…cle after the resignation of Robert E. Lee from the Union Army before he become a commander of the Confederate army. Currently this is World Malaria Day, highlighting the need for continued commitment to malaria prevention and control. The emphasis this year is on “Health Equity, Gender, and Human Rights”. It is also Anzac Day, the national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand that commemorates those who served and died in wars, conflic… Read more

…Day is Aug. 10th. Photo credit: Clément Bardot [CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons] This is the day of China’s Double Seventh Festival (aka the Qixi or Qiqiao festival), also seen as Chinese “Valentine’s Day”, or “Young Girls’ Festival”, associated with romance. It is also World Lion Day, a day to raise awareness about lions and to garner support for their conservation. This was Nelson Mandela’s Maya birth energy, and the Maya birth energy of Arge… Read more

…ar at Warsaw Zoo. Photo by Leszek Leszczynski [CC-BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons] Here we are at the last full trecena of 2023, returning to a time frame that has a tendency to be highly consequential in terms of shaping world events. This is the Jaguar trecena, aligned with the Maya mythological idea of the “Night Sun” and “terrestrial fire”, which often brings with it a considerable amount of “fire and fury”. And, in many ways, it seems like “… Read more

…recena. Photo Credit: The Lilac Breasted Roller from Sullivan’s Island, US [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons This was certainly felt in June of 1965 when the first spacewalk occurred on 4 Eb’, this fourth day, and again when the “Earthrise” photo was taken from Apollo 8 on 4 Eb’ in 1968, the iconic first photograph taken by a human of Earth from Deep Space. This also was the energy in place in 2008 when Barack Obama became the first African-Ameri… Read more

…mat day in 1953. Photo Credit: BiblioArchives/ LibraryArchives from Canada [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons In 1918 it was One Lamat that saw the horrific assassination of Czar Nicholas and his family in Russia, and in 1953 this One Lamat energy coincided with the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. As always, this is a trecena that can provide strong reminders of progress that is or is not being made with regard to leadership, as seen one cycle a… Read more

…. February is Black History Month – background vector created by freepik – www.freepik.com The extensive agenda that is set to unfold during this period is very much in keeping with the Maya Calendar energies that will be in play, kicked off by One Chikchan, an important shift-point within the overall 260-day period. This marks the start of the third 52-day period within the 260-day cycle, a period which is often action-packed. The emphasis during… Read more

…s “The Eagle has landed” comment has come to be used as an indicator for a successful completion of an objective. “The Eagle has landed” are words that still carry the sense of heroic accomplishment that goes hand-in-hand with the general idea of “Eagle”. At that time the world was watching as three brave astronauts were carrying out an historic mission that was widely heralded as an enormous achievement by “humankind”, with emphasis on “the peopl… Read more

…es with the Full Worm Moon, the first of three Supermoons in 2020, as it accompanies the opening of the 64th session of the Commission on the Status of Women at the UN (CSW64) – a “pivotal year”. This is also the opening of the two-day World Ocean Summit in Tokyo, Japan, and – during the evening – the beginning of India’s highly revered Holi festival. Sometimes referred to as a “festival of love” or “festival of colours”, Holi is a time when peopl… Read more

…State war memorial, Kings Park Western Australia. Photo Credit: Gnangarra [CC BY 2.5 au], via Wikimedia Commons The last time this energy was in place was the day when senior Republican officials signed that open letter declaring that Trump would put the national security and well-being of the U.S. at risk. Currently this is the day when North Korea marks the 85th anniversary of the foundation of its Korean People’s Army, and the day when top U.S… Read more

…5th, 2018. Photo by Urban Mixer (Raj Taneja) (Orange Helmet Awards Dinner) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons 11 Ajaw (Jan. 4th) – an “inspirational sun” or “inspirational enlightenment” Burner Day. In 2011 this was the energy in place when the price of gold rose to an unprecedented $1743/oz. on the same day as the sun emitted an Earth-directed X6.9 solar flare. 12 Imix (Jan. 5th) – a “gathering together” type of force oriented around new begin… Read more