Ika Otura
Ika Otura is the Odù of the covenant character: Ika's moral virtue expressed at Otura's most sacred covenant threshold, producing the most genuinely holy and sacredly authentic ethical character — the moral virtue most completely authentic because expressed through and at the most sacred and authentically holy covenant boundary. Those born under Ika Otura are the sacred virtuous, those whose moral character is most genuinely itself when expressed at and through the most complete and authentically sacred covenant threshold.
- Dates
- Odù 178 of 256 · Omọ Odù · Cycle position 178 — those born on days where the count from 1 January 2000 is congruent to 177 (mod 256) · The covenant character: Ika's moral virtue at Otura's sacred threshold — the ethics most completely expressed at and through the most sacred covenant boundary, the moral character most authentically itself when held at the most genuinely holy threshold
- Element
- The covenant character — Ika's moral virtue at Otura's most sacred threshold; the element is the sacred ethics: the most complete moral character expressed through and at the most sacred covenant boundary, the virtue that is most genuinely powerful because held and expressed at the most authentic sacred threshold
- Ruling Planet
- Orunmila at the most sacred covenant threshold — the moral character held and expressed at the most holy boundary; the covenant character: Ika's moral virtue (Ika) at Otura's most sacred threshold (Otura), the person of virtue whose most genuine ethical backbone is most completely expressed through and at the most authentic and sacred covenant boundary
- Quality
- The sacred virtuous — the moral character that expresses its most genuine virtue through and at the most sacred covenant threshold; the covenant ethics: the virtue most completely authentic when held and expressed at the most authentic sacred boundary; the ability to express the most genuine moral character through the most complete and sacred covenant threshold; the person of virtue whose most important quality is the ability to hold the most genuine ethical backbone at and through the most sacred and authentically holy covenant boundary
- Strengths
- The sacred virtuous — the moral character most genuinely authentic because expressed through and at the most sacred and holy covenant boundary · The covenant ethics: the moral virtue most genuinely itself when held and expressed at the most complete and authentic sacred threshold · The ability to express the most genuine ethical backbone through the most sacred covenant threshold in a way that makes the most important virtue most completely holy and authentically consecrated · The virtue of sacred covenant: the threshold character that expresses moral excellence most completely through the most genuine and sacred covenant boundary · The covenant morality: Ika's moral virtue at Otura's most sacred threshold to produce the most genuinely holy and completely authentic righteous character · The sacred virtue: the moral character whose most genuine quality is most completely expressed when held and expressed through the most authentic and sacred covenant threshold · The covenant ethics master: the virtuous person whose most important quality is the ability to express the most genuine moral character through the most complete and authentically sacred covenant boundary
- Weaknesses
- The virtuous person whose most sacred covenant obligations prevent the most genuine and necessary moral evolution — Otura's most sacred threshold holding Ika's most genuine ethical backbone in the most complete and sacred covenant constraint even when the most authentically important moral growth requires crossing the most sacred threshold · The covenant character that uses the most sacred moral obligations to avoid the most genuine and difficult ethical evolution — the sacred threshold (Otura) and the moral virtue (Ika) combining in a way that the most complete covenant obligations prevent rather than facilitate the most authentic and necessary moral growth · Ika's most genuine moral character becoming the most sacredly obligated and most completely bound by Otura's most sacred covenant — the virtue whose most complete ethical backbone is most genuinely held at the most sacred threshold but most completely unable to evolve beyond the most sacred and ancient moral covenant · The virtuous person whose most sacred moral commitments are held so completely at the most holy threshold that the most genuine and necessary ethical adaptation becomes the most completely impossible sacred violation
Personality
Ika Otura individuals have a quality of sacred moral consecration: the moral virtue of Ika is expressed at Otura's most sacred covenant threshold, making their most complete character also their most genuinely holy and sacredly consecrated. They tend to be the virtuous who honor the most sacred moral commitments — those whose ethical backbone is expressed through the most complete and authentic sacred covenant, who bring the most genuine moral virtue to the most sacredly authentic and completely consecrated ethical threshold.
Love & Relationships
In love, Ika Otura brings the covenant character intensity: the love that expresses the most genuine moral virtue through and at the most sacred covenant threshold, the relationship that is most genuinely itself when the most complete moral character is expressed through the most authentic and holy sacred boundary. Their love is most authentic when it combines the most genuine moral virtue with the most complete sacred covenant threshold — the holy love that is most genuinely virtuous because most authentically and sacredly expressed at the most complete and holy covenant boundary.
Work & Career
Ika Otura excels in all work that requires sacred moral virtue: religious ethics and spiritual moral leadership where the most complete character is expressed through the most genuine sacred covenant threshold, initiatory and ceremonial moral guidance where Ika's most genuine virtue is expressed at Otura's most sacred threshold to produce the most genuinely holy and authentically consecrated ethical character, and any vocation where the practitioner's most important quality is the ability to express the most genuine moral character through the most complete and authentically sacred covenant boundary.
Health & Wellbeing
Ika Otura governs the vitality of sacred moral virtue: the health of the person whose most genuine vitality comes from expressing the most complete moral character through the most sacred covenant threshold, and the specific wellbeing patterns of those who combine Ika's moral virtue with Otura's most sacred covenant energy. The characteristic health teaching: Ika Otura individuals are most vitally alive when the moral virtue (Ika) is expressed through and at the most genuine sacred covenant threshold (Otura) — the virtue without the sacred threshold holds most genuinely without the most complete holy consecration; the sacred threshold without the moral virtue holds the most genuinely holy boundary without the most authentic ethical backbone.
Mythology & Symbolism
The central Ika Otura mythology involves the virtuous person at the most sacred covenant threshold: the Ifá stories of the person of genuine moral character whose most complete virtue was expressed through and at the most sacred and authentic covenant boundary — the moral virtue (Ika) at the most sacred threshold (Otura) to produce the most genuinely holy and completely authentic ethical character. In the Yoruba initiatory tradition, the most genuine moral character must be expressed at and through the most sacred covenant boundaries — the Ika Otura combination brings this sacred covenant principle to its most morally complete and authentically holy expression.
This Sign in Other Cultures
The archetype of the covenant character — the moral virtue expressed through and at the most sacred covenant threshold — is expressed across traditions in the concept of the religious virtue and the sacredly obligated ethics. In the traditions of religious and covenant morality (where the most genuine moral character is most completely expressed through the most sacred obligations and holy covenant commitments — the Abrahamic covenant ethics, the sacred moral vows of the great religious traditions, the initiatory moral commitments that are held at the most sacred thresholds), the Ika Otura principle is given its most spiritually significant expression: the moral virtue (Ika) at the most sacred covenant threshold (Otura). The concept of the covenant virtue (where the most genuine moral character is most completely authentic because expressed through and consecrated by the most sacred covenant obligation) is the most complete expression of the Ika Otura principle.
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