OKANA BARA
ÒKÀNRÀN ÒBÀRÀ · OKANA OBARA
Prayer
OKANA BARA OLODAFUN ORUNMILA OÑI PATAKI KODAFA ESHU IFE LEDOYA ELEGBARA LATILE MIATELE AWO AMOTIWO ATELE ESE NITASE ADIFAFUN ONIBARA BANIREGUN AMBATELE YOLAIBENEKU ASUNSHE AWADO AKUKO LEBO. KAFEREFUN SHANGO ATI OYA.
Súyere
«NIGBA NAA, ARUN TI NSE WA LESIN TITAN, ADUPE LOWO OLORUN»
Born in this sign
- OKANA BARA OLODAFUN ORUNMILA OÑI PATAKI KODAFA ESHU IFE LEDOYA ELEGBARA LATILE MIATELE AWO ANOTIWO ATELE ESE NITASE ADIFAFUN ONIBARA BANIREGUN AMBATELE YOLAIBENEKU ASUNSHE AWADO. AKUKO LEBO. KAFEREFUN SHANGO ATI OYA.
- 1.- MAKING EBBO IN THE SQUARE TO PROSPER.
- 2.- WHEN OBATALA TURNS HIS BACK ON A PERSON, NO SAINT CAN SAVE THEM EXCEPT ORUNMILA.
Description of the sign
THE PERSON WITH OKANA BARA IS STRONG, HARDWORKING, AND DETERMINED, BUT FACES ENVY AND CONFLICTS. THEY MUST BE PRUDENT, AVOID SHOWING OFF, AND PROTECT THEMSELVES SPIRITUALLY TO AVOID MISFORTUNE. THEY TEND TO BE ALONE IF THEY DO NOT CARE FOR THEIR RELATIONSHIPS, AND MUST MAKE SACRIFICES TO ENSURE THEIR WELL-BEING. SUCCESS IS POSSIBLE, BUT IT REQUIRES INTELLIGENCE AND DISCIPLINE.
THE ODÙ OKANA BARA SPEAKS OF AVOIDING PREMATURE DEATH AND PREVENTING NATURAL DISASTERS THAT DESTROY OUR HOME.
THIS ODÙ INDICATES A VERY STRONG POSSIBILITY OF PROBLEMS WITH CHILDREN OR PARENTS.
TO ACHIEVE WHAT IS DESIRED UNDER THIS ODÙ, ONE MUST ENTER THE MOUNTAIN WITH SEVEN HERBS AND, UPON LEAVING, CLEANSE ONESELF (SARAYEYE) WITH A ROOSTER, WHICH MUST BE THROWN BACKWARD WITHOUT LOOKING.
ONE MUST RESIST THE TEMPTATION TO BE BOASTFUL.
HERE, A POWERFUL PERSON IS PLANNING TO KILL YOU BECAUSE OF YOUR EXEMPLARY PERFORMANCE AT WORK.
THE GOURD AND THE MELON ARE A FAVORITE FOOD STAPLE OF HUMANS.
IN THIS ODÙ, OLA-OGÚN WAS PURSUED BY AN UNTIMELY DEATH AND NATURAL DISASTERS IN HIS HOUSE. CARE IS RECOMMENDED WITH STORMS AND LIGHTNING.
ALSO ONE MUST TAKE CARE WITH PREMATURE DEATH, SINCE THIS ODÙ WARNS THAT DEATH WAS LYING IN WAIT FOR THE CHATTERBOX.
HERE, OLOFIN’S WIFE WAS ACCUSED OF INFIDELITY AND FELL VICTIM TO A MALICIOUS FALSEHOOD.
OKANA BARA’S WORK WAS MOCKED AND MADE THE OBJECT OF JEERS.
IN THIS ODÙ, THE MUD OR CEMENT USED TO BUILD A HOUSE WAS CAUGHT AND CRUSHED BY HUMAN BEINGS. IT IS WARNED THAT CARE MUST BE TAKEN THAT HUMANITY DOES NOT TRY TO DO THE SAME TO YOU.
THE YAM WAS CUT INTO PIECES BEFORE BEING POUNDED IN THE POT, COOKED OVER THE FIRE AND ENDING IN THE MOUTHS OF HUMAN BEINGS.
HERE, ENEMIES WORK ON THE CHILDREN OF ORUNMILA IN CHAINS TO KEEP THEM SHACKLED.
IN THIS ODÙ, SHANGÓ WEPT AND ENDED UP BECOMING A BEGGAR. OBATALÁ WAS ALSO CONSIDERED A DOG.
The description of this odù continues in the app, with 38 more sections.
Proverbs
- DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE SMALL ONE.
- LUCK AND MISFORTUNE IN THE STREET HAVE SOMEONE TO CARE FOR THEM.
- WHOEVER DOES IT PAYS FOR IT.
- CAPRICE IS RUIN.
- THE ONE WHO WORKS, GOD HELPS HIM.
- THE HORSE CANNOT FIND THE PATH IN THE UNDERGROWTH.
- IT IS ABOVE OTHER TREES THAT THE MISTLETOE BECOMES NOTICEABLE.
- «MANJE WERE, MAN KU WERE – MANJE WARA, MAN KU WARA»: HE WHO EATS SLOWLY, DIES SLOWLY; HE WHO EATS QUICKLY, DIES QUICKLY.»
- CORN ALWAYS COMES OUT UNITED.
Patakís of Okana bara
- A DIVINATION WAS PERFORMED FOR THE YAM.
- DIVINATION WAS DONE FOR THE CLAY (ATEBO).
- DIVINATION WAS DONE BEFORE LEAVING HEAVEN.
- DIVINATION WAS PERFORMED FOR ORO, THE WIFE OF OLOFIN.
- HE PERFORMED DIVINATION FOR THE MAN WHO USED TO GO TO HEAVEN TO PERFORM DIVINATION.
- A DIVINATION WAS PERFORMED FOR THE PEOPLE OF OTUMOBA.
- A DIVINATION WAS PERFORMED FOR THE CALABASH AND THE MELON.
- DIVINATION WAS PERFORMED FOR OLASONI.
- DIVINATION WAS PERFORMED FOR OLA-OGÚN.
- ORUNMILA WENT TO OBATALA’S SQUARE.
- CAMINO DEL CARGO.
- WHEN OBATALÁ SAID THAT OLOFIN WAS SICK.
- OBATALA, THE DOORKEEPER OF OLOFIN.
- THE SLAVE OWNERS.
- WHOEVER DOES IT PAYS FOR IT.
And 6 more patakíes of this sign, complete, in the app.
Okana bara 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.
