Trecena of Aq'ab'al: Duality, Transitions & New Possibilities

Energy Theme for February 19th - March 3rd, 2025

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Aq’ab’al
Dawn • Dusk • Duality • Polarity • First Ray of Light • Renewal • Hope • Potential • Beginnings • Light & Dark • Transition • Revelation • Clarity • Marriage • Rest & Replenishment • Digestion • Conceptualizing • Maturity

Direction: East
Colors: Red, Black, Orange

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Aq’ab’al Glyph: The glyph signifies the owl and represents the light and dark at the same time. The two circumferences at the top represent the energy of creation, and the dots below represent receptive energy. –Carlos Barrios

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Aq’ab’al symbolizes twilight: darkness and the first rays of light ushering in a new day and budding stages of life. Representing polarity - light and darkness, dawn and sunset, creativity and receptivity - it heralds new beginnings, hope, youthfulness, and innovation. Like two sides of a coin, opposites meet and merge, each containing a part of the other.

As a force of renewal, Aq'ab'al signifies breaking free from monotony, letting go of the old, and embracing new directions or realities. It represents both the incubation and the initial materialization of potential, concepts, or ideas, emerging from the dark void of possibility into the light of creation.

Aq'ab'al aids us navigating changes and reconciling opposing forces with grace and fluidity. Its essence teaches us to digest and learn from the past, fueling our awakening in the present. –Diana P.

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Today is Jun (1) Aq’ab’al, kicking off a new Trecena (13-Day cycle theme) .

1 is birth and beginnings.
This 13-day period facilitates self-awareness of our light and dark aspects, acceptance, and surrender to emerging realities. It supports the process of forgiving the past, embracing the present, and planning for the future.

Rest and rejuvenation are encouraged, with attention to dreams and exploration of liminal states. These practices enhance receptivity, reshaping consciousness as an open vessel for positive opportunities.

This time is particularly auspicious for embracing new opportunities, stabilizing ongoing projects, gaining clarity on our life path, and nurturing partnerships and romantic relationships. –Diana P.

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Mesoamerican Mythos [Excerpts]:

"During the interval time between the end of the Third World and beginning of the Fourth, there was a time of darkness, a time when our Four Jaguar Fathers led the first people away from Tulan, and according to the Pop Wuj, for a long time they wandered in darkness. In other versions of the story, the early people wandered through a kind of half-light, with only the dim glow of the Morning Star to guide them.

The Pop Wuj tells us that they gathered upon the mountain called Hacavitz, where they wept to see the light of Venus, the Morning Star. The Four Jaguar Fathers made an offering, burning so much copal that great clouds rose into the sky.

At last, the sun rose upon the Fourth World. Birds and animals cried out for joy, and so did the people, laughing and weeping at the same time. This day sign personifies that "dawning" which is so important in all Mesoamerican myth. In a sense (since the world 'aq'ab' actually means 'night') this day sign is symbolic of the polarity of night and day, darkness and light. 

Many Mesoamerican myths refer to that "in-between time" when the early people wandered in a world illuminated only by stars; some scholars refer to this as the 'auroral' phase of Mesoamerican myth." 
-Kenneth Johnson, Mayan Calendar Astrology

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Bat Spirit Animal

“Death and Birth”, “Potential”, “Epiphany”, “Courage to Face the Dark”

Bat connotes both death and birth together, which are among our most profoundly mystical concepts. It is one of the great shamanic initiation rights to understand the death and birth principal.

So deeply does it need to be understood that it is learned either through ceremonial ritual or unexpected authentic near-death experiences. But just because bat carries an ostensibly extreme implication does not mean that if you receive bat medicine you are in for such a harsh experience.

Rebirth happens gently every morning when you wake or unexpectedly when emerging from an icy river dip. Rebirth occurs when you become a parent or by having an epiphany. If bat medicine has found you, surrender, welcome your new self to the world, and allow yourself to grieve the part you left behind. -Brynja Magnusson

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