Ofun

Negative Aspect: The future will never come while you’re attached to the past

Regent Orishas: Oshalufan (the older Oshala) and Obatala

Keywords: Proud, doesn’t accept being forced into anything; resistant to renouncing the past; stubborn and unyielding; jealous and possessive; difficulty in finishing what you started; carries the faults of the world in the soul; absorbs anger which then manifests in the body

Odu Ofun’s negative regency seems to make time stand still, contrasting with your heart that pulses eagerly for constant news. No matter how hard you try, the impression is that your goals always drag, taking time to be accomplished and, precisely because of that, patience and resignation are not your allies at this time. However, respecting the pace of life is the greatest lesson and nothing good will come from stubbornly trying to accelerate, as you will end up tripping over your own steps.

Everything that comes easy goes easy and it’s time to recognize that if life seems to take a long time, it’s because the Orishas are preparing lasting successes and achievements for you. What good would it do to fulfill your goals only to see them blow away like dust on the wind because you don’t know how to value the effort of the journey? Calm down and be sure that, even if late, fate will not fail you.

You have a strong character and well-based opinions, but inflexibility and excessive pride have often caused you to miss great opportunities by talking too much, forgetting that silence is the way to victory when Odu Ofun is ruling the way. Rather than reacting to the world with stubbornness, wouldn’t it be better to balance things out and give in now to conquer the whole in the end?

Still, it won’t do any good to cry about what happened, even though you insist on carrying the weight of the world on your back, which slows you down and makes your personal evolution take even longer to happen. It’s time to exercise self-forgiveness, lightening the burden of guilt that you carry hidden in your heart.

Your personal revolution starts here. Even if things are not the way you would like them to be, with wisdom and patience they can end according to your wishes. Your attachment to the past and your difficulty finishing the things you start are the main points that prevent the fulfillment of this revolution. Look inside yourself and, even if pride does not allow you to admit your mistakes publicly, seek to correct them internally.

Ofun’s Shadow Meditation: How many weights from past attachments am I carrying through life, feeling the heart heavy and unable to accept the new opportunities destiny has brought; crying and yelling for what has been, but deliberately not recognizing what’s yet to come? And how comfortable is it to be in the victim’s role, after all?