You cannot initialize an instance class property referencing another instance property of the same class, because it’s not guaranteed in which order they will be initialized – and swift prohibits that, hence the (misleading) compiler error.
You have to move the initialization in a constructor as follows:
let components: NSDateComponents
init() {
self.components = myCalendar.components(.CalendarUnitYear | .CalendarUnitMonth, fromDate: now)
}