There was no doubt last September that the opening of the Ik’ trecena was a “One Wind” day as that was the time when Cat. 5 Super Typhoon Meranti, one of the most powerful ever recorded, knocked out power to some 500,000 households in Taiwan, before wreaking havoc on mainland China. This typhoon had strengthened from a Cat. 1 to 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…

So here we are again – back at a point of “new beginnings”, with the “initiation of birth” at the start of this new trecena. Representative of the “primordial realm”, Imix is a “world-making” type of energy that can open up (or give birth to) an infinite array of possibilities. For some reason, humans seem to want to literally “touch” Read the full article…

Oh to be in Venice now that Carnevale is here. Those could be the thoughts of many of the hundreds of thousands of people blanketed under several feet of snow in North America’s northeast at this time, after being hit by wave upon wave of record-breaking blizzards during the past trecena. And now as the masked revelry gets underway in Read the full article…

As we get into the holiday season and approach the closing of the year the strong Quetzalcóatl-related forces associated with the Chikchan trecena are now coming into play. The last time this trecena was in place was near the end of March, near the closing of the Classical Maya year. And now, as this old Gregorian year ebbs, the Chikchan Read the full article…

Strength, Sovereignty, Transcendence, Wisdom, Power, Acumen, Lofty vision – these, and many other, words come to mind in any attempt to describe “Eagle”. Seen by the Maya as an avatar of the sun, the eagle is not only representative of acuity and high-flying ideals, but also of strength, wisdom, and renewal. There is also a strong “airborne” aspect to this Read the full article…

Time to take your “inner monkey” out for a romp!  Following another wild ride through the Etz’nab’ trecena, filled with many shocking events reflective of the divisiveness and decisiveness that can come out when the Sun God engages in battle with the Lord of the Underworld (especially with a Grand Cardinal Cross in place), we now welcome the return of Read the full article…