Kawoq means the strength of unity; it represents the family, the community, the society, and the group. It is the energy of abundance, in both the material and the spiritual sense. The number 3 represents communication and creativity, the fruits of our efforts.  Connect with today’s energy to clarify the communications within your family and amongst your community.  Give thanks for the results of our collective efforts, and seek the shared creative force that will bear fruits in the future.

Tijax represents the double bladed knife, the ability to heal or to injure, to open new pathways.  Tijax is the lightning and the obsidian.  The number two represents duality and union.  Take care today to find kind words an not be cutting in your relationships.  Draw on the opportunity afforded by today’s energy to clear obstacles in your path, seeking the transcendent unity within the perception of duality, and to bring healing.

No’j is the connection between the Cosmic Mind and the human mind; it is the power of the mind, of thoughts and ideas. No’j represents patience, nobility clarity and sublime love. Number 1 is an energy that brings creativity and innovation; it represents unity and the beginning. During this trecena (thirteen days) No’j will nurture your mind with the ideas, creativity, and clarity you need for your personal growth.

Trecena Prayer from Don Pedro Ixchop

On this sacred day of No’j, Ajaw, grant me the wisdom, the good intelligence, so that I can use it to benefit everyone around me. I ask you Ajaw that my intelligence is as soft as cotton, that it expands and that it can understand other world wisdoms; that I can understand and absorb the love for the wisdom of my ancestors, Ajaw. You, Ajaw, are the owner, the giver, the donor, and the bestower of the intelligence of all the creatures over the face of the Heart of Mother Earth. Let my wisdom be righteous and correct, without any influences that can bring insanity and which can harm my intelligence, Ajaw, Heart of the Sky and Heart of Mother Earth. Ajaw, I ask you to give me thoughts that are tolerant and that will sustain the peace at my home. Maltiox, Maltiox, Maltiox, and four times Maltiox.

Ajaw Great Father or Supreme Being

Maltiox Thank you

Ajmaq represents curiosity, it is the day in which questions arise and we can delve deeper into the purpose and direction of our lives. Number 13 is the energy that connects us to the knowledge and wisdom we have gained through our past experiences. During this day you can learn much from the experiences that rise if you are open to the possibility of seeing the world with wonder and knowing that there is still much to learn to reach the path of wisdom. This is the last day of the K’at trecena (thirteen days); thank K’at for all the tools it has given you that have helped your development.

Tz’ikin, the bird, projects liberty, good fortune, and luck. Today the energy of Tz’ikin flows with that of number 12, which brings an energy that helps you materialize your dreams. The convergence of these two energies help you accomplish anything that you can imagine, an auspicious star guides your steps today.

I’x is the female energy, the creative impulse of the Universe; it possesses the power to expand our mind, and gives us the strength with which to reach high levels of consciousness, granting you inner strength and magic. Number 11 stands for the cycles of life, it symbolizes learning through experience. During this day you can be very sensitive, use this sensitivity to be in harmony with everything and everyone around you. Try to avoid any conflicts

Today both number 10 and Aj represent the pillars that connect the cosmic and the telluric energies and which connect you to the Heart of the Sky and the Heart of Mother Earth. Feel the energy of Mother Earth thorough your feet and elevate your hands to receive the cosmic energies. Allow these energies to flow thorough your body and to awaken your inner powers.

E represents the road or path of one’s life, the sacred road or Saq’ Be’, as reflected by the milky way.  It is the road upon which merchants travel to conduct their business.  Number 9 represents the emotional, the intuitive, and the creative. Align with today’s energy to awaken the intuitive guidance that will lead you on your path of spiritual development and to bring success to the projects that feed your deeper purpose.

Today is Wajxaqib’ (8) B’atz’ (Maya New Year). This is the first day of the Cholq’ij Calendar; during this day the Ajq’ijab’ (Maya Spiritual Guides) and the Maya community join to celebrate with Fire Ceremonies of gratitude to the Ajaw (Great Father) and to pray for blessings for this new cycle. Join this celebration by lighting 20 candles, one for each of the Nawales and connect through their energy to the hundreds of Sacred Fire Ceremonies that are lit today in all of the Sacred Mayan Altars.

Today we are launching a Maya Date Calculator!  Thanks to continued support for Saq’ Be’ and the generous effort of Javi Espinoza, this amazing online tool will help to generate the Maya cross for any birth date!  It is still a work in progress, with more features being added, but for now it is fully functional in being able to identify the energies that are primary for your path in this life.  Check it out here!

TZ’I’ is the law. It is the Supreme law, the law of the Order of Creation, of the Natural Order. It is the law of consciousness “the respect for everything that exists is the respect you have for yourself.” In the continuum of the energies that were manifested in the origin of Creation, Tz’i’ is the spiritual authority. It symbolizes the Divine energies, the Cosmic Authorities that gave shape to this dimension and to the levels of Kaj and Xib’alb’ay. B’itol, Tz’aqol, Alom, and K’ajolom are the creating deities that delineated the vision with which the Najt (space-time) was configured. Here every thought and Creation, everything that was given shape, and especially everyone that was given the Breath of Life exists. Tz’i’ is the adviser, the secretary, the scribe, the one that keeps record of everything that has happened. And we have access to everything that has been thought and created, to what we are going to do with our life. We are that authority which will take responsibility for our existence, for the Creation we make of it. We determine our destiny, we have the power to undo the limitations, the problems. We have the power to break with the routine, with others doing the thinking for us, dictating to us what to do. The routine, with no time or space, does not allow us to be aware of our power. Tz’i’ is the colophon of this sequence of the energies of the days, and it gives us the power of freeing ourselves from the limits that are generated by a vision based on the material, on reason. Tz’i’ gives us the power. It directs us to the true reality. It guides our inner being and it expands us to the Cosmic. Every person becomes a spiritual authority. Everyone is connected to the Supreme authorities of the Underworld and the Supra-World. This cycle gives us the opportunity to grow, to reach the purpose of being. We are a part of the prophetic times of the Job Ajaw. Spirituality of these times has a name, that name is “Action”. The last time the Grandfather came down from the mountain he only left a message: “Lets return to being humans…”