Let us take advantage of the space that arises on this day to emit through love the medicine and gifts with which we have come to nourish and enrich the reality we share. -Denise Barrios
12 (Kab’lajuj): Groups • Community • Family • Collective • Culture • Synthesis • Grouping • Bundling • Integrating • Catalyst • Security Pronunciation: “Kablahooh”
B’atz: Thread of Time • Arts • Performance • Beginnings • Development • Couple • Marriage • Family • Bonds • Love • Spirituality • Healing • Joy
Pronunciation: “Bahts” Direction: East Sacred Animal: Monkey Energy Places: Forests, Lakes, Clear Night Sky Colors: Red, Orange Body Parts: Blood Vessels Yucatec: Chuen Mexica: Ozomatli
B’atz Glyph: The top part of the glyph is a cone that has time rolled up in it. The cone descends to a triangle, which represents our dimension, and then to the sphere of the Earth, passing through the angles, which are the two polarities; masculine and feminine. –Carlos Barrios
B’atz is the start of life, infinite time, and unity. B’atz is the deity that created Earth and Sky, the Creator of life and wisdom. It signifies the time it takes for a child to develop in the womb. It also symbolizes the umbilical cord.
This sign symbolizes time unraveled, evolution, and human life. B’atz unites men and women and governs marriage.
The Maya depict time as a thread wound around a giant reed underneath the Earth. This thread is unraveled as time goes by. History is woven from time, just as clothing is made from woven threads. –Carlos Barrios
Diana’s Observations:
B’atz, the unifying, artistic, and innovative nawal, weaves its creative energy with the bundling and social Power 12 today.Representing beauty and togetherness, B’atz brings elements into a new, integrated, and harmonious whole. 12 catalyzes this alchemical process, embodying connection and integration. 12 B’atz is a wonderful day to weave ideas, influences, people, and aspirations into a unified vision.
Symbolizing culture, friendship, and family, 12 enters the Ajpu Trecena as a propitious moment to ignite our inner radiance through the lessons and blessings found in interconnection. Tribal in essence, 12 B’atz invites us to embrace the solar, illuminating qualities of Ajpu within our relationships and partnerships, encouraging reflection on spiritual growth and the unraveling of new possibilities cultivated through unity.
Charged with an alchemical essence, 12 B’atz speaks to the union of distinct elements and energies to synthesize and distill talent and new life. It embodies conjunction—an intelligent blending of opposing and complementary forces that sets creativity free.
This day invites us to develop our character, love, joy, and brilliance through what we unite. Its essence encourages us to step back and reflect on the colorful fabric we’re weaving from gathered influences and inspirations, empowering ourselves from this place.
A day of distilling creativity, passion, and beauty from the wisdom of interconnection, 12 B’atz acts like a master weaver, threading diverse strands into a vibrant tapestry. It may bring healing, innovative breakthroughs and solutions that not only enrich our individual journey but also uplift the lives we touch—activating higher purpose, refined expression, and spiritual transcendence through communion.
Practical Applications & Programming of the Day:
Auspicious for: Synthesizing creative ideas; uniting people and groups; connecting ideas and solutions; collaborative and creative projects; beautifying; family therapy; team development; fostering strength in unity; resolving group conflicts; problem-solving and innovation; performance arts (dancing, designing, painting, and music production); healing arts; addressing marriage issues; untangling metaphorical knots
The monkey spirit animal encourages us to remain curious and open-minded in our daily lives. In addition to curiosity, the monkey spirit animal symbolizes playfulness, reminding us of the importance of laughter and joy in our lives.
As a spirit animal, the monkey also serves as a reminder that we have the ability to find solutions to our problems by using our intellect and ingenuity. By thinking outside the box and embracing new approaches, we can find more efficient and effective ways to reach our goals and overcome adversity.
Monkeys are highly social animals that rely on strong bonds and communication within their groups.
The monkey spirit animal emphasizes the value of community, highlighting the importance of surrounding ourselves with supportive, like-minded individuals who can help us grow and achieve our goals. -Bernadette King
Observations by Mayan Spiritual Guides:
12 B’atz Everything we do can be seen as weaving. Our art, our reproduction, it all comes down to the same thing – combining threads, strands and essences to create. Today these threads come from our life experiences.
The energy of the nawal B’atz brings a highly creative day, the day of the arts and performances. The number twelve carried by this day is significant for wrapping things up, bringing things together and creating a bundle. Usually, these are life’s experiences, and here we can see them as the flavours and colours you may have experienced in your life.
However, this time around, instead of just creating a bundle, we are weaving these things together. You can bring inspiration from your past into your new pattern and create something truly beautiful from it. –Mark Elmy
12 B’atz Everything we do to others also has an impact on ourselves.
The energy today reminds us that we are intertwined threads in the tapestry of life, we are an integral part of creation and we are connected to everything. Therefore, our actions and energy create an impact on the fabric of existence, of which we are a part.
Let us take advantage of the space that arises on this day to emit through love the medicine and gifts with which we have come to nourish and enrich the reality we share. –Denise Barrios
✍🏼 Journal Prompts of the Day:
How can I blend distinct energies within and around me to unlock new creative possibilities?
What threads of inspiration, joy, and cultural insight am I weaving into the tapestry of my life?
