3 Tz'i: Cultivating Personal Sovereignty
Energy of the Day for April 27, 2025
The day 3 Tz’i may be a day where your faith in the world may be challenged and your loyalty tested by circumstances. Finding the faith within you is the key. -Mark Elmy
Day 3 of 13 in the Q’anil Trecena: Planting the Seed, Nurturing Growth
3 (Oxib’): Results • Effects • Consequence • Fruits • Parents • Children • Product • Home • Fear • Risk • Doubt • Obstacles • Insecurity • Motives
Pronunciation: “Osheeb”
Tz’i: Law • Justice • Authority • Guide • Fidelity • Faith • Legalities • Contracts • Identity • Sovereignty • Writing • Documenting • Order • Accuracy
Pronunciation: “Tzee”
Direction: South
Totems: Dog, Coyote
Energy Places: Mountains, Beaches
Colors: Yellow, White, Beige
Body Parts: Brain, Intuition
Yucatec: Oc
Mexica: Itzquintli
Tz’i Glyph: This glyph signifies the staff used by indigenous authorities, as well as a dog’s tail. It is spiritual law that cannot be bought or sold. –Carlos Barrios
Tz’i is the guardian of material and spiritual law. It represents those who govern on a local or national level. It represents spiritual authorities and the straight path. It is justice and the day that brings truth to light. It symbolizes fidelity, order, and precision and is represented by the cosmic authorities whose energy is on the Earth, whether in the form of people or places.
Tz’i also means dog, which acts as a secretary, assistant, and adviser. This is the Creator’s representative on Earth who is in charge of applying and enforcing justice. –Carlos Barrios
Diana’s Observations:
Today’s nawal of guidance and authority is expressed through the results-driven and testing essence of Power 3. The justice-seeking, raw, and instinctual qualities of Tz’i help us sniff out and address internal blockages that hinder our growth. This day invites keen awareness of the hidden emotional contracts we forge with ourselves, and how these shape our capacity to achieve our goals.
With 3’s focus on the home, inner world, fears, and objectives, 3 Tz’i marks a day for developing personal sovereignty – cultivating inner-authority and self-governance to nurture our plans and goals with greater efficiency. This calls for trust in our own inner knowing and living from the inside out, rather than seeking validation or fulfillment from external sources.
As we lay the foundations for growth and success during the Q’anil Trecena, 3 Tz’i encourages us to cultivate integrity, order, and accuracy within ourselves. It invites us to examine resistance and insecurities – areas where self-limiting beliefs and external expectations may distract us from becoming our own authority.
Tz’i advises us to guard against negative influences, such as vices and habits that weaken our character and self-esteem. As the nawal of the sacred scribe, it also encourages writing and harnessing the power of the word to bring order to important matters. The energy of 3 draws us into the realm of inner alchemy, enhancing our capacity to discern where order and constructive words are needed to meet resistance with greater vision and understanding.
The overarching influence of Q’anil inspires patience, guiding us to nurture our seeds of potential with care and steady effort. Its creative, fertile essence positions 3 Tz’i as a powerful day to evaluate our emotions and their impact on our strategies for achieving our objectives. It calls us to ensure our emotions and instincts guide us toward faith and trust in ourselves, rather than lead us with reactivity and uncertainty.
Practical Applications & Programming of the Day:
Auspicious for: Inner-work; self-reflections; developing intuition; listening to inner-guidance; writing and journaling; addressing personal vices; adhering to responsibilities; self-leadership; developing trust and faith; legal matters; contracts; evaluating strategies; moving towards goals; cultivating self-authority; consideration and respect for others; upholding loyalty and integrity
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Dog Spirit Animal:
Dog medicine has a different meaning than wolves; they represent loyalty. It is an animal that has been uniquely, genetically domesticated by humans.
The dog is a servant to another creature, which is noble and universally selfless. It has become dependent as an exchange. Serving others is a means for increasing happiness as well as achieving goals such as resources, education, or partnership.
When dog totem comes to you, remember where you have placed your allegiances, ask yourself how dependent you are, and how balanced your exchanges are.
It may be time to become loyal or serve another as long as the trade-off is fair, honest, and clear. It is a reminder that loyalty is healthy when it increases the autonomy and sovereignty of our being. -Brynja Magnusson
Observations by Mayan Spiritual Guides:
3 Tz’i
Tz’i often brings days which remind us of the unconditional love that can be displayed, faith in the world and in humanity, and the justice which comes to those who deserve it.However, today the opposite polarity may be more apparent. The energy of the number 3 brings challenges to these values, and possibly brings out the more difficult side of Tz’i.
This could be a day when the unjust appear to get away with their deeds, when your faith in the universal laws may be shaken. The energy of the day may influence to the extent that you may find yourself let down or betrayed by those you trust, equally you may find yourself acting disloyally.
If those around you act without integrity, giving as good as you get only draws you into that energy.If the external world begins to fall apart, there is only one constant to which you can turn and that is the one within you. Focus on the unconditional love that you hold, on your faith in humanity, and extend this into your home.
–Mark Elmy3 Tz’i
The wisdom of Tz’i’ reminds us that life is perfect in its entirety, that each of us was born under the star or Ch’umil that guides and nurtures our growth, and that the conditions of our life are precisely what we need to fulfill our evolutionary mission.Instead of seeing our circumstances as limitations, let us consider them as the fertile ground where our roots can strengthen and expand.
The trecena teaches us that we are the gardeners of our existence, and our magic and power lie in the freedom to sow what we wish to harvest. Let us hold that awareness in every action we plant in our lives. –Denise Barrios
✍🏼 Journal Prompts of the Day:
How can I discern whether my emotions and instincts are guiding me toward self-trust and faith, or leading me into reactivity?
In what ways do risks and uncertainties guide me in strengthening my personal authority?




