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This Odu emphasizes the importance of strategic planning.
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The sacred Odu marks as cast on the Opele or Ikin divination tray
1
Ese Kinni
Ese Kinni
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Okanran tuatuatua
Adifafun owo nijo ti lole gbe
Naamu niyawo
2
Ese Keji
Ese Keji
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Onigba ilekun
Olagba ilekun
Gbongbon ileku kojekan onirun
Latari
Adifafun ati nu mon ti se omo
Bibi inu agbonmeregun
Won ni korubo ni laiku arare
Ogbebo ni be orubo
Nje orumila kon fi atunu
Man omo ni fin ku paje
Oun iku meji ati imule
3
Ese Keta
Ese Keta
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Okanran tuatuatua
Babalawo enu
Losefa fun enu
Igbati be lari ota
4
Ese Kerin
Ese Kerin
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Okanran tua dasase
Abi ise warawara
Adifafun orunmila ire gbogbo lo lo de
Kowo le EBO ni won ni kose
Osi gbobe ni be orubo
Nje aje loto tikode ko
Ifa owinrinwin ede loni kode
Ire gbogbo tolo ti kode
Ko ifa owinrinwin wede loni kode
Explore Ifa
Okanran Otura is one of the 256 sacred Odu Ifa — the corpus of divination verses that forms the foundation of the BODE Oracle system. Each Odu contains multiple Ese (verses) alongside their Ase (spiritual power), Ebo (sacrifice), and Akose (alchemical remedies).
Odus that share the same family or pairing include: Okanran Meji, Okanran Ogbe, Okanran Oyeku, Okanran Iwori.
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