Aq’ab’al: First Light • Dawn • Polarity • Dark & Light • Twilight • Renewal • Hope • Revelation • Transition • Conception • Clarity • Digestion • Maturity
Pronunciation: “Aghabal” Direction: East Totems: Bat, Fawn Energy Places: Caverns, Valleys, Dusk and Dawn Colors: Red, Navy Blue, Orange Body Parts: Lungs, Kidneys, Stomach, Intestines Yucatec: Ak’bal Mexica: Calli
Aq’ab’al Glyph: This glyph represents light and dark at the same time. The two circumferences at the top represent the energy of creation, and the dots below represent receptive energy.
Aq’ab’al is polarity: dusk and dawn, cold and hot. The duality of this sign is apparent but not extreme. Who can say exactly when night ends and day begins? There is always a little light at night and a little darkness during the day.
Aq’ab’al is the renewing force, a break from routine, from monotony; it represents letting go of the reins and heading in a new direction. All of us undergo chronological, cyclical, and individual changes in our lives that alter or transform our destiny. –Carlos Barrios
Diana’s Observations:
Aq’ab’al, the nawal of polarity and hope, meets the cooperative essence of Power 10 today. Aq’ab’al represents the liminal space—the twilight between the known and the unknown. Today, its dual forces move through cooperation, advice, and support, guiding us toward renewal, satisfaction and fulfillment.
Reflective and introspective, Aq’ab’al supports the inner-learning theme of the I’x Trecena. Paired with 10’s symbolism of law, this day can clarify the universal rules of polarity, showing how the dance between dark and light, feminine and masculine, shapes our life path. 10 Aq’ab’al signals a sharp, refined awareness emerging from relationships, challenges, and the inner strength gained during this 13-day cycle.
The guiding forces today invite us to explore what’s hidden in the dark so we can become beacons of light and renewal. Where we may have felt imbalance, the equilibrium of both 10 and Aq’ab’al can help restore balance and clarity, especially in relationships and love bonds. The overarching influence of I’x—the woman, the feminine, the connector—supports us in nourishing and stabilizing our connections today.
While 10 expresses rectitude and honesty, qualities needed for relationships built on clarity, Aq’ab’al calls us inward. It draws on our past, intuition, dreams, biases, and understanding of our shadows, helping us harmonize our present connections with impeccability and mutual understanding.
Practical Applications & Programming of the Day:
Auspicious for: Receiving the first light of dawn; meditation and reflection; asking for signs; developing new social ideas; group discussions; panels; implementing collaborative plans; negotiations; developing contracts or agreements; gatherings; workshops; healing ceremonies; group work; trying out something new in groups or associations; practicing nuance in opposing ideas; seeking ‘the middle path’; exploring new approaches; focus on digestive health
Bat connotes both death and birth together, which are among our most profoundly mystical concepts. It is one of the great shamanic initiation rights to understand the death and birth principal.
So deeply does it need to be understood that it is learned either through ceremonial ritual or unexpected authentic near-death experiences. But just because bat carries an ostensibly extreme implication does not mean that if you receive bat medicine you are in for such a harsh experience.
Rebirth happens gently every morning when you wake or unexpectedly when emerging from an icy river dip. Rebirth occurs when you become a parent or by having an epiphany.
If bat medicine has found you, surrender, welcome your new self to the world, and allow yourself to grieve the part you left behind. -Brynja Magnusson
Observations by Mayan Spiritual Guides:
10 Aq’ab’al There may be something that you have been dreaming, something that you are trying to bring into the physical world. Today is the day to seek the assistance of the people within your community to make it happen.
Today, you may need to look past your set views within society, or perhaps beyond socially accepted norms,in order to bring your new concepts into the world.If there were any cautions to go with the energy of 10 Aq’ab’al, it would only be that Aq’ab’al can sometimes become a little stuck in its ways.
Novelty cannot be achieved by repeating the same patterns over and over again, and sometimes to change the pattern, you have to push the boundaries.
Today is a day when this might be required, and it is possible that you may need the help of others to achieve it. –Mark Elmy
10 Aq’ab’al We don’t bring light to our darkness to change who we are. We do it to remember our essence.
Today, as the trecena of I’x — reminding us of the magic that lives within us — converges with the energy of Lajuj Aq’ab’al, which speaks of bringing light to the darkness, they speak of the importance of honoring every process we have lived through, as each one is part of who we are.
We cannot let our challenges or the ways we have been conditioned make us believe there is something wrong with us. We do not need to become anything other than ourselves.
Our essence, our wisdom, our gifts, our challenges and shadows are all part of our path, and if at some point we have disconnected, if we have forgotten our inner beauty or built walls to protect ourselves, we can bring light into those dark places. Not because there is something in us that needs to be fixed, but to remember who we are, to reconnect with our essence. –Denise Barrios
✍🏼 Journal Prompts of the Day:
How can I bring more trust, nuance, and balance into my perspective as I navigate the complexities of relationships and society?
In what specific ways can I recognize and integrate the complementary dance of opposing forces to better align with my intended life path?
‘We don’t bring light to our darkness to change who we are. We do it to remember our essence.’
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