Aj days are generally thought of as fairly pleasant days, days to bring harmony to home and family. Here that harmony has its roots in the other world. -Mark Elmy
Aj: Authority • Pillar • Spine • Core • Leader • Instrument of Power • Foundations • Virtues • Rectitude • Family • Multiplication • Renewal • Home • Altar • Sacred Spaces
Pronunciation: “Agh” Direction: North Sacred Animal: Armadillo Energy Places: Beaches, Lowland Forests Colors: Brown, White, Yellow Body Parts: Spinal Column Yucatec: B’en Mexica: Acatl
Aj Glyph: The vertical lines or stalks at the top of the glyph that come only partway down signify spiritual growth. The horizontal line, symbolizing multiplication and the horizon, is an altar table, and the sacred trees, such as the ceiba and coral tree, with their roots, trunk, and canopy, also represent a table or altar. –Carlos Barrios
Aj is the sacred staff that symbolizes both earthly and divine authority, providing leadership and autocracy, and the posts that hold up a house, the pillars of strength. It is male strength and conviction combined with poise and communication.
Aj is also clairvoyance, sacred words, love of humanity, telepathy, body signs, unexpected dreams, and sacred knowledge of sex. –Carlos Barrios
Diana’s Observations:
Aj, the nawal of home, family, and work, ascends today to the spiritual heights of Power 13. Aj’s pillar of light bridges the practical and the spiritual, symbolizing the sacred union of body and higher realms. On 13 Aj, the Imox Trecena’s visionary journey reaches its peak with transformative magic and renewal—purifying body, home, and spirit.
Linked to the spine, Aj represents the structures that keep everything in its proper place. This day completes the shifting waves of the Imox cycle, sealing and organizing its mystical powers within home, family, and work. At its best, it sparks an inner fire rising through the spine, awakening higher awareness, a depth of conviction, and hidden strengths. As a result, 13 Aj can signify renewed leadership through psychological transformation emerging from this cycle.
Alternatively, this day can reveal where powerful changes unsettle and disorient us if our foundation is weak. It exposes what remains unfinished and calls for guidance and adjustment to complete the transformation. 13 Aj is a propitious time to seek guidance and protection from the ancestral realms.
Aj’s wise, grandfatherly essence, paired with the transformative power of 13, gently invites us to continue purifying our bodies and core environments—the essential spaces that nurture and recharge us. By tending what is truly essential with integrity, honesty, and grace, we walk steadily toward a fuller life.
13 Aj connects our spiritual power to what we contribute to the world—at home, in work, or through our projects. Today is a day to mobilize the growing potential of our efforts and to apply the perceptual lessons of Imox in service of uplifting the vitality of all.
Practical Applications & Programming of the Day:
Auspicious for: Purifying the body; psychotherapy; family therapy; physical restorative practices; movement; moving to a new residence; completing projects; attention to spine health and posture; physical restorative practices; organizing and cleaning the home; order in the home; addressing family issues; enhancing altar spaces; supporting others; divination or practical counsel on domestic matters; renewing business structures and plans
The bone and cartilage of the Armadillo act like an effective shield. As a result, it is no wonder this creature has strong ties to magic for protection and safety. There are times in everyone’s life when they need greater security – a place to retreat from danger or chaos. Armadillo, as a spiritual energy, offers that lesson.
Armadillo symbolism is wrapped up with other key vibrations, including those for peace, symmetry, kindness, hope, fairness, and empathy.
Armadillo Medicine teaches us how to figuratively walk a mile in another’s shoes, so we better understand the reason for their actions/inactions and attitudes. This builds compassionate living. -Bernadette King
Observations by Mayan Spiritual Guides:
13 Aj We can imagine the spinal column being energized with the power of the ancestors today, the spirit world breathing its energy into the vertebrae.
This could be seen as a day on which ancestral wisdom can be employed to bring the required balance to a domestic situation. It could also be seen as a very good day for divination on matters of home and how to create stability within the family or community.
Today you might recognize the words of an ancestor speaking through an authority figure. –Mark Elmy
13 Aj We are beings of the Earth, expanding toward the cosmic.
To connect with subtler levels of awareness, we do not need to escape the world. We need to inhabit it more fully. Our body is the channel, the tool, the space where everything unfolds. It allows us to live, express ourselves, and relate to existence.
Aj reminds us that to expand into subtler realms, we need strong roots. Our spirit chose this place and this time for its evolution, and even when the earthly feels dense or limiting, this is where the medicine we need now can be found; this is where our transformation takes place. –Denise Barrios
✍🏼 Journal Prompts of the Day:
What inner strengths and deeper awareness are rising within me right now? How can I nurture my inner fire to guide my personal transformation?
Where in my life do I feel unsettled? What unfinished aspects need my attention and adjustment to create a stronger foundation for growth and renewal?
😮 wow Diana…the synchronicities gone wild again today! 🤩 totally forgot I had a telepathic conversation this morning and then fell back asleep. Zero memory now 😆 and do you remember grandpa died on the 13th Jan last year? This morning I took pictures of his flowers starting to bloom in the garden 🥹💖
😮 wow Diana…the synchronicities gone wild again today! 🤩 totally forgot I had a telepathic conversation this morning and then fell back asleep. Zero memory now 😆 and do you remember grandpa died on the 13th Jan last year? This morning I took pictures of his flowers starting to bloom in the garden 🥹💖