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…

As we crawl our way forward after one of the most intense and terrifying shake-ups ever delivered by the Ix trecena, the world, indeed, is not as it was when that trecena began a mere 13 days ago. All has been turned upside down so severely that it seems that everyone everywhere is having to re-think the very nature of 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…

As summer begins to dissipate and thoughts turn once again to fall we find the Muluk (Water) trecena coming into place to help with the transition. Pushed forward by the generative energy of water, the source of life, this is a time frame that can be both stimulating and cleansing, holding the potential to shape or change the world. Coming in 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…

Amusing, playful, inventive, dexterous, and agile, monkeys are always mesmerizing to watch. No doubt it was this versatility that earned the monkey the honour of being the Maya symbol for the innovative energy that sits in the centre of the cosmic World Tree and orchestrates the proliferation of life. And so we return to the creation-oriented Chuwen trecena that begins Read the full article…

Hang onto your hats, as Quetzalcóatl is on the move, which means that somewhere – or everywhere – there could be an enormous energy surge, as happened on the last appearance of this trecena when the migrant crisis in Europe increased to “biblical proportions”, major flash flooding occurred in several regions, and thousands were forced to flee from horrific wildfires Read the full article…

“How can you leave me standing alone in a world that’s so cold . . . .” so wrote the incredibly talented and widely loved artist known as Prince for his song “When Doves Cry”. And cry is the word of the day as we mourn the loss of yet another iconic artist and extraordinary musician. Although Prince was not Read the full article…

White bookended by white, this is a trecena that begins and ends with important “spirit-oriented” energies that call for attention. It begins with Kimi, the great “foundational” force that can say “enough is enough – let’s bring things back to basics” so that restoration and renewal can begin. The skeletal imagery that pertains to the first day of this time Read the full article…