12 Kej: Strength in Synergy, Integration & Grounded Action
Energy of the Day for March 15, 2025
“The day 12 Kej has a very strong energy, with regard to both the nawal and the number. This is a day on which leadership draws on experience to resolve issues. However, it may be important to understand where those experiences are useful and where they are not.” –Mark Elmy
Kej : Deer, Strength, Stability, 4 Cardinal Directions, 4 Planes & Elements, Nature, Force, Firmness, Equilibrium, Tenacity, Movement, Determination
Pronunciation: “Kegh” or “Kiegh”
Sacred Animal: Deer, Stag, Horse
Energy Places: Forests, Mountains
Colors: Beige, Yellow, Red, Black, White
Body Parts: Arms, Feet
12 (Kab’lajuj): Social Groups • Community • Family • Friendship • Cultural Influences • Grouping • Gathering • Bundling • Synthesis • Catalyst • Security
Kej Glyph: The glyph represents a closed hand creating a circuit of energy that charges the four cardinal points, as represented by the four fingers, boosted by the thumb. –Carlos Barrios
Kej is the four elements: Fire, Earth, Air, and Water. It represents the four manifestations of humans: physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. It is the four colors of humanity: red, black, white, and yellow. It means the four B’alameb’ and their respective wives. It is the four cardinal points and the four paths. It is also solidity and stability. These are the forces and powers that fuel human destiny. –Carlos Barrios
Diana’s Observations:
Today, the solid and grounded stance of Kej merges with the synthesizing power of 12, calling us to integrate lessons from our social circles and experiences. This day invites us to “connect the dots” between relationships, life experiences, and circumstances, revealing how they shape our essence and forward momentum. Like a stabilizing force, 12 Kej arrives to reinforce the pillars supporting our future, dreams, and goals, ensuring they stand resilient against life’s surprises and challenges.
12 Kej bridges synthesis and implementation. As Power 12 helps us extract the meaning and purpose of our lives, Kej takes it a step forward into useful structure. This makes it a propitious time to reflect, journal, plan, and take the next steps—allowing our mind, heart, body, and spirit to bring newfound clarity into practical and harmonious utility moving forward.
The overarching influence of Ajmaq’s Trecena has been instrumental in leading us to our individual essence through curiosity, forgiveness and reconciliation. Its essence assists us in piercing through veils of fog and obscurity, allowing us to meet our true nature—unencumbered by conditioning, pain, traumas, guilt, and shame.
As we reflect on how our actions, relationship dynamics, and choices reflect our core essence, this day helps us understand the patterns that hinder wholeness. By aligning with Kej’s practical wisdom, we can transform insights into structured use and growth. The animal guardian of Kej is the mighty Stag, symbolizing authority and wisdom through lived experience. Today encourages us to embody the wise elder through our instincts and actions.
Observations by Mayan Spiritual Guides:
12 Kej
The energy of this day strongly suggests reviewing and collating the experiences of life in order to move forward. This may represent something like being invited to join a committee as an experienced mentor in a particular field.However, the determination associated with the nawal Kej may become inflexibility when it comes to the attachment to “the way it has always been done.”
Strength is built on experience. But, understanding how to adapt those experiences to become relevant as society evolves is the real goal.
You may find that a walk in the wilderness, or other connection with nature, acts as a very positive recharge for your energy. Possibly it will bring some perspective to the more determined ideas. –Mark Elmy
12 Kej
Kej speaks to us about connecting with our earthly essence to once again live in harmony and communication with Mother Nature, reminding us that in order to connect with the energy of the universe, it is also necessary to be connected to the earth.The energy of the number Kab’lajuj rules over family and community, bringing a force of harmony to our relationships. On this day, let us have the intention to infuse love into every action and every interaction. Let us walk together on this path of existence, strengthening each other and allowing ourselves to fully be. –Denise Barrios
Stag Spirit Animal:
“Masculinity, Connection to the Earth and the Forest, Alertness, Psychic Power, Strength”
The stag is a symbol of vitality, elegance, instinct, maturity regeneration, and spiritual enlightenment. Among the animals, the male deer is revered.
They are wise and seasoned with huge antler crowns on their shoulders that they’ve conquered in life.The male deer are reclusive in nature, and this makes them appear out of nowhere only when we need them the most.
A stag can also be seen as a symbol of strength, power, and authority. The deer’s antlers emblems of male fertility. They are often considered to have wisdom beyond their years due to living longer than human beings.
Stag symbols show up when we need to act on our instincts and trust ourselves in order to get through life’s obstacles. We should not let fear guide us, but rather follow the stag totem and spirit animal guides’ path of strength and power with courage. -Alltotems.com
What lessons from my relationships or experiences feel ready to be implemented today? What patterns or habits feel stabilizing for my growth, and which ones require further adjustments? What does my inner ‘wise elder’ call me to prioritize today?