Fatih Keçelioğlu

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

The Maya built their calendar from centuries of naked-eye skywatching. Here is how that sky became the Tzolk’in, and the day sign you carry today.

At first glance, the Mayan zodiac and Western astrology look like cousins. Both start with your birthday. Both connect the sky above to the life you are living down here. Both have been used for centuries to make sense of who we are and when to act. But the moment you look closer, you find … Read more