OGBE DI
ÒGBÈ IDÍ · OGBE IDIN
Prayer
LERIKAN ADIFAFUN AWO SARAKO BABA WELE AWO ABANITA AYE OBA ORUNMILA KOLADE OBE KAILEBO LEBO OGBE WEÑE SARAKO LAYE.
Súyere
OGBE DI KAKA, OGBE DI LELE. OGBE DI LELE OGBE DI KAKA.
Born in this sign
- 1.- THE BLINKING OF THE CLOUDING OF THE EYEBALL.
- 2.- EVIL DESIRES, BOTH THOSE OF ONE’S FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS TOWARD ONE, AND THOSE OF ONE TOWARD ONE’S FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS.
- 3.- THE ARAYES.
- 4.- THE SECRET OF THE ATA (YEYE), THE GUINEA PEPPER FOR KOFIBORI.
- 5.- PAYING OZAIN THE DUE WHEN THE HERBS ARE COLLECTED.
- 6.- THE CAMOUFLAGE.
- 7.- THE PARLIAMENT.
Description of the sign
OGBE DI IS A HIGHLY INTELLIGENT, ANALYTICAL PERSON WITH A SHARP MIND AND STRONG SEXUAL VITALITY. HOWEVER, INEXPERIENCE, ARROGANCE, GREED, OR ISOLATION CAN BECOME HIS GREATEST ENEMIES. HE OFTEN HAS MANY ENEMIES BECAUSE OF HIS GOOD FORTUNE, HIS BUSINESS SUCCESS, AND HIS ABILITIES. HE MUST LEARN NOT TO POINT OUT THE FAULTS OF OTHERS NOR BECOME INVOLVED IN OTHER PEOPLE’S PROBLEMS.
HE CAME INTO THIS WORLD TO FULFILL THE DESTINY HE CHOSE BEFORE OLOFIN PRIOR TO HIS BIRTH. HIS MISSION IS TO ACHIEVE GREATNESS THROUGH RESPECT, DISCIPLINE, THE OBSERVANCE OF IFÁ, AND SERVICE TO THE ORISHAS. IF HE DEVELOPS HUMILITY AND SHARES HIS KNOWLEDGE, HE WILL BE PROTECTED BY OLOFIN AND WILL BECOME A PERSON OF POWER AND PRESTIGE.
THIS IS AN ODÙ OF PRIESTHOOD.
OGBE DI SAYS: «THE ARROW HAS THE VIRTUE OF MAKING NO NOISE».
IN THIS IFÁ, GOOD AND EVIL ARE PRESENT.
YOU WILL BE THE POWER AND THE PROOF OF WHAT YOU SAY.
THE AWÓ OGBE DI, IF HE IS RESPECTFUL, RESPONSIBLE, AND DILIGENT, WILL BE GREAT AND PROTECTED BY OLOFIN.
INEXPERIENCE IS THE WORST ENEMY OF THIS ODÙ.
IT IS AN ODÙ OF GREED AND OF GRUFF PEOPLE WHO DO NOT SHARE THEIR KNOWLEDGE OR THEIR EXPERIENCES.
IFÁ SAYS THAT EVERY AWÓ KNOWS A PART OF EACH ODÙ, AND THAT WHEN EVERYONE SHARES THEIR KNOWLEDGE, WISDOM IS COMPLETED.
HERE EACH SOUL, BEFORE LEAVING HEAVEN AND BEING BORN ON EARTH, KNEELS BEFORE OLOFIN TO CHOOSE ITS DESTINY.
THE ALEYÓ WHO IS GIVEN THIS ODÙ MUST BECOME AN AWÓ OR A SANTERO(A).
WHEN THE AWÓ SEES THIS ODÙ FOR A GODCHILD OR AN ALEYÓ, HE MUST NOT REVEAL EVERYTHING, AS THAT PERSON TENDS TO TELL EVERYTHING.
THE OGBE DI AWÓ, BEFORE INITIATING HIS GODCHILD, MUST PERFORM NUMEROUS CEREMONIES TO PREVENT HIM FROM GOING ASTRAY.
OBORÍ ELEDA MUST ALSO BE PERFORMED FOR THE CHILD OF THIS IFÁ TO PROTECT THE OFFICIATING AWÓ.
The description of this odù continues in the app, with 45 more sections.
Proverbs
- KNOWLEDGE IS SHARED AMONG ALL.
- THE ARROW HAS THE VIRTUE OF MAKING NO SOUND.
- COMPLETELY CLEAR. OGBE CLOSES.
- THE INNOCENT PAY FOR THE SINS OF THE GUILTY.
- EACH PERSON CAME INTO THE WORLD TO FULFILL WHAT GOD ORDAINED.
- THE TRUE WAY OF KNOWING NOTHING IS TO TRY TO LEARN EVERYTHING AT ONCE.
- AFTER OFFERING THEM THE BENEFIT, THEY LEAVE ME HANGING.
- THE HAIR OF THE NOSE SHOULD NOT STICK OUT.
- WHOEVER DEVOTES HIMSELF TO DOING EVIL EVENTUALLY DESTROYS HIMSELF.
- IF YOU TAKE WOOL TO SELL AT THE MARKET, YOU SHOULD FIRST SHOW IT TO THOSE WHO WEAVE CLOTH.
And 4 more proverbs of this sign in the app.
Patakís of Ogbe di
- WHEN ÒRÌṢÀ-NLÁ WAS RAISED ABOVE THE OTHER DIVINITIES.
- WHEN OGBE DI WAS COMING TO THE WORLD.
- OGBE DI REVEALS HOW FRAUD AND TRICKERY BEGAN AMONG THE CHILDREN OF THE 200 DIVINITIES.
- WHEN IT WAS CONSULTED FOR THE MOAT THAT SURROUNDED THE TOWN.
- THE PROTECTIVE POWER OF ORÚNMÌLÀ.
- DOCTOR, HEAL YOURSELF.
- WHEN IFÁ WAS CONSULTED FOR THE SNAKE AND THE RAT.
- WHEN ORÚNMÌLÀ SETTLED IN IWARA-OLA.
- WHEN IFÁ WARNED ABOUT THE DANGER OF HAVING AN ONLY CHILD.
- WHEN THE BAT AND THE KINGFISHER DISREGARDED THE ADVICE OF IFÁ.
- WHEN THE PEOPLE OF ORO FORGOT THEIR PROTECTIVE DEITY.
- WHEN THE LIE OF IFAJIMI’S WIFE WAS EXPOSED.
- WHEN THE ANIMALS ACCUSED ORÚNMÌLÀ BEFORE OLODUMARE.
- WHEN THE WOMAN FOUND THE HUSBAND SHE HAD CHOSEN IN HEAVEN.
- THE ORIGIN OF OGUÈGÀ (ÀGBÌGBÀ) AS AN ART OF DIVINATION.
And 41 more patakíes of this sign, complete, in the app.
Ogbe di complete —with its entire description, as Ifá says, ewe, works and all the patakíes— is in the app Signos de Ifá, alongside the other 255 odù.
