Day 15 – The Sacred Art of Camouflage The Waxing Crescent Moon in Sagittarius rises tonight, carrying the spark of revelation and the courage to speak truth without apology. For me — a Sagittarius Sun — that truth is simple: We have survived by adapting our light. When colonizers tried to extinguish the faith and ceremony of the Indigenous and African peoples of the Caribbean, the Taíno and their descendants learned the sacred art of camouflage. Their deities took new forms,

Day 10 – Finding Calm in the Cosmic Chaos When the sky grows dark and the wind begins to hum, the world remembers Guabancex—((pronounced GWAH-bahn-seks) the Taíno Goddess of Storms. She is the whirling force of transformation, the embodiment of both chaos and renewal. To the Taíno, hurricanes were not punishments from the gods; they were sacred corrections—nature’s way of rebalancing energy. I was only five when I met that power firsthand. A hurricane swept through Puerto Ri

Day 8 – From Survival to Communion As the moon wanes in Leo, her fire dims just enough for us to listen. This is the time when the body softens, when we stop running and begin receiving. The Taíno Behique — the healer and medicine keeper of Borikén — knew this balance well. Their plant allies were more than remedies; they were relationships. Every leaf had a song, every root a spirit, every flower a story of survival. 🌿 The Ancient Pharmacy of the Earth Cassava fed the peop

Day 7 – The Heartbeat of the Island Before words, before written prayer, there was the drum. For the Taíno people of Borikén, rhythm was sacred language — a heartbeat that spoke directly to the spirits. When the drums sounded, the people gathered, danced, and entered a shared trance guided by the Behique, who knew how to call the winds, summon the rain, and open pathways between worlds. 🥁 The Drum as a Spirit Vessel Each drum was alive. It was treated as a being with breath

Day 3 – The Spirits Carved from Stone and Memory Long before churches or temples rose across the Caribbean, the Taíno of Borikén built...