Ika Ofun
Ika Ofun is the Odù of the completing character: Ika's moral virtue at Ofun's most complete cycle closure, producing the most genuinely total and completing ethical character — the moral virtue most completely authentic because carried to and expressed through the most total and authentic cycle ending that simultaneously opens the most genuine new moral beginning. Those born under Ika Ofun are the completing virtuous, those whose moral character is most genuinely itself when carried to and expressed through the most complete and authentically total cycle closure.
- Dates
- Odù 181 of 256 · Omọ Odù · Cycle position 181 — those born on days where the count from 1 January 2000 is congruent to 180 (mod 256) · The completing character: Ika's moral virtue at Ofun's full cycle closure — the ethics most genuinely complete at the most total cycle ending, the moral character most authentically itself when carried to and through the most complete cycle closure, the virtue that simultaneously closes the most complete moral arc and opens the most genuine new ethical beginning
- Element
- The completing character — Ika's moral virtue at Ofun's most complete cycle closure; the element is the total ethics: the most complete moral character expressed at and through the most total cycle ending, the virtue that is most genuinely powerful because carried to the most complete and authentic cycle closure and simultaneously opens the most genuine new ethical beginning
- Ruling Planet
- Orunmila at the most complete cycle closure — the moral character expressed through and at the most total ending and new beginning; the completing character: Ika's moral virtue (Ika) at Ofun's most complete cycle closure (Ofun), the person of virtue whose most genuine ethical backbone is most completely expressed through and at the most authentic total cycle ending that is simultaneously the most genuine new moral beginning
- Quality
- The completing virtuous — the moral character that expresses its most genuine virtue through and at the most total cycle ending; the closure ethics: the virtue most completely authentic when carried to and expressed through the most complete cycle closure; the ability to express the most genuine moral character through the most total cycle ending and simultaneously open the most genuine new ethical beginning; the person of virtue whose most important quality is the ability to hold the most genuine ethical backbone at the most complete cycle closure while simultaneously opening the most authentic new moral beginning
- Strengths
- The completing virtuous — the moral character most genuinely authentic because carried to and expressed through the most complete and total cycle closure · The closure ethics: the moral virtue most genuinely itself when expressed at and through the most complete and authentic total cycle ending · The ability to carry the most genuine ethical backbone to the most complete cycle ending in a way that simultaneously closes the most important moral arc and opens the most authentic new ethical beginning · The virtue of total completion: the completing character that expresses moral excellence most completely through the most genuine and total cycle closure · The completing morality: Ika's moral virtue at Ofun's most complete cycle closure to produce the most genuinely completing and authentically total righteous character · The total virtue: the moral character whose most genuine quality is most completely expressed when held at and through the most authentic and totally completing cycle closure · The completing ethics master: the virtuous person whose most important quality is the ability to carry the most genuine moral character to and through the most complete and authentically total cycle ending while opening the most genuine new ethical beginning
- Weaknesses
- The virtuous person whose most complete cycle closure makes the most genuine moral character the most exhausted and most completely unable to open the most authentic new ethical beginning — Ofun's most total cycle ending so completely consuming Ika's most genuine moral virtue that the most important new ethical beginning cannot emerge · The completing character whose most total cycle closure prevents the most genuine new moral beginning — the total cycle ending (Ofun) and the moral virtue (Ika) combining in a way that the most complete closure exhausts rather than completes the most authentic ethical arc · Ika's most genuine moral character being consumed by Ofun's most complete cycle closure — the virtue whose most complete ethical backbone is most genuinely held at the total ending but is most completely consumed by the most total cycle completion rather than opening the most authentic new beginning · The virtuous person whose most complete moral cycle closure is so totally consuming that the most necessary new ethical beginning seems the most completely impossible after the most total and genuinely exhausting cycle completion
Personality
Ika Ofun individuals have a quality of completing moral totality: the moral virtue of Ika is expressed at Ofun's most complete cycle closure, making their most complete character also their most genuinely total and cycle-completing. They tend to be the virtuous who carry ethics to the most complete conclusion — those whose moral character has been expressed through the most total and authentic cycle ending, who bring the most genuine completing depth to the most authentically total and completely cycle-closing ethical backbone.
Love & Relationships
In love, Ika Ofun brings the completing character intensity: the love that expresses the most genuine moral virtue through the most complete cycle closure and simultaneously opens the most authentic new beginning, the relationship that is most genuinely itself when the most complete moral character is carried to and through the most total cycle ending. Their love is most authentic when it combines the most genuine moral virtue with the most complete cycle-closing depth — the total love that is most genuinely virtuous because most authentically completed at the most total cycle closure while simultaneously opening the most genuine new beginning.
Work & Career
Ika Ofun excels in all work that requires completing moral virtue: ethical closure and moral completion work where the most complete character is expressed through the most total and authentic cycle ending, transformative moral leadership at the most decisive historical turning points where Ika's most genuine virtue is expressed at Ofun's most complete cycle closure to produce the most genuinely completing and authentically total ethical character, and any vocation where the practitioner's most important quality is the ability to carry the most genuine moral character to the most complete and authentically total cycle closure.
Health & Wellbeing
Ika Ofun governs the vitality of completing moral virtue: the health of the person whose most genuine vitality comes from expressing the most complete moral character through the most total cycle closure, and the specific wellbeing patterns of those who combine Ika's moral virtue with Ofun's most total cycle energy. The characteristic health teaching: Ika Ofun individuals are most vitally alive when the moral virtue (Ika) is expressed at and through the most complete cycle closure (Ofun) — the virtue without the total cycle completion holds most genuinely without the most authentic completing depth; the cycle closure without the moral virtue closes most completely without the most genuine ethical backbone to complete.
Mythology & Symbolism
The central Ika Ofun mythology involves the virtuous person at the most complete cycle ending: the Ifá stories of the person of genuine moral character whose most complete virtue was expressed through and at the most total and authentic cycle closure — the moral virtue (Ika) at the most complete cycle ending (Ofun) to produce the most genuinely completing and completely authentic ethical character that simultaneously closed the most important moral arc and opened the most genuine new ethical beginning. In the Yoruba cosmological tradition, Ofun is the most complete ending that contains the most genuine new beginning — the Ika Ofun combination brings this completing wisdom to its most morally total and authentically virtuous expression.
This Sign in Other Cultures
The archetype of the completing character — the moral virtue expressed through the most total cycle ending — is expressed across traditions in the concept of the completed virtue and the morally fulfilled life. In the Aristotelian concept of eudaimonia as the most complete moral flourishing achieved across the most total life-arc (the most genuine virtue expressed through and at the most complete life-ending in the most authentically fulfilled moral completion), and in the traditions of the completed moral arc (where the most genuine ethical character is most completely expressed when the most important moral life-arc reaches its most authentic total completion), the Ika Ofun principle is given its most philosophically significant expression: the moral virtue (Ika) at the most complete cycle closure (Ofun). The concept of the completed virtue (where the most genuine moral character is most completely authentic because it has been carried to the most total and authentically complete cycle ending) is the most complete expression of the Ika Ofun principle.
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