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Ifá, under Ogbè Òwónrín (Ogbèwúnlè), teaches that sacrifice, rituals, offerings, initiations and prayer help to assure correct choices and successful undertakings or endeavours.

Ifá says that our endeavours will produce positive results, provided that we offer the right sacrifices at the right time and take proper and sound spiritual steps to ward off challenges, misfortune and evil.

Ifá says that the Irúnmọlẹ̀, the divinities, are ready to support our steps—whether in business, relationships, work, partnerships or other endeavours.

Ifá says that those who carry this energy will attract fortune, success and victory, but they must maintain balance and avoid anxiety, anger, stress and disequilibrium.

According to an Ifá verse under Odù Ogbè Òwónrín:

Ẹsẹ Ifá lábẹ́ Odù Ogbèwúnlè — Ogbè Òwónrín

Ajé ni ń gbé ni yìí.

Prosperity, success, wealth, riches and progress attract honour and prestige.

A dífá fún Ewi l’Adó.

Thus divined the Ifá oracle for Ewi, the king of the sacred city of Ado.

Èyí tí wọ́n ní kó rúbọ nítorí àṣeyọrí àti àṣeyẹ̀gè lórí ohun gbogbo.

He was advised to offer sacrifice for his success and breakthrough in all his endeavours.

Wọ́n ní kó ní àgbò funfun kan, àkùkọ funfun mẹ́ta, ẹyẹlé mẹ́ta, obì aláwé mẹ́rìndínlógún, orógbó mẹ́rìndínlógún, ataare mẹ́rìndínlógún, owó ẹyọ mẹ́rìndínlógún, kí ó fi fa ire mẹ́rìndínlógún wọlé ara rẹ̀.

He was asked to provide one white ram, three white roosters, three white pigeons, sixteen kolanuts, sixteen bitter kolanuts, sixteen alligator peppers and sixteen cowries, in order to attract sixteen different and diverse blessings into his life and household.

Ó gbọ́ rírú ẹbọ, ó rú.

He heard the instruction to offer sacrifice, and he offered the sacrifice.

Ilé ọlá ni ilé Ewi l’Adó.

The royal house and palace of Ewi, the lord and king of Ado, is filled with the blessings of prosperity, wealth and riches.

Erigi Alo, jẹ́ kí ire iwájú, ire ẹ̀hìn, ire ọ̀tún, ire òsì, kí ó wá mi wálé báyìí Ifá.

Erigi Alo, let the blessings from the front, the fortune from behind, the wealth from the right and the riches from the left come and dwell within my home, oh Ifá.

Ifá says that the person for whom this Odù is divined should offer sacrifice to Ifá and perform the prescribed ritual to Ajé, so that the **ìre mẹ́rìndínlógún—the sixteen blessings—**may enter the person’s life and household.

The deeper teaching of Ogbè Òwónrín is therefore not simply about material wealth. It teaches that prosperity should be approached through right action, spiritual discipline, balance and proper preparation. Opportunity alone is insufficient; the individual must possess the clarity and equilibrium necessary to recognize it and use it correctly.

When undertaking business, work, relationships, partnerships or another important endeavour, Ogbè Òwónrín teaches us not to allow fear, anxiety, anger or emotional imbalance to interfere with good judgment. Spiritual preparation and mental balance should work together.

The blessings are called from every direction:

Ire iwájú — blessings from the front.
Ire ẹ̀hìn — blessings from behind.
Ire ọ̀tún — blessings from the right.
Ire òsì — blessings from the left.

May our endeavours attract success.
May our homes receive prosperity.
May the Irúnmọlẹ̀ support our good steps.
May the sixteen forms of Ìre enter our lives and remain with our generations.

Bí Ifá ṣe wí nìyẹn lábẹ́ Odù Ogbè Òwónrín.
That is the message of Ifá under Odù Ogbè Òwónrín.

Àbòrú, Àbóyè.
Àṣẹ.