It is mid May and in many places wildfire season has already begun. Just a few days ago the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii reported that carbon dioxide levels have reached 415 parts per million, the highest level ever recorded since it began analyzing atmospheric greenhouse gases in 1958, with this new reading reflecting levels that are nearly 40% higher Read the full article…

“The most serious constitutional crisis in [US] history” – that was the phrase used in 1973 as the infamous “Saturday Night Massacre” related to Watergate was being reported. But a great many are now stating flatly that the current administration’s “complete stonewalling of Congress”, combined with the appalling actions of the Attorney-General, has made the current crisis in Washington far Read the full article…

“Notre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicentre of our lives . . . so I solemnly say tonight: we will rebuild it together.” These were the words of French President Emmanuel Macron on the evening of April 15th, 2019 , as Read the full article…

Thirty years ago an amazing find was made at the archaeological site of Copán, Honduras. It was the discovery of the elaborate, and very well preserved, temple of Rosalila (see below). In it were numerous artifacts, including many objects known as eccentric flints, carved devices that functioned both as weapons and as protective items used in sacred rituals. It is Read the full article…

After the eventful conclusion to the last trecena, with cyclones in Australia, hundreds of thousands of protestors on the streets of London, and findings from the long anticipated Mueller report being delivered to the U.S. Congress, we come to a pivotal point within the 260 day Tzolk’in cycle. One Chikchan on March 25th marks the start of the third 52-day Read the full article…

As this trecena opens much in the northern hemisphere is still buried under snow. And even where the snow has melted much is looking brown and battered and lifeless after the harsh winter. But if you look closely the signs are there – the small buds waiting to burst forth, the small flowers trying to push through, the robins reappearing. Read the full article…

As has been seen so many times before, the timing is jaw-dropping. As we begin this “storm” related trecena, with One Kawak’s “initiation” of a “catalytic storm” on Feb. 27th, we can see once again how events tend to repeat (or “update” themselves) when specific energies return. One of the most striking examples of this is the fact that the Read the full article…

With snow and ice everywhere, blustery weather, power outages, and severe wind chills in many regions, these are the kinds of conditions that often cut things right back to the basics, fitting right in with Kimi’s call to “pause and regroup”. And certainly when the snow is a foot or more deep outside and/or you are digging for lanterns and Read the full article…

While there may be some who may be nervously sky-watching as this trecena opens, due to the scare tactics about a potential asteroid hit on this day that would “destroy all life on Earth”, NASA scientists have been providing assurances for years that this will not happen. That asteroid, large as it is, is now safely sailing along many millions Read the full article…

It’s cold; it’s dreary; it’s mid-winter, and in many places it’s even blizzardy, and much has been spiraling into a tailspin as the government shutdown in the U.S. goes into its 29th day as this trecena begins, with no sign of abating, and the U.K. faces a whole lot of fog as the Brexit situation gets murkier and murkier. The Read the full article…