…oals. This year’s theme is: “One Resilient Common Future: Transforming our Common Wealth”. The 23rd Commonwealth foreign affairs ministers’ meeting is being held in London at this time. the opening day for the 3-day 11th Annual World Ocean Summit & Expo in Lisbon, on this 13th Gregorian anniversary of the day in 2011 when a 9.0 earthquake struck Japan off the coast of Sendai, NE of Tokyo, triggering a devastating tsunami. the opening day for the 6… Read more

…he final day of Ghost month in China, and with the final day of Burning Man 2024. This is also the 34th anniversary of the coming into force of the UN’s Convention on the Rights of the Child, after being adopted the previous November, and the 79th Gregorian anniversary of the formal signing of the articles of surrender by Imperial Japan at the end of WWII. This is celebrated in the US as V-J Day even though other countries observe this on Aug. 15t… Read more

…on of life itself. He was sometimes depicted as Huehuetéotl – the Old, Old [Fire] God, whose image was often shown on braziers. Associated with purification, transformation, the regeneration of natural cycles, and even the regeneration of the cosmos, Huehuetéotl-Xiuhtecuhtli presided over New Fire ceremonies (marking Calendar Round returns, every 52 years) and the lighting of the fires of renewal. It is not unusual to see Xiuhtecuhtli associated w… Read more

…st of its kind. The Harbin Ice and Snow Festival in 2010. Photo by Dayou_X [CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Even though things are tense and challenging in many places at this time, there is still magic out there, as in the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in China which officially opens on Jan. 5th. This is the day when Colorado’s Secretary of State sets the Colorado primary ballot. If the US Supreme Court rules to suppor… Read more

…rcury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. Photo Credit: PersianDutchNetwork [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons In the US at this time, primaries will be held in Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, and Ohio. Although the dumpster was barred from being on the ballot in the Illinois primary, that decision was overruled by the Supreme Court. 3 Manik’ (March 20th) – the “activation” of reciprocity, symbolized by a deer that “embodies” the sun on Eart… Read more

…oto by anja_johnson [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons This is the opening day for the main events for the glorious Carnevale Di Venezia (Venice), one of the oldest and most spectacular carnivals in the world (to Feb. 21st). This includes the opulent and magnificent Carnival Costumes’ Show in St. Mark’s Square, the first of several days of “parading your magnificence”. At this time this is the “Feast of… Read more

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…ly in U.S. history. Currently this is the opening day for the Emerald City Comic Con (ECCC), an annual comic book convention, in Seattle. 10 Lamat (March 1st) “foundational bright star” – a fundamental “signalling” type of energy which also has a tendency to “kick up a storm”, as many severe storms have been in effect under this influence. However, if there is a weather window open this is the scheduled launch date for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8, headin… Read more

…House Intelligence Committee in early 2017 when former FBI Director James Comey told that committee for the first time that the FBI was investigating the possible collusion between the dumpster’s campaign and Moscow – the first time a seated president had been under FBI investigation. 8 Chuwen, aka 8 Batz’ (May 3rd) a “resurrection” type of energy associated with play, creativity, and “time weaving” – a highly auspicious day for the Maya, as this… Read more

…ping and implementing a national reconciliation framework, informed by the Commission’s recommendations. Since then a number of important legislative actions have been taken, but a great deal still remains to be done. So as we go through this period, many generative, life-enhancing forces will be in play, “battling” against the darkness, and opening up new avenues to bring forth purification and refreshment. But many intense water-oriented shifts… Read more