The day 3 No’j can present challenges around the ability to think clearly. Choosing to focus on solutions around your home may be more conducive trying to solve problems in the outer world. -Mark Elmy
No’j: Knowledge, Nobility, Thought, Ideas, Intellect, Wisdom, Education, Nature, Study, Solutions, Memory, Science, Rhythm, Earthquake Pronunciation: “Nogh” Sacred Animal: Woodpecker Energy Places: Tropical Forests, Woodlands, Lakes, Mountains, Clouds Colors: Dark Blue, Light Blue Body Parts: Brain, Skull, Pineal Gland
No’j Glyph: The glyph symbolizes learning. The drawing in the middle represents the brain, and the circles are degrees of increasing human spiritual betterment.
No’j turns knowledge and experience into wisdom. It is the connection between the Universal Cosmic Mind and the human mind–intellect, knowledge, wisdom, and spiritual learning. It also governs education, the humanities, and psychology.
It is the power of thoughts and ideas, the brain, development, and earthquakes.
No’j is the guide to life as long as all experience and knowledge are imparted in wisdom. People have good ideas but aren’t wise and therefore need to meet as council in order to share them, develop theories, and ask Ajaw for wisdom. The Elders meet as a council under the protection of No’j. –Carlos Barrios
Diana’s Observations:
Today’s nawal of intelligence merges with the results-driven force of Power 3, creating a dynamic day for gathering ideas, forming plans, and developing solutions. The scientific and reasoning essence of No’j encourages analyzing the doubts and insecurities of 3 to gain clarity and confidently pursue goals.
Under the visionary influence of the Tz’ikin Trecena, 3 No’j invites focus and perspective where resistance or blocks may exist. As 3 also oversees the home, child, and parents, today may surface opportunities to address internal obstacles rooted in upbringing, conditioning, or limiting beliefs that hinder progress toward short- or long-term goals.
On a practical level, today advises against starting new projects, sign contracts, or work on solutions in social settings. Instead, a more effective use of this day is to illuminate and confront the trickster of the mind—analyze negative thoughts, observe the feelings they stir, and recognize why releasing them serves our highest benefit.
While 3 may bring uncertainties, No’j empowers us with refined memory, patience, creativity, and skills to methodically overcome obstacles. Emphasizing the structures built on thoughts and the impact of our mindset, it’s a favorable time to plan with hindsight and foresight, prioritizing step-by-step efficiency over scattered efforts.
Tz’ikin’s overarching visionary energy magnifies both past lessons and future possibilities, while 3 No’j encourages innovative thinking to resolve fears or insecurities that may be holding us back. By confronting mental blocks and organizing our thought processes, we can confidently advance toward career, project, or personal objectives with enhanced clarity and enthusiasm.
Observations by Mayan Spiritual Guides:
3 No’j This is a day to focus on finding the answers within rather than looking for solutions outside. The nawal of the brain, thought and inspiration combines with the number of home and inner creativity. If a problem needs to be solved logically, it would be better to put it off to another day with a more conducive energy.
Be gentle on those around you who seem to be acting thoughtlessly, you might be just as lost as them today. This is a perfect day for retreat and meditation, to focus on the knowledge you already hold within you. It is from this inner work that the answers may come. –Mark Elmy
3 No’j No’j is the true and profound knowledge of things, the kind that enables us to interact with reality. However, it is knowing ourselves that truly allows us to experience the fullness of life.
Most of us are unaware of how we are made up, how our body is, how it works. We have even less of an idea about our emotional world—we simply let ourselves be carried away by emotions.
And when it comes to our mental space, we go through life without understanding how it works; we have no idea of the infinite possibilities and the power we possess.
We actually know very little about our spiritual essence. We confuse spirituality with faith and dogmatism, and we fail to see the connection between our spirit and all planes of existence. We hear that we are spiritual beings, but in truth, we have no idea what that really means.
It is having the certainty of who we are, of our role and vision of our life’s purpose, that allows us to reach that fullness of living. And it’s not complicated—we don’t have to go far. The truth lies within ourselves. –Carlos Barrios
When the woodpecker comes tapping into our awareness, it’s also a signal to use our heads. Just as the woodpecker uses its head (beak) to hammer out solutions (food, shelter), we too can use our intellect in finding solutions to our own barriers.
The symbolic meaning of woodpeckers also point to a need for creative vision. Being opportunistic, woodpeckers can see value everywhere, even in dead trees. Have you ditched an idea or given up on a project? The woodpecker may be trying to tell you to breathe new life into your project, just as they build new homes into dead trees.
Further, the symbolic meaning of woodpecker indicates a return to our roots, or having trust in our basic (gut) feelings. Dr. Carl Jung observed the woodpecker as a symbol of a return to the womb of creativity. In this observation, the tree is symbolic of a womb; earthy, grounded, sturdy and secure. The woodpecker’s home within the tree is analogous of a fierce determination to return and protect that which is sacred to us.
When this bird comes pecking, it is a call for us to return to our roots, back to the womb of our ideas and use our intellect and discernment to follow through with our plans.
This analogy is doubly profound in the case of red-headed woodpeckers as the color red is associated with the root chakra. Prime, protective energy. -Avia Venefica (whats-your-sign.com)
How does my current emotional state influence my perception of challenges and obstacles? What actions can I take today to clear my mind and enhance my thinking strategies?
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