Mystics Almanac

As told to Okomfo Yao Nson Dankwaa (Barrington Salmon) 

The old Chinese adage reminds us that we’re living in very interesting times. I don’t have to tell you about upheaval, unrest, uncertainty or fear because you’ve lived and are living it. 

You had become too comfortable, following your routines, living your lives, most of you dug in like ticks as you chased your version of the American Dream. I have told you before that the trajectory this country and much of the world is on is unsustainab…

The remembering what has been forgotten is a powerful process. It is worthy of every moment it takes. - The Mystics Path

There are 8 planets and asteroids retrograde by September, all weighing in on one side of the zodiac wheel between Capricorn and Taurus. Therefore again, tense aspects will be in play between inner and outer planets and points very likely to be experienced by our conscious minds as friction, frustration, and even despair. As Mercury retrogrades through Libra & Virgo thi…

Pain is real, but it’s also a force of awakening. Pain can deceive you by tempting you to resist the journey before you. It can make you believe the journey is not yours to embark upon. It can make you believe that maybe you'd be better off as is, in the status quo. This is a lie. Pain can lie. Pain does lie; yet, while the pain you feel is real, its message need not hold you back. You’ve walked this path before. You’ve been on it all your life. The path is your life. It has twists and turns, jo…

The magnitude of collective loss has ruptured the Earth’s levee. At no other time in modern history has grief been so squarely at the forefront of so many lives. 2019 the collective grief began spooling itself around global events and issues. 2020 saw this spooling energy unleash in a myriad of ways; blindsiding us in its turbulent waters. 2021, we witnessed our globe, deep in action, pushing for recovery and return to what life used to be; denying the presence of the pools of water rising stead…

July will slow the energy down in ways we really need. Saturn, Neptune, and Pluto will be retrograde in the late degrees of the “oldest” signs of the zodiac, representing the  4th quadrant of the life wheel - Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces. Although it is a month of cardinal cross energies activated in tension and inspiring us to initiate important movement forward that will give rise to the blooming of our intentions in the fullness of fixed fire summer energy by end of the month, there is cau…

"The world will change. Because it has to change." (James Baldwin)

As we pause to look into the future, we often find ourselves at the open sea. In times of longing for familiarity, we may struggle with two seemingly conflicting desires. On the one hand, we want to keep ourselves afloat, connected to the fabric of consensual reality, to find a sense of preparedness in the face of so many layers of collapsing systems. On the other hand, we feel a pull towards the deep waters, the dark abyss unde…

Ifa, (the wisdom of nature), greets the Modern Mystics with an invitation to expansion and exploration of self by being patient, truthful, and making the necessary sacrifices
in 2022. The previous two years of this new decade have been a great awakening for some and a nightmare for others. 2020 was about system and order, a sense of limitation, structure, and foundation. 2021 was about progression, newness, and constructive use of freedom. Excitement and creativity ensued for some and others were…

Mercury goes direct this month in the late degrees of Taurus conjunct the north node and trine Pluto while squaring Saturn retrograde. We are gifted greater clarity about our destined path at this time and the resolve to make the necessary changes or allow what wants to fall away so that our lives feel simplified, more streamlined, and honest. We may be required to be more honest with the people in our lives about what is calling us forward, and/or vice versa, or perhaps roles and responsibiliti…

May is a fiery month of power, drive and determination that may quickly feel like too much but also quite exciting as new visions and destined directions come into focus.

There is great healing potential here, a chance to put down what is heavy onto the alchemical fire and let it burn. Another round of profound completions takes place with the Scorpio full moon opposite the north node in Taurus. Mars and Venus will both enter their domiciles this month creating both passion and ease, courage …