Memorials for heroic and iconic lives, the gearing up for school and fall activities, the intensification of the push for truth, accountability, and justice – all this, and much more, will be highlighted within this Kab’an (“earth movement”) trecena. As always during this important period, the emphasis is on both completion and renewal. During the first few days of this Read the full article…

In mid to late August the corn is high and the season’s bounty is ripe for the picking. The summer has been hot and challenging, and many of those challenges continue as fire fighting crews battle against ferocious wildfires in many different regions, particularly along North America’s West Coast. While this is going on, other areas have been hit by Read the full article…

It has been hot, it has been intense, and for many this past trecena has been decisively life-changing. Deadly wildfires have been raging in several regions, and the battles to quench them will likely continue on throughout this new trecena.  But, as always, there is a shift underway as the new trecena begins, and many new possibilities are being presented. Read the full article…

School’s out, summer’s here, and the life-fomenting Chikchan trecena is clicking into gear. Within the 260 day Tzolk’in cycle the beginning of this trecena marks the start of the third 52-day period, a time often associated with both justice and “awakening”. And it seems that much is in the works at this time that ties right in with this, much Read the full article…

Sometimes it’s important to stop, take a breath, and just be still for a few minutes. But sometimes events happen so quickly that this “pause to regroup” can be forced upon people by circumstance, as happened two cycles ago in the Philippines as the survivors of Super Typhoon Nock-ten (the most intense tropical cyclone in 56 years) began this trecena Read the full article…

A royal wedding, the dismantling of a nuclear test site, widespread flooding, a pipeline conflict, a volcano threatening a massive eruption, Manhattanhenge, and a dramatic escalation of tensions in the Middle East – all these, and much more, are on the table as the B’en (“Personal Authority”) trecena gets underway. During the last opening of this trecena (end of August, Read the full article…

After that series of new beginnings over the past few days (with the beginning of the new cycle and the Maya New Year, and even the official start to spring) we come once again to the Ix trecena – the energy that was in place at the time of the 2016 U.S. presidential election. While, at first glance, that may Read the full article…

As we push on towards the end of the current One Imix-to-Thirteen Ajaw cycle, with just two trecenas remaining, this Men (Eagle) trecena tends to be a kind of “head’s-up”, “call-to-action” type of period, 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 Read the full article…

Red and gold, red and gold, everywhere red and gold – lanterns, pom poms, streamers, firecrackers – red envelopes with “lucky money”, lion dances, special treats – all are making their presence known as the Chinese Spring Festival gets underway. This year Chinese New Year is being celebrated as the Year of the Dog, coinciding at this time with the Read the full article…

Water – cleansing, nurturing, refreshing, lifegiving –  don’t we all need more of that these days? “Oh sacred water – we come to you with great reverence and appreciation . . . . (from “We are Protectors of the Water”) Keeping the focus on these kinds of positive aspects of water, we can see that this water-oriented Muluk trecena will Read the full article…