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The Orírùn app
A free guide to Ifá divination, Yorùbá numerology, and daily guidance — no paywall, no ads, and nothing held back. The tradition, in your pocket.
Orírùn Cultural Foundation
Keeping ancestral wisdom alive — and within everyone's reach.
We preserve and share the living heritage of Ifá, Yorùbá spirituality, and traditional medicine — and we keep it free for everyone, everywhere, in 22 languages.
Àború, Àboyè. We pay homage to Olódùmarè, to Òrúnmìlà, and to the elders who carry the wisdom.
Who we are
Ifá is one of humanity's oldest libraries of knowledge — a vast body of verse, ethics, and cosmology, recognised by UNESCO as a masterpiece of intangible heritage. For generations it lived only in the memory of the Babaláwo. We are carrying it forward.
Orírùn Cultural Foundation exists to document this heritage faithfully, translate it widely, and place it in the hands of a new generation — without cost and without barriers.
We work in the space where tradition meets technology: honouring the elders who hold the knowledge, and using modern tools to make sure it is never lost.
What we do
Four ways we keep the tradition living.
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Cultural preservation
We work alongside Babaláwo, onísègùn, and scholars to record the Odù, the verses, the herbal formulas, and the practices accurately — protecting an oral heritage before it fades.
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Translation & access
We make the wisdom readable across 22 languages, so that distance and language never stand between a person and their heritage.
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Education & community
We help seekers and practitioners learn, connect, and carry the tradition forward — with respect for its depth and its lineage.
FreeFor everyone, always — no ads, no paywall
22Languages, so heritage crosses every border
UNESCOIfá, recognised as world intangible heritage
WorldwideOn iPhone, Android, and the web
The Orírùn app
Carry the wisdom with you.
Orírùn brings Ifá divination, Yorùbá numerology, and traditional herbal medicine into a calm, modern space — a place to reflect, learn, and heal.
- Ifá divination by Odù, with orientation and guidance toward ẹbọ and adimu
- Yorùbá numerology — a birth chart from your name and date, or a reading from a chosen number
- Herbal medicinal formulas rooted in Yorùbá traditional medicine
- Daily guidance drawn from the tradition
- A learning corner to explore the meaning behind the signs
- Available in 22 languages, free for everyone
Support the work
Your gift keeps it free.
Orírùn charges nothing and shows no ads. Donations are what keep it that way — and what make the deeper work possible.
- Keep it free for everyoneSo that cost is never the reason someone can't reach their heritage.
- Fund the next languageEvery translation opens the tradition to a community that couldn't read it before.
- Document and protect the versesSupporting the patient work of recording Ifá with the elders who hold it.
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With gratitude to the Babaláwo whose teachings make this work possible, and to all the elders who keep the tradition alive.
In partnership with Dunad Solutions Limited and the Aminat Olanbiwoninu Kadri Foundation.