…ment” energy of Eb’. Photo by Siam Ahmed Sawon [CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons] Fortunately, the energies associated with this Eb’ trecena tend to be gentler in nature, directed more towards healing, path finding, and revitalization. Indeed, it did not take long for the UK government to bolster its support for Ukraine by rallying relief efforts, and as this trecena opens an emergency convoy of vehicles loaded with flood-fighting equipment, res… Read more

…edit: Shahnoor Habib Munmun (Winnipeg, Manitoba), Uploaded by Skeezix1000) [CC-BY-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons On the prairies the province of Manitoba is still dealing with monumental floods (similar to the floods of 2011), a situation that will make for a soggy, messy Muluk trecena for many. And with the rapidly changing situation in the Middle East there could be a great deal of shape-shifting going on in that region during this trecena if Israe… Read more

…ver in 2013. Photo Credit: Joe Mabel (Flickr) [CC-BY-SA-2.0, via Wikimedia Commons] As the governing energy for this 13-day period, Kimi represents the idea of returning to spiritual foundations as the genesis point for regeneration. Intriguingly, this was the trecena that was in place in 2006 when construction began on the footings and foundations for what was to become One World Trade Center. And now, 12 Tzolk’in cycles later, that tower is agai… Read more

…rry Knight (Flickr: St George’s Day 2010 – 05) CC-BY-SA-2.0, via Wikimedia Commons] 11 Lamat (April 23rd) – a “bright light” kind of energy that often heralds something new, this time in conjunction with the apex of the Grand Cardinal Cross, at the same time as St. George’s Day (England’s national day) and UNESCO’s World Book and Copyright Day. 11 Lamat’s “inspirational star” force can sometimes bring a sudden shift, as when Napoléon renounced his… Read more

…d abstractions by Keith Rice-Jones Happy Maya birthday Keith, on this 6 Eb’ day. I wish you many, many more happy and productive years. For further info. please see: http://www.wildricestudio.com/ Pyramidal Abstractions by Keith Rice-Jones     Pot with winged pyramid lid, by Keith Rice-Jones… Read more

…on the internet. One of the best can be found here, at filibustercartoons.com, in an article that includes many exquisite examples of his works. For those who would like to reflect back on his amazing body of work SFU has a great online library of his masterpieces, which can be found at http://edocs.lib.sfu.ca/cgi-bin/Cartoons (just type in Roy Peterson and 695 glorious cartoons will present themselves for your viewing pleasure). Fare thee well,… Read more

…Etz’nab, April 13, 2014. Photo Credit: Ilya Schurov from Moscow (S0060334) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons Very often the events that have taken place during this time frame have been either dazzling or just plain shocking, as was the case during this trecena’s last appearance when the horrific terrorist attack on journalists and cartoonists took place at the headquarters of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, prompting hundreds of tho… Read more

…ver in 2013. Photo Credit: Joe Mabel (Flickr) [CC-BY-SA-2.0, via Wikimedia COmmons] It was during this B’en trecena in October of 2014, on the day before that shift in power in the U.S., that another historic turning point took place, the “opening for business” of One World Trade Center in New York, the tallest building in the Western hemisphere, at 104 stories and 1776 ft., as the Conde Nast magazine empire moved into their new offices. That was… Read more

…anniversary of the death of Frederick Douglass. Photo Credit: Tony Fischer [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons Two days before the start of this current trecena a massive demonstration called “A Day Without Latinos, Immigrants, and Refugees” took place in Milwaukee, during which 120 businesses closed to show their support. The report on this event was sub-titled “If it starts in Milwaukee, it will spread to other counties.” On that same day it beca… Read more

…uide to the Energies of Life.] Illustration: Dog drawing originally published by D. Lothrop Company, no artist or author identified [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons… Read more