Ifá is the sacred system of wisdom and divination of the Yoruba people of West Africa, carried across the Atlantic into Cuban Santería (Regla de Ocha), Brazilian Candomblé and other Afro-diaspora traditions. Its knowledge is held in 256 Odù — signs each linked to a vast body of oral verses (ese Ifá) — of which sixteen, the Odù Méjì, are considered the principal and most senior. Real Ifá divination is performed only by an initiated priest, a babaláwo, using consecrated palm nuts or the divining chain (òpèlè).

This page is purely educational. It does not perform divination and assigns no oracular meaning to your life. From your birth date it simply selects one of the sixteen principal Odù so you can learn its Yoruba name, its rank in the traditional order of seniority and the four-mark figure that represents it. Each principal Odù is a "méjì" (double), showing the same four marks — single (one mark) or double (two marks) — on both legs of the figure.

Its tradition of origin is the Yoruba culture of West Africa. The Odù are presented here as a respectful, cultural and contemplative reference to a living spiritual heritage. For genuine guidance, consult an initiated babaláwo within the tradition; nothing here replaces that practice or its accumulated knowledge.