Archive for May, 2008»
Tags: Calendar, Communications, Consciousness, Days, Heavens, Mayan, Nights, Tones, Tun, Underworlds, Writing
Each Underworld within the Tun calendar is divided into thirteen equal sections referred to the 13 Heavens or 7 Days and 6 Nights. These Days and Nights are each ruled by a specific deity. The events that occur within these Heavens manifest according to the energy of the 13 deities. This includes major events like the actions of governments, as well as the smaller actions of every individual. By becoming conscious of this 13-step cycle you begin to see a much larger picture when coupled with the comprehension of the 9 Underworlds.
Each Underworld begins with an initial event that kicks off the incoming consciousness. The 7 Days (of divine creation) are all new opportunities for a growth in consciousness to occur. The 6 Nights are a time of rest and application, any new developments that take place within a day are usually applied within the following Night. The 7 Days are also related to a different stage in a plant’s life. This begins with the development of a seed and as we work our way through stage by stage developing our new incoming consciousness, our new seed begins to flower and soon after develop its fruit. We are currently between the flowering and fruition of our Galactic consciousness and on November 13th 2008 the fruition process will begin.
Tags: Calendar, Consciousness, Days, Heavens, Mayan, Nights, Pyramid, Tun, Underworlds
The 9 Underworlds of the Tun are one of the most interesting topics to cover in my opinion. They begin with a Cellular cycle and continue stage by stage as the collective consciousness evolves on a very clear schedule. As I have already covered, each Underworld is divided into 13 equal parts (also known as the 13 Heavens, or the 7 Days and 6 Nights) which I will be covering in the next part of this series. First, I will be covering the individual Underworlds, showing you the type of consciousness each of them is developing.
Carl Calleman, My son Kaylum and myself in Seattle
This isn’t related to the Mayan calendar, but I would just like to point out that this blog uses Gravatar as part of the comment system.
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Tags: Calendar, Consciousness, Days, Heavens, Levels, Mayan, Nights, Pyramid, Tun, Underworlds
Today I will be introducing a new series which will focus on the Tun (toon) calendar system. Learning about the Tun is a great opportunity to get to the deeper information. This will also give you the opportunity to really discover what the calendar system is all about. Rather than the Mayan calendar ending in 2012 with a major negative catastrophic event, it ends October 28, 2011. I will show you why the end of this calendar system has a much more positive result. I will be covering this information in stages as I have so far with the Tzolkin series. I will first cover the basics and then move into the details. Eventually I will cover information related to events happening today and show you how they are directly connected with this calendar.
I received a comment over the weekend about the entry Tzolkin #1 - The Mayan Numbering System. Apparently I didn’t clarify the information properly, which I will blame on being lazy. I did intend to cover more information from the beginning including some basic mathematics, but since I took the easy route I need to make sure I cover that information now. I will cover this quickly so I can get started on something new. I have to make up for a few days of downtime as a result of going camping.
The Maya counted a dot as 1 and a line, or bar as 5 as we covered in the already. When you count a 6 you use a bar with a dot stacked on top. When you count 11 you use 2 lines and a dot stacked upon those. If you would like to see what the numbers 0 through 19 look like refer to the link in the paragraph above.
I would like to welcome all of the new visitors coming from all over the world. I have been keeping track of readers since I officially launched the site a few days ago. It has been really amazing to see where all the traffic is coming from. So far, 13 different countries have found the site and I’m just getting started. I don’t think I’ve found my voice quite yet on this blog and this might take a little time, but I’m starting to feel a little bit more comfortable.
Covering all of this information in a way that won’t bore anyone, and making sure I use some variation has been a little difficult so far. But like I’ve said, this is something very new to me. Since I have a passion for the Mayan calendar and sharing it with others I believe this blog has a lot of potential.
I will be meeting with Dr. Carl Johan Calleman within the month and having coffee and discussion this blog. I hope to get some feedback and ideas while I give him an idea of what I want to accomplish. I will share the important parts of our meeting after it happens but it’s going to be a few weeks. So, again, I welcome all of the new visitors and invite anyone to comment in any of the posts.
One very important thing I would like to cover is why the clock has absolutely no value from my perspective, and why using it is absolutely not required in using the Mayan calendar. The clock is required in order to keep track of when a day ends and a new day begins. Without the clock you wouldn’t know when to go to get up, when to go to work, or how to function. Many societies are completely lost and dependent on the clock which is a very scary fact.
This morning I decided that today’s post in the Tzolkin series would only consist of small details for each Mayan Tone and Glyph. I will be starting two new series of posts to cover this information in the near future. I plan on writing an entry dedicated to each Tone and Glyph so I can cover the details with a more in depth and dedicated approach. By doing so I will give myself the opportunity to discuss this information in my own words, which will in the end give me an even deeper understanding of each specific day. For now, this is a collection of the basic details including the images to go along with the Mayan date calculator.
The Tzolkin calendar (zol-keen) which means “Count of Days”. This calendar system is used to describe a personality, an event, or just about anything else you could possibly imagine. This calendar system has a very deep rooted connection to the evolution of consciousness. This is the personal and astrological calendar of the Maya, and is also known as the “Sacred Calendar”. From my personal experience, I feel that the longer I follow this particular calendar system, the more tuned into the natural rhythms of the cosmos that I become. After following the calendar for a short time I started noticing a connection between the days on the calendar, and events that would happen on each day. A pattern was starting to emerge all around me and becoming aware of this was enough to really ignite my interest. I started seeing a very new, and much larger perspective of the Tzolkin. This wasn’t just a calendar system, it was something much larger than that, and this was starting to become very clear to me now.
The Tzolkin is a 260-day cycle based on two parts, the 13-day cycle of Tones (known as a Trecena) and the 20-day cycle of Glyphs (known as a Uinal). The 13 Tones (which consist of the numbers 1 through 13) each represent something specific and unique, very much like an intention for the day or individual. The 20 Glyphs (or Day Signs) are hieroglyphics based on a particular aspect.
Each day is assigned a specific Tone or Glyph and these change on a daily basis (which changes at sunrise, not at midnight). The 13-day Trecena, and the 20-day Uinal work very much like two gears or cogwheels would work. Each rotating one position per day and working together to form the Tzolkin calendar. 13 x 20 = 260 therefore there are 260 combinations of Tones and Glyphs, which is why the Tzolkin is a 260-day calendar.
In the next part of this series I will cover each of the Tones and Glyphs with a lot more detail. I will cover the astrological parts to the Tzolkin and show you what the properties of each of these represent.
