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Love Ketu cowrie shell reading

What is the Ketu cowrie shell reading for?

Reading the Ketu cowrie shells serves to obtain spiritual guidance on various issues that may be troubling your mind, enabling you to uncover deep-rooted problems that may be blocking your path (making it difficult to achieve your goals easily).
An oracle reading can better direct your actions, guide you on a more promising path, and help you through transitions such as divorce, romantic reconciliation, and emotional loss.
It allows you to make the right choices in the most important matters of your life, transforming uncertainty into clarity.

How is a cowrie shell reading performed?

First, the priest (father or mother of saint) concentrates, says prayers invoking their orishas, guides, and spiritual protectors, greets all the orishas who respond in the game, takes all the cowrie shells in their hands, shakes them while visualizing what they wish to know, and casts them into the sieve.
Based on the position the cowrie shells fall on the divination table and the number of open or closed cowrie shells, they interpret the outcome.

Who owns the cowrie shell divination?

The oracle of the cowries belongs to Orumila, also known as Ifá, the orisha of prophecies (divination).
However, the one who acts as messenger, carrying questions from the physical plane (earthly world) to the spiritual plane, is the orisha Exu.
Oxum is a very active orisha in the divination, as she inherited knowledge of the 16 odus of the game from Exu.
In a way, all orishas are involved in the reading, as they respond through the falls.

What are the odus of the Ketu cowrie shell divination?

The 16 odus that answers in the Ketu cowrie shell game are:

1 open cowrie shell and 15 closed cowrie shells = Odu Onicançam
2 open cowrie shells and 14 closed cowrie shells = Edi Negê
3 open cowrie shells and 13 closed cowrie shells = Ogundá Massé
4 open cowrie shells and 12 closed cowrie shells = Agê Miralá Agê
5 open cowrie shells and 11 closed cowrie shells = Axêtura
6 open cowrie shells and 10 closed cowrie shells = Obará Kê
7 open cowrie shells and 9 closed cowrie shells = Ondi Cançan
8 open cowrie shells and 8 closed cowrie shells = Ogunilê
9 open cowrie shells and 7 closed cowrie shells = Exê Obará
10 open cowrie shells and 6 closed cowrie shells = Obaturá Besa
11 cowrie shells Open cowries and 5 closed cowries = Oulaçam Laaché
12 open cowries and 4 closed cowries = Orixá Kê
13 open cowries and 3 closed cowries = Etalá Metalá
14 open cowries and 2 closed cowries = Oudum Mirelê
15 open cowries and 1 closed cowry = Orê Babá Bajá
16 open cowries = Outubê Kontam

Which orishás answers in the Ketu cowry divination (in each fall)?

The Orishas who answer in the cowrie shell game for the Ketu nation are:
1 open cowrie shell and 15 closed cowrie shells = Orisha Exu
2 open cowrie shells and 14 closed cowrie shells = Orisha Obaluaiê
3 open cowrie shells and 13 closed cowrie shells = Orisha Ogum
4 open cowrie shells and 12 closed cowrie shells = Orisha Yemanja
5 open cowrie shells and 11 closed cowrie shells = Orisha Oxum and Oxumarê
6 open cowrie shells and 10 closed cowrie shells = Orisha Orumilá
7 open cowrie shells and 9 closed cowrie shells = Orisha Oxalufã or Oxaguiã
8 open cowrie shells and 8 closed cowrie shells = Orisha Oxalufã
9 open cowrie shells and 7 closed cowrie shells = Orisha Xango Airá
10 open cowries and 6 closed cowries = Orishá Xangô Agodô
11 open cowries and 5 closed cowries = Orishá Oxóssi and Ossâim
12 open cowries and 4 closed cowries = Orishá Iansã
13 open cowries and 3 closed cowries = Orishá Nanã Buruku
14 open cowries and 2 closed cowries = Orishá Ibeji
15 open cowries and 1 closed cowry = Orishá Obá and Oyá
16 open cowries = All Orishás

Do cowrie shells have power?

Yes, the shells (cauwri) have power, but to achieve this, they undergo a consecration ritual performed by a priest or priestess.
Besides being used in fortune-telling (fate), cowrie shells are also used in offerings and rituals to the orishas and odus.

Can I consult the cowrie shell reading every day?

It can't be used daily if you're going to ask the same question! You can't ask yourself if you'll reconcile with an ex every day, as no vibration tends to change in such a short period of time.
Avoid insisting on the same question over a short period of time to avoid inaccuracies.
Many people end up discrediting the effectiveness of the cowrie shell reading and other oracles due to doing several consecutive readings, which can create great mental confusion.
Allow a few days to read the cowrie shells on the same topic to see if there has been any change.
The cowrie shells can be read daily as a kind of horoscope, to obtain tips, insights, clarification, advice, and general guidance about your love life.
If you want to read the cowrie shells every day, look for the daily reading spreads, which are designed for frequent use.