Meaning of Okana Roso in the Diloggún
Key aspects concerning body and mind
A woman must not allow anyone to bite her breasts and must avoid any blows to them.
Parents pass on more than their hereditary traits to the unborn child: they are also responsible for the future psychological wellbeing of their children.
If the home is kept in harmony and peace, the child develops in balance within the womb, giving rise to a stable, emotionally healthy person.
If, on the other hand, the parents live amid conflict, shouting, and emotional turmoil, the unborn child is affected by the mother’s nervous state and takes shape psychologically unstable. This carries into an adult life marked by insecurity, a difficult temper, or emotional fragility.
Born in this sign
- The Eggun.
- The reason the atiponla and the escoba amarga are never found in the same place.
- Poverty in the world, as the result of a curse from Olofin.
- The practice of consulting one’s Guardian Angel or Orunmila about the actions one is going to take or the gifts one is going to receive.
- Cancer of the woman’s breasts.
- Usurpation.
- Volcanic eruptions.
- The formation of the unborn child.
What this sign indicates
- Watch where you walk, because your enemies wish to see you fall over something you said.
- A misfortune may catch you by surprise at any moment.
Advice and warnings
- Take care not to let your mind be disturbed or be swept along by evil.
- Okana Roso is an Ifá of curses.
- An ebbo is required, to be placed at the top of the hill.
- This Oddun speaks of usurpation.
- It is an Ifá connected with war.
- Homage must be paid to Olokun and to Yewá (oshakai kai).
- At times, things are said backwards so as not to lose one’s luck.
- The owners of this Oddun are Shangó and Ozain.
- A one-eyed akuko is offered to Shangó.
- A one-eyed akuko is also offered to Olokun, with ashode of every color, eko, eya, epo (palm oil), awado, oñi (honey), oti, and 7 small bells, in a specific place.
- Ozain receives a one-eyed akuko and then a normal one, passed from the head of the person concerned toward Osun.
- Here took place the war between the atiponla and the escoba amarga.
- The atiponla and the escoba amarga do not thrive in the same place.
- That is why Sotosojuka (San Lázaro) lives in the corners, between two walls.
- Akiomde (Shangó) lives as a wanderer.
- Orunmila’s counsel to the awo: «In whatever land you find yourself, do as you see done. Do not try to change the world, for no one can set it right.»
The traditional reading of this sign warns, in addition, of the following:
- You are under a curse and entangled in something you should not be. Moreover, your wife is ill.
- There is a belief that a person may lose an eye from looking at a blind man.
- In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
- When the flamboyán tree is in bloom, its flowers announce misfortune, epidemics, and the death of children.
Proverbs of Okana Roso
- A la tierra que fueres, haz lo que vieres. In whatever land you find yourself, do as you see done there.
- El que mucho habla mucho yerra. Whoever talks too much makes many mistakes.
- En la tierra de los tuertos, cierra un ojo y tira. In the land of the one-eyed, close one eye and take your shot.
- El de paz engaña al enemigo. The one who comes in peace deceives the enemy.
- Hay quien se queda tuerto por ver a otro ciego. There are those who lose an eye trying to see another man blind.
Patakíes of Okana Roso
Path 1
Prayer: Adifafun Okuni Aratake Ele Esen Ozain Nile Maferefun Orunmila.
The story (Pataki)
There was once a farmer who stole fruit from Ozain’s house every day. His wife warned him not to do it, because she had a foreboding that something bad would happen to him that day. The farmer, however, ignored his wife’s advice and went out to the field.
As it happened, Ozain had set a trap, for he was tired of being robbed. He buried the trap to harm the thief. The farmer went in to steal the fruit as usual, but on returning home he fell gravely ill.
He decided to go and see Orunmila, who examined him and consulted Ifá. Orunmila told him that he was seriously ill and that he had to make a rogación and return to the place where he had stolen the fruit to dig up a buried object. Otherwise, he would not be cured.
The farmer followed Orunmila’s instructions and thanked his wife, for had he listened to her advice, he would never have fallen ill or had to go through everything it took to recover.
Works and ebbó of Okana Roso
- Rogación against poverty
- Ebbo for prosperity
- Ebbo for protection
- Ebbo for peace and harmony
- Adie meyi, akuko okan.
- An assortment of fruit.
- Asho timbe-lara.
- Opolopo owo.
Prayers and suyeres of Okana Roso
Liturgical material transcribed from the source manuscripts; it is preserved verbatim.
Prayer 1
Asaye Darico Eye Akuko Adifafun Bolele Adie Lebo Moduro Duru Arace Comimobore Eñi Indimu Mollo Collo-co Idiamiti Mereti Reti Atimide Atimise Adifafun Orunmila Umbantilo Chague Mibo Agutan Lebo Ba Una Moenitan Enloqueno Pueda Eyele Akuko Lebo. Odafun Orunmila Olodafa Yalorde.
Prayer 2
Okana Roso Adifafun Okun Aratake Ele Esen Ozain Nile Kaferefun Orunmila.
Prayer 3
Adifafun Okuni Aratake Ele Esen Ozain Nile Maferefun Orunmila.
Orishas in this sign
The orishas that the letter itself links to this sign, as recorded in the source:
Other important aspects of the sign
Ewé of the sign
- Atiponla
- Escoba amarga
- Huevo de gallo
- Palo de lechuga
The Eshu of the sign
This is the Eshu who governs the sign Okana Roso. His energy is deeply bound to conflicts, traps, curses, and spiritual wars. He is attended with deep respect and strategy, for he is an Elegbá who intervenes when things are done «backwards».
Introduction to the sign Okana Roso (Okana Iroso)
Okana Roso Adifafun Okuna Aratako Ole Eson Ozain Nile. Kaferefun Orunmila.
3 works you can perform with Okana Roso
Old, torn clothing, old shoes, crab, ham, shrimp, lobster, tripe, one osiadie dun dun, one fun fun, one igba, a broom, 3 obi and 4 brooms, eku, eya, epo.
Owunko, akuko, owo mello. The ebbo must be placed on a hill.
A goat, akuko, eku, eya, 2 obis for Shangó and 2 for the head of the aleyo. An ebbo with gunpowder is also performed to prevent explosions in the home.
Akuko, needles, water, $5.15. One-eyed akukos, small bells, assorted cloths, eku, eya, epo, oñi are also used. The rooster is given to Olokun together with $5.25 after the rogación.