OTURA TIYU
ÒTÚRÁ ÌRETÈ · OTURA NENE
Prayer
OTURA TIYU BABAYE OLOFIN ASHO LENU ASHO LERI AKUELO LERI AKUELO KI ORUN ORUMALEWAMALE IFA YERE IFA BABA IFA ASHO OTURA TIYU BABA YEYERE OLOFIN KOFIDENU ORUNMILA LORUBO.
Súyere
«OTURA TIYU WAN WAN YOROO ASHOBO IFA ARUDA»
Born in this sign
- 1.- THE NUNS.
- 2.- THE BACKFLOW OF SEA WAVES.
Description of the sign
THE PERSON IS SPIRITUAL, INTELLIGENT AND OF GREAT IDEALS, BUT MUST LEARN TO LIVE IN MODERATION AND AVOID EXCESSES, FOR THESE WILL BE HER GREATEST ENEMY.
HIS DESTINY IS TO ATTAIN POWER AND WISDOM THROUGH SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE. HIS LIFE WILL BE MARKED BY HIGHS AND LOWS, AND ONLY CONSTANCY WILL ALLOW HIM TO KEEP HIS BLESSINGS.
THIS ODÙ SPEAKS OF THE REAFFIRMATION OF OUR SPIRITUALITY, AS WELL AS OF KNOWING HOW TO PRACTICE MODERATION, WHICH WILL BE THE MOST DIFFICULT FOR THE CONSULTANT.
BEFORE PRONOUNCING THE NAME OF THIS ODÙ, ONE MUST SPIT OUTWARD WHILE PRAYING TO ORÚNMÌLÀ, SO THAT THE WORDS THAT COME FROM ONE’S OWN MOUTH DO NOT BECOME THE CAUSE OF DEATH OR MISFORTUNE FOR THE ONE WHO PRONOUNCES THEM.
WHEN THIS SIGN COMES UP, THE BABALAWO RUBS HIS HAND ACROSS HIS FACE BECAUSE THIS SIGN IS THE SHAME OF THE BABALAWO.
THIS ODÙ IS THE PATH WHERE KNOWLEDGE NEEDS CONSECRATION TO REACH ITS TRUE POWER.
THE PERSON MAY BE BORN WITH GREAT SPIRITUAL GIFTS, BUT MUST DISCIPLINE THEMSELVES AND RECEIVE THE CORRESPONDING CONSECRATIONS IN ORDER TO FULFILL THEIR DESTINY.
THE SECRET IS THE GREATEST FORTUNE OF THIS ODÙ. WHOEVER REVEALS THE MYSTERIES THAT IFÁ ENTRUSTS TO THEM ENDS UP LOSING THEIR ASHÉ.
ONE SHOULD NOT CONFUSE TALENT WITH RIGHT. THE GIFT IS A GIFT FROM OLOFIN; AUTHORITY IS GRANTED BY CONSECRATION.
THE PERSON MUST ALWAYS RESPECT THEIR ANCESTORS, THE ORISHAS AND THE FORCES OF NATURE, FOR WHEN THEY RELY ONLY ON THEIR OWN KNOWLEDGE THEY END UP GOING ASTRAY.
THE GREATEST DANGER OF THIS ODÙ IS BELIEVING ONE ALREADY KNOWS EVERYTHING AND STOPPING LISTENING TO THE ADVICE OF IFÁ.
THE MOST DIFFICULT TRIALS OF THIS ODÙ ARISE FROM ENVY, BETRAYALS AND PEOPLE WHO SEEK TO KNOW OTHERS’ SECRETS.
PROSPERITY ARRIVES WHEN THE PERSON LEARNS TO KEEP SILENCE, RESPECTS SPIRITUAL PACTS, AND DOES NOT BOAST OF HIS OR HER GIFTS.
OGÚN IS THE GREAT DEFENDER OF THE CHILD OF THIS ODÙ AND THE ONE WHO OPENS THE PATHS WHEN EVERYTHING SEEMS CLOSED.
ORÚNMÌLÀ IS THE ONE WHO GATHERS AND ADMINISTERS THE ASHÉ OF ALL THE ORISHAS, THEREFORE THE PERSON MUST ALWAYS REMAIN UNDER HIS COUNSEL.
The description of this odù continues in the app, with 33 more sections.
Proverbs
- THE OWL WAS SEEN SCREECHING YESTERDAY, AND A CHILD DIES TODAY; BUT WHO KNOWS HOW THE BIRD CAUSED THE CHILD’S DEATH?
- THE REFORMATION OF SPIRITUALITY BRINGS BENEFITS TO MAN.
- MODERATION MAKES A MAN RICH.
- WHEN THE CHILDREN ARE HAPPY, LUCK ENTERS THE HOUSE.
- WITH ONE HAND YOU CANNOT LIFT A GOURD (THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT REQUIRE THE HELP OF A SECOND PERSON).
- DISOBEDIENCE, PUNISHMENT OF OLOFIN.
Patakís of Otura tiyu
- THE DIVINER DIVINED FOR THE THREE BROTHER BIRDS.
- HE DIVINED FOR AGBE, ALUKO AND AGBONRIN.
- HE ALSO DID DIVINATION FOR AYIYAN.
- THE DIVINATION HE MADE BEFORE LEAVING HEAVEN.
- DIVINATION FOR THE BARREL, THE CLAY POT AND THE GOURD WHEN THEY WENT TO WAR AGAINST THE RIVER.
- THE SPECIAL SACRIFICE FOR ACHIEVING SUCCESS.
- THE SPECIAL SACRIFICE FOR ACHIEVING SUCCESS.
- ÒSÙMÀRÈ ÈGÒ, THE BABALAWO WHO LIVED BY IFÁ.
- THE SON OF ESHU LAROYE.
- THE ZARAMAGUNYON.
- WHEN OGÚN AND OSHOSÍ COURTED SHANGÓ’S WIFE.
- THE COLORS OF THE PEACOCK.
- THE PATH WHERE OLOFIN MADE ALL THE SAINTS SICK.
- THE HUNTER.
- WHEN THE SEA WAS RECEDING.
And 5 more patakíes of this sign, complete, in the app.
Otura tiyu 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.
