We can choose to use the same energy we use to avoid what scares us to heal and empower ourselves. –Denise Barrios
Day 6 of 13 in the Aj Trecena: Guidance, Rectitude & Renewal
6 (Waqib’): Material World • Matter • Structure • Body • Center • Strength • Tests • Learning Balance • Family • Friendship • Reaction • Practice • Routine • Overcoming • Refining
Pronunciation: “Wahkeeb”
Tijax: Knife • Obsidian • Purification • Separation • Healing • Truth • Surgery • Cutting • Releasing • Discernment • Refinement • Tenacious • Protection • Masculine Healing Energy
Pronunciation: “Teehash”
Direction: South
Sacred Animal: Toucan, Swordfish, Wolf
Energy Places: Lightning Storms, Cliffs, Waterfalls, Caves, Caverns
Colors: White, Red, Black
Body Parts: Teeth, Nails, Tongue
Yucatec: Etz’nab’
Mexica: Tecpatl
Tijax Glyph: The glyph symbolizes the tip of a flint knife, seen from the front, and the pyramid is seen by the nawal energies from the sky.–Carlos Barrios
Tijax means separation, the cut, the knife, the pyramid, the healing and harmonizing of any of the four bodies (physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual), and spiritual liberation in the physical body.
Tijax is the nawal of doctor’s intelligence. It is the energy of synchronicity, orientation, and navigation. Revelations come in the form of fleeting images.This is the best day for purifying the balance of our actions, whether positive or negative, making us atone and showing us a physical, mental, and/or spiritual map. Symbolized by the double-edged knife, it has the power to cut through mysteries. It opens the way to another dimension. –Carlos Barrios
Diana’s Observations:
Tijax—the nawal of cutting, separation, and precision—brings purification to the material world today under the influence of Power 6. Representing the sharpness of words and actions, Tijax cuts through deception, illusion, and illness, always seeking purity. 6 offers balance, structure, and boundaries, guiding lessons through physical and relational experience. Together, 6 Tijax highlights worldly situations that call for discernment and sharp refinement, supporting truth and purification.
As the heart of the Aj Trecena—guiding renewal and rectitude—this energy calls us to reflect on the past six days and how they’ve opened opportunities for restoring the structures that house our spirit, emotions, and livelihood. The force of 6, symbolizing the center axis or ‘World Tree,’ may point the blade’s incision into a core wound or deeply destabilizing issue. Before reacting, 6 Tijax invites honest self-reflection—discernment guided by precision and clarity—to determine what must be removed or refined and how best to approach it.
While 6 can be reactive, it also calls for patience, resilience, and the courage to learn through experience. Symbolizing family and echoing the theme of Aj, 6 highlights our roots, upbringing, and ancestry. 6 Tijax holds the potential to pierce generational patterns, family wounds, and inherited beliefs that are ready to be uncovered and pruned, opening deeper access to our true nature.
Today’s toucan medicine reminds us of the power of communication—showing how our words can either inspire real change or allow denial and manipulation to take root. It teaches that language can heal or deceive, sometimes masking true feelings with empty promises or self-deception. The darker side of 6 Tijax can wound with words instead of empower.
Yet, 6 Tijax also supports unblocking communication barriers, empowering us to speak our truth with clarity and confidence. This guidance helps us move beyond harmful patterns that destabilize our center toward honest expression that strengthens the core of our being, ultimately reinforcing the pillars that uphold our lives.
Practical Applications & Programming of the Day:
Auspicious for: Purification rituals; healing therapies; family and community healing; clearing obstructions and imbalances; resolving business or financial issues; creating and refining art or beauty; beautifying spaces; removing oneself form toxic influences; editing, sculpting, surgery, or dentistry; shamanic therapy; resolving conflict and duality; discerning truth from falsehood; stepping away from negativity
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Toucan Spirit Animal:
The Toucan holds a significant place in various cultural interpretations, particularly among South American native tribes, where it is often regarded as a sacred bird.
Toucan symbolizes vibrant communication, self-expression, and the beauty of diversity. Many tribes believe the toucan can travel between the spirit world and the realm of the living, acting as a messenger between these dimensions.
Calling upon the Toucan spirit animal can be particularly beneficial for healing communication blocks and enhancing self-expression. When struggling to articulate thoughts or feelings, the toucan can help unblock your voice, empowering you to speak your truth with confidence.
Its vibrant energy also inspires creativity, making it an excellent ally for those facing artistic blocks or seeking to manifest innovative ideas. The toucan serves as a powerful reminder to embrace self-expression and communicate authentically, ultimately enhancing overall well-being and harmony.
Observations by Mayan Spiritual Guides:
6 Tijax:
Bring stability through precise cuts. Today is a good day to restore balance in family life by eliminating anything that causes imbalance. This in turn can bring harmony to your community.
Tijax‘s eye for beauty can be trusted, it can be used to cut away the superfluous and bring out the true divinity. It is also a great day for choosing things which bring beauty to the world.With the energy of the number 6 also representing family values, this can be seen as a good day for bringing healing to certain areas of family life by cutting away anything which causes imbalance.
Today is a day of editing, a day to bring healing through precise cuts. It is a day to bring stability to your life by gently but firmly removing that which no longer serves you. –Mark Elmy
6 Tijax:
The energy we spend to run away from what we are afraid of, from that inner part that scares us, the effort we must make to avoid expressing what we need and feel or to set boundaries when something is hurting us, is as great as the energy and effort required to look within, even into the most difficult parts, to express what we are feeling and to have the courage to prioritize ourselves from a place of love.And although it may seem easier to carry that shield we believe protects us, its weight actually pulls us away from our essence, from our purpose and it can even show up as blockages or illness in the physical body.
Waqib’ Tijax reminds us today that we are like its energy, that we carry within us its wisdom, its strength and its ability to heal. We have the tools we need to break through our limitations, to be courageous and honor the sacred being that we are. –Denise Barrios
✍🏼 Journal Prompts of the Day:
How can I bring more clarity and honesty to my communication today?
What patterns or beliefs—especially those inherited or long-held—are ready to be cut away to reveal my deeper truth?
How can I consciously release negative energies that aren’t mine or no longer serve me, returning them to their source to create space for healing and growth—for myself and others?