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.

1 I’x – Today’s Ch’umil & Trecena Prayer

Nawal I'xI’x is the female energy, the energy of Mother Earth. It is life and creation, magic and mysticism. Number 1 symbolizes unity, it is a great power that allows us connect with everything around us. Connect to these energies to feel the power of magic and mysticism, work with them to develop your own powers. Remember that life is filled with magic and we are a part of it, we possess its magic within us.
The energy of I’x has influence over the next thirteen days (trecena). Flow with this energy to be in connection with Mother Earth and to absorb during these days the high magic that this Ch’umil brings with it.

Trecena Prayer from Don Pedro Ixchop

In this sacred day of I’x, Creator and Maker of the Universe you are the pacifier of my home, sacred Warbal Ja. You are the universal sower, the healer of my thoughts and my feelings, whichever path I take I take it in your presence. You are always my protector, and for this I pray to your spirit, which is found in the planting of my milpa, of my white maize, my yellow maize, my red maize, and my blue maize. You are the eternal guardian of my home, of my corral. You are my protector, and with you I will walk the paths of this earth, with you I will walk to every place on the face of Mother Earth. You are the protector of my feet, of my hands, of my understanding, of my sons and daughters, of my flowers and of my work, which I do in your presence. You dispel all the thorns in my heart, in my feet, in myself, for you are the healer of every thorn of the body, of the feelings, of the thoughts. I ask you that no thorns may come my way, that I find no thorns on my path during the course of my destiny. That all thorns found on the face of Mother Earth will be collected by your divine power. Protect me at every moment of my life, Heart of the Sky and Heart of Mother Earth. Maltiox, maltiox, maltiox and four times maltiox.Maya Elder Pedro Ixchop

Warbal Ja House, shelter

Milpa Cornfields

Maltiox Thank you

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

Nawal AjAj symbolizes Grandmother Ixmukane’s rite -related in the Popol Wuj- where she cries before the cane stalk asking that it will sprout as a sign of life from her grandsons, Junajpu and Xb’alamke. It is the energy of renewal, it is triumph over all evil, triumph of life over death. Number 13 is the magic of changing and creating, it is transmutation. These energies teach us that we always have a new opportunity, that we have the strength and power to overcome all difficulties. Connect during this day to the energy of rejuvenation and transformation.

12 E – Today’s Maya Day Sign (Ch’umil)

Nawal EE is the path. It is the energy and the means by which we travel our road and which move us toward destiny. It is the Saq’ Be’, the white and spiritual path, the path that each person travels towards their spirituality. Number 12 is a spiritual catalyst and an energy that ignites. This is a good day to put the energy of number 12 into your spiritual path, a day to advance and move forward in your spiritual development.

11 B’atz’ – Today’s Maya Day Sign (Ch’umil)

Nawal B'atz'B’atz’ is the energy love; love that comes from and toward you. Number 11 is both the energy of division and sharing. It is a number that brings tests and unbalance, especially in the mental and spiritual. During this day connect to the energy of love, remember that love is the center of everything, you are love. Share that love and be open to receive it. Face any problems that rise with the energy of love.

10 Tz’i’ – Today’s Maya Day Sign (Ch’umil)

Nawal Tz'i'Tz’i’ is the energy of authority and justice, it is the Ch’umil of the spiritual and material law. Number 10 connects us to the wisdom of the earth and the sky. The convergence of these energies connects you to the human and the divine, they allow you to find the balance between the law of the spirit and the law of man. Absorb the energy of 10 Tz’i’ to find the balance you need as a leader, so that your role as an authority can serve to help others and bring light and wisdom to their lives.

6 Kame – Today’s Maya Day Sign (Ch’umil)

Nawal KemeKame represents the changes that come to our life, the cycles that open when we overcome our challenges. Number 6 brings with it tests we need to face in order to evolve, to learn balance. To open new cycles in our life we need to close the old cycles of those things that no longer serve us. Ask these energies for their help and wisdom to deal with and leave behind what you no longer need in your life, so you can take a step ahead and receive new blessings.

5 Kan – Today’s Maya Day Sign (Ch’umil)

Nawal KanKan is the feathered serpent. It is an energy that activates our consciousness, which connects us to cosmic and telluric energies, and helps us transmute our knowledge into wisdom. Number 5 is elevation to creation, its energy helps us rise and evolve. Our purpose in this life is to evolve in every sense. 5 Kan will connect you to the higher energies to obtain the wisdom of the Heart of the Sky and the Heart of Mother Earth. Work with these energies to activate your inner consciousness, instinct, creativity, wisdom…