other diasporic traditions like Umbanda which include orisha worship.

So it’s important to know which religion someone is planning to approach the orishas through before considering how to do so. There isn’t one way, but rather many different ways depending on the religion and within that religion which lineage. 

Open vs. Closed to Non-Initiates

What is universal across all these religions and traditions is that there are some ways of worshipping and interacting with the orishas that you are allowed to do as a non-initiate and many things that are off limits if/until one is initiated into certain priest/esshoods. For example, only babalawos and iyalawos can divine with opele and opon ifa or give some a Hand of Ifá. Generally, only olorishas can divine with erindilogun and are allowed to be ridden by orishas. Only initiated priests or priestesses of any type can potentially divine which orisha(s) own your head and communicate with the orishas directly for you.

Some things that all non-initiates are allowed to do in most traditions:

Work with your Ori (personal spirit/head)

Work with your Egungun (ancestors)

Pray to the Orishas and Olodumare

Give basic offerings to the Orishas, Egungun, and Ori

Study the Odu Ifá

Obi divination

However, the correct ways to go about these practices still depend on the religion and lineage - and there may be differences also for each as to what non-initiates are allowed to do. In other words, it’s very difficult to truly work with and learn to worship the orishas correctly unless you begin learning from initiated priests and/or priestesses from a specific religion and lineage. 

These are community religions that are not meant to be practiced alone with the teachings passed down as oral tradition - not in books. That being said, here are some book recommendations that could get you started on learning which religions with the orisha you may be interested in and basics of the practices.

Open vs. Closed w/Ancestry

Opinions on this vary a lot. I’ve seen some black people who feel that all ATRs should be completely closed to everyone who doesn’t have any recent black ancestry. I’ve seen many, many practitioners of Santería and Ifá say that they feel the religions are universal and the orishas are universal for anyone to practice regardless of race. In practice, when you receive an Ifá reading from a babalawo, you can end up finding out that your Ori, your destiny wants you to practice another religion instead of worshipping the orishas. So in reality, there’s a lot of different perspectives and possibilities for this.

My personal opinion is that if you’re black, then everything in each orisha religion that is allowed for non-initiates is open to you. If you’re not, then it’s not. Regardless of your race or ancestry, if you want to practice more, you need to be initiated into the appropriate priest/esshoods for those practices.

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Aboru Aboye: Happy Osè IFA

I hope you are doing well and good Today ODÙ is ( Oyeku Meji ) (1) igi gbonbo Agbonini ese mejeji lojija ona koropa koropa adifa fun alapa ile alu ikin fun alapa oko (2) opere loyo tan lo da ikun de ile adifa fun peregede to se omo yeye ojumomimo (3) emi oye iwo oye adifa fun Eja to se omo yeye onibu eyi to ya agan to ya apara to ri omo leyin Adiye otapuru ekun oso oko si adiye lorun woni ko ma lo woni ti e tan awon eleye ni ti e otan English interpretation…. (1) Aboru Aboye if this ODÙ Oyeku Meji comes up for you either your initiation or divination IFA says you should feed your Ori and your future is as bright as the daylight. (2) Aboru Aboye, if this ODÙ Oyeku Meji comes up for you either your initiation or divination IFA, says your energy and spirit reject uniform clothes that are being chosen for a party between you and a friend IFA says your energy reject this is for you not to die prematurely. (3) Aboru Aboye if this ODÙ Oyeku Meji comes up for you either your initiation or divination IFA says you should never rush to respond to any urgent call-up either you are being called that someone is sick or someone is dead IFA say never rush to answer such a call or visit. (4) Aboru Aboye if this ODÙ Oyeku Meji comes up for you either your initiation or divination IFA says there was someone who is sick or who was sick during the time you have this Odu either you or a friend of yours and it’s maybe someone close to you that you and the person looks so much alike. (5) Aboru Aboye if this ODÙ Oyeku Meji comes up for you either your initiation or divination IFA says you may see or have gray hair on your head please do not get rid of it or thinking is not good for you IFA says this hair didn’t grow because of your age but it’s growing for you to live long because they’re some people who are wishing you to die young but the more they keep having that in mind towards you the more you keep living a long life. (6) Aboru Aboye if this ODÙ Oyeku Meji comes up for you either your initiation or divination IFA says if you are a woman or girl whoever is going to be your spouse must IFA for you not to be going in and out of the relationship. (7) Aboru Aboye if this ODÙ Oyeku Meji comes up for you either your initiation or divination IFA says there’s a big post or elevation coming for you but you have to keep up to the Taboos. ( Aboru Aboye if this ODÙ Oyeku Meji comes up for you either your initiation or divination IFA says you should do the sacrifice of this Odu because there is a lot of disrespect that has been happening to you but for this to stop this sacrifice needs to be done. (9) Aboru Aboye if this ODÙ Oyeku Meji comes up for you either your initiation or divination IFA says there’s a closer friend of yours who is also an enemy to you but you always show this person maximum love and care but you never knew that he or she is an enemy to you but to identify he or she is skinny and little bit tall A little list of Taboos for ODÙ Oyeku meji … (1) say no to anything red (2) do not eat any leftover food on the second day (3) say no to alcohol or drug (4) always do checking from IFA whenever you have a trip or call-up to go somewhere or meet someone Note: all ODÙ IFA are good there’s no bad ODÙ it depends on whoever is chanting it for you Read the full article

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Odù, Ọ̀bàrà Méjì cast for today's Ọ̀sẹ̀ Ifá

Looking at the Odù, Ọ̀bàrà Méjì cast for today's Ọ̀sẹ̀ Ifá, I quickly remember the song of the legend, late Hubert Ogunde from the album, "Onímọ́tò" where he sang as follows :- Asúrétete ò màní kọ́já ilé Arìngbẹ̀rẹ̀gbẹ̀rẹ̀ ò màní sọnù sọ́nà Impatient fast runner will not pass home Slow walker will not get lost on the road Now let's bring it home. Why are we always in a hurry? Just listen to the stanza. Ìkánjú ò ṣe jayé Wàràwàrà ò ṣe jù s'ápò Gbogbo ohun t'Ọlọ́run bá fún wa làágbà Adífá fún Èyí t'ó ń rìn ọmọ Èjìọ̀bàrà Èròpo èrò ọ̀fà bó pẹ́ títí èèyàn t'ó tí ń rìn a dé'lé mọrẹ Hastening doesn't guarantee life enjoyment Dangerous hurrying is not habitable Whatever the Almighty Creator gives us should be accepted in good faith Cast divination for a walker, the child of Ọ̀bàrà Méjì People of Òpo and Ọ̀fà ( representing the world), let it be known that no matter how long it takes one to walk, one must surely get to one's destination (home). My people, EASY DOES IT. Ẹni t'óbá l'étí k'ógbọ́ Those who have ears let them hear Stay blessed From Araba of Oworonsoki land Lagos Nigeria Read the full article

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