On April 17 the trecena of Cimi began and takes us through to the ascension of Etznab on April 29. The "Trecena of Transformation" info is from the Mayan Calendar Portal as usual, however the way they share this information has changed. They now have a trecena page which lists the energy of each 13 day cycle by its starting day, so you can look them up by clicking "trecena" on the top menu of the Mayan Calendar Portal page.
The trecena of Cimi is often eventful, in short, leading to changes in your life and consciousness that mean you are not who you were before this trecena. I can say for myself that i went to sleep one person on thursday night and woke up quite changed on friday, ready to apply changes in several key areas of my life activities.
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The Trecena of Transformation by Birgitte Rasine.
Cimi, or Kame in K’iche’ Maya, means “death” and “rebirth”; grammatically, kame is the present tense of “the eternal Now”. Cimi represents Xib’alb’a, the Underworld of Mayan mythology, and embodies the eternal flow and cycle of death, rebirth and transformation. It carries a special connection to the world of the ancestors, and is embued with plentiful feminine energy, which render Cimi days excellent for resolving marital conflict. Cimi also signifies fortitude; humility and obedience; scorn, contempt and clumsiness. Cimi’s animal totem is the owl.
In the Western/Northern mind, Death is associated with the tragic end of a life, something most of us generally fear; it has therefore become a very negative concept.
For the Maya however, this sign carries a much more powerful and positive energy. For them, the nature of Time is cyclical rather than linear, organic rather than structured, multidimensional rather than single-tracked. As scholar Martin Prechtel explains, the Present is the world center, the axis mundi. The Past, which embodies all that which has been, and the Future, which embodies all that is yet to come, are anchored to the center tree of the Eternal Now.
And so, all that we do in our lives, all of the thoughts we think, the words we speak, the actions we carry out, feed our Past and generate the legacy we leave to the rest of humanity and our civilization’s history. This is why Cimi, and our resonance with its energy, is so critical to our individual and collective futures.
So, as the Maya might say if they spoke Latin… carpe diem! in other words… “Seize the day (sign)!”
Apr 17: 1 Cimi/Kame
Apr 18: 2 Manik'/Kej
Apr 19: 3 Lamat/Q'anil
Apr 20: 4 Muluc/Toj
Apr 21: 5 Oc/Tz'i
Apr 22: 6 Chuen/B'atz'
Apr 23: 7 Eb/E
Apr 24: 8 Ben/Aj
Apr 25: 9 Ix/I'x
Apr 26: 10 Men/Tz'ikin
Apr 27: 11 Cib/Ajmaq
Apr 28: 12 Caban/No'j
Apr 29: 13 Etznab/Tijax
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Ceremonial Days (bye Phe... LOL i meant to write by phe, but seeing as transformation cimi is at play & i was born on a cimi day, byebye phe!)
The journey from 1 Cimi to 13 Etznab is a precise transformation from the death to the obsidian blade that cuts away what is no longer needed, by reflecting pure truth. Whatever leaves your life, or is rendered obsolete during a cimi cycle is truly completed, so don't waste energy trying to argue with the team of cimi & etznab by clinging. Cimi is a white, northern energy that holds a cool, calm, feminine vibration, and is not seen with any sense of morbidity, but is rather considered one of the luckiest days and also a day of total forgiveness. The Cimi glyph is like an image of the skull and has also been associated with the crown chakra, consciousness of ancestors, and possibly the intelligence behind the crystal skulls. It is the state of lucidity of spirit in human form. Etznab is the black obsidian blade, and this stone was also seen as a mirror, it's dark glassy surface reflective from the void. Etznab will cut away that which is no longer needed or true, with the precision of a surgeon's blade and with finality. During this journey, relax, enjoy the liberation and clarity that enacts itself in the way things change in your own sphere. Often it will be a welcome refreshing new energy to your life, and is only the beginning of a higher frequency stage of what is created. The element of forgiveness here is crucial in terms of the role forgiveness plays in true completion so that Etznab's blade can cut away the old without lingering clinging energy cords or memories controlling the future. Done and dusted!
Apr 22: 6 Chuen/B'atz' - Dancing Monkey! be playful, create and let this change flow through inner child joyfulness. There is nothing else to do!
Apr 23: 7 Eb/E - This is the pure resonance of the golden path, the humble path, the path of service, that doesn't seek validation. A good day to anchor your surrender to the changes in the path that are presented to you, and to align yourself with any transformations in the way you can be of service, without seeking validation. Be harmonious about a new path of action.
Apr 24: 8 Ben/Aj - The reflection of true power comes through, the voice of authority that holds heart truth so strongly it is pure power as a natural leadership.
Apr 25: 9 Ix/I'x - Light Jaguars and Shamans. The luminousity of the jaguar wisdoms here combine with the trecena to form a day of illuminated silence in light stalking. This is a strong day to understand what is transforming for you.
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Here's some mythology from the book Jaguar Wisdom, by Kenneth Johnson:
In the Popol Vuh [Mayan creation myth], the Lords of Death demanded the presence of the hero twins in the world below. The two most powerful chieftans of this Underworld realm - two animated skeletons with a penchant for cigars - were named 1Cimi and 7Cimi. The Hero Twins were subjected to numerous trials and initiatory experiences. They played handball with the Lords of Death, who tricked them into losing the game and forfeiting their lives. The twins sacrificed themselves by leaping into a fiery oven, but on the fifth day they rose again, emerging from the river of the underworld as a pair of catfish.
This drama, in which the lords of the Underworld play a treacherous but initiatory role, suggests that the day sign Death [Cimi] is symbolic of transformation rather than physical death. If Night [Akbal] represents the place where transformation occurs, Death represents the transformative process itself. This is why Death is considered a very lucky day on which to be born...
Another key to the transformative process embodied in this day-sign is the Moon God, who, according to the Aztec system of correspondences, ruled this sign. He is represented as an old man who carries a conch shell on his back. This conch is the moon as it rises over the ocean, illuminating the dark waters of the soul with its brilliant white light. Of course, the moon goes through a cycle of death and rebirth each month as it passes through its various phases. The Moon God is an elder, a wise old man, and the conch, because of its spiral shape, is a symbol of the eternal cycle of birth and death - yet another symbol of transformation. This wise old god sometimes wears butterfly wings, reminding us that the butterfly was a caterpillar until it wrapped itself in its transformative cocoon. It also reminds us that butterflies are said by the Maya to be the souls of the dead."
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