In response to @Mya Johnson Oh this is such a rich question and I love that your mind went there instead of just shaking it off as bad drivers. In Ifá and Lukumí tradition, we do not believe in coincidences. The world around us is constantly communicating — through nature, through numbers, through repeated patterns, through color. When something happens once, you notice it. When it happens three times in the same hour, spirit is flagging something for your attention. The number three is significant here. In Lucumí tradition three belongs to Elegua — the owner of the crossroads, the opener of doors and gates, the divine messenger, and the one who controls what enters and exits your path. When you see a pattern of three, Elegua is very likely involved in what is being communicated. The color maroon does correlate with Oya energy and as you know she is the Orisha of change, transformation, and the ancestors. She may be yelling at you to change something in your life. Now here is what I want you to do practically. First — check your Ide bracelet. If your Ide has broken, that tells us it absorbed a danger that was coming for you. It did exactly what it was designed to do — it took the hit so you didn't have to. If your Ide is intact, then what happened today is more likely a message from your ancestors or the spirits around you trying to get your attention about something in your life right now. Either way — whether your Ide broke or not — the next step is to get a reading with your Padrino. Is there an outstanding ebbo that you haven't completed? Your spiritual court was working overtime for you today. Don't let that go unacknowledged. Go to your altar, light a candle, pour some water, and say thank you. Then get that reading. 🌪️

So today, I was driving and within an hour over 3 separate instances there were 3 maroon colored vehicles…one a car, one a truck, one like a cross over suv…anyways each of them literally almost hit me…at no fault to me as I had the right of way each time. It got me thinking of symbolism or synchronicities. I know people have different views on that. How does that play into Orisha tradition? @Afefe Guzman

🎉 Happy Father’s Day, @Baba Victor Today, our community would like to take a moment to honor and celebrate a man who gives so much of himself to the service of others. Baba Victor, thank you for the countless readings, classes, ceremonies, phone calls, prayers, teachings, corrections, encouragement, and sacrifices that often happen behind the scenes. Many of us have found clarity during confusion, hope during difficult times, and direction when we felt lost because you were willing to answer the call of service. Thank you for being a spiritual father, teacher, mentor, and guide to so many people. Your dedication to preserving tradition, teaching with patience, and helping others grow has touched more lives than you may ever fully know. On this Father’s Day, we celebrate not only the father of your family but also the father figure, elder, and leader that so many in this community have come to love and respect. May the ancestors continue to walk beside you, may Orunmila continue to guide your wisdom, and may all of the love you pour into others return to you multiplied. Please join us in wishing Baba Victor a very Happy Father’s Day! ❤️ Drop your favorite memory, lesson, or message of appreciation for Baba Victor in the comments below.

This question comes from our community member @Mya Johnson , and I want to say first — Mya, thank you for being so honest about where you are. This question is going to help so many people who feel exactly the same way but didn't know how to put it into words. Let me start by saying something that I think is going to take a weight off of you. You are not behind. You are not broken. And the fact that you didn't grow up in a religious or spiritual household doesn't put you at a disadvantage — sometimes it actually means you get to come to this path without anyone else's baggage. You get to build something that is genuinely and authentically yours. Now let's talk about the real thing you're wrestling with — how do you know what things mean? The Problem With Blanket Meanings When most people start exploring spirituality and dream interpretation, the first thing they do is go searching for answers outside of themselves. They Google what a snake in a dream means. They look up the symbolism of a crow. They find three different sources that say three completely different things and walk away more confused than when they started. Sound familiar? Here's the truth — and this is something the most accurate mediums and spiritual workers in the world understand deeply: there is no universal dictionary of spiritual symbols that applies to every single person. What a butterfly means to me may mean something completely different to you. And both of us can be right. Build Your Own Grimoire What I want to encourage you to do — and what I genuinely believe will transform the way you receive and interpret spiritual information — is to create your own grimoire. A grimoire is simply your personal spiritual dictionary. It's a journal, a notebook, a sacred record of what things mean to you and to the spirits that guide you. Here's how it works. When something shows up — a dream, a symbol, a number, a feeling, a sign — instead of immediately reaching for someone else's interpretation, you sit with it first. You ask yourself: what does this feel like to me? What does my body say? What's the first thing that came to mind before I second-guessed myself?

Iburo Iboye Ibosise Baba Victor & Iya Afefe! Greetings, all! What ways have you been honoring yourself? I’m currently spending this holiday morning reading a book on Orí work and I lit a comforting candle. It occurred to me, I light candles for my ancestors and Orisha all the time, but I rarely do it for myself. I’m changing that 😌