Letter of the Year 2013

Letter of the Year 2013 in the Religious House/Temple of Greico, Echu Oba Nigüe, Omo Elegua

Denver, Colorado – January Third, 2013

For the second time the letter of the year is read through the shells of Elegua for God Children and Friends of the house.

We do this with the resolution that en this year everyone that belongs to this religious Yoruba temple may have a guide that serves to orient them and bring prosperity on their path in life.

                            iré       aricu      cotoyale            

Elegua:  6-6        8           9-7              3             

Coconut: Eyeife con iré

The “ire aricu cotoyale” means that the wellbeing is incomplete and that you must listen to the Orisha’s advice.

Orishas that govern the house:  Chango and Oshun, defending Elegua.   

Flag:  Red, white, and yellow. (Hang it behind the door)

Proverbs of the sign:

·      From legend the truth is born.

·      He who knows does not die like the one that does not know. 

·      As the king dies the prince is crowned.

·      The king does not lie.

·      The odún of the squash, the wagon wheel, and that you can’t serve the world as a ladder.

·      The candle is below but we don’t feel it.

·      Belly full, belly empty.

This is the odún where animals are born that save food in the summer so that when winter arrives they always have something to eat.  We have to learn how to do this – save for when there is nothing.

The spirits

You have to keep your spiritual vault clean and pray to it.  Burn incense and stay on top of your spirits.  Whoever needs to have a prenda should start preparing to have one.  Keep a wine glass full of water and put a lighting rock in it.  Feed the earth.

The Saints

You need to give Elegua a butternut squash and ladder.  If you don’t have Elegua, you can put these items by your front door.  The crown of the kinds is in the air – a hat without a head.  Elegua is waiting for his Tambor.  Elegua will bring good things to those who deserve them this year.  Give Elegua a piggy bank.  Give him three mouse traps.  Feed your door at your house (and business). 

Oshun is watching us.  Feed her at the river.  Wear Coral this year and give her some too.

Chango says to spend your money wisely.  He wants to live in front of the door this year.  Give him wine, red apples, and make him Kimbobo (yellow grits with Okra).  After 6 days take this to an Cottonwood tree.  Take 6 rocks and boil them.  After put them in the door of your house and cover them with cold water to put out the fires in your life.  Give Chango bananas.  Give him a lighting rock.  Give him a butternut squash.  You must give him 6 mamey seeds.  You need to feed Chango and Osún.  Prepare an “hinche Osain” for Chango.  Give change a bat so that he bats away everything in your life that does not serve you.  Give Chango a wagon wheel.

Maferefun Ideu, Aye, and Aina.  Maferefun San Lazaro.   Respect children of Obatala.

This is six good months and six bad one.  He who saves will always have.  This speaks of travel but first you must ask your guardian angel.

No one can abandon your Orishas or throw them away.

The Abures

We need to avoid problems and arguments among our god brothers.  We have to be humble because with humility we can become great in the religion.  Remember that in Obara Melli one of your god brothers can do more for you in any given moment that your own family.  The birth of the Orisha through the rocks was born in this odún.  You can’t fall in love with married women or men, nor with your god-brothers/sisters.  You will have many religious children this year.  Everyone that is waiting to crown his or her guardian angel and make Ocha should do it this year.  There are people with bad character and they especially need to listen to this advice.  We are working with people that have lazy tongues.  Clean yourself with a cow’s tongue.  There are fake and jealous people around us.  Respect your godparents and god brothers.

Money/Business

You have to save money this year.  Try your luck and gamble.  In this sign you go to bed poor and wake up rich.  Start new businesses, but make sure they are legal.  Don’t do anything illegal.    Be careful with fake paperwork or tricks within legal documents.  Be careful with businesses that you start at the beginning of the year.  All of the businesses need to have their paperwork well reviewed and contracts must be well signed.  Don’t loan money.  Don’t promise on what you can’t deliver.  Don’t help people get on their feet this year.  Don’t ask for money from anyone and don’t pawn anything.  Don’t do business with 3 people.

Justice

Obey the law and be careful.  Don’t trick people with paperwork.  You can possibly wind up in jail this year.  You must be clear with your businesses because the law can intervene.  If you go to jail, it could be for a very long time.

The House

Be very careful with the kitchen, anything to do with fire, and electricity (don’t leave candles lit if they are not 100%  in a safe place).  You can’t use weapons of any type.  Don’t smoke laying down because you can light yourself on fire.  Don’t wear red this year.  Don’t wear plaid this year.  Throw away anything that is old.  Burn some old clothing in a hole in your back yard if you have one.  No take anyone in to your house.  Don’t wear other people’s clothes.  Don’t wear wrinkled clothes.  Don’t wear ripped clothing.  Don’t keep anything for anyone in your house.  Clean your house with paradise and Cottonwood.  Make a powder with Cottonwood to blow.  Don’t lean chairs against the walls.  Don’t have cats in your house.  Don’t leave your hats, things, or clothing in anyone’s house.

Food

Don’t eat red beans, lamb, nor rooster this year.  You have to turn your oven on everyday.  The ire from this sign comes from the kitchen.  Don’t eat grits, okra, nor any type of squash.  When you are eating, you can’t share your food.  Don’t drink – alcohol is destruction and because of it you can find yourself in jail or do something very disrespectful.  Don’t eat the heads of any type of animal.  Don’t eat mamey.  Be careful with spicy food.  Don’t eat the tongue of any kind of animal.  The tongue can save us and at the same time it can drown us.  The tongue is the body’s whip.

Health

Get your blood work tested.  Take care of your lungs, left leg, nerves, and rectum.  This sign speaks of diverticulosis.  Don’t get stressed our.  You may suffer on the inside.

For Women

Be careful with the loss of your virginity.  Young women must rogate their belly with a squash.  Women be wary of menopause.  This speaks of cysts in the ovaries and menstrual disorders.  Be careful with your tampons and hair, and make sure no one can take these things from you – they can destroy you with witchcraft if they have these things.

For Men

Men need to be wary of impotence.  Be careful with force so that you don’t get a hernia.  Control your impulses.  Avoid alcohol.  Don’t argue with anyone’s wife because this can cause a curse that can overtake us.  Respect people with gray hair (your elders).

Family

You have to listen to your women, if not everything at least some things.  Don’t mistreat your women.  You should enter into matrimony.  We need great respect between father and son this year.  This speaks of separation from matrimony and friends.  We must communicate well.  Be careful where you leave your kids and with whom you let take care of them.  Love your mom greatly and if she is not still with you, dedicate a mass at a catholic church to her.

Various Pieces of Advice

Don’t discuss the religion with anyone that is not a Santero.  Respect your elders.  Don’t argue with drunks.  What you left in the past should stay in the past.  Don’t trade an old friend for a new one.  Don’t make use of things that are alien to you.

You will find out about deaths.  Control your excessive jealousies.  Don’t see things that aren’t there.  Don’t wear fake jewelry.  Don’t get new tattoos.

Listen to advice, even if it comes from children, because even a little kid could save you this year.

Don’t stop on the corner.  Don’t go where you haven’t been invited.  Don’t go to hospitals nor funerals.

Don’t let rain get you wet.  Don’t put fragrances on your head.  Don’t go up spiral staircases.  Don’t have things belonging to spirits in your house.

You have to speak because lies bring revolution.  Who has doubts must ask.  Don’t get irritated because they tell you the truth.  Don’t visit places where they drink a lot or where there could be riots.  

This speaks of abandonment.

You will recover what you have lost.  Be careful with heights or places that could be dangerous.  Don’t become involved in love triangles.  Don’t cry miseries.  Save for when there is nothing.

This speaks of exile.  There will be inactive volcanoes that suddenly erupt.

Eboses:

·      Feed the earth (ceremony directed by your godfather).

·      Rogate your head.

·      Do a spiritual mass for your spiritual guides and put a blessed cross of reverence in your house.

·      Make a spiritual vault and keep it clean.  Pray to it every Friday and burn incense.

·      Feed the door of your house and business.

·      Feed Oshun in the river.

·      Give Elegua a squash and a ladder.  If you don’t have Elegua, put this behind your front door.

·      Throw a Tambor for Elegua.

·      Give Elegua a piggy bank.

·      Give Elegua three mousetraps.

·      Wear coral and give some to Oshun.

·      Put Chango in front of your front door.  Give him wine, red apples, and make him a Kimbobo.  After six days take this to a Cottonwood tree.

·      Get 6 rocks and boil them.  After, put them in the front door and douse them with cold water.

·      Give Chango bananas.

·      Give Chango a lightening rock.

·      Give Chango a squash.

·      Give Chango 6 mamey seeds.

·      Feed Chango and Osún.

·      Give Chango a “Hinche de Osain”.

·      Give Chango a wagon wheel.

·      Clean yourself with a cow’s tongue.

For the Santero:  You should receive these Orishas this year:

·      San Lazaro

·      Aina

·      Ideu

·      Aye

·      Dada y Abañale

·      The twins

The descent closes with 9-9

·      Your best friend today is your worst enemy tomorrow.

·      Double personalities are born here.

·      You enemy gets even with your oldest daughter.

·      Keep a windmill or spinning rattle.

·      Take precaution with climate changes.

·      You have to be very clean.

Important:  There will be political changes.  Respect those who govern and immigration between governments by way of diplomacy.

Leaders of countries will die because of health problems.  “The death of the king that lives long”.  We have to live stuck to the religion this year because in the odún is our salvation.

May Elegua bless you!

ACHÉ!