Iroso
Iroso family · a base sign of the diloggún
Description
The person of iroso is deep, curious, reserved, and of a serious character; they may live among trials, shortages, contradictions, and dark thoughts if they do not get themselves in order.
It is best for them to clarify their problems in time, respect the dead and the Orishas, and conduct themselves with prudence, humility, and attention to Ebó.
Born in this sign
- The split in the spinal column.
- The inlets.
- The ituto rite.
- The disdain of the divinities for Eshu.
- The firefly.
- The burial pits.
- The cardón plant.
- The Ashé osun maburú.
- To cover the iyawó's eyes when taking him to the sacred room.
- Sawdust.
- The osun tree.
- The wine-red color.
- The pedorre bird and the cardinal.
Proverbs
- Nobody knows what is at the bottom of the sea.
- Nobody knows what you think, only god and you.
- If our sacrifices do not fill a basket, the blessings we receive will not fill a cup.
Stories and patakíes
The governor's test
A man was sent to govern a country.
The man invited his neighbors to a banquet, at which he served the worst foods and drinks he found.
During the banquet everyone ate and drank without signs of disgust, but when they left they began to murmur and to show their discontent.
Thus, the man knew they were hypocrites and were not friends, despite the fact that they shared in his own.
Nobody knows what is at the bottom of the sea
Olokun, lady of secrets, tells that an indecisive woman will not stay with the one who most wants her, but with the one who loves her most and gives her stability.
– Nobody knows what a woman's heart hides, Yemayá would say to Obatalá, one night they were walking through a yam field beyond the imposing Ceiba tree.
– When she thinks she loves one, in reality she loves another, or she loves no one.
– To be in love with love is a dangerous illness, Obatalá thought aloud.– It is only cured with experience and self-knowledge.
– And, invoking Oshún, who knows what no one knows in matters of love, she reminded Yemayá.
– She was the one who clarified root of yam’s feelings when he was struggling between 4 loves: fire, rain, wind, and mud.
– Instead of marrying fire, I will marry rain, root of yam used to say.
Walking from one side to the other without consolement.
But…
I will not do it.
– I will not marry rain, but before marrying fire, I would marry wind.
But…
I will not do it.
Nor will I marry mud either.
Lively fire and changing wind were in love with indecisive root of yam.
Insistent rain and humble mud also loved her.
Root of yam invoked Oshun who advised her that although mud was the most humble, he was the one who loved her the most and would never abandon her.
Fire and wind heard that she was going to decide for mud and rain also found out.
Fire and wind began to chase her.
And the rain arrived, faced fire and won.
Wind fought with rain and dispelled her.
But when he went in search of root of yam, she had already gone with mud…
The cowrie shell tells that she finally was planted beside him and never again moved from there.
The 16 signs of the Iroso family
Each combination of the diloggún with its entry:
The full entry is in the app
Prayer, attributes, keys, conduct and advice, health, works and ebó, and more patakíes of this sign in Signos del Caracol.