It is mid May and in many places wildfire season has already begun. Just a few days ago the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii reported that carbon dioxide levels have reached 415 parts per million, the highest level ever recorded since it began analyzing atmospheric greenhouse gases in 1958, with this new reading reflecting levels that are nearly 40% higher Read the full article…

It is mid-December and 2018 is getting ready to pack its bags and retreat into the annals of history. For many this has been a year fraught with enormous challenges, many of which were directly linked to severe events associated with environment-related disasters. From the perspective of the Maya calendar, we have just come through one complete cycle of the Read the full article…

The snow falling outside on this day is signalling that summer is definitely over.  Nevertheless, things seem to be heating up rapidly, especially given the indictments that are now appearing with regard to the Russia probe in the U.S., and the “civil war” types of rallies that are currently being planned. To boot, we now have the Etz’nab’ trecena coming Read the full article…

Last December, just as the old year was ending, the Kimi trecena brought an unfathomable new reality to the Philippines as the survivors of Super Typhoon Nock-ten surveyed the ruins of homes, villages, and livelihoods and began assessing their losses. The behemoth that had hammered them the day before was the most intense tropical cyclone in 56 years. And now, Read the full article…

With just two trecenas remaining in the current 260 day One Imix to Thirteen Ajaw sequence, the Men (Eagle) trecena tends to be a time frame associated with valour and the push towards supremacy. This is a zone that has been oriented traditionally, around power, military strength, and transformative action, as symbolized by the eagle. This is a “call to action” Read the full article…

As usual, the end of the last trecena brought a crescendo of activity, including much intense scrambling by U.S. lawmakers to pass a spending bill to prevent the government from shutting down, and a major push to repeal and replace Obamacare. While the House of Representatives passed a bill (with a razor-thin 217-213 vote) to do just that, the U.S. Read the full article…

On so many fronts 2016 has been a long, tense, strife-ridden year, full of mind-boggling events that have pushed the limits beyond the boundaries of comprehension. Much has been turned upside-down and much uncertainty lies ahead. For many life has been stripped down to the bare bones and the road ahead is unclear. Almost as if to add an exclamation Read the full article…

The Jaguar is snarling, perhaps because so much is riding on this particular time frame and it is the task of the jaguar to oversee it. Once again this is a warrior type of energy generally associated with authority, rulership and things of the earth. It is aligned with high magic and even mastery over things of an unseen nature. During Read the full article…

The conventions in the U.S. have run their course, and all that is left now is the hand-to-hand combat that will eventually decide the outcome of the U.S. presidential race. And as this countdown period gets underway the “darkness” that has plagued this campaign continues to descend. As millions continue to be bomarded by the unfathomable babble that has taken Read the full article…

True to form, the past 13 days have been HIGHLY eventful, with significant “movement” on many levels, from the sudden transfer of leadership in the U.K. on 4 Ajaw, to the attempted military coup in Turkey and the extraordinary firing of tens of thousands of people, to the stupefying nomination of Donald Trump at the Republication Convention in the U.S. Read the full article…