The energies are open to receiving the payment of a life debt today. Whilst the payment may involve the use of your energy, the results may be very powerful. Health may be restored when debts are resolved. -Mark Elmy
Pronunciation: “Togh” Direction: North Totems: Puma, Shark Energy Places: Beaches, Big Rocks Colors: Red, White Body Parts: Ears Yucatec: Muluc Mexica: Atl
Toj Glyph: The glyph represents a wheel and its axis. It represents Grandfather Sun and his strength. It is a circle, symbolizing the law of cause and effect. –Carlos Barrios
Toj: This is the day to atone for our lives, for all the benefits we have received so as not to be given more obstacles along the way. It is a day to make payment or to ask that we be free of any negativity. –Carlos Barrios
Diana’s Observations:
Toj, the nawal of causality, compensation, and the sacred fire, offers its warmth within the intuitive, subtle, and sentimental planes of Power 9 today. Toj days invite us to redress energetic imbalances, reminding us to give back for what we’ve received and to claim what we’ve rightfully earned. Paired with 9, it helps us feel, sense, and shape our understanding of energetic value. 9 Toj deepens our awareness of the subtle exchanges and blessings occurring within relationships, our projects, and life itself.
9 Toj’s hidden warmth resounds within the subcurrents of the Imox Trecena, transporting us into the psychic and emotional transformations unfolding in our relationships and social activities. It invites deeper listening, especially to our own heart’s insights.
The sensibility of 9 Toj, matched with Imox’s influence, heightens our responsiveness to emotional, aesthetic, and moral stimuli. It may gently reveal what we’ve overlooked and what still calls for correction and rebalancing. Today, we may sense the sharing of love and meaningful change that arise from understanding and wholeness. We may also be reminded of the necessary payments, sacrifices, and offerings required to keep our exchanges with life in balance.
With enough receptivity, the fertility and magnetism of our relationships and commitments become palpable today. 9 Toj reminds us that when our exchanges are balanced–when our acts are infused with gratitude and reciprocity–we always attract exactly what we need, precisely when we need it, to clarify our next steps forward in our visions and creations.
May we fully embrace the creative warmth of this day, allowing it to spark the love of sharing, receiving, and uplifting one another in service, gratitude, and harmony.
Practical Applications & Programming of the Day:
Auspicious For: Solar meditation; spiritually working with fire; gratitude rituals; acknowledging and thanking women; lighting a candle for gratitude; restoring balance in giving and receiving; making offerings; gifting; donating; reciprocity; paying debts (especially to women); community service; random acts of kindness; charity; thank you notes; requesting forgotten payments; deeper listening; forgiving and asking for forgiveness; curing illnesses; offering warmth to others
Sharks are said to have a sixth sense. They have the ability to detect electromagnetic fields thanks to some of their sensory organs. These organs help them to locate their prey in the ocean. Sharks can also smell blood, albeit in minute quantities and at a distance of over a kilometer.
Sharks' sixth sense is why this totem represents intelligence and instinct. The energy of this spirit animal takes over your life when you're hesitant. It pushes you to take action and bring your intentions to life. The shark also supports you in saying what needs to be said and doing what needs to be done.
With this spirit guide in your life, you'll become more curious and observant. The shark encourages you to sharpen your mind and use it to your advantage. It helps you think through the best strategy to achieve your goals.
The shark, that predator of the oceans, has the power to make you more perceptive and fearless. They're extremely cool-headed, and very good at tactics and strategy. He never refuses a confrontation. –fauna-protect.com
Observations by Mayan Spiritual Guides:
9 Toj This is a day on which women make offerings for the gift of their children, and where men make offerings for the women. It is a day to acknowledge the sacrifices made by the women in your life.
The combination of the number 9 with the nawal of payment gives rise to two important aspects of today. Firstly, the number 9 represents life itself, and our ability to reproduce. Toj days are days on which to make ceremonies, offerings or payments.
As such, today is a day on which offerings are made for fertility, for the ability to reproduce. In particular, this aspect is pertinent to women. It is a day of women’s ceremonies, a day of thanksgiving for the divine feminine essence.
The second aspect could be seen more from a male perspective, although not exclusively. This is a day to make offerings to the women in your life for the sacrifices they have made to sustain life. Again, it is a thanksgiving for what the divine feminine energy, and those who embody it, bring into our lives.
The energy of 9 Toj may represent what you might consider to be a life debt. –Mark Elmy
9 Toj What if the way we live is how we give thanks?
The force of Toj lies in its deep connection to the power of gratitude. Toj inspires us to understand and honor our path, to reconcile with the past that has shaped us, and to be grateful for everything we have lived—both the positive and the difficult—because in the end, each experience is part of what we need for our evolution. B’elejeb’ represents our spiritual realm, awakening our intuition and connecting us with the more subtle energies and wisdom.
These energies remind us of the power we hold when we express gratitude—for life, for what we have, for what we experience, for all we know and are. But beyond being thankful, we are called to put our gratitude into action, to fall in love with our life, to do the things that bring us joy, to live the spiritual experience of purposefully creating the moments that reveal the beauty of existence. –Denise Barrios
✍🏼 Journal Prompts of the Day:
In what areas of my life do I feel energetic imbalances? How can I consciously give back or claim what I have rightfully earned to restore harmony?
What subtle blessings or exchanges have I noticed recently in my relationships, projects, or daily life?
How can I cultivate deeper awareness and gratitude for these interactions?
