The end of July, the end of a month that has been recorded as being the hottest on record, bringing temperatures that temporarily exceeded the 1.5°C threshold set by the Paris Agreement. As this trecena begins, a ring of fire encircles the Mediterranean, with wildfires spread across nine countries; the heat dome across the southern U.S. remains in place; and Read the full article…

Arriving on the heels of an enormous underwater volcanic eruption in Tonga at the tail end of the last trecena, this Eb’ trecena’s normal “animating vitality” energy is being amplified significantly as it comes into being at this time, as the entire Pacific region is under tsunami warnings and people are being advised to stay away from shorelines. Meanwhile, in Read the full article…

The timing was exquisite – timing fit for a King, or a Queen, or a Pharaoh, as fate and circumstance would have it. Just as this trecena was starting to come in late last night (April 3rd) Egypt staged a spectacular royal “Golden Parade” as the mummies of 18 kings and four queens – Egypt’s royal ancestors – were transported Read the full article…

As Rachel Maddow put it a few days ago, “the dark days are here”. She was referencing, of course, the toxic political environment in the U.S. where no one (not even in the justice system, the military, or the intelligence community) is free to do their job without fear of being attacked by the current occupant of the White House. Read the full article…

House, home, temple, introspection, dreaming . . . these are some of the many ideas associated with Ak’b’al and this trecena. For the thousands who are still locked into their homes by ice and snow, such things will continue to be the focus, as it will be for those who are starting the long clean-up from an interminably long winter. Read the full article…