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.
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Kej, represented by the deer, symbolizes the balance and the strength of this animal; it is the energy that protects the natural world and is called to maintain balance between humans and Mother Earth. Number 12 represents the consciousness of being. Connect through the energies of this day to the energy and wisdom of nature, hug a tree and connect to its energy to take in its wisdom and consciousness, to absorb it’s ability to grow with stability and strength.
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Kame represents death; it is all the cycles that manifest during our life. Number 11 is the energy of spiritual tests and payments, a day to learn thorough experience and transmute experiences into knowledge. All the challenges that you face during life come to you because your spirit is ready to evolve and grow, they come to bring you spiritual strength and to allow you to advance on the cycles of life. Embrace these challenges and transform their teachings into strength, wisdom, and spirituality.
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Kan symbolizes energy; it is the energy of the serpent that moves through our spine, it is the force of life. Number 10 represents the cosmic and telluric energies that connect with our body through our fingers and toes. Allow these energies to penetrate your body and course up your spine with all the energy of the Heart of the Sky and the Heart of Mother Earth. This day is charged with life forces, connect to it.
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K’at symbolizes the net; it is the energy that either tangles us in a web, mostly of our own making, or helps us group and bring together the people, thoughts and elements we need for our development. Number 9 represents the circle of life; it is the power of love, wisdom, and spirituality. The nets that trap you and prevent you from achieving what you want in life were created by you, but you also have the strength and power to tear them down, don’t become entangled in things that are not important.
Number 8 symbolizes the physical and the material; it represents the complete energies of the material world, its energy flows today with that of Aq’ab’al, which is the dusk and the dawn; it is the energy of the new beginnings. This is a good day to ask the Creator and Maker for financial stability, to ask for a new dawn to shine over your economy.
Number 7 symbolizes faith, intuition, and introspection. Iq’ represents the wind that activates, renews, and purifies us. The confluence of these two energies allows us to renovate ourselves physically, mentally, spiritually, and emotionally. Take some time during this day to become aware of the air you are breathing and notice how it is purifying and renewing your whole energy.
Imox is the energy that governs change; it puts the mind in a receptive mode, creating the interconnection of ideas. Number 6 symbolizes challenges and confrontation. Connect through the energy of Imox to your intuition; trust your gut feeling and your ability to create whatever you set your mind to. If you don’t trust yourself you will always have to depend on others to accomplish your life purpose and this can bring you dissatisfaction and inner confrontation.
Number 5 symbolizes elevation to creation; it is the energy of action. Ajpu,represented by the blowgun hunter, is the Spiritual Warrior who brings certainty and acuity; it is the force that helps us overcome the negative. Today number five brings opportunities and luck, and Ajpu gives you the ability to overcome any obstacles you may find in the way. Walk your path with courage; don’t be afraid of the challenges that may rise, you have the strength to face them and to obtain what you are aiming for.
Kawoq represents the family, both our blood family and our spiritual family. Number 4 symbolizes balance, stability, and security. This is a good day to connect with the people you love, to find comfort in their support and solidarity, and to reenergize yourself through their love and warmth.
Tijax, represented by the double-edged obsidian knife, has the energy of healing, harmonizing and cutting; it gives us the power of opening new pathways. Number 3 represents rhythm; it is communication, creativity and optimism. The confluence of these two energies allows us to connect to the vibration and movement of everything that surrounds us, flow with the continuous dance of life, use the knife of Tijax to cut off the fears and the negative energy that are holding you back.
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