It is mid-December and 2018 is getting ready to pack its bags and retreat into the annals of history. For many this has been a year fraught with enormous challenges, many of which were directly linked to severe events associated with environment-related disasters. From the perspective of the Maya calendar, we have just come through one complete cycle of the Read the full article…

Mid November and the end of the year is looming, and we are now coming close to the end of current One Imix-to-Thirteen Ajaw cycle. This Men (Eagle) trecena tends to be a kind of “head’s-up”, “call-to-action” period, associated with valour and the push towards supremacy. This is a zone that has been oriented, traditionally, around power, military strength, and Read the full article…

It has been a long, tedious, wait but it is finally here – the trecena during which millions of people throughout the US will have an opportunity to change the trajectory of what has been going on in Washington during the last two unfathomable years. This is the trecena that holds the potential for HIGH magic, carried by “Wind/ Breath/Spirit”, Read the full article…

One word each – Yes or No – that’s all they had. Those who voted yes had made up their minds long before the Ford vs. Kavanaugh hearing, long before the sham, flash-in-a-pan FBI investigation. Those who had enough gumption and integrity to vote No had the support of millions of Americans, including over 2400 law professors who were represented Read the full article…

We are now officially into autumn, with days getting shorter and northern climes getting colder, and wetter, so the “darkness” aspect of the Ak’b’al trecena (the first full trecena of this fall) seems to fit right in with this shift. Many will be feeling this sense of “enclosing darkness” as this new season sets in. Some may feel discomfort or Read the full article…

At this peak of the Atlantic Hurricane season the winds of change are blowing fast and furiously, and many of those winds are fiery! Russia war games, the release of blistering cannon shots against Trump, intense hurricanes, Climate Change action, highly consequential political decisions, and so much more are in the works at this time. And all of this will Read the full article…

Memorials for heroic and iconic lives, the gearing up for school and fall activities, the intensification of the push for truth, accountability, and justice – all this, and much more, will be highlighted within this Kab’an (“earth movement”) trecena. As always during this important period, the emphasis is on both completion and renewal. During the first few days of this Read the full article…

In mid to late August the corn is high and the season’s bounty is ripe for the picking. The summer has been hot and challenging, and many of those challenges continue as fire fighting crews battle against ferocious wildfires in many different regions, particularly along North America’s West Coast. While this is going on, other areas have been hit by Read the full article…

It has been hot, it has been intense, and for many this past trecena has been decisively life-changing. Deadly wildfires have been raging in several regions, and the battles to quench them will likely continue on throughout this new trecena.  But, as always, there is a shift underway as the new trecena begins, and many new possibilities are being presented. Read the full article…

School’s out, summer’s here, and the life-fomenting Chikchan trecena is clicking into gear. Within the 260 day Tzolk’in cycle the beginning of this trecena marks the start of the third 52-day period, a time often associated with both justice and “awakening”. And it seems that much is in the works at this time that ties right in with this, much Read the full article…