Meaning of Osa Ka in the Diloggún
- Here the naturalness of death was born.
- You cannot show pity for people who are in the throes of death, because you, a godchild or a relative will die.
- When a child of this Ifá dies, a silver coin is placed inside the mouth so that the person may go to ara onú.
- Here speaks inkan araye saluga kowa ilé: the enemy who is inside your house as a friend.
- Here was born the circus tent that rotted from being moved from place to place.
- The person has fallen ill from changing spouses.
- You may not wear any threadbare clothing.
- The clowns speak here. You laugh, but your heart weeps. People laugh at you.
- Kofibori with eyá bo (red snapper). Baths with five ewefa. Take three baths: the first with yellow flowers, the second with red flowers and the third with white flowers.
- This is the Ifá of the tired horse. The person is worn out from so much work and in the end has no one who loves or values them.
- Osa Ka has the ability to make others carry the blame for their faults.
In this sign is born
- The naturalness of death.
- The circus tent.
What this sign indicates
- The trouble is inside your own house.
- You are looking for a woman to marry.
- You have been apart from your parents for a long time.
- There is a great spiritual emptiness in your life.
- You are tired of having no fixed place of your own.
- You wish to marry, or you will be invited to a wedding.
- Because of a family secret, you left your parents’ house.
- You may be evicted from where you live.
- You have had several spouses, since your life has been chaotic and lived in complete instability. Now your children remember you only when they need money or when they need you to solve some important problem.
- You want to go somewhere to ask for money or for something of value to you (it may be of sentimental value) that you care about and would like to keep. Do an ebó before you go.
- Beware of traps, for you are not being dealt with honestly.
- Many envious eyes are upon you and that holds you back.
- Move away from where you live.
- The plate you broke, another will have to pay for.
- A trap has been set for you to close your road.
Advice and warnings
- Give thanks to Oluo Popo and light two itáns for him.
- Nothing threadbare may be worn.
- Dress in white.
The traditional reading of this sign also warns about the following:
- You have fallen ill and aged from moving from place to place.
- You are troubled by a debt you owe or by something else of weight, which may even be health problems.
- This year you have suffered many losses, including in your health.
- Take care of your work and your health.
Proverbs of Osa Ka
- El que busca encuentra. Whoever searches will find.
- El mal suyo está sentado en su casa. Your misfortune is sitting inside your own house.
- El plato que usted rompió otro lo pagará. The plate you broke, another will pay for.
Patakíes of Osa Ka
Malano and disobedience
There was a woman who sold in the marketplace, and her name was Malano; she meddled in every matter that was none of her business. One day Orunmila told her to do ebó so that she would not lose her life, but she paid no heed and carried on with her way of living. Until one day death followed her and killed her because of her stubbornness.
The plate you broke, another will pay for
Ebbo: Tres eyele, orí, efun, 3 ota, broken plates, 3 akofa, asho arae, threadbare asho, akara bibo, eku, epo, awado, the remaining ingredients, opolopo owo. It is asked whether the akofa umbebolo; if the answer is yes, they are smeared with eyerbale from the eyele and placed on top of the ebbo, and with the two eyele and the akara bibo, kofibori. Adifafun Olofin.
Awo Osa Ka was a great womanizer. One day he fell in love with the daughter of his Oluwo, named Mondia, who was a maiden. The affair was kept well hidden, but the young woman became pregnant and he did not know what to do to avoid the scandal with his godfather, who had entrusted his daughter to him while he was away travelling.
In those days an old client came to consult Ifá, looking for a woman to marry. At that moment this Ifá came out and he told him: «You come seeking a work to be done so that you may find a woman to marry.» As that was precisely what the old client was after, he carried out the works the Awo prescribed.
The Awo then devised a way for the client to meet the young woman without any apparent involvement on his part. The old client fell in love with Mondia, and the Awo prepared a special amulet for the young woman using washes of red mangrove for three consecutive days, so that it would appear to be the amulet of a maiden.
In the end, the old client married the young woman, taking on the consequences of Awo Osa Ka’s actions.
The secret of shangói
Obatalá had a secret, the birth of Shangó, and he entrusted his daughter Dada-Bañani to raise him. Obatalá visited his daughter every day to see his son Shangó, who grew up pampered, indulged and proud.
However, Obatalá treated Ogún unjustly, and this aroused Shangó‘s curiosity. He insisted on discovering the reason behind the upbringing he had been given. After much insistence, one day Yemayá revealed to him the long-sought secret.
Ogún told Shangó that he knew a secret about his life and that if he revealed it, something tremendous would be unleashed. Shangó, in his arrogance, urged Ogún to tell him, since he had no secret in his life. Ogún revealed it to him, and Shangó, ashamed, went to Yemayá and asked her about it. She denied everything at first, but because of Shangó’s insistence she finally revealed the whole truth to him.
Shangó took reprisals against his father Obatalá and decided to turn away from him, abandoning him.
There is a great secret in your life, and it is possible that your father raised you knowing that he was not your biological father.
Aritinlo the obedient
Aritinlo was a man of good feelings, but his family was caught up in upheavals, which filled him with unease and hardship since he had no stable place to live.
Aritinlo went to Orunmila’s house, who performed an Osodde consultation and revealed this Ifá. He told him: “You must make a sacrifice and move away from where you live, for the troubles you face there keep you held back, and a war of great magnitude is coming to that house».
Aritinlo made the sacrifice and moved. He soon began to prosper and, a short time later, the upheaval within his family unleashed a war in which all its members killed one another, wiping out the whole family.
Aritinlo was the only one of his family who was saved, thanks to his obedience to Ifá.
A person who is obedient is saved, while those who are not are lost.
Works and ebbó of Osa Ka
Works and labours of osa ka
- Ebbo
- Two doves, ori, 3 stones, a broken plate, 3 arrows, torn clothing and bread; it is asked whether the arrows go in, and if so they are smeared with the blood of the doves and placed on top of the ebbo, and with the doves arbori is done, together with the soft inside of the bread. Adifafun Olofin … You have three enemies.
- Ebbo for envy
- Three plates with bollos, ekru, corn, eko. Derecho (ritual fee).
- Ebbo to remove evil
- A rooster, corn, obi, earth from the doorway of the house. Derecho.
- Ebbo to avoid the trap
- Two white plates, two crumbled yams, 2 guinea fowl, 2 roosters. Derecho.
- Ebbo
- 4 doves and aruque to sleep with it.
- Ebbo
- 3 white plates, refuse from the doorway of the house, a broken razor, 2 roosters and a fishing net, 2 doves, awado, acara, ekru, owo, crumbled yam with epo.
- Ebbo against envy
- Two akuko, 3 eyele, 4 white plates, obi, atitan ile, a razor without a handle, ekru, awado, eku, eya.
- Ebbo
- Akuko, 2 eyele, a razor without a handle, a small basket with earth from your doorway, eku, eya, the remaining ingredients, opolopo owo. It is asked whether the akuko is for Oggún; the two eyele are asked whether they are for osun or for Oggún; the leri go in the basket. The ebbo with the basket is taken to the side of a roadway. The awo smooths the way for his wishes.
- Ebbo
- Akuko, a hooked stick, hair from a tired horse’s mane, bogbo Ashe. With the horsehair a whisk is made to drive off the insects when you lie down to sleep, and so to drive off Ikú.
Orishas in this sign
The orishas that the letter itself links to this sign, according to what the source records:
- Oggún — It is asked whether the akuko is for Oggún; the two eyele are asked whether they are for osun or for Oggún.
Other aspects of the sign
Ewé of the sign
Yellow jia, manto and maidenhair fern.
Osa Kani Iwani Autele Kole Adifafun Aritinlo Eyua Yole Elanyo Eyua Akuko Lebo, Ounko Lebo, Ori Ebbo, Adie, Ewe Tinlo Yokula Unlo Asho Fun Fun Ikan Lowa. Osa Ka Ifá Oina Lordafun Omo.