Odu 2008 from Oke Itase I

This is courtesy of Oloye Solagbade Popoola, the Oluwo Odewale town

The Odu of the year for 2008/2009 is Oturupon nt’ewure (Oturupon Otura).
Ifa foresees the ire of victory for all Ifa practitioners the world over. Ifa advises all practitioners to offer ebo as appropriate.

For those born by this Odu, during Ikosedaye or Itelodu, Ifa enjoins them to offer ebo with one matured she-goat. This goat must not be slaughtered for any reason whatsoever. It must be handed over to the officiating babalawo to take away live. The officiating babalawo is free to do whatever he likes with the live she-goat when he got to his home. The important thing however is for this goat to be taken away from the home of those born by this Odu alive.

For all other devotees, Ifa enjoins to feed Ifa with two kolanuts, four bitter kolas a bottle of liquor and plenty of palm oil. This will ensure the support of Ifa for all devotees.

THE MAIN MESSAGES

1. Ifa foresees victory for all Ifa practitioners this year. Ifa says that there is a lot of opposition in the lives and works of many Ifa practitioners the world over. Ifa however assures them of not only victory but also long life. In this Odu, Ifa says:

Boo tuu puke
O tu puke
Boo na gbaja
O na gbaja
Otu ni o lee tu puke
Ko na gbaja
Ko fi ba Eji-Ogbe je ooko
Igbo nla nii mu omo ni mu ori
Okunkun moni morun eni o
Awogbo ifohun nii m’eye oko su si’ni l’ori
Dia fun Aikulola
Tii s’omo Elesemawe
Eyi ti nbe laarin osiiri, Ti nbe laarin ota
Aikulola o nii ku l’ewe
Kangere
Ma dagba, ma d’arugbo
Kangere

Translation
If you want to unfold
You should do so
If you want to stretch
You should do so
Otu is it that cannot unfold or stretch
And still be in the same league like Eji-ogbe
It is the thick forest that engulfs a child completely
Darkness is it that enshrouds one and even protects
Entering the forest without uttering a sound makes a bird defecate on one’s head
These were Ifa’s messages for Aikulola
The offspring of Elesemawe
The one who was experiencing hardship
And he was in the midst of adversaries
Aikulola will not die prematurely
Kangere
I will live long to old age
Kangere

2. Ifa equally assures all its devotees that all those who are waging wars and raising contentious issues against them shall be sanctioned.

This is the reason why Ifa devotees must never raise uncomplimentary and unsubstantiated issues or level frivolous allegations against other people. On this aspect, there is the need to offer ebo with three roosters, three hens and money. There is also the need to feed Ogun with a matured male dog. On this aspect, Oturupon nt’ewure declares:

Boo tu’la, o tu’la
Boo tu’kan, o tu’kan
Dia fun Aja toun Agere
Won jo n k’ejo re’di Ogun
Ebo ni won ni ki won se
Agere nikan ni nbe leyin ti nsebo
Agere nikan lo rubo tie lo ye
Ero Ipo ati Ofa
Ogun nii se fun ni nibe to ba bi ‘ni
Ko pe, ona o jin
E wa ba ni l’ajase Ogun
Ajase ogun laa ba ni l’ese Obarisa

Translation
If you want to harvest okra, please do so
If your intention is to harvest garden egg, you are free to do so
These were Ifa’s messages to Aja, dog and Agere, Ogun’s drum
When they were both going to Ogun shrine to report their contention
They were advised to offer ebo
Only Agere complied with the advice
It was Agere who complied that overcame and survived
Travellers to Ipo and Ofa towns
This Odu ensures victory if it is revealed during consultations.
In due course
Come and join us where we celebrate victory over opposition

3. Ifa warns all groups to be very careful this year. This is because five evil principalities will be moving from one group to the other and will be snuffing life out of important members of that group. Consequent upon this, there is the urgent need for each group to offer ebo with five matured she-goats. None of these she-goats must be slaughtered. It is very important for all devotees to offer this ebo. It is also very important for them to ensure that the goats were not slaughtered. The goats are to be taken away by the officiating priests and/or priestesses who offer the ebo. After this, food or snacks need to be supplied for all those present to be consumed.

All these ought to be taken seriously and handled as quickly as possible in order to prevent highly placed people from experiencing prematured death. On these, Ifa says:

Bi a soore, a o kuu
Bi a sika, a o kuu
Parakoyi o dari iku jin enikan
Olorun o dari iku jin eeyan
Eruko idi, abidi sangele
Awon maraarun ni iko ti Olodumare ran wale aye
Won dele Alara
Won pa Alara
Won gbagun Ile Alara
Won dele Ajero
Won pa Ajero
Won gbagun Ajero
Won dele Owanrangun Aga
Won pa Owanrangun Aga
Won gbagun Owarangun Aga
Won dele loja-loja, lade-lade
Won pa won
Won gbagun won
Won lo ku Ile Orunmila
Orunmila wa to awon Ikorita meta
Abidi yakata-yakata lo
Dia fun Orunmila
Nijo ti won ni Iko marun-un n waa bo wa
Ebo ni won ni ko won wa se
Orunmila si wa gbebo nibe nni lo n sebo
O ni eyin o mo pe Oturupon ti tu ewure lo ni o

Translation
If we are benevolent, we will still die
If we are wicked, we will still die
The administrators of the world (likened to a market place) do not spare anybody from tasting the bitter pill of death
The Heaven does not spare anyone from experiencing death
The hoe handle made with Idi tree with its crooked base
All these five delegates were sent to the world by Olodumare
On getting to Alara’s house
They killed Alara
They also confiscated all his belongings
When they got to the house of Ajero
They killed Ajero
They also confiscated his belongs
When they got to Owarangun Aga’s home
They killed him
They also took over his possessions
When they got to the homes of Lord temporal and Lord Spirituals
They slaughtered them all
And took over their possessions
They declared that their next victim would be Orunmila
Orunmila then approached Ikorita meta abidi yakata-yakata, the three cross roads with broad base, the resident Awo of Orunmila
They cast Ifa for Orunmila
When they declared that the five delegates were coming to visit him
He was advised to offer ebo
He complied
Orunmila declared that ‘don’t you know that Oturupon had untied the goats and taken them away’?

Note: One goat represents appeasement material for one evil
principality. Therefore, the five goats are meant for the five evil principalities to disperse from the group’s lives.