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5 Tijaax
Citando a Julian Katari del 25/05/2025, 12:23 am
It's all bad.
Negativity in this trecena will not fully go away, nor in life; we are being taught to embrace it, understand it. Today comes a little helper. Fun. Finding how to have fun in what apparently is not that fun, that's growing up. I started feeding today from the fresh feeling of knowing and seeing that despite sacrificing my own time for my own fun, I'm giving others, my kids, my mother, hopefully you, a good time, and I must learn that is fun too. If you learn to master this skill, finding fun in what is not fun, then you've made it! It won't be that simple. Let me give you a channeled hint. There are inevitable moments, processes and realities here present. Sure we wish we were somewhere else and at another time, but we're not. Naturally we embrace our disgust, express it, but let's not get stuck in it. And here's the hint: amidst an uncomfortable situation, does bitching about it make it any better?
Work and work again, work here and work there. Fun is work, work is fun, everything is work, everything is effort. A junk society, junk diet and junk mediatic mainstream frenzy will surely infect us with that feebleness of not liking to make an effort and finding discomfort in it, when in fact, according to the numeral five in Mesoamerican worldview, work and fun, effort and pleasure, are the same thing. Then today is an opportunity to marry what had been divorced. That negativity lingering, it's a compass to find the path of least resistance, energy optimization. Do that, flow to what you really want to do, instead of bitching about not being able to do it. The bad is here for now, and for good, don't be a pussy, don't be purist. The bad things you've done, all the shit that you are, is part of you and knowing so and making it better must dance along with that's still you and you won't change overnight. Love your bad ways and discover how they may actually direct you to a uniqueness that simply has no example out there. As long as you're getting somewhere, keep going.
It's all bad.
Negativity in this trecena will not fully go away, nor in life; we are being taught to embrace it, understand it. Today comes a little helper. Fun. Finding how to have fun in what apparently is not that fun, that's growing up. I started feeding today from the fresh feeling of knowing and seeing that despite sacrificing my own time for my own fun, I'm giving others, my kids, my mother, hopefully you, a good time, and I must learn that is fun too. If you learn to master this skill, finding fun in what is not fun, then you've made it! It won't be that simple. Let me give you a channeled hint. There are inevitable moments, processes and realities here present. Sure we wish we were somewhere else and at another time, but we're not. Naturally we embrace our disgust, express it, but let's not get stuck in it. And here's the hint: amidst an uncomfortable situation, does bitching about it make it any better?
Work and work again, work here and work there. Fun is work, work is fun, everything is work, everything is effort. A junk society, junk diet and junk mediatic mainstream frenzy will surely infect us with that feebleness of not liking to make an effort and finding discomfort in it, when in fact, according to the numeral five in Mesoamerican worldview, work and fun, effort and pleasure, are the same thing. Then today is an opportunity to marry what had been divorced. That negativity lingering, it's a compass to find the path of least resistance, energy optimization. Do that, flow to what you really want to do, instead of bitching about not being able to do it. The bad is here for now, and for good, don't be a pussy, don't be purist. The bad things you've done, all the shit that you are, is part of you and knowing so and making it better must dance along with that's still you and you won't change overnight. Love your bad ways and discover how they may actually direct you to a uniqueness that simply has no example out there. As long as you're getting somewhere, keep going.
Citando a Julian Katari del 09/02/2026, 4:59 pmFeeling.
When the time stones where broken we lost the pivot around which we evolved and it sent us to a new level of transformation we are experiencing as we speak. We are lost and out of balance, not knowing when or where we will arrive. Life and the earth will be fine, but we don't know where we stand as mankind. There is no ordering center except money, and it is just a spell (a bad one).
Unfairly we seem to have to face relentless hardship that has nothing to do with our actions. We are putting up with the mess created by others and we cannot account them for it. We can only push ourselves to a new level of strength and prowess that we didn't sign up for, but we must take if we are to make it. The strong ones trying to push the light of peace through the smoke of war, have to do so against their own feelings, which can be at times overwhelming.
Today's nawal asks us to see and feel this feeling, it cannot be described, it is so strong it's unbearable, there is no cry, word or act we can do to express it. The only thing we can do is try and not to be crushed by it, and so we learn to detach, to become someone else, so that we can keep pushing forward regardless of how we feel. This will be the challenge today and tomorrow, having a normal sunny, warm and loving day and yet feel the cold of a winter that is not over, of a process that is not done, of a war that is ongoing, of a goal that is yet not achieved, of a home we are still to arrive to.
Our senses and ways of judgment and morality must be displaced, moved and put on hold. Nothing can be judged from the old, nor the new, as we are in such a transformative, unknown process. The strong ones will be judged for seeming insensitive, but it's quite the contrary, and is the heart of the message of today's nawal. When a warrior faces the challenges, he/she must enter a state where he/she will be able to perform without being drowned by his/her feelings. It doesn't mean he/she has none or doesn't feel, it means that he/she feels so much, that he/she is doing something about it, and that requires not being drowned by the feeling. We don't know if our action is the right one, or if it will have the effect we desire, what we know is that acting is better than not acting. Doing something about it is better than not. May your feeling fuel your actions and not drown you into shock. Rain is coming, and the sun too.
Today invites us to act from feeling. Many times we have the wisdom to let a feeling pass so that we can act from reason, to avoid acting desperately or from poor judgment. The nawal marks this difference and turning point where, yes—at certain times, like today—it is good and necessary to act from feeling and from a state that apparently is not the best, but is the right moment. It is the necessary action to save things. Many times our best actions are carried out not in moments when we feel well and inspired, but in the key moment to act, and often in those moments we find ourselves not in our best state of mind.
Feeling.
When the time stones where broken we lost the pivot around which we evolved and it sent us to a new level of transformation we are experiencing as we speak. We are lost and out of balance, not knowing when or where we will arrive. Life and the earth will be fine, but we don't know where we stand as mankind. There is no ordering center except money, and it is just a spell (a bad one).
Unfairly we seem to have to face relentless hardship that has nothing to do with our actions. We are putting up with the mess created by others and we cannot account them for it. We can only push ourselves to a new level of strength and prowess that we didn't sign up for, but we must take if we are to make it. The strong ones trying to push the light of peace through the smoke of war, have to do so against their own feelings, which can be at times overwhelming.
Today's nawal asks us to see and feel this feeling, it cannot be described, it is so strong it's unbearable, there is no cry, word or act we can do to express it. The only thing we can do is try and not to be crushed by it, and so we learn to detach, to become someone else, so that we can keep pushing forward regardless of how we feel. This will be the challenge today and tomorrow, having a normal sunny, warm and loving day and yet feel the cold of a winter that is not over, of a process that is not done, of a war that is ongoing, of a goal that is yet not achieved, of a home we are still to arrive to.
Our senses and ways of judgment and morality must be displaced, moved and put on hold. Nothing can be judged from the old, nor the new, as we are in such a transformative, unknown process. The strong ones will be judged for seeming insensitive, but it's quite the contrary, and is the heart of the message of today's nawal. When a warrior faces the challenges, he/she must enter a state where he/she will be able to perform without being drowned by his/her feelings. It doesn't mean he/she has none or doesn't feel, it means that he/she feels so much, that he/she is doing something about it, and that requires not being drowned by the feeling. We don't know if our action is the right one, or if it will have the effect we desire, what we know is that acting is better than not acting. Doing something about it is better than not. May your feeling fuel your actions and not drown you into shock. Rain is coming, and the sun too.
Today invites us to act from feeling. Many times we have the wisdom to let a feeling pass so that we can act from reason, to avoid acting desperately or from poor judgment. The nawal marks this difference and turning point where, yes—at certain times, like today—it is good and necessary to act from feeling and from a state that apparently is not the best, but is the right moment. It is the necessary action to save things. Many times our best actions are carried out not in moments when we feel well and inspired, but in the key moment to act, and often in those moments we find ourselves not in our best state of mind.
Citando a Julian Katari del 27/10/2026, 2:14 pmEdge off.
Arriving to and being bound by right relation is a landing that can be done with or without landing gear. It's a check that comes, a receipt we will have to pay, not because we owe something, but because we must downsize to fit into this living world. Today's nawal is what occurs after this check comes. For many who are lost in their quest for right relation, it may show as a violent crash or a crisis that arrives for this very reason: to keep us in check, to snip off that which is in excess. For these high flyers, today may come as flying off the edge.
To those already in the conscious quest for right relation, today's nawal may show as the opportunity or the need to take the edge off. It is only natural—may these words be of solace—that we feel the excess of situations and the heavy weight of a world that is out of balance. It affects us and passes its check, no matter how much we outsmart the system. If we are naturally keeping ourselves in check and remaining close to what our natural vessels can carry, then this extra weight and excess can be safely taken off. Seeking to do something that "takes the edge off" is blessed under today's nawal.
On the contrary, if our life is a constant living on the edge, where we are perpetually trying to take the edge off just to cope, then doing so in the usual manner will do no good. In this case, we can choose to go without, or to face the edge we live on and slowly start walking toward a more tranquil place.
In any case, today's surgeon brings peace by means of removal—either through a very intense situation that forces the removal of excess, or through a very peaceful acceptance of that excess's existence. Work today must be experienced as a relief, not a burden. And beyond today, this nawal leaves the eternal lesson that coming into right relation means a necessary sacrifice and letting go: a painful cutting away whose hurt is only temporary and brings the definitive relief of healing.
The Obsidian Blade / The Flint / The Healer's Scalpel / The Sacred Mirror (Tijax) represents the razor-sharp flint knife, the obsidian blade used in ancient ceremonies and surgeries, sudden truth, lightning, the cutting away of illusions, and the decisive separation of the sacred from the profane. It is the nawal of traditional healers (curanderos), surgeons, spiritual warriors, and those who wield the sharp edge of truth to excise corruption and restore health. In its fifth position (Job'), it brings the frequency of center, realization, empowerment, the hand that acts, and the dynamic application of power into the physical plane.
To embody Five Tijax is to step onto the operating table of the universe and submit willingly to the surgeon's blade. It demands that you stop clinging to the toxic excess, dead weight, and jagged edges accumulated during your flight through a world out of balance. At this fifth station of the trecena of I'x—moving through the intent of One I'x, the dreamtime mirror of Two Tz'ikin, the ancestral faults of Three Ajmaq, and the structural intellect of Four N'oj—Tijax arrives with absolute precision to cut away what no longer serves the living architecture of right relation. It reminds us that true healing is never gentle at first; it requires a sharp, clean cut to release the infection so that the soul can finally land safely and breathe in peace.
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The Day Sign: Tecpatl (Flint / Obsidian Knife)
Position: 18th Day Sign of the 260-day Tonalpohualli (corresponding to Tijax in the Maya Cholq'ij).
Codex Borgia Location: Integrated within the sacred divinatory panels governing the sequence of the twenty day-signs (such as Plates 17 and 18).
Iconography: Rendered as a stylized ritual flint or obsidian blade (tecpatl), featuring a chipped stone silhouette, a sharp double-edged profile, and often adorned with a pair of glaring eyes and a bared maw, bringing the sacrificial stone to life as an autonomous spiritual entity.
Sign Dynamics & Mechanics:
The Blade of Separation and Truth: Tecpatl represents the flint knife of sacrifice, sudden lightning, the surgical instrument of truth, and the precise cutting away of illusions.
The Conduit Between Dimensions: It governs celestial fire, war, decisive moments, vows, contracts, and the sharp boundary dividing the mortal realm from the sacred realm of the gods.
2. Patron Deity of the Sign: Chalchiuhtlicue (Goddess of Water, Rivers, and Lakes)
In the primary divinatory layers of the Codex Borgia (such as Plate 18), the governing patron deity presiding over Tecpatl is Chalchiuhtlicue ("She of the Jade Skirt").
Iconography:
Depicted wearing a characteristic blue-green hue, an elaborate headdress adorned with tassels and water lilies, and a cascading skirt made of precious polished jade beads symbolizing flowing rivers and churning waters.
Theological Role & Cosmic Domain:
The Waters of Purification and Rebirth: While water is life-giving, Chalchiuhtlicue also commands torrential floods, whirlpools, and the deep, drowning waters of chaos (as seen in her role in ending the previous Fourth Sun, Atonatiuh).
The Alchemy of the Blade and the Wave: As the patron of Tecpatl, Chalchiuhtlicue represents the cooling, cleansing, and tempering force that follows the sharp cut of the obsidian knife. Just as a blade is forged and quenched in water to hold its edge, the rigorous, piercing truth of Tecpatl requires the emotional depth, purification, and fluidity of Chalchiuhtlicue to wash away infection and restore life.
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Edge off.
Arriving to and being bound by right relation is a landing that can be done with or without landing gear. It's a check that comes, a receipt we will have to pay, not because we owe something, but because we must downsize to fit into this living world. Today's nawal is what occurs after this check comes. For many who are lost in their quest for right relation, it may show as a violent crash or a crisis that arrives for this very reason: to keep us in check, to snip off that which is in excess. For these high flyers, today may come as flying off the edge.
To those already in the conscious quest for right relation, today's nawal may show as the opportunity or the need to take the edge off. It is only natural—may these words be of solace—that we feel the excess of situations and the heavy weight of a world that is out of balance. It affects us and passes its check, no matter how much we outsmart the system. If we are naturally keeping ourselves in check and remaining close to what our natural vessels can carry, then this extra weight and excess can be safely taken off. Seeking to do something that "takes the edge off" is blessed under today's nawal.
On the contrary, if our life is a constant living on the edge, where we are perpetually trying to take the edge off just to cope, then doing so in the usual manner will do no good. In this case, we can choose to go without, or to face the edge we live on and slowly start walking toward a more tranquil place.
In any case, today's surgeon brings peace by means of removal—either through a very intense situation that forces the removal of excess, or through a very peaceful acceptance of that excess's existence. Work today must be experienced as a relief, not a burden. And beyond today, this nawal leaves the eternal lesson that coming into right relation means a necessary sacrifice and letting go: a painful cutting away whose hurt is only temporary and brings the definitive relief of healing.
The Obsidian Blade / The Flint / The Healer's Scalpel / The Sacred Mirror (Tijax) represents the razor-sharp flint knife, the obsidian blade used in ancient ceremonies and surgeries, sudden truth, lightning, the cutting away of illusions, and the decisive separation of the sacred from the profane. It is the nawal of traditional healers (curanderos), surgeons, spiritual warriors, and those who wield the sharp edge of truth to excise corruption and restore health. In its fifth position (Job'), it brings the frequency of center, realization, empowerment, the hand that acts, and the dynamic application of power into the physical plane.
To embody Five Tijax is to step onto the operating table of the universe and submit willingly to the surgeon's blade. It demands that you stop clinging to the toxic excess, dead weight, and jagged edges accumulated during your flight through a world out of balance. At this fifth station of the trecena of I'x—moving through the intent of One I'x, the dreamtime mirror of Two Tz'ikin, the ancestral faults of Three Ajmaq, and the structural intellect of Four N'oj—Tijax arrives with absolute precision to cut away what no longer serves the living architecture of right relation. It reminds us that true healing is never gentle at first; it requires a sharp, clean cut to release the infection so that the soul can finally land safely and breathe in peace.
SUPPORT THIS WORK. This website and the Circulo de Medicina IS NOT a successful business. We are IN DEBT to keep this going. We are currently without funds to pay for the coming renovation of domain and hosting for this website. Please support it with a small donation: DONATE
RESEARCH
The Day Sign: Tecpatl (Flint / Obsidian Knife)
Position: 18th Day Sign of the 260-day Tonalpohualli (corresponding to Tijax in the Maya Cholq'ij).
Codex Borgia Location: Integrated within the sacred divinatory panels governing the sequence of the twenty day-signs (such as Plates 17 and 18).
Iconography: Rendered as a stylized ritual flint or obsidian blade (tecpatl), featuring a chipped stone silhouette, a sharp double-edged profile, and often adorned with a pair of glaring eyes and a bared maw, bringing the sacrificial stone to life as an autonomous spiritual entity.
Sign Dynamics & Mechanics:
The Blade of Separation and Truth: Tecpatl represents the flint knife of sacrifice, sudden lightning, the surgical instrument of truth, and the precise cutting away of illusions.
The Conduit Between Dimensions: It governs celestial fire, war, decisive moments, vows, contracts, and the sharp boundary dividing the mortal realm from the sacred realm of the gods.
2. Patron Deity of the Sign: Chalchiuhtlicue (Goddess of Water, Rivers, and Lakes)
In the primary divinatory layers of the Codex Borgia (such as Plate 18), the governing patron deity presiding over Tecpatl is Chalchiuhtlicue ("She of the Jade Skirt").
Iconography:
Depicted wearing a characteristic blue-green hue, an elaborate headdress adorned with tassels and water lilies, and a cascading skirt made of precious polished jade beads symbolizing flowing rivers and churning waters.
Theological Role & Cosmic Domain:
The Waters of Purification and Rebirth: While water is life-giving, Chalchiuhtlicue also commands torrential floods, whirlpools, and the deep, drowning waters of chaos (as seen in her role in ending the previous Fourth Sun, Atonatiuh).
The Alchemy of the Blade and the Wave: As the patron of Tecpatl, Chalchiuhtlicue represents the cooling, cleansing, and tempering force that follows the sharp cut of the obsidian knife. Just as a blade is forged and quenched in water to hold its edge, the rigorous, piercing truth of Tecpatl requires the emotional depth, purification, and fluidity of Chalchiuhtlicue to wash away infection and restore life.
SUPPORT THIS WORK. This website and the Circulo de Medicina IS NOT a successful business. We are IN DEBT to keep this going. We are currently without funds to pay for the coming renovation of domain and hosting for this website. Please support it with a small donation: DONATE