Mayan day – 13 Chicchan (Snake)

QUALITIES:
Strong-Willed – Extremist – Creativity – Passion -Body Wisdom – Shedding Skin – Transformation

Strong will and emotions.  Intent on realizing your goals.
Body wisdom.  Listen to your body’s signals. 
Inner conflicts.  Spiritual desires vs. material desires.
Capable of operating under very stressful conditions.
Explosive temper.  Upheavals.
Adaptations will need to be made to accommodate changes. 
Go with the flow.  Shed old patterns and belief codes that no longer serve you.

CHALLENGES: 
Suppressing and ignoring your body’s messages.
Over-scheduling the day, cramming in too much experience.
Not taking the proper steps, rushing to completion.
Making predictable choices based on familiarity and security rather than on intuitive wisdom.
Living your life on “automatic pilot.”
Indulging in excesses in the areas of food, sex, or work.

Mayan day – 12 Kan (Seed)

QUALITIES:
Fertility – Growth – New beginnings – Creation – Networking – Seeding manifestation

Driven by the awareness of a need for change.
Desire to be free of old patterns and beliefs.
Plant a new seed of some intention, project, or dream.
Network.  Make new contacts, reconnect with others.
Movement towards one’s individual destiny.
Experimental urges.  Take a risk.  Try something new.

CHALLENGES:
Being overwhelmed with possibilities.
Stagnation.  Doing things the way you’ve always done them.
Feelings of insecurity.  “My world is fine the way it is,” or “I can’t do that,” or “I’m just fine the way I am,” or “I feel too inadequate.”
Choosing to remain safe at the expense of awakening and new growth.
Waiting for someone or something else to “do it for you.”

Mayan day – 11 Akbal (House)

QUALITIES:
Night - House – Abyss – Void – Introspection – Logical – Organized – Patience – Seclusion 

Deep introspection and focus on your foundations of personal security. 
A critical mass is reached energizing you to take a good subjective look at yourself and make changes. 
Good day to take on a difficult project.
The gift of focus, logic, organization and good judgment. 
The dark cave of transformation, signifying a state of readiness and a willingness to change.
From this void you may bring forth new solutions and artistic inspiration.

CHALLENGES:
A need to go deep into the abyss and free the stuckness and fixed patterns.
The need to be organized and systematic.
Viewpoint too internal and subjective. 
Depression.  Self-judgment.  Fear of change.
Learn to face and free your deepest fears.

Mayan day – 10 Ik (Wind)

QUALITIES:
Wind – Breath of Spirit – Inspiration – Divine Communication – Changeability

Communications are all important now.  
Send communications of all kinds, verbal and written.   
Be spontaneous and adaptable. 
Act on inspiration as it comes to you. 
Need to communicate accurately and effectively.

CHALLENGES:
Fickle, inconsistent, scattered.  
Moving from place to place, and from idea to idea, like the wind.
Being indecisive or non-committal.
Fears about responsibility and obligations.
Anger and defensiveness.   You or others may feel superior or condescending.

Mayan day – 9 Imix (Crocodile)

QUALITIES:
New beginnings – Energetic – Creative – Protective – Dominating – Sensitive

Enhanced creativity and inspiration.
An intense need to birth new projects and nurture them.
Tendency to nurture others in a parental way, expecting the same treatment in return.  
Starting new projects even when the current one is not yet finished.
Lying still for long periods of time, and then bursting into activity.
Biding your time.  Controlling a situation. 
Heightened reactivity to any changes taking place around you, frequently rushing in to “keep the dam from breaking.”

CHALLENGES:
Feeling unsupported in life.  Struggle for security.  Lack of trust.
Caught in the struggle created by expectations.
Oversupporting others, giving too much, abandoning your own needs for others.
Overprotective, dominating, territorial.
Making mountains out of molehills.
Critical and fussy.  Extremely touchy and sensitive. 
Difficulty taking criticism, reacting defensively when corrected.
Being overly attached to being a caretaker, a self-sacrificing source of support and nurturance for others.
Expecting others to intuitively know your feelings; you are responsible for communicating them.
Neediness and co-dependency.  Look at your own issues of basic security, self-worth, and the need for outside validation.

Mayan day – 8 Ahau (Sun)

QUALITIES:
Artistic – Idealistic – Devoted – Persistent – Stubborn – Power – Illusions

Change of plans.  Revelations.
Passion for creativity, such as that of an artist or writer.
Considerable devotion and dedication to a cause or crusade.
Taking on great responsibility in your work. 
Committment to an ideal.
Obsession with the future and perfection.

CHALLENGES:
Handling disappointments due to unrealistic expectations. 
Rigid belief systems.  Unwillingness to compromise your ideals.
Indifference, apathy, low standards.
Socially awkward, but well-intentioned.  
Not being able to accept yourself — with unconditional love.
Giving up your own better sense to accommodate others.
Unrealistic choices, leading to unbalanced personal lives. 
Stress related to self-imposed deadlines.  Keeping yourself locked into busyness as a way to avoid emotions or undesirable tasks.
Prolonged grieving or unresolved anger that cause emotional disease and eventually physical disease.

Mayan day – 7 Cauac (Storm)

QUALITIES:
Inner storm - Crisis point – Illness – Breakdown – Transformation – Need for self-nurturing

Intensity of concern about your health.
A crisis point.  An emotional storm. 
Feeling the need to “hurry” to “get there.”
Too much is on your mind and the choices seem overwhelming.
Separation between heart and mind is intensified. 
Your feelings are magnified so you will effect a transformation. 

CHALLENGES:
Feeling overwhelmed. 
Feeling as though your life is not working the way it used to.
You are being asked to leave your comfort zone.
Denials and addictions.
Unconsciously trying to nurture yourself through food or drink.
Greed and selfishness, thinking that if “one is good, three must be better.”

Mayan day – 6 Etznab (Mirror)

QUALITIES:
Mirror – Knife – Sacrifice – Cooperation vs. self-interest – Facing one’s shadows

Sacrifice, pain and suffering.  
Feeling stuck in an old pattern, a repetitive cycle of some kind.
Seeing your problems clearly now.
Facing your shadows. 
A period of indecision when there are not enough elements in place to make a decision.
Importance of good judgment and the correct timing of one’s actions.
Finding solutions to long-standing problems.

CHALLENGES:
Problems choosing between self and others.  Obligations cause strain.
Failure to seize the moment can mean a loss of opportunity.
Charged reactions.  Blowing up with stored up rage.
Holding to a fixed position, convinced that only you are “right.”
Illusions.  Need to see the other’s viewpoint.
Look at the mirrors provided by other people.

Mayan day – 5 Caban (Earthquake)

QUALITIES:
Earth Force – Creative Energy – Synchronicity Energy Surges – Need for grounding

Synchronistic events.  Unusual coincidences.
Synergistic meetings of people. 
Rapid transfer of information.
Pushing the limits.  Violent reactions. 
Wanting to make a radical change. 

CHALLENGES:
Overzealous.  Jumping to conclusions.   
Rationalizing, which could lead to bad judgments and poor choices. 
Difficulty adjusting to unrealized expectations.
Misplaced priorities.  Making shopping lists.
Focusing on the past and the future, not being in the present moment. 
Mind-body disconnection.  Denial.

Mayan day – 4 Cib (Owl)

QUALITIES
Inner Voice – Serious - Wise – Status conscious – Authority issues

Sense of limitation.
Inner voice of wisdom.  Your moment-by-moment Divine guidance is very clear today, but very subtle.
Taking life very seriously, or even gravely.  Fatalistic.
Status-conscious.  Extremely self-conscious when around people who can judge you in some way.
Deep fear of rejection.

CHALLENGES:
Race-mind clouding intelligence.
Emotional and reactive.
Not listening to your inner voice.
Giving in to whims, emotions, and personal wishes.
Self-consciousness and personal insecurities.
A rejection complex.  Learn to stand in your own power and authority.