Iq’: Wind • Air • Breath of Life • Purity • Clarity • Vitality • Change • Words • Anger • Passion • Psychology • Communication • Inspiration • Imagination
Pronunciation: “Eekh” Direction: South Sacred Animal: Hummingbird, Hawk Energy Places: Snowy Mountains, Canyons Colors: White, Dark Blue, Light Blue Body Parts: Respiratory System, Throat Yucatec: Ik Mexica: Ehcatl
Iq’ Glyph: This glyph signifies a window like the ones our Grandfathers used in the Classic Mayan era to let the air through. –Carlos Barrios
Iq’: This is the day to ask for renewal as well as beneficial winds to nourish our minds and purify us. It is also good for healing those who have psychological problems and for eliminating passions, hates, and depressions. It is a day that reinforces our prayers to the Great Father and a good day to develop the power of the mind. –Carlos Barrios
Diana’s Observations:
Today, Iq’ sends its winds of vitality, thought, and expression into the redirecting essence of Power 3. Purifying or destructive, Iq’ blows its dynamic force of change, while 3 amplifies these shifts, branching out and seeking results, determined to reach its objectives. 3 Iq’ carries the potential to create significant consequences, depending on how it is channeled.
Within the Ajpu Trecena—the heroic Sun warrior—this day articulates the inner clarity, passion, and excitement that achieve triumphant outcomes, transform uncertainty, and expand future possibilities. It calls us to guard our thoughts and words, connecting with our hearts to ensure the power of our ideas is transmitted to create, transform, and open clearer paths ahead.
With the strength of tempests and hurricanes, and the hunter’s precision of Ajpu, 3 Iq’ becomes a day that favors inhalation before action—purifying the psyche, cultivating enthusiasm, and developing clarity in our motives to refine our aim: the intent to accomplish a vision or goal.
Imaginative and communicative in its nature, Iq’ brings life and new possibilities birthed from thought and mind. Together with the consequential forces of 3, it reminds us that creative energy always follows our thoughts and words. This day is auspicious for allowing new air into our physical and mental spaces, allowing its revitalizing energy renew our internal state and strengthen the mind. It is a day to ask the beneficial winds to bring us clarity where needed.
“True self-confidence is the courage to be open—to welcome change and new ideas regardless of their source.” —Carol S. Dweck
Practical Applications & Programming of the Day:
Auspicious for: Observing and quieting the mind through meditation; purifying the home (e.g., smudging, opening windows); journaling and gathering inspiration; authentic dialogue; singing, songwriting, and poetry; personal expression; sharing reflective or empowering words; podcasts; psychotherapy; mind-purifying practices (e.g., breath work, yoga, sound healing); expressing or writing personal stories; honest self-reflection
The hummingbird is one of the most fascinating birds because of its ability to move its body swiftly, change direction quickly and smoothly, seemingly gliding from one place to another. By affinity with this power animal, you can be encouraged to use or develop a similar skill.
When the hummingbird shows up in your life, it may be an invitation to flex you path, perhaps even bending backward or forward, in order to accommodate life’s circumstances.
You may be required to adapt to a situation that is a bit more demanding than usual. The wisdom carried by this spirit animal emphasizes flexibility and lightness in your approach to the unexpected. –spiritanimal.info
Observations by Mayan Spiritual Guides:
3 Iq’ The obstructions often represented by the number 3 are connected with the nawal of communication making this a day with the potential for mixed messages to say the least.
If you have anything important to communicate it would probably be best to wait for another day, as today your words may become jumbled.
Whilst you might get your message across, the energy of today might even lead to your words being completely misinterpreted.
The most positive aspect would be that of divine inspiration, with words flowing like a river of flowers. You may be opening and closing your mouth, but the words may be from somewhere else. If you are looking for inspiring words today you may find that they come not from the outer world, but from your own inner voice.–Mark Elmy
3 Iq’ If we cannot connect with all that we are, including our shadow, we cannot fully integrate our light or embrace with compassion the emotions of others.
The trecena we are in now reminds us that the cycles of our existence are part of our evolutionary process. Our development is not linear, so it is completely normal for our energy to shift; some days will be more challenging, and at times we may navigate complex emotions. This is all part of the journey that guides us toward our growth.
The confluence of the trecena of Ajpu with the energy of Oxib’ Iq’ makes us aware that everything happens so something new can emerge.
We are light because we have walked through the shadow, we are compassionate because we have faced difficult moments. We are perfect and luminous beings who, through each experience and process, are reconnecting with our true essence. This day invites us to breathe deeply, observe attentively, learn from ourselves, and create from our experiences what we wish to become. –Denise Barrios
✍🏼 Journal Prompts of the Day:
Where can I invite fresh energy to renew my courage, motives, and intent?
How can I tune into my inner dialogue to uncover areas needing more clarity?
How can I cultivate my enthusiasm to turn uncertainty into new possibilities today?
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