Trecena of Tijax: Cuts, Truth & Purification
Energy Theme for September 2nd - September 14th, 2024
Day 1 of 13 in the Tijax Trecena: Cuts, Truth & Purification
1 (Jun): Beginning • Unity • Purity • Thought • Vision • Intent • Individual • Creation • Strength • Openings • Will • Resoluteness • Action
Pronunciation: “Hoon”
Tijax: Knife • Obsidian • Purification • Cutting • Separation • Healing • Truth • Surgery • Precision • Discernment • Refinement • Tenacious • Warrior
Pronunciation: “Teehash”
Direction: South
Sacred Animal: Toucan, Swordfish, Wolf
Energy Places: Lightning Storms, Cliffs, Waterfalls, Caves, Caverns
Colors: Black, Purple
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—nawal of the obsidian blade—mirrors the penetrating clarity and sharpness of this ancient stone. Just as obsidian reflects reality with its clear and polished surface, Tijax serves as a mirror of truth to ourselves and to those around us.
Linked to the force of thunder, lightning, and volcanoes, Tijax acts as a tenacious energy that cuts through disharmony, negativity, and disease to restore balance. The flint knife’s double edge signifies healing, integrity, liberation, and new understanding on one side, while the other bears sorrow, separation, pain, and potential discord.
Carrying agility in navigating both spiritual and physical realms, Tijax grants the ability to discern and sever what no longer serves with precision. It opens channels for healing and restoration in all aspects of life. As the sign of healers and warriors, Tijax embodies purification and active rebalancing. Intentional acts of cleaning, cutting, and pruning—whether in conflict, illness, or facing harsh truths—become fierce compassion that brings greater harmony. –Diana P.
1 Tijax
Today is Jun (1) Tijax, kicking off a new Trecena (13-Day cycle theme) .
1 is birth and beginnings.
This 13-day cycle calls for clarity, healing, and authentic expression. Guided by its Toucan medicine, it emphasizes the power of discerning communication—knowing when to speak and when silence is an act of wisdom. As the obsidian blade pierces deception and negativity, it also teaches that words can wound. Its wisdom lies in speaking with clear intention.
This period offers guidance for navigating life’s complexities, showing that deep healing can arise from both restful surrender and decisively overcoming challenge. On this healing quest we learn to act on releasing what no longer serves while also recognizing when to repair and nurture.
With honest self-examination, we can discern what supports our growth, and what’s ready to be released to create space for something new. Whether cutting out falsehoods, dysfunction, or stories we’ve outgrown, these sacrificial acts become offerings to life, opening new dimensions of freedom, restoration, and truth. –Diana P.
Tijax Mesoamerican Mythos
[Excerpts]
"This day sign symbolized by an obsidian knife (chay), represents the experience of Chaim Ha, the place of punishment or flint stones. Seen from the vantage point of its darker side, this day can be the nawal of suffering and of sudden death.
And yet, the Hero Twins (from the Pop Wuj texts) discover, the same knife that slashes our skin can also be used to supply us with food.
They pacify the flying knives by reminding them of that fact, and therefore they emerge from their trial the next morning, whole of body and soul, the knives of suffering and sudden death transformed into an agricultural tool, or at best, into the scalpel of the healer. Tijax has a special connection with the mineral world, and with stones."
–Kenneth Johnson
Toucan Spirit Animal:
Toucans stand for new opportunities. If you find yourself in a difficult or complicated situation, dealing with a toucan spirit animal can assist you in breaking free and moving ahead.
The toucan’s beak is strongly related to its spiritual meaning. The big, curved beak represents the power to see what others can’t. It also serves as a symbol of the effectiveness of communication. The Toucan is regarded as a spirit animal of higher wisdom because it can communicate directly with our subconscious minds.
The toucan serves as a spiritual teacher who encourages us to embrace plenty and impart our knowledge to others. Toucans are joyful birds that try to improve the world via their inspiration and leadership.
✍🏼 Journal Prompts of the Day:
What is the strongest intention for purification I feel called to set today?
Where in my life am I being invited to see beyond appearances, envisioning new possibilities or openings that others may not yet perceive?
How can I focus on authentic communication today to inspire, heal, or open new possibilities for myself and others?
I’m wondering how you would suggest we tune more deeply into these energies when indoors. I find them subtle, and it feels much easier when I’m away from digital clocks and surrounded by open nature.