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.
Kawoq represents the group; the family, the community, society. Number 1 symbolizes the force of creation. Strength lies in unity, and society gathers its strength through our actions and thoughts. Make your personal mission a part of the mission we share as humanity. Contribute with your actions toward the common good. This trecena (thirteen days) gives you the energy of abundance and the possibility of taking actions to improve your family and your community.
Prayer from Pedro Ixchop for Kawoq
Ajaw B’itol Tz’aqol I ask you to grant me the gift of clairvoyance during every day of my life. Just like the Sun rose under the sky, it rose over the face of the Earth, and in the same way I ask you, Ajaw, that I find clarity in my thoughts, in my heart, in my feet and in my hands. I ask you that your clarity comes upon my family, upon my daughters and my sons. I ask you to always light them with your divine clarity. My wish Ajaw is that any disputes or trials are rejected and removed from my home, from my path and from my mission. Don’t allow Ajaw that any turbulence or scandal may ever enter my home. Maltiox, maltiox, maltiox and four times maltiox.
Ajaw Great Father or Supreme Being Tz’aqol and B’itol Creator and Maker Maltiox Thank you
Tijax represents the double edged obsidian knife that helps us cut through the mysteries of life. Number 13 is the magic of being able to change and create. On a day 13 Tijax you can ask the Creator and Maker for the wisdom regarding minerals and crystals. Today is the last day of the Kame trecena (thirteen days), which has brought you the possibility of closing the negative cycles of your past. Express your gratitude to Kame by lighting a purple candle and ask its energy to bring positive changes for humanity.
Today number 12 provides you with the energy that allows you to materialize your dreams. No’j is the energy that governs the mind; it is the power of our thoughts and ideas. During this day focus your attention on the fullness of each moment and project positive thoughts.
Ajmaq is the energy of forgiveness, of reconciliation with the Great Father. Number 11 symbolizes learning through experience, it is the challenges that you can transmute to knowledge. This is a day for introspection; remember that self-knowledge can also arise from the difficult moments we face in life. Evaluate your actions, cure the wounds that your past conflicts may have caused and reflect on the motives that move you to act in a certain way.
Tz’ikin possesses the power to develop your intuition. Today it converges with number 10, which grants you access to the Universal Wisdom. Ignite a light blue candle to connect to the energies of this day and ask them that the global consciousness flows within you and that they develop your gift of foresight.
Feminine energy is at its peak today; both Nawal I’x and number 9 reflect a world of female strength. During this day you are enveloped by the energies of love, spirituality, and the pure and perfect forces of creation. This is a day of high magic in which everything becomes possible. Celebrate and share with the women that surround you.
Number 8 symbolizes the material authority and today its energy converges with that of Aj, which represents the Divine authority, the spiritual leaders. Connect to these energies and ask for them for the protection of the respectable authorities; ask that better leaders may emerge to guide our world and our spiritual paths.
E, which symbolizes the roads of life, provides you with the strength you need to venture on the paths that will open before you; number 7 gives you the power to impel. Life constantly offers you new opportunities; you just have to move forward with firm steps and with gratefulness for every new door that life opens for you.
B’atz’ is the thread of destiny, it is everything that has occurred to us in the past, everything that is happening now and all the things we are creating for our future. Today the energy of B’atz’ converges with that of number 6, which may bring complications and changes. Continue working on your plans and projects, but carefully weigh the opportunities that come your way during this day.
Tz’i’ is the guardian of the spiritual and the material law; it represents justice. Number 5 gives you the possibility of achieving anything you set your mind to. Regardless of any type of problem you may have, you can solve it with the help of the energies of this day; connect to them through a purple candle and ask them for their help, protection and guidance.
Organization for Mayan and Indigenous Spiritual Studies
Kawoq represents the group; the family, the community, society. Number 1 symbolizes the force of creation. Strength lies in unity, and society gathers its strength through our actions and thoughts. Make your personal mission a part of the mission we share as humanity. Contribute with your actions toward the common good. This trecena (thirteen days) gives you the energy of abundance and the possibility of taking actions to improve your family and your community.
Ajaw Great Father or Supreme Being
