A Preview of Things to Come
SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: 08/11/2026
THE BEST PERSEID SHOWER IN YEARS: Why is this year’s Perseid meteor shower so good? Two words: New. Moon. When the shower peaks on the night of Aug. 12-13, there won’t be a single photon of moonlight to spoil the show.
The shower is already underway. Sky cameras operated by NASA and others have detected more than a dozen fireballs every night this week. Dan Bush captured this one over Missouri, 08/08/2026.
“This was a very bright early Perseid meteor entering the atmosphere about 4 days before the expected maximum,” says photographer Dan Bush. “This clip is from the same night as the bright ‘point-source’ meteor described below.”
When the shower peaks, meteor rates will multiply 10-fold, with as many as 100 sightings every hour ranging from faint streaks to exploding fireballs.
The source of the shower is giant comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. Its nucleus is 26 km wide–more than twice the size of the object that wiped out the dinosaurs. Every 133 years it swings through the inner solar system, laying down a fresh ribbon of dust for Earth to plow through each August.
Observing tips: Get away from city lights and look up during the hours between local midnight and dawn. That is when the shower’s radiant in the constellation Perseus climbs high overhead. Give your eyes 30 minutes to adapt to the darkness, and enjoy the show!
Meteor Showers will be at their peak, beginning from 2:00 AM until the first light of Dawn. With auroras in the forecast, the show begins earlier. Prepare for a long night if you want to see all the lights above.
My one best experience was shared with my grown daughter. We were bundled up in lawn chairs with snacks and a thermos of coffee. Once the show started it was easy to stay awake. Meteor showers on this scale can make for a once-in-a-lifetime family experience that no one forgets.
Mayan Calendar Time and Synchronicity
This same time last year, the Perseids were accompanied by a Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter. This time the Day will include a planetary parade and a Solar Eclipse. And, the Night is forecast for Auroras from an incoming CME.
We must willingly enter the Darkness to See the Light.
THE TRECENA OF WISDOM/CIB: AN ILLUMINATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
MAYAN CALENDAR DAYKEEPER’S JOURNAL
6 Crocodile/IMIX (ee meesh), Cherokee, Turtle/ DAK’SI I’SB, Destiny Kin 201, Position 1
August 11, 2026, 08/11/2026; Times Before: 11/24/2025, 03/09/2025, 06/22/2024
THE TRECENA OF WISDOM/CIB: AN INHERITANCE OF WISDOM
Visit the 13-Day Trecena Guide Page for the “Tzolk’in Field Guide: A Daily Practice for Personal Discernment.” My gift for the Tzolk’in round offers an overview for each 13-day trecena and the aspects of each day of the Tzolk’in round. The page also offers a link to resources for your own practice of counting the days to conceive your own discernment of the Meaning of Time.
THE 4TH SEASON OF ASCENSION: 1 Wisdom/CIB begins the 4th Season, found in VOLUME 2: Tzolk’in Seasons 3 and 4 (PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 20, 2020)
There is Stability in reading the Word. The Holy Spirit reminds us when we need to remember.
6 Crocodile/IMIX (Cherokee, Turtle/ DAK’SI I’SB) – Day 6 of 13 of the 1 Wisdom/CIB trecena
Descriptions by Ian Xel Lungold (12 Sun/AHAU), wisdom and FREE Tzolk’in calculator preserved on MayanMajix.com
Galactic Tone 6: Flow. Six is responsiveness, and the art of negotiation. It is the movement of volume through space that creates time. This energy in action is like the art of dance or a great athlete in motion. Six facilitates dynamic developments in all aspects of life.
Crocodile/IMIX: Crocodile receives messages of primal creative force; simply the beginning of all things. Crocodiles who follow their hearts are seen as genius. There is no order to the primal messages, so Crocodile persons should direct their energies toward practical and cooperative efforts to bring productive results. Crocodiles have a strong nurturing energy and will work hard to provide security to family and friends. Being extremely territorial, Crocodiles must watch not to be over protective or too dominating. While in these states, Crocodiles are insecure, indecisive and emotionally volatile.
A GOOD DAY TO: Open to new beginnings.
Cherokee Turtle/ DAK’SI I’SB: Turtle Island; direction East. The Turtle Constellation Orion, one of three stars in the Cosmic Egg. In Mayan is the Cosmic Hearth. Turtle is the Energy of Creative force at the one-on-one, personal level; dawn, awakening, birth. The beginning of each new era, this star in Orion appears with the rising Sun, heralding the creation of a new World cycle. Cherokee, IMIX- Totem-Dragon. The energy to understand all things sacred; creation energy, connection for visions, to learn the mysteries of the Universal Knowledge. The dragon carries the source energy of life, revered in ancient cultures for power and wisdom.
[Text in italics was the primary source of inspiration for my journal. These are the sources that started my journey and they are the reference for interpretation each day. By providing the original text, I hope to offer a way to see what inspired my thoughts and by including all the aspects – allow for something more to inspire you. Mayan descriptions are those written by Ian Lungold. Cherokee descriptions came from multiple sources. Links to sources and other resources of study are offered on the Daykeeper Resources Page. ~Debra]
I was up before dawn this morning to look at the cluster of planets on the northern horizon – so brilliant! Looking forward to the other “show” this evening. 😉
AWESOME. I was up at 2am so went outside, but encountered a spider big enough to sound like a small animal scampering across the door mat… about 3 inches wide. I only managed to scare it into a crack by the door. If I opened the door it would run inside. So, I was outside a little longer, but still no sight of a meteor. It was a very unsuccessful stargazing event. LOL I’ve seen one like it on the porch before, so I’ll have to spray before I try that again.