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9 Tooj
Citando a Julian Katari del 16/05/2025, 1:07 am
Spiritual cleanse.
The shadow story: they can get into your mind but they can't get into your soul. A lot has been said recently about the mind and its power to destroy you. If handled by the shadows and subject to a severely degraded human and natural environment, it will keep you stuck -if you're lucky- otherwise it will drag you down into a lesser state. Luckily most of you have found and grounded your souls. So while this can also apply to you, they won't ever fully get to you, and you keep always the possibility to achieve a full cleanse. Today's nawal gifts us the revelation that one of the greatest shadows the mind casts on us is fanatism. We are biased to keep believing something and the system is there to feed us confirmation to whatever that bias is. When we are not fanatic about something and we truly seek liberation from dogma, self-imposed or not, we discover the unpleasant truth. On a bodily level we stay fanatic too to relationships, moods, self-produced emotions like pain and environments. Today we are invited to take a look and cleanse.
The evil ones have crafted a lie for so long that it fails to describe any truth in it, and they themselves are pray to the belief that some of it is true. All they can do blinded by their creation is drag everyone else down with them, imposing that lie through acculturation, indoctrination or down right coercion. Staying dirty is allowing this to continue and not effectively acting to reverse it. A fire, prayer, cleanse of your altar and modification of your routine with the mind used to say no more, will bring about that necessary change in your body and will set your soul on that level when you've now acknowledged that they can also get to your mind, but that you won't ever give out your soul.
Spiritual cleanse.
The shadow story: they can get into your mind but they can't get into your soul. A lot has been said recently about the mind and its power to destroy you. If handled by the shadows and subject to a severely degraded human and natural environment, it will keep you stuck -if you're lucky- otherwise it will drag you down into a lesser state. Luckily most of you have found and grounded your souls. So while this can also apply to you, they won't ever fully get to you, and you keep always the possibility to achieve a full cleanse. Today's nawal gifts us the revelation that one of the greatest shadows the mind casts on us is fanatism. We are biased to keep believing something and the system is there to feed us confirmation to whatever that bias is. When we are not fanatic about something and we truly seek liberation from dogma, self-imposed or not, we discover the unpleasant truth. On a bodily level we stay fanatic too to relationships, moods, self-produced emotions like pain and environments. Today we are invited to take a look and cleanse.
The evil ones have crafted a lie for so long that it fails to describe any truth in it, and they themselves are pray to the belief that some of it is true. All they can do blinded by their creation is drag everyone else down with them, imposing that lie through acculturation, indoctrination or down right coercion. Staying dirty is allowing this to continue and not effectively acting to reverse it. A fire, prayer, cleanse of your altar and modification of your routine with the mind used to say no more, will bring about that necessary change in your body and will set your soul on that level when you've now acknowledged that they can also get to your mind, but that you won't ever give out your soul.
Citando a Julian Katari del 31/01/2026, 1:38 pmForgive.
The book of divinations spells all kinds of disgraces and atrocities for a day like today. Luckily for us we are living, or coming to live, in a world that is alive, not mechanical, and where thus there is no exact recipe for unique alignments, or there kind of is; but they have to go through a chef, please be seated. Without the open heartedness to channel and share what is channeled, I would be cornered into serving something like what the recipe book says. It's simpler and easier, wouldn't be all so true, and you would all probably be more engaged with me as a person. The price of transparency.
Turns out that against predictions and forecasts, which can be foreseen thanks to knowing the ingredients in recipe books, there is always something much more profound happening that is not ever bound by anything prewritten. It cannot be prewritten, otherwise it wouldn't be alive. That's the secret to life, to animist life. There is always something outside, greater, far more complex and mysterious, indescribable and non-decomposable, impossible to break into sections or bits, and write them in a book. There is always something loving and caring happening, nothing occurs out of simple procedure and cause and effect, those are just ingredients that a loving cook puts together with a little pinch of secret. I'm not talking about me here, a lord of time is in act, history is his masterpiece.
We have all learned what occurs when we lean too far into excess. When we occupy it with measure, when we harness the power of darkness to do good, we are in a path to birth something greater, good for all. With this our service is given and our mission accomplished. As humans, mediators of the middle world, we must attend to what the sky and the earth asks us to do. We have been asked to touch into darkness and that has burnt our fingers. Today allows the space for the process of forgiving. If we are not attuned to this, then we might be showered by the calamities the combination for today predicts. The big lesson is that forgiving is not something we do to others, for others, when we forgive another thing or another person, is so that we can be ourselves in peace with him/her or it. In a way we can only forgive ourselves for judging and expecting differently of others. In not allowing evil and the mistake to manifest, we have pushed it to becoming the main manifestation. Take a look deep into your sense of morality, for it might just be upside down.
Forgive.
The book of divinations spells all kinds of disgraces and atrocities for a day like today. Luckily for us we are living, or coming to live, in a world that is alive, not mechanical, and where thus there is no exact recipe for unique alignments, or there kind of is; but they have to go through a chef, please be seated. Without the open heartedness to channel and share what is channeled, I would be cornered into serving something like what the recipe book says. It's simpler and easier, wouldn't be all so true, and you would all probably be more engaged with me as a person. The price of transparency.
Turns out that against predictions and forecasts, which can be foreseen thanks to knowing the ingredients in recipe books, there is always something much more profound happening that is not ever bound by anything prewritten. It cannot be prewritten, otherwise it wouldn't be alive. That's the secret to life, to animist life. There is always something outside, greater, far more complex and mysterious, indescribable and non-decomposable, impossible to break into sections or bits, and write them in a book. There is always something loving and caring happening, nothing occurs out of simple procedure and cause and effect, those are just ingredients that a loving cook puts together with a little pinch of secret. I'm not talking about me here, a lord of time is in act, history is his masterpiece.
We have all learned what occurs when we lean too far into excess. When we occupy it with measure, when we harness the power of darkness to do good, we are in a path to birth something greater, good for all. With this our service is given and our mission accomplished. As humans, mediators of the middle world, we must attend to what the sky and the earth asks us to do. We have been asked to touch into darkness and that has burnt our fingers. Today allows the space for the process of forgiving. If we are not attuned to this, then we might be showered by the calamities the combination for today predicts. The big lesson is that forgiving is not something we do to others, for others, when we forgive another thing or another person, is so that we can be ourselves in peace with him/her or it. In a way we can only forgive ourselves for judging and expecting differently of others. In not allowing evil and the mistake to manifest, we have pushed it to becoming the main manifestation. Take a look deep into your sense of morality, for it might just be upside down.
Citando a Julian Katari del 18/10/2026, 2:20 pmDeviation.
As we approach the gestating climax, uniqueness must be forged within the gestating being. For this to occur—given that the being reproduces through self-multiplication—a necessary deviation must take place so that it becomes distinct, singular, and ultimately more resilient. A day under this nawal may feel bottled up, engulfed, tightly held together, and forced along a narrow channel. Yet an internal itch demands a purge. A cleanse is essential to preserve vitality and health, and this step is non-negotiable. This cleansing manifests not only as a physical purification of the body, the altar, or the home, but as a deliberate deviation: an urgent necessity to break free from the norm and escape the container that traps us.
This deviation can appear for what it truly is—a venture into the strange, the unaccepted, the bizarre, and the seemingly perverse. It is under this precise frequency that we gain the insight to see how such impulses fit into the overarching process and cycle of creation. Home, the womb, established family patterns, and conditioned ways of being—the passive current of the river—offer the easiest route, and it is natural to follow the path of least resistance. However, the gestating cycle is swelling, bringing a massive influx of water that can no longer be contained within the old riverbanks. The pressure inevitably pushes the waters beyond their traditional boundaries.
In human tribes and lineages, this exact phenomenon manifests as the evolutionary call for a more fertile, visionary member to stray from the bottle of conformity. This individual breaks the rules, steps outside the consensus, or manifests physical differences. This is the mechanism nature employs to force genomic and energetic diversity. If we refuse to venture beyond the accepted boundaries to cross-pollinate, darker, unintegrated deviations will manifest in its place.
This principle operates across many levels: where creative deviation does not find an outlet, a radical cleanse steps in. The physical and the spiritual are united under this nawal, proving that they can never be separated or addressed in isolation. Cleansing the spirit heals the vessel, and restoring the vessel clears the spirit. Listening to the wisdom of the body is listening directly to the soul; they are not distinct—they are one and the same.
The Offering / Sacred Fire / Payment & Reconciliation / Cosmic Equilibrium (Toj) represents the sacred fire, the hearth, the payment of spiritual debts, emotional catharsis, offering, and the law of cause and effect. It is the nawal of purification, payment to nature, cleansing, and restoring equilibrium to the universe through sacrifice and ceremony. In its ninth position (Belejeb'), it brings the force of the divine feminine, the cycle of completion, the nine months of gestation, emotional depth, and the realization of spiritual purpose through the labor of birth.
To embody Nine Toj is to understand that true payment and healing require stepping beyond comfortable boundaries. It demands that you offer up your rigid ideas of normalcy and allow the swelling waters of your vital energy to cleanse both your physical vessel and your spiritual awareness. At this ninth, gestating station of the trecena, Toj takes the entity maturing through this wave—conceived in Imox, voiced in Ik', tested in Ak'ab'al, structured in K'at, vitalized in K'an, given spirit in Keme, grounded in Kej, and planted in Q'anil—and subjects it to the sacred fire of purification and necessary deviation. It reminds us that to give birth to a resilient, unbroken future, we must honor our unique divergence from past dogma, make our offerings freely, and allow the body and soul to heal as a single, undivided whole.
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RESEARCH
In the Codex Borgia (Plate 9), as well as parallel manuscripts of the Borgia Group (Codex Vaticanus B and Codex Cospi), the patron deity who governs the 9th day sign, Atl (Water / corresponding to Toj in the Maya Cholq'ij), is Xiuhtecuhtli ("Lord of Turquoise" / "Lord of the Year"), the ancient Mesoamerican god of fire, the sacred central hearth, time, transformation, and cosmic balance.
1. Visual Depiction in Codex Borgia (Plate 9)
In Plate 9 of the Codex Borgia, where each of the 20 day signs is arrayed alongside its ruling divinity, Xiuhtecuhtli sits enthroned directly over Atl:
Iconographic Identifiers: He is depicted painted in yellow and red facial pigments, wearing a turquoise mosaic diadem (xiuhhuuitzolli) featuring the Xiuhcoatl (Turquoise/Fire Serpent) crest or crown.
The Sacred Hearth Fire: He carries the fire-drilling apparatus (mamalhuaztli), incense pouches, or holds burning embers and copal smoke.
The Counter-Intuitive Dynamic: While the sign itself is Atl (Water), it is presided over by Xiuhtecuhtli (Fire). In Mesoamerican iconography, this pairing forms the iconic diphrasism Atl-Tlachinolli ("Water / Burning Fire"), the sacred glyph for war, transformation, spiritual labor, and the friction that cleanses and generates life.
2. Overview of Atl and Xiuhtecuhtli
Atl (Water): The Sign Dynamics
Sign Number: 9th Day Sign of the 260-day Tonalpohualli (corresponding to Toj / Muluc in the Maya calendar).
Symbolism: Water represents emotional movement, purification, the swelling current, payment of spiritual debts, and the necessity to break out of established containers (deviation).
The Swelling Current: Atl is not stagnant lake water (which belongs to Chalchiuhtlicue); it is the dynamic, unpredictable, cleansing flood that tests boundaries and demands balance.
Xiuhtecuhtli (Lord of Turquoise & Fire): The Governing Deity
Xiuhtecuhtli (Huehueteotl-Xiuhtecuhtli) is the oldest deity in the Central Mexican pantheon, occupying the absolute center (Tlalxicco, "the navel of the earth"):
The Fire at the Center: He is the deity of the sacred hearth fire (tlecuil), around which human homes, temples, and communities are constructed. He is the stabilizing axis around which time, seasons, and years rotate.
Purification & Payment: Fire in Mesoamerica is the primary vehicle for offerings (Toj). Through Xiuhtecuhtli’s flames, human debts, prayers, copal, and blood offerings are burned and transmuted into spiritual smoke, restoring equilibrium to the universe.
The Fire-Water Synthesis (Atl-Tlachinolli): By governing Water (Atl), Xiuhtecuhtli establishes the ultimate alchemy. Water cleanses, but Fire transmutates. Together, they create the steam and friction needed to burn away toxicity and force necessary deviation.
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Deviation.
As we approach the gestating climax, uniqueness must be forged within the gestating being. For this to occur—given that the being reproduces through self-multiplication—a necessary deviation must take place so that it becomes distinct, singular, and ultimately more resilient. A day under this nawal may feel bottled up, engulfed, tightly held together, and forced along a narrow channel. Yet an internal itch demands a purge. A cleanse is essential to preserve vitality and health, and this step is non-negotiable. This cleansing manifests not only as a physical purification of the body, the altar, or the home, but as a deliberate deviation: an urgent necessity to break free from the norm and escape the container that traps us.
This deviation can appear for what it truly is—a venture into the strange, the unaccepted, the bizarre, and the seemingly perverse. It is under this precise frequency that we gain the insight to see how such impulses fit into the overarching process and cycle of creation. Home, the womb, established family patterns, and conditioned ways of being—the passive current of the river—offer the easiest route, and it is natural to follow the path of least resistance. However, the gestating cycle is swelling, bringing a massive influx of water that can no longer be contained within the old riverbanks. The pressure inevitably pushes the waters beyond their traditional boundaries.
In human tribes and lineages, this exact phenomenon manifests as the evolutionary call for a more fertile, visionary member to stray from the bottle of conformity. This individual breaks the rules, steps outside the consensus, or manifests physical differences. This is the mechanism nature employs to force genomic and energetic diversity. If we refuse to venture beyond the accepted boundaries to cross-pollinate, darker, unintegrated deviations will manifest in its place.
This principle operates across many levels: where creative deviation does not find an outlet, a radical cleanse steps in. The physical and the spiritual are united under this nawal, proving that they can never be separated or addressed in isolation. Cleansing the spirit heals the vessel, and restoring the vessel clears the spirit. Listening to the wisdom of the body is listening directly to the soul; they are not distinct—they are one and the same.
The Offering / Sacred Fire / Payment & Reconciliation / Cosmic Equilibrium (Toj) represents the sacred fire, the hearth, the payment of spiritual debts, emotional catharsis, offering, and the law of cause and effect. It is the nawal of purification, payment to nature, cleansing, and restoring equilibrium to the universe through sacrifice and ceremony. In its ninth position (Belejeb'), it brings the force of the divine feminine, the cycle of completion, the nine months of gestation, emotional depth, and the realization of spiritual purpose through the labor of birth.
To embody Nine Toj is to understand that true payment and healing require stepping beyond comfortable boundaries. It demands that you offer up your rigid ideas of normalcy and allow the swelling waters of your vital energy to cleanse both your physical vessel and your spiritual awareness. At this ninth, gestating station of the trecena, Toj takes the entity maturing through this wave—conceived in Imox, voiced in Ik', tested in Ak'ab'al, structured in K'at, vitalized in K'an, given spirit in Keme, grounded in Kej, and planted in Q'anil—and subjects it to the sacred fire of purification and necessary deviation. It reminds us that to give birth to a resilient, unbroken future, we must honor our unique divergence from past dogma, make our offerings freely, and allow the body and soul to heal as a single, undivided whole.
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RESEARCH
In the Codex Borgia (Plate 9), as well as parallel manuscripts of the Borgia Group (Codex Vaticanus B and Codex Cospi), the patron deity who governs the 9th day sign, Atl (Water / corresponding to Toj in the Maya Cholq'ij), is Xiuhtecuhtli ("Lord of Turquoise" / "Lord of the Year"), the ancient Mesoamerican god of fire, the sacred central hearth, time, transformation, and cosmic balance.
1. Visual Depiction in Codex Borgia (Plate 9)
In Plate 9 of the Codex Borgia, where each of the 20 day signs is arrayed alongside its ruling divinity, Xiuhtecuhtli sits enthroned directly over Atl:
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Iconographic Identifiers: He is depicted painted in yellow and red facial pigments, wearing a turquoise mosaic diadem (xiuhhuuitzolli) featuring the Xiuhcoatl (Turquoise/Fire Serpent) crest or crown.
-
The Sacred Hearth Fire: He carries the fire-drilling apparatus (mamalhuaztli), incense pouches, or holds burning embers and copal smoke.
-
The Counter-Intuitive Dynamic: While the sign itself is Atl (Water), it is presided over by Xiuhtecuhtli (Fire). In Mesoamerican iconography, this pairing forms the iconic diphrasism Atl-Tlachinolli ("Water / Burning Fire"), the sacred glyph for war, transformation, spiritual labor, and the friction that cleanses and generates life.
2. Overview of Atl and Xiuhtecuhtli
Atl (Water): The Sign Dynamics
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Sign Number: 9th Day Sign of the 260-day Tonalpohualli (corresponding to Toj / Muluc in the Maya calendar).
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Symbolism: Water represents emotional movement, purification, the swelling current, payment of spiritual debts, and the necessity to break out of established containers (deviation).
-
The Swelling Current: Atl is not stagnant lake water (which belongs to Chalchiuhtlicue); it is the dynamic, unpredictable, cleansing flood that tests boundaries and demands balance.
Xiuhtecuhtli (Lord of Turquoise & Fire): The Governing Deity
Xiuhtecuhtli (Huehueteotl-Xiuhtecuhtli) is the oldest deity in the Central Mexican pantheon, occupying the absolute center (Tlalxicco, "the navel of the earth"):
-
The Fire at the Center: He is the deity of the sacred hearth fire (tlecuil), around which human homes, temples, and communities are constructed. He is the stabilizing axis around which time, seasons, and years rotate.
-
Purification & Payment: Fire in Mesoamerica is the primary vehicle for offerings (Toj). Through Xiuhtecuhtli’s flames, human debts, prayers, copal, and blood offerings are burned and transmuted into spiritual smoke, restoring equilibrium to the universe.
-
The Fire-Water Synthesis (Atl-Tlachinolli): By governing Water (Atl), Xiuhtecuhtli establishes the ultimate alchemy. Water cleanses, but Fire transmutates. Together, they create the steam and friction needed to burn away toxicity and force necessary deviation.
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