September – the end of summer, start of school, and the gearing up for fall activites. While for many this will be a “normal” September, others are seeing this month as a time of convergence that will incorporate many distinctive events, including both solar and lunar eclipses, a Blood Moon, rumored impending catastrophes (such as end-of-the world scenarios), the end Read the full article…

After the extraordinarily explosive energies that have played out over the past 13 days, particularly in China (which suffered both a devastating typhoon and the gargantuan blasts in Tianjin) the Eb’ trecena holds the possibility of bringing some much needed relief – at least at the beginning. Affilated traditionally with renewed vitality and fertility, the healing potential of this Eb’ time Read the full article…

House, home, temple, introspection, dreaming . . . these are some of the many ideas associated with Ak’b’al and this trecena. For the thousands who are still locked into their homes by ice and snow, such things will continue to be the focus, as it will be for those who are starting the long clean-up from an interminably long winter. Read the full article…

Warmth, Fire, Guidance – these are notions that would be greatly welcomed by those still buried under the tons of snow and ice that have hammered the northeastern quadrant of North American in recent days and weeks. And indeed such qualities as Love, Justice, Loyality, Warmth, Fire, Guidance, and so much more, are key ideas associated with “Ok” (the Yucatec 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 approach the conclusion of the third Tzolk’in cycle since December 2012 (the start of this new Great Cycle of time), we return to the K’an trecena, aligned with the general idea of Germination. This tends to be a robust energy sequence associated with the inception of new ideas or the forging of new directions, suggestive of an “anything 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…

After a stormy 13 days that has brought both extreme weather and massive protest demonstrations in many regions, the Eb’ trecena holds the possibility of bringing some much needed relief. Affilated traditionally with renewed vitality and fertility, the healing potential of this Eb’ timeframe was often recognized through feasting, dancing, and general celebration. In the past the forces in play 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…