Connecting with your inner beliefs is the key on a day when your faith in the world may be challenged. Your loyalty may be tested by circumstances beyond your control or understanding. The energy of the nawal Tz'i has its polarities. It often brings days which remind us of the unconditional love that can be displayed, faith in the world and in humanity.

This day could be seen as a day of service through self-sacrifice or ceremony. Give freely and unconditionally, even if the recipient is unaware of your actions. The nawal Toj can act as a barometer of our energy. If we fall out of harmony the nawal Toj brings us a message, sometimes through sickness, to remind us that we have debts to pay.

The Q'anil trecena can be seen as the final trecena of our current evolutionary cycle. It provides the opportunity to plant the seeds we wish to mature as we move into the new dream of the coming cycle and begin the final ripening taking us up to the next level. Calendar Workshop If you would like to dive deeper into the sacred calendar, I will be running a workshop via Zoom from 11 am to 3 pm (Guatemala time, UTC -6) from 12th - 16th  January 2026.

Today is an excellent day to begin planting your next harvest, albeit metaphorically. It brings a new opportunity to ripen your crops and projects, to bring them to abundant brilliance. It could be said that both the number 1 and the nawal Q'anil have some very strong links to seeds. The glyph of Q'anil is often drawn in sugar on the ceremonial fireplace as the foundation for the sacred fire.

This is a day to connect with your wilderness spirit. Energise yourself in the life force of the natural world, as the ancestors communicate through nature. The combination of the nawal Kej representing strength with the number 13 can bring about an extremely powerful day. Kej can tend to ride roughshod over anything or anyone that stands in its way, and today it has the power of the spirit world behind it.

Today may bring the opportunity of a spiritual transformation through experience. It is possible the reason for challenging life experiences may be understood today. The energy of the Kame provokes us to face the greatest challenges on our lives. Facing these trials promotes our development. We have two options, we either tackle the issue or we avoid it. If choose avoidance we are just postponing the inevitable.

Undirected power can cause big problems. Understanding the importance of the conscious direction of energy will be the key today. 11 Kan is a high-numbered, and therefore high-powered, day combined with a powerful nawal. It could be an unpredictable day, when surprising, powerful events may happen. These events may eventually bring wisdom, although they may also cause damage along the way.

The day 10 K'at can be seen as an excellent day for a community gathering. Whether it is a town meeting or a social event this would be a perfect day for it. This could result in abundance for all. There is a certain image that comes with this combination of number and nawal for me. That is a community coming together to bring in the harvest.

In early January 2026, there will be a very interesting alignment in our skies, although it will not be visible to us. Nonetheless, I feel may have a powerful effect. Pop culture or "Facebook" astronomy has flooded the internet with disinformation and I find that rather sad. It creates an unrealistic expectation, and misunderstandings. "Once in a lifetime" "alignments" are popularised encouraging people to go out and look at the skies, which is a great thing; I feel we should all spend more time watching the wonders of our night sky.

If you have an idea hidden in the shadows, today's energy can brings it into the light. Bringing a new concept to life or creating a new concept which becomes an important part of your life is a beneficial focus. Today we see an interesting progression, all within the trecena of Tz'ikin, the trecena of the new vision. Two days ago, 7 Imox brought us the multitude of possibilities, of dreams, to choose from.

New and old words combine to bring the whole message. The nawal Iq' governs communication and change and today it is combined with the number of wholeness, the number 8. The eighth day of the trecena is the most widely recognised day of ceremony, and the ceremonies today are to give thanks for the many qualities attributed to the nawal Iq'.

Today, being the midpoint of the Tz'ikin trecena, we find a vantage point to decide which dreams to follow. What dream do we wish to bring into our new vision, and how we might bring it to a conclusion. With Imox representing the dream world and the number 7 representing finality, this may be a day to bring your dream to a conclusion.

The nawal of the divine combines with the number representing stability and family values. Recognise the holiness around you today and stabilise your higher purpose. Both the number four and the number six are said to represent stability. However, there is a different quality to each of them. If the number four represents the physical world and the number 6 represents the physical world animated by the life force energy.

The birthing process requires effort, it's a day to work on the healing. The number 5 suggests that hard work will be rewarded. The energy you invest clears your path to the new, whatever the storm brings. Kawok energy is known for its softness and compassion, even in its storm aspect. Kawok energy can be seen as "tough love" caring yet determined.

This day can bring powerful, decisive, grounded healing. The principle of Occam's razor may be particularly relevant today as the simple and practical discernment cut through to the truth. The energy of Tijax can accentuate the drive on a quest. The usual kind of Tijax quest involves searching out the truth in matters, cutting away at falsehoods and perceived injustice. It brings an essence of tenacity, cutting through anything that stands between you and your goal, sometimes almost literally.

This is a day to find the answers within rather than looking for external solutions. The nawal of the brain, thought and inspiration combines with the number of home and inner creativity. Day 3 No'j can present challenges around the ability to think clearly. This may manifest as some kind of block, but also it might lead to inappropriate action. If a problem needs to be solved logically, it would be better to put it off to another day with a more conducive energy.

The day 2 Ajmak empowers the ability to forgive and be forgiven, particularly in connection with lovers or relationships. It is our choice to heal wounds and ask forgiveness. We get these wounds by falling over, and Ajmak days sometimes provide an opportunity for us to make mistakes. What seemed like a good idea at the time can often look very different with hindsight.

The Tz'ikin Trecena brings the opportunity to bring forward a new vision for ourselves, our family or our community. It brings a time of re-envisioning how we choose our world to be, and how to create a new time of sustainable prosperity. Other Media You'll find the YouTube link at the bottom of this page. However, I am now making these recordings available as a podcast!

This can be seen as a day of inspiration, the birth of a new vision. Visionary energy combines with the number of novelty and birth to bring an auspicious day and new trecena. The nawal Tz'ikin is also a nawal of manifestation, and one way it does this is through the voice. The relatively low power of 1 Tz'ikin suggests that while this manifestation is possible, it needs a little encouragement.

Here are the days of the Chol Q'ij mapped onto the Gregorian month of January 2026. This is a rather quiet month astronomically, visibly at least. We will begin with  the Quantrids meteor shower on the 3rd/4th which will likely be washed out by the full moon. On the 6th, Venus will be at superior conjunction, directly behind the Sun, and on the 7th Venus and Mars will be conjunct in their positions "behind" the Sun.

If there was ever a day to expect magic to happen, it would be 13 Ix. It is a day when the spirit of Mother Earth is close by. Prayers and offerings made at natural shrines and altars may prove very fruitful. The nawal Ix is particularly associated with shrines and altars, and the energy of the number 13 associated with it suggests ancestral places.

The energy of this day suggests using our life experience to lead. This leadership should be one which brings peace, harmony and prosperity to our community. It's a day to step up as that experienced pillar of your community. The nawal Aj is a solid and dependable energy, helpful and supportive. As a representation of the spinal column, Aj is the one which holds everything in its rightful place.

The energy of today could be easily summed up - the wanderer. It might feel both restless and directionless. It is a day where energy and drive to explore are strong, as are the distractions along the path. The strength of the number 11 may lead to some very impulsive urges on normal occasions, and when combined with the nawal E' this could result in some rather unusual journeys.

This could be seen as a day of community creativity. It is a day on which innovation and creation with other members of your group help to strengthen the fabric that holds your community together. There are many types of days, each with different attributes. Some are weak, some are strong, some are challenging, and some are beneficial. Some are truly sweet, allowing the memorable to happen.