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Living Maya Time – Reflections on Tz’ikin

Tz’ikin took me on a journey these past thirteen days. The Eagle (Red Tailed Hawk in my neck of the woods) gifted me with glimpses of the vision of Community that I have held for many moons. I was shown what I had seeded and tended with devotion. My sprouts were clearly evident. Deep satisfaction is finding a permanent home within my body and my spirit. I haven’t quite landed yet, but I have the runway in sight and it’s going to be a smooth landing.

I’ve been Beta testing an app that two dear friends and fellow students of Maya Cosmology have developed together. My Q’ij (@my.qij) is Ancient yet Futuristic in the words of its creators. It’s a magical tool for learning and reflection. It’s become my container for journaling each day and it’s given me an elevated perspective. I could scarcely believe all that had held my attention this trecena when I reviewed all the entries that I had recorded. Flying high in the sky, we have the complete picture. The entire vision of possibilities laid out before us.

Tz’ikin also showed me prosperity in all it’s varied forms. The freedom to shuttle my mother and step-father to his most recent surgery. The willingness of our crew to finish our cabin project despite numerous changes and delays. The opportunity to submit my manuscript to a number of small and independent publishers even though I don’t have an agent. The free card deck samples that my printer sent me before asking for any money. All of this and my first grand baby on the way. Life is full in a way I never expected it to be at this stage of my life. Tz’ikin showed me that there is always a new horizon. A new dream and expanded possibilities.

Tomorrow welcomes the fertile energies of Q’anil. Q’anil will ask us to tend the sprouts that most serve our spiritual growth over the next thirteen-day cycle. Careful and conscious tending is what will be asked of us. Q’anil will also offer us time to enjoy what we’ve already created as well. I’m looking forward to customizing my book proposal for each of the independent publishers I’ve identified and planning a baby blessing ceremony with my future daughter in law. My husband will be harvesting the cannabis and hemp plants in our garden in the coming days as well. Worthy and pleasurable endeavors to channel Q’anils’ ripening energy into.

May you enjoy getting your hands into the dirt of your life.

Lovingly,

Cara

Living Maya Time – Symbols of Ajpu

Yesterday was my Nima Q’ij, or Great Day. I spent the morning in ceremony and the afternoon working. As much as I wanted to spend the entire day in prayer and celebration, my day job didn’t  allow for that this cycle. It’s tax season and the flow of paperwork is relentless. If I don’t keep it moving, I will drown in it. Still, I couldn’t help but infuse the magic of my birth Nawal into all that I did to serve my clients. Ajpu asks us to see the divinity in the mundane and to find the hero that lives within us.

The hero’s journey is not an easy path to walk. Meeting our shadow is uncomfortable, at best. Ajpu is the promise of light at the end of the dark tunnel. It’s the elixir that is waiting on the other side of our greatest challenges. It’s the return of spring after a long dark winter. Kej has created the container for our blossoming. As the Nawal of the Maya religion, Kej is a spiritual teacher. I was an excellent student while under Kej’s tutelage. I was prepared for my Great Day. Some of the most important people in my life were born during the Kej trecena and I celebrated each of them with a personalized ritual.

My Great Day Celebration

Now I’m ready to integrate my ritual making skills into my business. Personalized ceremonies to initiate and close financial cycles. A divination card deck that I’ve designed from the messages spoken to me through my dreams and the symbols of the Cholq’ij. My second memoir which explores the themes of money, magic and menopause and my own hero twin journey. I can’t wait to share these offerings once they are fully gestated. They’ve alchemized my healing and illuminated my path forward.

Yesterday we also had a total lunar eclipse, also known as a blood moon. In the Popol Vuh, the K’iche’ Maya creation story, the mother of Jun Ajpu is named Ixquic which means blood moon or blood maiden. Perhaps this eclipse is inviting us to rebirth ourselves as the divine beings that we are. The world could certainly use more light right now and that’s what I intend to channel for the remainder of this trecena.

May you be the hero of your own life,

Cara