1 = single line (I); 2 = double line (II). Eight marks: the first four are the right-hand leg, the last four the left-hand leg, each read top to bottom. In the 0/1 notation used in the scholarly literature, 1 here = 0 there and 2 here = 1 there.
The commentary says that where sickness is present the solution is at hand — ẹbọ to Ṣọ̀pọ̀nà and to the Ìyàmi — and it prescribes ẹbọ to Ọ̀rúnmìlà and Ṣàngó for long life, with head cleaning (borí) from time to time against stress and humiliation. It states that a child of this odù must be a devotee of Ọ̀rúnmìlà and should wear the ide Ifá; the attachment to the odù is part of the prescription, not an ornament.
Ìrẹ̀tẹ̀ is parsed as ire tẹ, 'good fortune is pressed out', or ire ate, 'good fortune is on the mat', and it is the odù of stubborn determination to create ìre and to transform oneself. Its central insight is that it pays to stoop in order to conquer — humility is the mechanism by which the odù's ìre arrives — and its main ìre is financial success, since its people are good at turning a profit. The same determination becomes the odù's defect when it hardens into stubbornness about a change that is actually required, or into persistence with an inappropriate goal. It is sacred to Ọbalúayé, and it warns against pursuing wealth at the expense of spiritual growth.
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