Here are the days of the Chol Q’ij mapped onto the Gregorian month of November 2024.
Events
The day of 5th November 2024 will be 12 No’j. It will be the second appearance of the Mam, 12 No’j, who took on the burden of time on 19th February 2024. One way this could be seen is that the first 260 days are the days when the corn is grown under the full light and power of the Mam. Now as the dry season approaches, his power wanes. This 105-day period will end when the new Mam, 13 Iq’, takes his seat on 18th February 2025. This is known as the Solar new year.
One of the important cross-quarter days within archeoastronomy is Samhain. This does not fall on 31st October as some might believe, but on 7th November (22:12 UTC). To me, it is far more important to tie such an event to solar and celestial events rather than the Gregorian calendar. It is seen within the Celtic calendar as the first day of winter. In Guatemala this day corresponds with the acronycal rising of the Pleiades, this important star cluster rising on the eastern horizon at sunset. It is possible that this event was taken as an important indicator of the beginning of the dry season by ancient Maya astronomers.
This month also brings us two meteor showers, the Taurid meteor shower on the 4th/5th and the Leonids on the 17th/18th.
13 Iq’ / 2025 Calendar
My 13 Iq’ (2025) calendar is now available. The calendar shows the days of the Chol Q’ij, formatted onto the Gregorian calendar. At this moment it is only available in electronic (pdf) format in both English and Spanish. Later in November, it will be available physically, locally to Lake Atitlan in Guatemala and through Soul Lift Cacao in the USA. See this link for details on how to get your pdf.
Google Calendar Plugin
For the more technically minded I have also created a plugin for Google Calendar. This enables you to track the days of the sacred calendar on your smartphone. In this way, you can ensure that your activities are aligned to the most conducive energies! I have also added a description to every day, just click on the day name. It is available for purchase here.
Calendar Workshop
If you would like to dive deeper into the sacred calendar, I will be running a workshop via Zoom from 10 am – 2 pm (Guatemala time, UTC -6) from 2nd – 6th December 2024. There are currently spaces available. For more information, please go to https://thefourpillars.net/?page_id=1120
Please click the calendar for a larger version to print out if you would like to. Below the calendar are clickable links to my interpretation of the energy of each of the days.
| Gregorian date | Day Name (Clickable) | Keywords, ideas, concepts |
|---|---|---|
| November | ||
| 1 | 8 Aj | Ceremony for harmony in the home and civic leadership |
| 2 | 9 Ix | The day of Mother Earth, women's magic, magical side of life |
| 3 | 10 Tz'ikin | Vision for prosperity of the community |
| 4 | 11 Ajmak | Many ways of forgiving |
| 5 | 12 No'j | Ideas forged from the experience of life |
| 6 | 13 Tijax | Divination for healing, spirit empowers discernment |
| 7 | 1 Kawok | Clearing the way for new life to enter, re-birthing |
| 8 | 2 Ajpu | Divinity through self sacrifice, seeing the holy in partnership |
| 9 | 3 Imox | Inner creativity, obstructed connection to the collective |
| 10 | 4 Iq' | Stabilising change in the physical through solid words |
| 11 | 5 Aq'ab'al | Work to bring the dream into being, the new concept |
| 12 | 6 K'at | Stabilising the abundance, gathering divine inspiration |
| 13 | 7 Kan | Finalising the wisdom, choosing how to employ power |
| 14 | 8 Kame | Marriage day, Ceremony for the ancestors |
| 15 | 9 Kej | Empowerment of female spiritual leaders, the high priestess |
| 16 | 10 Q'anil | Garden day, co-operation brings abundance |
| 17 | 11 Toj | Settling many debts |
| 18 | 12 Tz'i | Faith in life comes through experience, as does justice |
| 19 | 13 B'atz | Spirit empowers creativity, Weaving ancestral patterns |
| 20 | 1 E' | The new path begins |
| 21 | 2 Aj | Harmony in the home and relationship |
| 22 | 3 Ix | Challenges to external magic, look inside yourself to find it |
| 23 | 4 Tz'ikin | Stabilises the vision into the physical, brings physical prosperity |
| 24 | 5 Ajmak | Working towards forgiveness brings sweetness |
| 25 | 6 No'j | Physical plans, divinely inspired |
| 26 | 7 Tijax | The final cut, completion of the healing |
| 27 | 8 Kawok | Ceremony for the newborn and their mothers, rain ceremony |
| 28 | 9 Ajpu | The divine feminine, seeing the divinity in life |
| 29 | 10 Imox | The collective dream, community consciousness |
| 30 | 11 Iq' | Communication from many directions, unpredictable changes |