The nawal of ripening combines with the number of wholeness today to bring the possibility of a day of true brilliance. This is a day of celebration of the abundant harvest, both from our fields and our projects. –Mark Elmy
Day 8 of 13 in the Imox Trecena: Subcurrents, Sensibility & Breakthroughs
8 (Wajxaqib’): Wholeness • Spirit & Matter • Time • Man • Solar • Executive Action • Ceremony, Arts & Rituals • Masculine Potency & Expression • Joy • Honor • Will • Vigor • Morality
Pronunciation: “Washakeeb”
Q’anil: Seed • Beginning • Fertility • Intention • Creation • Sowing • Results • Fruition • Harvest • Achievement • Gestation Cycles • Projects • Harmony • Understanding • Sensual • Procreation • Children • Regeneration • Venus
Pronunciation: “Kahneel”
Direction: West
Totems: Rabbit
Energy Places: Forests, Rivers, Lakes, Highlands
Colors: Green, Brown
Body Parts: Genitalia, Sperm, Eggs
Yucatec: Lamat
Mexica: Tochtli
Q’anil Glyph: The glyph represents a perforation upon the earth with the Tixjob, that is used to separate the earth to deposit the seeds and the four seeds that represents the four seeds that represents the four colors of corn and the four races of humanity: red, black, white, yellow. –Denise Barrios
Q’anil: Q’anil is the creation of the Universe, and humans are bearers of the spiritual seed. It is constant regeneration. It carries all of the codes for potential life. It is the divine semen, the cosmic seed that the creator planted on the day Q’anil. It is the day of full realization and knowledge. –Carlos Barrios
Diana’s Observations:
Q’anil, the seed and its fruition, focuses its essence of growth on the material and expressive planes of Power 8 today. 8 Q’anil is fertile with physical results and achievements rooted in the strength of will. Traditionally, this is the day to bless seeds and crops, offering gratitude for intentions that have reached full maturity. It highlights golden outcomes sprouting from concentrated efforts.
Q’anil, a symbol of production and regeneration, combined with 8’s thread of time, invites us to gather and reflect upon the cycles of our past that shape our present experiences, actions, and goals. This day marks the ripening of crops and the realization of projects and efforts that have been carefully nurtured over time.
Meanwhile, the overarching watery theme of Imox, opening fertile channels of dreams, change, and possibility, may shower new insights, ideas, and opportunities today, nourishing the development, ripening, or harvest of future aspirations. It encourages us to remain open and flexible.
8, representing time and the union of spirit and matter, brings Q’anil’s fruition into full realization–a spiritual and practical wholeness, illuminating clarity and understanding born from our ability to manifest ideas into lived experience. Alternatively, this day can also reveal how inaction, impatience, or excessive force affect our present reality.
Within the mutable currents of the Imox Trecena, 8 Q’anil marks the first material stages of our growth and transformation. Whether celebrating abundant growth or assessing what remains stagnant in our gardens, this day encourages sincere gratitude for both blessings and hard lessons. It invites us to make active adjustments that nurture our patience and creative expression, allowing us to trust that our relationships, goals, and projects are in a state of constant growth.
Practical Applications & Programming of the Day:
Auspicious for: Gratitude rituals or ceremonies; self care and rejuvenation; fulfilling or completing projects; sharing results; beginning something new; prayers and rituals for pregnancy; business development; focus on finances; analyzing plans; evaluating strategies; developing goals; nurturing visions; celebrating fruits of labor; gatherings; reunions; announcements; fertility protocols for pregnancy; working on children’s development; spending time with children; children’s education; garden tending; agriculture
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Rabbit Spirit Animal:
The rabbit spirit animal carries many complex meanings. It is associated with fear because of the rabbit’s timid nature, but also with fertility and creativity.
Rabbits rely on their wits and observational skills to avoid danger. People who identify with the rabbit power animal are often clever and creative, using their intelligence and skill to solve problems that others cannot.
The rabbit totem can also appear as a reminder to avoid neglecting your creative side. If you have let creative projects lapse, it may be time to pick them back up again or find a new one.
Rabbits tend to move in quick, unpredictable ways. They zigzag and dart off suddenly in unexpected directions. The rabbit power animal can be a reminder that a little spontaneity in life is a good thing. –spiritanimal.info
Observations by Mayan Spiritual Guides:
8 Q’anil
On 7 Q’anil, the ripening process of last season’s crop completed, on 1 Q’anil, the new crop was sown. Today’s 8 Q’anil brings both of these together in wholeness, the cycle of life and death together in one place.It is a day of celebration, a day when we give thanks for the ripening of our harvests, and make our offerings to invite blessings for abundance from the crop we have just planted.
Of course we don’t all grow our abundance in fields anymore, we gain our abundance from our projects and from our work. Today is a day to pour your brilliance into that which sustains you, and to give thanks for the abundance you receive. –Mark Elmy
8 Q’anil
Sometimes, the things we cannot understand why they happen are just seeds that will eventually give meaning to everything. We have been taught to analyze everything we feel, everything that happens to us, to make sense of it or try to make it fit. But some things are not meant to be solved or understood through logic.Imox invites us to embrace what we cannot control or yet understand. Wajxaqib’ speaks of the materialization of things, and Q’anil reminds us that everything that will bear fruit needs time and process.
Today, the energies remind us that sometimes it is not about understanding everything. It is about being present, being open, and in touch with what we feel. For everything we go through can bear fruit if we do not block it. –Denise Barrios
✍🏼 Journal Prompts of the Day:
What fruits of my past efforts are ready to be harvested and celebrated today?
How can I honor and express gratitude for the growth and lessons-both abundant and challenging-that shape my journey?
In what ways can I consciously nurture and adjust my current projects or relationships to cultivate deeper fulfillment?