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5 Monkey / CHUEN – Miracles of Light: Day 5 of 13

Apr25

MAYAN CALENDAR DAYKEEPER’S JOURNAL

5 Monkey / CHUEN

Greetings Kin,

Tone 5 offers the Empowerment for our Spiritual Climb. Number 5 represents the Intellect that serves as an organizing force to conceive an application of Spiritual Intention. The energy of 5 represents the center of the cube, that draws what is needed together looking to the core of every situation.

Monkey/CHUEN is gifted for the Intention of Tone 5. Monkey is a creation of Consciousness that loves to learn and explore from its deep sense of curiosity. Monkey’s affinity with Dog is a light-hearted approach. CHUEN loves life for the pleasure of having so many things to learn. Monkey shows us the power we hold when we replace expectations of the outcome with simple curiosity.

When we Believe in Love like the Dog, we know our final destination will be the Joy of Unconditional Love. When we Believe, we’ll use our Consciousness for more than survival. We’ll apply our Spiritual Gifts of Knowing to learn as much as we can. We’ll get “curiouser and curiouser,” as Lewis Carroll’s “Alice and Wonderland.” We will be amazed, seeing how one thing is transformed into another.

Monkey/CHUEN is the Creator known as the Weaver of Time. The glyph illustrates “time rolled up” on the head of the Monkey. As the Master of all Art, Monkey rearranges the threads of our experience into the tapestry of our life. Monkey sees the Beauty in the collection of our experiences. The Monkey is amazed by what it sees. Seeing the magic of transformation, the Monkey believes that anything is possible. Monkey is always excited to see what will happen, because it knows that whatever darkness appears will end in the Light.

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4 Dog / OC – Miracles of Light: Day 4 of 13

Apr24

MAYAN CALENDAR DAYKEEPER’S JOURNAL

4 Dog / OC

Greetings Kin,

Tone 4 brings the energy to Stabilize a new climb of Spiritual Growth. Related to the cube, the most stable of forms, Tone 4 offers orientation, a sense of direction, and the parameters within we are capable to manifest our Intention. The Deer/MANIK trecena is inspiring us to serve the Whole as an Agent of Divine Authority.

Dog/OC resides with Monkey/CHUEN at the center of the Tzolk’in. Together, they reflect characteristics central to the Creator that were shared with Humanity. The Day Signs guide a way to accomplish each Intention.

Dog/OC is the Day Sign of Unconditional Love, and Monkey/CHUEN is a Creator. Our Divine Life Purpose and Soul Mission is to be Creators of Unconditional Love.

4 Dog/OC offers the direction to build a foundation on Love. Residing in the North, the Direction of the Ancestors and our connection to their Wisdom. This is a day to Honor the Old Ones that preserved the Sacred Wisdom that is passed down as our Inheritance.

GLOBAL BURNER DAY:  Burner days mark a release of built-up residual energy that can generate stress that impacts our relationships. The Fire Ceremony is carried out by the Mayan priest for the purpose of restoring Harmony and Balance in the Community. 4 Dog/OC re-establishes the solid ground of Love as our Foundation. Dog/OC demonstrates the Unconditional Love we are meant to share as our Meaning and Purpose.

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2 Star / LAMAT – Miracles of Light: Day 2 of 13

Apr22

MAYAN CALENDAR DAYKEEPER’S JOURNAL

2 Star / LAMAT

Greetings Kin,

The first two 13-day trecenas of the new Tzolk’in round Awaken the Consciousness of an evolved Spirit of Higher Consciousness. First, Crocodile/IMIX Awakened the Consciousness of Consciousness. Then, Jaguar/IX Awakened the Human mind to the Consciousness of itself as a Being of Spirit through the Wisdom of an Experience.

We Ascended on 13 CIMI, a Sign of Major Life Change. Our Change, a transition from one thing to another, is a result of Movement. The outcome depends on which way we go. The next most important step in the germination of our Seed, is a Choice of Direction. Deer/MANIK is guiding us to Discern a Direction by our Meaning and Purpose for Being.

Tone 2 represents Duality, the Human process of Discernment that compares one thing to another. We discern all our choices by the pros and the cons. We were designed to see the two sides of our self inside and out. We even identify with two minds, the left and right sides of the brain. In the seat of Human Consciousness, half of our brain supports reasoning and the other half was designed for imagination. All parts of our Self reflect the balance between our Human and Spirit Identities. This Subconscious Consciousness of Duality helps us to accept the Truth of our two Identities. Our Human state of mind is “Knowing without Knowing we Know.” Our Spirit Knew from the beginning that it was our First Identity. Turning to Spirit, Human can Know what we already knew as Truth in the realm of Spiritual Consciousness.

Part of Human’s Consciousness of Duality is seeing ourselves as separated from the Whole. Our Spirit saw us as One and the Same. The Human sees all the ways we are different. By Human Nature, we begin the process of Knowing our Self by comparing ourselves to what our Human eyes see of each other. Even Human’s “Reasoning” can be challenged when we consider the pointlessness of this comparison, when it’s obvious that every single one of us is different. (Somewhere inside us, we Know we are One.)

The Deer/MANIK trecena will guide us to Define Our Self by our Meaning and Purpose. The True Discernment of our Identity and Character is the comparison between what we were Intended to Become, and how closely we are carrying out our True Meaning and Purpose. This is a Divine comparison that Human can make that maintains the Integrity of Harmony with the Whole.

Star/LAMAT is the Day Sign that identifies Human as a Personification of Light. Our Spark of Divine Light was given the Power to generate its own Light. Different than the Moon, a reflection of Light, we were created to Shine on our own. As the firstborn of a Supreme Creator, symbolized as the Sun, we were created in the same image.

Tone 2 holds the Intention to Choose our Direction. To be led by our Meaning and Purpose we must first “Know Thyself.”  Only through this Realization of Self, can we stand like the Deer and “to thine Own Self be True.”

From this Identity, we can Discern a Divine Direction. The orbit of Venus reflects the two places that it resides for 260 days. It exists at the Dawning in proximity to the Sun. Like our Awakening of Consciousness, in the realm of Spirit we only saw the One Light of All. In the Human realm, we reside as the Evening Star in the darkness where we can identify our own Light. 2 Star/LAMAT can Multiply to Abundance the Discernment of our own Light.

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1 Deer / MANIK – Miracles of Light: Day 1 of 13

Apr21

MAYAN CALENDAR DAYKEEPER’S JOURNAL

1 Deer / MANIK

Greetings Kin,

The Next 13-Days…

We begin a new trecena of “Light” that will Inspire a Dream to fulfill our Life’s Mission and Purpose. Deer/MANIK, also known as Hand, is a symbol of Human’s role as the Creator’s Divine Hand in the world.

The MANIK glyph illustrates the hand that grasps the Ether of Spirit between the forefinger and the thumb. The thumb reflects the strength of the Human Will, the digit of our Authority. The forefinger (the pointer) represents a discernment of Direction. The Circle is the “eye of the Deer” that Vigilantly Observes the 4 Directions.

By applying our Human Will and the Gift of Divine Discernment, we can be Connected to a Source of Divine Guidance. Our movement in the world can be directed by an Almighty Authority.

Deer/MANIK is the Day Sign that holds every Spiritual Tool. MANIK helps us to see our Human limitations so that a Spiritual Tool is created to meet every need. As a Day Sign of the West, MANIK will call our Consciousness to our Experience of the Unknown. The more we are willing to see our weakness, the more we will be blessed with Spiritual Tools.

Deer/MANIK’s most used tool is Vigilance. Deer stands silently in its own Truth, observing the landscape in all 4 directions. MANIK is said to uphold the Pillars of Consciousness in every direction of our life. Following the path of the Deer, we will learn many ways that we can Stand in our Own Truth, and uphold the Pillars of Divine Consciousness for the Whole.

GLOBAL BURNER DAY: 4 Dog/OC
There are 4 Global Burner Days in the 260-day round of the Tzolk’in, a burner for each of the Seasons. Burner Days represent a release of residual energies… a clearing and purification. The Mayan priest performed the Sacred Fires that would draw the community back together into Right Relationship. On the days leading up to a Burner Day, we can experience the stress of too much energy. 4 Dog/OC holds potential for a release on the Tone 4 of Stability. See the 13-day Trecena Guide for more information.

PORTAL DAYS: Element of Ether
Portal days thin the veil to Spiritual Dimensions and elevate our Awareness to our own Spiritual Gifts of Intuition and Knowing. 13 Storm/CAUAC is the one Portal Day in the Deer/MANIK trecena. The Lightning of CAUAC connects Heaven and Earth, Body and Soul. A Portal will magnify a connection to “Lightning Energy” at our Ascension to a Higher Purpose.

PEAK DAYS: Peak Experience, Peak Performance

  • 6 Road/EB – momentum for dynamic developments on the Road of our Destiny
  • 7 Reed/BEN – balancing the Light Above and the Light Below
  • 8 Jaguar/IX – a transformation through a new Awakening of our Spiritual Gifts
  • 9 Eagle/MEN – a transformation completed through a Spiritual Gift of Higher Vision

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12 Serpent / CHICCHAN – Walking as a Shape-Shifter: Day 12 of 13

Apr19

MAYAN CALENDAR DAYKEEPER’S JOURNAL

12 Serpent / CHICCHAN

Greetings Kin,

Tone 12 is the Day of Understanding. Truth moves from the Head to the Heart.

Serpent/CHICCHAN is a catalyst of Spirit. “It lights the fuse that magnifies and explodes the life force itself.”  Down through history, the Serpent/Snake has represented the Force of Life. The Maya call CHICCHAN a symbol of “lightning in the blood,” the Spark that bestirs the blood to speak. “Lightning in the Blood” is the Sixth Sense expressed by Spirit in the body and blood.

CHICCHAN produces symptoms like an electrical charge of goosebumps, hair raising, or the blood-stirring of a blush. CHICCHAN is a Sense that overcomes our body from the Movement of Spirit in the Heart. Our thoughts are electrical charges, our emotions are said to be magnetic. Through an electrical charge of Divine Thought, our Hearts and Minds beat as One.

CHICCHAN is a Spiritual Gift. It’s the most pronounced and recognizable of ALL our Spiritual Gifts. 12 Serpent/CHICCHAN is the Gift the Jaguar has led us to… Knowing our Spiritual Gifts are Real.

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11 Seed / KAN – Walking as a Shape-Shifter: Day 11 of 13

Apr18

MAYAN CALENDAR DAYKEEPER’S JOURNAL

11 Seed / KAN

Greetings Kin,

Tone 11 brings the Intention of Resolution and the Clarity for a new Understanding. Tone 11 is dynamic energy that facilitates change, simplification and improvement. Tone 11 establishes an agreement from which we can hereby Resolve to move forward in our new way.

Seed/KAN represents family, sexual activity, and the magic of germination. Seed brings the energy to free us from debt or our oppressive patterns of the past.

Seed offers the courage to make a profound investigation of our Self, so we can gather what is needed, and place ourselves in the right environment to grow. Seed is said to reveal hidden traps and negative influences. Those born as Seed are defenders of the people, and are capable to navigate around obstacles.

The Cherokee Day Sign, the Dragon, is the energy of Life Force that germinates a Seed. The Dragon is said to help us to see clearly. Seed can help us find our place where Spirit can exist in the realm of physicality.

Seed/KAN helps us find the place where we can live in the Truth of our Authenticity. We are called to “Know Thy Self” and make the choices that support who we are. From the principle of “As Above, So Below” we learn our reality is created from what we imagine. Seed calls us to separate ourselves from circumstances that draw us into negativity. It’s our right and responsibility to claim our own fertile soil.

Seed/KAN calls our attention to who we were created to be. The Maya honor the Corn as a symbol of the people. Corn was the crop central to the basics of survival, the most important Seed of the Maya. Corn represented the Truth that what is planted on Mother Earth can be multiplied to abundance, always producing a seed of the next generation of itself. They saw beyond the fruit of the one, to fields of corn multiplied to abundance. They recognized the power of a small thing.

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10 Night / AKBAL – Walking as a Shape-Shifter: Day 10 of 13

Apr17

THE TRECENA OF JAGUAR/IX

10 Night / AKBAL

Greetings Kin,

Tone 10 holds the Intention of Manifestation. Manifestation is both a blessing and a responsibility. To manifest Creation we must claim a new Truth for our Self. On a path of Spiritual Development the goal is to Believe in the Power of Spirit. There’s evidence in the world that Humans possess Gifts of Spirit. We could reason that we have them too. Though, we wouldn’t claim them until we see them in our Self. Tone 10 is a manifestation of Human’s proof of Spirit.

Night/AKBAL is the Day Sign of Spirit that speaks to us in our Dreams. AKBAL is the Light of Spirit that shines in the darkness. AKBAL knows the darkness and all things Unseen, said to connect the faculties of Intellect and Intuition. Night/AKBAL can present a Spiritual Experience, that by Human reason we could see as the evidence of a Power we Hold in Spirit.

The glyph illustrates the Night with curtains drawn back to reveal the Light that always shines. The face of the monkey appears to be super-imposed into the glyph with its eyes closed. AKBAL is a Light that shines that Human eyes can’t see, though the memory of the Truth is held in our subconscious thoughts. AKBAL can help us see the Light within our Self that knows Truth of our Spirit.

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