As we arrive at the Day of the Monkey (Jan. 11th), which sits at the centre of the Tree of Life within the Maya Calendar, it is extraordinary that a new and very loud cry for Freedom of Expression is ringing out around the world. This is a day traditionally represented by the Howler Monkey, the symbol of creativity itself. Read the full article…

The old year ends with the “activation of enlightenment”; the new year begins with the “defining of birth” – opening up a new “realm of all potential”. So what is the nature of the energy wave that is carrying us through this transition? In many ways the “markers” for this Maya energy frame are representative of this time of year 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…

Get out your brollies and wellies (or snow boots in many areas), as once again Chac is making his appearance. This is an energy that has proven to be highly tempestuous, and often strongly catalytic. Seen as the “Storm” trecena, this Kawak time frame was traditionally recognized as being under the patronage of Tláloc, the Aztec god of rain (known Read the full article…

As snow and cold temperatures are beginning to make their presence known in many parts of North America, and falling leaves are stripping trees down to their “bare bones” once again, so too are we returning to the “bare bones” energy of the Kimi trecena. And now, after the poignant funerals of the last trecena, we also find this energy Read the full article…

Harvest festivals . . . Hallowe’en . . . Samhain . . . the Day of the Dead . . . the time of year when ghosts, goblins, Jack-o’-lanterns, and skeletons tend to come out to play. But after the horrific events in Ottawa three days before the start of this trecena, followed by  another unthinkable scene of horror at Read the full article…

As it seemed that jaguar power was in full force during this past trecena, the implications of that huge transformative push still remain to be revealed. Most remarkable was the enormous scope of people-power that manifested to lend their voices to such things as Scotland remaining in union with the UK, the protests in Moscow against the Ukraine-Russia conflict, the Read the full article…

From the intense solar storms that gave us spectacular Northern Lights, to the huge IFA trade show in Berlin that introduced the world to the latest techie gadgets for “smart” homes, to the introduction of Strati, the world’s first 3D printed car, to the announcement of the forthcoming sibling for HRH baby George, the last trecena has opened the portals Read the full article…

After battling our way through the first nineteen trecenas with the current Tzolk’in cycle, we come once again to the last one, before the whole 1 Imix to 13 Ajaw sequence begins again. This, of course, is Lamat, the trecena that tends to herald change. Aligned with Venus, the star that was seen by the ancient Maya as the herald 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…