Moondays on the Mothership

In ancient times, the day began at sundown, as dusk and dawn are but a reflection of the other. At this moment in my life, I am enjoying the realignment with the ancient ways in all that I do. My life only sees creation and divination between visitors, the quasars and I speak much.

In the biblical creation story, Moonday was created as day 1 of the week, the day the most high separated the sky and sea. Some patakis of ancient African spirituality speak that Monday is the day of currency, Iba se Ojo Aje.

With that said, on Moonday, February 22, 2021, I launched an online radio station called 222.9 The Mothership, Your Mystic haven on the Airwaves...to combine the mystics with the practical. I alone manage all 24 hours, for the time being, and that time being is for grooming the newborn station in the way of ancient, divine timing…..

So...what are Mondays on the Mothership like?

Starting from the midnight hour, deep relaxation and sleep meditation plays, flows of sound with no lyrics, so give your spirit a space of restoration. The focus is the throat chakra, and clearing your water energies. The 6th hour welcomes you to the dawn, and will soon deliver a mystic weather forecast.

The 7th hour brings about a 2 hour Orisa worship drum session, so that we may rise and groove in the way of the ancients. For Moonday, the orisa of focus are Yemonja and Olokun. Olokun? He who rules the Underwater Queendom, the receiver of our ancestors who jumped and/or were thrown overboard during the Trans-Atlantic Slave trade, among many other things...like wealth. The deep kind. Yemonja? She who is the Mother of the Fishes, she who nurtures and chastises hard in equal measure...she who rules the Moon...among many other things….Spirits of the waters, where all begins and ends are honored in these two hours.

The 9th hour invokes the spirit of an ancestor born during the present zodiac season, or inspirational music to keep your day in a positive vibe….tunes designed to create that inner stir we like to try to avoid. Perhaps it’s a bit sinister of me to stir the emotions through sound on this day, but it is essential. Why? Acknowledged or not, emotions tend to be naturally higher today, simply because it is ruled by the moon. Acknowledged or not, these emotions will fester and find a physical manifestation, positive or negative. So the music sets today help them rise like tides. They jam though….

The 11th hour carves out time for my live drive, a show I brought back from my college days...where I simply host, guide, and let the Moonday essence take hold of the sound. Emotions say stop asking your neighbors, where Chaka wants love to be everlasting. From the chain of fools to the sons of preacher men, still waters run deep, frankly speaking. May other voices of the mothers fuse with some nurturing instrumentals to provide a save listening space to reflect. That is until the clock strikes 2pm.

On the 2nd hour after twelve, will be commentaries on literature of my choosing. These choosings will from a range of renowned and local authors. All goof readers are good readers. The 3rd hour brings a spiritual message of mystic teaching from Mother Blue Hues, my Moonday blog! The 4th hour brings in a mix of classsic and current tunes mixed in a fusion. The 6th hour brings in a personal favorite, poetry….and not just mine. The underground gospel we call “rhyme” is shared by both local and renowned poets, and the list is still growing.

The 7th and 8th hour return the energies of nurturing, relaxing, but classic tunes that explore and remind us of the musical genius of our people. On the 9th hour, The forecast for Tuesday comes. By then it will be after sundown and technically be Tuesday. The 10th hour deepens the mojo of the music, by its creation into my vision of what love looks like. Careful now...These sets have been known to induce the population increasing kind of love! 12 am again would mean its Tuesday….and that is another day’s journal entry.

In the meantime, feel free to “beam up” to the 222.9 The Mothership, and step into my world of funk, groove, mystics and sound healing!

Ase in Love,

iiiYansaje T. Muse