Changing Year Bearers Since the days of Cortez, the Maya as well as Western scholars have known only four Year Bearers, which are the nahuales that ruled the first day of each solar year, or haab. Everyone has been recycle Earth, Wind, Road and Deer, because no one knew how and when to change to […]
While the Ki’che’ and most other Guatemalan Maya consider 8 Batz (Monkey or Thread) to be the first day of the 260-day sacred calendar, the Tzutujil Maya around Lake Atitlan celebrate it on 8 Tzikin (Men in Yucatecan Maya). Their name in the Popul Vuh was Birdhouse People, so they are more closely aligned with […]
On Friday the 15th of February, Asteroid DA 14 will sail past the Earth at 17,500 miles, the closest approach with such a big asteroid in history. This occurs on 8 Vulture, and there are no known correlations between the event and the Mayan calendar system. But next month is a different story, when Comet […]
The trecena of Water begins today. Through the 20th, this is a time to make sacrifices in your relationships in order to improve and nourish them. On the 21st, the trecena of 1 Wind starts. It is a time to to use self-expression in your relationships, to tell others about your feelings instead of conceal […]
December 31 is the first day of the trecena of Dog, the last final trecena of 2012. Counsel and guidance are the keynotes in dealing with relationships and emotions in this 13-day cycle. It is a time to ask for advice or to give it to others. Loyalty is another meaning of Dog that applies […]
San Pedro Parties There’s a New Year’s Eve dinner from 6-9 PM at Cafe la Puerta, with choice of three gourmet entrees for Q65. A few steps down Seventh Avenue from this restaurant, El Barrio’s bash has an open bar (with wrist band) from 9 PM to midnight, with live music and drink specials. In […]
Earth (Noj/Caban) Rules this Trecena The trecena ruler mainly affects emotions and intuition but can also influence events on the material plane. Meaning of Earth as Trecena Ruler Earth’s key meaning is thought and ideas, which are the most effective ways to approach relationships during this trecena. Be practical and don’t base your decisions on […]
Net is an extremely powerful nahual, similar to Knife in having intensely opposite meanings. The net can be used in a positive manner to gather and transport things, but one can also be entrapped and captured by the net (particularly by debt). Net as Trecena Ruler Use this time to collect your thoughts and examine […]
B’atz, or Monkey, is a party animal, so this trecena is a good time to rock and roll on the emotional level and not take things too seriously. It begins on Thanksgiving Day, which will make this holiday even more fun than ever. Monkey is a sociable, friendly sign, so this is the time to […]
We have 30 days until December 21, 2012. If you are not ready for the big event by now, it is probably too late. Best bet is to head for Lake Atitlan and look for the Official End of the World Party in San Pedro la Laguna. And hope there will be an Official End […]
