When people picture the Maya, they picture pyramids. Towering stone steps rising out of the jungle, cut so precisely they still stand a thousand years later. Most visitors walk up and take a photo and walk back down, and that is a perfectly good way to spend an afternoon. But a pyramid like El Castillo … Read more

When most people hear the words “Mayan pictographs,” they picture something carved into stone. Beautiful, yes, but dead. A puzzle for archaeologists to decode with brushes and lamps. I understand why. For a long time that is exactly how the West treated these symbols. But the more time you spend with them, the more you … Read more

Whenever people talk about “the mysteries of the Mayan calendar,” their minds usually jump straight to one thing: the end of the world. A stone wheel, a countdown, December 2012, and a great deal of noise. I understand why. It made for a good story. But after living with this system for more than fifteen … Read more

Mayan calendar astrology is one of the oldest ways human beings have found to answer a simple question: who am I, and why now? It does not read the stars the way Western astrology does. It reads time itself. The Maya noticed that every single day carries its own energy, and that the day you … Read more

Something quiet has been happening in the spiritual world over the last twenty years. People stopped asking astrology to tell them the future, and started asking it to tell them the truth about themselves. Walk into a yoga studio, a breathwork circle, or a meditation retreat today and you hear the same words again and … Read more

Most people who find their Mayan sign stop at the animal. They read “I am an Eagle” or “I am a Deer” and feel they have their answer. They have half of it. In the Maya count, every single day carries a sign and a number, and that number is doing quiet, powerful work behind … Read more

The Maya Long Count is the great clock of the ages, a running count of days that frames every world cycle, including 2012. Here is how it works, in plain language.

The living Maya never predicted the end of the world in 2012. Here is what December 21, 2012, the day the Long Count cycle turned, actually meant.

Some Mayan signs announce themselves. The Serpent walks into a room and you feel it. The Jaguar watches you from the corner of the night. The Deer is quieter than that. If you were born under the Deer, people tend to lean on you before they can explain why, and you have probably spent your … Read more

One of you asked me a wonderful question recently: “I wonder if you have looked at expanding to incorporate the Haab signs?” It is a sharp question, and it deserves an honest answer. Yes, I have looked closely. And the short version is this: the Haab does not tell us much about personality. The Maya … Read more