Tzolkin Trecena Notes – 1
Flint
(Etznab)
Day
118 of the 260 Day Tzolkin
September 21, 2010
Year
Bearer: 11 Manik
Trecenas are thirteen-day periods in
the Tzolkin. Each Trecena starts with the Number 1, but with
a different Day Glyph. As a wave of the Thirteen
Heavens, the underlying energy is governed by
the First Day Glyph of the Trecena and influences all thirteen successive Day Glyphs.
Being aware
of the predominant energy of the First Day of the Trecena, we can align our intentions with that
energy and
allow our goals to manifest.
This Trecena starts with 1 Etznab (Flint/Mirror) – reflection, spiritual
warrior, self-sacrificing healer
and defender, facing the truth with strength.
To the Ancient Maya,
Flint
symbolized the
consciousness of duality, right and wrong, good and evil,
faith and fear, the
spiritual warrior who, through his actions, chooses the ethical and moral
path.
The symbolic knife can be healing
(as used by a surgeon or curandero) or destructive
(as used by a fighter). This recognition of the duality allows each of us the
opportunity to transcend pain and
suffering by choosing to live in joy and
gratitude. As Kenneth Johnson states in Jaguar
Wisdom,
“Indeed, it is only when we have become aware of the duality of
human existence that we are
in fact awakened to the healing potential that lies
within all of us. If the sword of consciousness
that makes us aware of duality
can wound us, it can also heal.”
© 2006 Judith Ann Griffith
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There is evidence of another ancient interpretation
of the
Flint
glyph. According to Tony Shearer in Beneath the Moon and Under the Sun, there was a Maya story told to Friar Juan de Cordova on the
day of
Flint
about a light coming from
the Sun as a Solar Beam bringing with it the “Book of Days”
which we know as
the sacred calendar or Tzolkin.
“On the day we call Tecpatl (
Flint
) a great
light came from the northeastern sky. It glowed
for four days in the sky, then lowered itself to that rock (the rock can still be seen
at
Tenochtitlan
de Valle in
Oaxaca
). From the
light there came a great, a very powerful being who stood on the
very top of
the rock and glowed like the sun in the sky.
There he stood for all to see, shining day and night. Then he
spoke, his voice was like
thunder, booming across the valley.
Our old men and women, the astronomers and astrologists, could
understand him and
he could understand them.
He (the Solar Beam) told us how to pray and fixed for us days of
fast and feasting. He then balanced the “Book of days,” (Sacred Calendar) and
left, vowing that he would always watch
down on us, his beloved people.”
Another representation of the Trecena is that of a creative wave beginning at 1 and ending at 13,
with the numbers 6,
7 and 8 representing the crest of the wave. The crest could be interpreted as
a
strong influential energy, although the underlying influence on the Trecena would still rest in
the beginning. This Trecena crests on: 6 Akbal (Night), journeying within to open the heart; 7 Kan (Lizard), symbolizing the
dynamic emergence of the seed into awareness; and 8 Chicchan (Serpent), representing the Celestial Life Force or Chi energy that activates
the connection between the
spiritual and physical world.
As we journey through each day of this Trecena:
| 1 Etznab (
Flint
) |
September
21, 2010
|
| 2 Cauac (Storm) |
September 22
|
| 3 Ahau (Sun) |
September
23 |
| 4 Imix (Crocodile) |
September 24
4th day of Tzolkin) |
| 5 Ik (Wind) |
September 25 |
| 6 Akbal (Night) |
September 26 |
| 7
Kan
(Lizard) |
September
27 |
| 8 Chicchan (Serpent) |
September 28 |
| 9 Cimi (Death/Transformation) |
September
29 |
| 10 Manik (Deer) |
September 30 |
| 11 Lamat (Rabbit) |
October 1
|
| 12 Muluc (Water) |
October 2 |
| 13 Oc (Dog) |
October
3 |
Utilize the energy of
Flint
to transcend the duality
offered by the third dimension and move into
a higher vibration or dimension of
wholeness and unity.
In Lak’ech (I am another
you),
William and Viola
www.tzolkincalendar.com
©2007 William and Viola Welsch
