Mercury goes retrograde three to four times a year because its position relative to Earth and the Sun repeats roughly every 116 days — this is known as Mercury’s synodic cycle.
Mercury’s current retrograde period runs from October 24 to November 13, 2026.
Mercury is the Messenger with winged feet that resides closest to the Sun. It’s retrograde motion is an illusion due to the difference in size of Earth’s and Mercury’s elliptical orbits. Retrograde is a mis-communication of what the Truth appears to be.
Retrograde motion allows us to re-experience something we’ve seen before. Some people consider it a dreadful time. Though, we have a chance to do what we wished we’d done before. We get 3 chances to make it right. Retrograde takes us back. When Mercury stations direct, we’ll cover the same territory again to the place we were October 24, 2026. Over the next 20 Days, we’ll begin our first steps forward with 3 times the experience. The proverb for Mercury retrograde is, “Measure twice and cut once.”
October 18, 2026 – Lunar Occultation of the Pleiades
A Reappearance of Light
The Moon will obscure the Light of the Pleiades from October 28, 2026, at 22:07 GMT to October 29, 2026, at 3:29 GMT (5 hours and 22 minutes). (By Central Daylight Time (CDT) – October 28, 2026, from 5:07 PM to 10:29 PM.) We don’t have to see Pleiades to know it’s still there.
StarWalk Astronomical News: October 2026
Night Sky Observations, Most Visible to the Naked Eye
Vision Quest: A Journey into Charted yet Unknown Territory
A Vision Quest is a time for reflecting on the territory we’ve covered in the past and the choices we made. Reflection sees beyond the details to a pattern that’s hard to break. If you find yourself faced with the same challenges, on after another, just keep doing what you wished you’d done before. The Only “unfamiliar” is the progress we make when we change our behavior. Spirit moves by Intention. The Intention we make at the beginning is more important than our limitations to carry it out.
We can see and hear more clearly when we silence our thoughts.
THE TRECENA OF JAGUAR/IX: A JOURNEY TO THE LIGHT
MAYAN CALENDAR DAYKEEPER’S JOURNAL
3 Wisdom/CIB (keeb), Cherokee, Owl/U’GUKU’ O’JJ, Destiny Kin 16, Position 16
October 25, 2026, 10/25/2026; Times Before: 02/07/2026, 05/23/25
THE TRECENA OF JAGUAR/IX: A JOURNEY TO THE LIGHT
It only takes 13 days to see how Faith is always raised to Knowing the Truth of Answered Prayers. You only have to track your thoughts. Record the matters on your mind in a journal to see how your perspective is changed by a Divine Order of Thoughts. The Meaning of Time is reflected by the thoughts on our mind.
Discerning the Meaning of Time
“Tzolk’in Field Guide: A Daily Practice for Personal Discernment”
by Debra Malmos, 9 Eagle/MEN
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Tone 1 of each trecena is the Divine Inspiration for 13 Days.
3 Wisdom/CIB (Cherokee, Owl U’GUKU’) – Day 3 of 13 of the 1 Jaguar/IX trecena
[1 Jaguar/IX shares some traditions and inspiration for the Vision Quest.]
Descriptions by Ian Xel Lungold (12 Sun/AHAU), wisdom and Tzolk’in calculator preserved on MayanMajix.com
Galactic Tone 3: Action. Three is basic movement and communication, which begins as a vibration. Three energy is very eloquent in all types of self-expression. Communication is how Three establishes a point of agreement between any point “A” and any point “B”. Three persons are rhythmic to the core and are often restless, as motion is their nature. By working closely with the energy of Three, any person becomes more able to predict motions of all kinds.
Wisdom/CIB: The old ones. Wisdom of the ancients. Wisdom persons are aligned with the ancient memories that wait in the stone of temples and sacred sites all over the world. Wisdom people grow luck like a crop using a balance of prudence and tenacity. The tremendous inner strength of this sign enables silent introspection to discover areas of oneself that contain wisdom more valuable than any trove of archaeological treasure. Wisdom persons are valiant defenders of family and community. They may become hardened to life and sentiment turned cold. In these cases, they need much forgiveness for their uncaring errors. Periodically connecting with nature and or visiting sacred sites will bring great stability to wisdom persons.
A GOOD DAY TO: Sit on a rock.
Cherokee, Owl/U’GUKU’ O’JJ: Symbol is of the Owl is Arcturus, the brightest Star in the Constellation Bootes. The Cherokee Bear constellation (Ursa Major) includes the Big Dipper plus four stars in Bootes. Owl is a hunter, who stands for the wisdom and ability of all great hunters, the cunning of a fox, the tenacity of a bulldog and strength of a bear. Energy for deep thinkers, strong-willed, rigid convictions, bold and authoritative. Owl is the Mystic Ferryman who holds the torch aloft to guide Earthlings on their return path to the stars.
[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]
