Are you tired of winter yet? Are you feeling like you need an infusion of “fun?” The good news is that this “refreshment”-oriented time frame is offering all sorts of opportunities for immersion in the colour, light, fantasy, and fabulousness of many winter festivals, in addition to still being in the midst of Chinese Lunar New Year season. This is Read the full article…

It’s been a brutal start to the year for many, with winter weather causing widespread havoc. Mid January is bringing in Blue Monday, and there are still weeks to go before Spring . . . and yet, even now, many harbingers of Spring can be seen. Indeed, the first day of this Kib’ trecena is coinciding with a major festival Read the full article…

Have you ever looked up into a deep dark early morning sky and sensed the coming of the dawn – sensed that sometime soon a celestial switch would flick on and bring in a brand new day? If so, you have tapped into the essence of Ak’b’al, the nature of the first day of 2023, and the energy that is Read the full article…

This Ok (Dog) trecena, returning for the second time this year, this time as the final trecena of 2022, is coinciding exactly with the last 13 days of 2022. When this was in place in early April it was just after the start of the Maya New Year, just after the entire Kyiv region was liberated from Russian forces, and Read the full article…

“Evolutionary Movement on Planet Earth” – in essence this tends to be the nature of Kab’an, the leading force and namesake for this Kab’an trecena, so the timing is perfect for the COP15 global biodiversity summit that opens on the first day of this time frame and spans the entire 13 day period.  The goal for the conference is the Read the full article…

Things are on the move again, but the contrast is stark – millions being evacuated under dire conditions in Ukraine, and millions on the move in the U.S. in anticipation of Thanksgiving feasts. It is a portrait of extremes and excesses, which is not unusual for this time frame. The fact that the controversial World Cup, taking place in the Read the full article…

“Truly a pivot point” – this is how the aftermath of the US midterm elections is being seen by many. As this Chuwen (Monkey) trecena begins much remains up-in-the-air, and it could be weeks before the dust settles and the final tallies are in. It’s as if the monkey is high up in the jungle canopy and no one knows Read the full article…

Watch out for the fireworks, but not just because Hallowe’en is coming! In Brazil the highly consequential run-off election that will determine who will be the next president of that country takes place on the third day of this trecena. Then, near the end of the trecena, the midterm elections in the U.S. will determine the shape and character of Read the full article…

Consider for a moment, what it would be like to sprout wings and lift off from the earth, to fly high to gain perspective, and to have the power, energy, and wisdom needed to make positive changes in this world. This, in essence, is the energy associated with this Chikchan trecena, symbolized by the great Feathered Serpent, and aligned with Read the full article…

After one of the fiercest Kawak (Storm) trecena’s ever, the opening of this Eb’ trecena is placing the emphasis squarely on the question of “where do we go from here?”, and in places such as Cuba, Puerto Rico, Atlantic Canada, southeast Asia, and the southeastern U.S., the starting point is the assessment of the staggering amount of damage that was Read the full article…