Category Archives: Daily Ch’umil

The Cholq’ij Calendar is a powerful tool for revealing natural cycles that relate to humans. By understanding the Nawal and number (energy) of each day, we are able to harmonize our lives and activities with the natural rhythm and order, advancing our personal and collective development. This tool requires more than an intellectual understanding; we realize it’s potential in our lives as we work with the energies on a daily basis.

Thanks to Denise Barrios, we are able to make this information more accessible by publishing the Nawal and number for each day, as well as an explanation for it’s meaning. This information is also being pushed out via social media.

4 Tijax – Today’s Maya Day Sign (Ch’umil)

Nawal TijaxTijax has the power of opening new doors and clearing your path; today its energy converges with number 4, which represents balance and connects you to the four corners of the Universe and the four elements ―wind, water, earth and fire―. This is a good day to light a red, white, black and yellow candle and ask the energies of the four corners and the four elements to clear all your paths and open new doors for you.

1 Tz’ikin – Today’s Ch’umil & Prayer for New Trecena

Nawal Tz'ikinNumber 1 represents the beginning; it gives you the impulse to start new projects. Tz’ikin attracts material fortune, luck and love. The energy projected by this day is charged with possibilities. This is the first day of the Tz’ikin trecena (thirteen days), ask this Ch’umil to grant you its power of vision and to bring you luck and love.

Trecena Prayer from Pedro Ixchop

“In this sacred day I thank you, Ajaw, for all the wealth that I have in my life, I thank you for being the richness of my path and my heart. I thank you for the richness in my destiny, in my hands, in my ears, and in my intelligence; for the richness in my existence and in my spirit. I am grateful because if I have any richness it is because of you presences, because you live inside me Ajaw B’itol Tz’aqol; only you can bring joy to my home, to my family. I pray that my work will become green in your work, that it will become spiritual gold that will flourish inside me. I pray that the green gold and silver will be abundant in your presence through all the good things, Ajaw B’itol Tz’aqol, because it is your charity, your favor, that I am grateful for Uk’u’x Kaj Uk’u’x Ulew.  I thank you for your infinitude, for everything I have, for the abundance. I ask you that there is no sadness or bitterness in my life, that the happiness and joy will always be abundant in my heart, Ajaw. I am your son, I am your flower here in Earth and I ask you to help me with my needs, Ajaw. I don’t want to live in poverty and I thank you for helping me prosper in all the activities I undertake, I thank you for your divine miracle, Ajaw. I know that I receive your blessings because I trust in you, because you gave me the qualities I need, you gave me the gifts I have, and these will bring me richness, and for this I thank you and I honor you by offering these candles in your name, Ajaw of the Sky and the Earth. Maltiox, Maltiox, Maltiox, and four times Maltiox.”Maya Elder Pedro Ixchop

Ajaw Great Father or Supreme Being
Tz’aqol and B’itol Creator and Maker
Uk’u’x Kaj Uk’u’x Ulew Heart of the Sky and Heart of the Earth
Maltiox Thank you

13 I’x – Today’s Maya Day Sign (Ch’umil)

Nawal I'xBoth I’x and number 13 represent the energy of magic. This is a very good day to develop your sense of perception. Connect with the wisdom of the four B’alam’eb ―guardians of the four corners of the Universe― to cultivate your intuition and to receive visions. This is the last day of the Iq’ Trecena (thirteen days) Light a candle to thank Iq’ for renewing and cleansing your energy and bringing you good ideas.