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Letter of the Year 2014 and Some Thoughts

Here is the Cuba Ifa predictions for the year .. oddly enough

earthquakes are mentioned in this sign and Cuba just had one..

If I follow any sign of the year its this one – i don’t buy into all

these different places having their own letters of the year. At

some point you have to ask your self what does this all mean? I

have one number for Cuba, one for the US, one for my state, one

for Brooklyn, one for my Ile, and one for my self and if you have

santo made … your ita (which really is the only reading that mat-

ters after one does santo). Some people even get a whole new

set of numbers for pinaldo. It crazy and at some point it all be-

comes a mush of non-sense.

So, if we are talking about the world at large and the Orishas that

reign, this is the one I trust. We are new world Lukumi – our practice comes from Cuba, by way of

Africa, but Cuba non-the less.

The number you receive in a reading, especially if you haven’t made santo is the number of primary im-

portance to you for the next 3-6 months. The one from Cuba I am posting is about what we can expect

as a civilization for 2014 and who’s influence is strongest this year.

Having said this, you may be asking yourself, If we are Lukumi and that comes from Cuba, isn’t Ifa more

african in influence? And my answer would be yes and this is a good time to mention our particular

house’s position with regard to IFA as there is an ongoing, tedious battle between the factions of Ocha

and Ifa about who is more “legit” and who does what and gays and blah blah blah …

So here is where we are with IFA…

We are a house of Ocha and we do work with Ifa if or when appropriate AND we have someone that is

not only proved themselves in the community, but is also someone we like and is not charging the

moon and stars for services. At the moment I am lucky to be working with a Babalawo that I like for the

little things here and there we/I need but i that relationship were, for whatever reason, to become

problematic, I/we just go back to doing things purely Ocha.

As Ocha people we can do everything we need for ourselves. It is a great thing to have access to the

world of Ifa in a positive way, but not a necessity. There is a lot to be gained from IFA but at the end of

the day our religion is about survival, maximizing what’s available and morphing to accommodate the

ever changing world for survival.

Lukumi has survived slavery and endured so much so that we can be blessed with it’s ache. We must

NEVER forget that and respect our Lukumi practices for that very reason. If we go around doubting our

own practices that were so painfully preserved and enriched through the struggles of the slaves who

suffered and fought tooth and nail to keep this alive, many of them losing their lives because of it, then

their struggle was for nothing. No one from outside of our Lukumi elders is going to come and say we

are doing things wrong. We are two distinct traditions born of the same ideology and as such, and look-

ing at it this way, there is not a problem.

English

Ifá Predictions for

the year 2014

MIGUEL FEBLES PADRON

AWÓ ODÍ KÁ

The Miguel Febles Padrón Organizing Commision for the Sign of the Year

IFÁ’S PREDICTIONS FOR THE 2014 YEAR

–For Cuba and the World–

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The Miguel Febles Padrón Commission’s Predictions of the Year 2014:

For the Priests of Ifá, our brothers the Oriaté, to the Babaloshas, Iyaloshas, Iworos, and to the General

Religious Public. Following a twenty seven-year tradition, the Organizing Commision gathered on De-

cember 31, 2013 in the House-Temple located at Avenue 10th of October, #1509, between Josefina and

Gertrudis, in Víbora, Municipality 10th of October, City of Havana, Cuba, in order to take out the Sign of

the Year.

Reigning Sign: BABA EYIOGBE

First Witness: Erdibre (Odi Ogbe)

Second Witness: Oshe Omolu (Oshe Ogunda)

Prophetic Orientation: Iré buyoko alayé (Iré, firm in the ayé [well-seated in the world])

Eggun onire: a white rooster and an ajiaco stew

Onishe ara: paraldo

Onishe ile: sarayeye with plants.

Ebbo: a rooster, a 50 cent coin, water, river sand, clay dish, osha paint colors, and the rest of the ingre-

dients.

Reigning Deity: Olokun

Accompanying Deity: Yemayá

Flag of the Year: Half red and half blue

We recommend that people consult their Godfathers [on the particulars of this sign]

ILLNESSES TO TAKE WITH EXTREME CARE

1.- Illnesses in the respiratory system.

2.- Cardiovascular illnesses.

3.- Illnesses of the skeletal system.

4.- Possible skin outbreaks.

Events of Social Concern

1.- Interpersonal conflicts.

2.- Conflicts between nations that can escalate to war.

3.- Marks losses of religious and political leaders and elders in general.

4.- Serious disorders in family harmony.

5.- Ecological imbalance and possible inundation by the sea.

6.- An opening for treaties between fundamentally involving maritime transport.

7.- Intergenerational conflict and its fatal consequences.

Recommendations:

1.- Dialogue and respect for the criteria of others is the only way of avoiding conflict.

2.- Special attention is recommended to the ethics and morals of sons and daughters.

3.-Ifa recommends an organization for the social, political, and economic benefit of diverse peoples.

4.- Radically increase the methods of hygiene and sanitation in order to avoid the spreading of epi-

demics.

5.- Prohibit the maritime movement of ships in bad condition.

6.- Adequate remuneration in salaries for the pursuit of all the various activities.

7.-Provide adequately for the elderly.

8.- A call for unity, respecting diversity.

NOTE: Take as a reference the positive and negative examples (advances) from the readings of the

years 1959, 1989, 1995, 1998, 2004, and 2001 where this same odu reigned.

The Odu’s Proverbs of Conduct

1. The wise idea is the force that moves the earth.

2. The head carries the body and only one king governs a people.

3. I have everything; I lack everything.

4. The greatest error is not to learn from errors already committed.

5. Wherever there is life, there is hope.

6. Two inseparable friends are separated.

7. Debts hang from our necks like heavy stones.

8. Divide and conquer.

Our Commission is grateful to the great machines of communication that make possible that these Ifá

predictions make it to all of the corners of the world.

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