“E kaaro” is a Yoruba expression that means “Good morning.”

@scarpaper.bsky.social About orisa oya
The goddess of winds

If you’d like, I can also help with:
✨ Orisha meanings
✨ How divination works
✨ Ifá prayers or chants
✨ The meaning of your Odù
✨ Spiritual cleansing methods from Yoruba tradition

🤲 Ifá Around the World

Ifá influences:
• Santería (Cuba)
• Candomblé (Brazil)
• Lucumí
• Vodun traditions

📚 Odù Ifá

There are 256 Odù, each with stories, proverbs, and spiritual lessons. Examples:
• Èjì Ogbè – beginnings, clarity, blessing
• Ìretè Méjì – change, discipline, transformation

Worship of Orishas

Each Orisha represents natural forces and aspects of human life (e.g., Ogun, Oshun, Shango, Yemoja).

Offerings (Ẹbọ)

Prescribed actions or offerings to align a person with their destiny or remove obstacles.

🕊️ Key Practices

1. Divination (Dafá)

Babaláwo use:
• Ọ̀pẹ̀lẹ̀ chain
• or Ikin (sacred palm nuts)

They cast and interpret patterns that correspond to one of the 256 Odù Ifá.

Character (Ìwà Pẹ̀lẹ́)

Good character is considered the highest spiritual achievement.

Balance and Harmony

Ifá teaches that problems come from imbalance—spiritual, emotional, or physical—and offers solutions to restore harmony.

🔮 Core Principles of Ifá

1. Destiny (Ọ̀rì)

Everyone is believed to choose their destiny before birth. The purpose of life is to align with it.

🌿 What is Ifá?

Ifá is a West African spiritual and philosophical system rooted in Yoruba culture (mainly Nigeria, Benin, and Togo). It centers around:
• Orúnmìlà – the Orisha of wisdom and divination
• Odu Ifá – sacred texts containing guidance and teachings
• Babaláwo / Ìyánífá – initiated prie

Alaafia (also spelled Alafia) is a word from the Yoruba language (spoken in Nigeria and other parts of West Africa).

Meaning
• Peace
• Well-being
• Good health
• Harmony

It is often used as a greeting or blessing, similar to saying “peace be with you” or asking “are you

🌿 Ifá Prayer for Guidance and Blessings

Orunmila, Ẹlẹ́rìí Ìpín,
Witness to all destinies,
I call upon your wisdom today.
May my path be open,
May my steps be guided,
May confusion fall away from me.
Let Ìwà Pẹ̀lẹ́—good character—
Fill my thoughts, my words, and my actions.
May I walk gently
Àṣẹ.

@surfnsquirrel.bsky.social Ase edumare

“Orí ẹlẹ́dà mí” in Yorùbá means “My Creator-given Orí” or “The destiny head given to me by my Creator.”
🔑 Breakdown:
•Orí → inner head / spiritual consciousness / personal destiny.
•Ẹlẹ́dà → creator (literally “the one who created”).
•Mi → mine / my.
So when someone says “Orí ẹlẹ́dà mí,”