DIVINITIES OF THE FOUR WINDS - PATHS OF THE MAYA SKY

The most important figure of the Maya pantheon is Itzamná creator god, lord of fire and of the heart. Its name derives from the words he supposedly gave men to define him, "Itz in Caan, itz in muyal" ("I am the dew of heaven, I am the dew of the clouds"). The itzamnás span the universe and, as in other Mesoamerican cultures, are related to the four cardinal points and their colors: East; Red, White; North   West, black; South, yellow. He is sometimes identified with the creator god Hunab Ku and others with the sun god, Kinich Ahau. It manifested as a woman by the name of Ixchel, goddess of the moon and the feminine arts.

the Bacabs, moreover, appear as holders of the sky, identified with the four cardinal points, a tree (the sacred ceiba) and a bird. Depending on the version of certain Maya peoples, would be sons of Hunab Ku, supreme and omnipotent deity.

Cardinal Point - North

XAMAN - Divinity of the White Wind

Spirit of the Path: Sac Chic Chac 

color = white / element = air / polarity = positive 

IK  - THE WIND

Cardinal Point - East

LAKIN - Divinity of the Red Wind

Spirit of the Path: Chack Chic Chac 

color =  red / element = fire / polarity = positive

CABAN - THE EARTH

Cardinal Point - West

CHIKIN - Divinity of the Black Wind

Spirit of the Path: Ek Chic Chac 

color =  black  element = water  polarity = negative

CAUAC - THE STORM

Cardinal Point - South

NOHOL - Divinity of the Yellow Wind

Spirit of the Path: Kan Chic Chac 

color =  yellow / element = earth / polarity = negative

LAMAT - THE STAR 

This New Era is the beginning of a new Maya Baktun, and the AH’Kins are decoding the teachings for the next 400 years in time, making us guardians of the wisdom, responsibilities, and the new human capabilities it will bring us.

Understanding time from the Maya perspective is essential to enter Maya consciousness. You will understand the importance of the spaces we occupy and the wisdom they teach us.

Connecting with the New Era/Baktun, connects us with our spiritual identity, our Maya glyph and our purpose in life.  Without a spiritual identity we mix all spiritual paths in search for one.  Maya time teaches us, how to find that identity...

A Baktun1 is the longest unit of time of the Maya calendar system known as the Long Count. It is the equivalent to 144 000 days, approximately 394 years.  

PATHS OF THE MAYA SKY

The Long Count calendar identifies a date by counting the number of days from a starting date that is generally calculated to be August 11, 3114 BCE.

The first Baktun (August 11, 3114 BCE) marks the Creation of the world of human beings according to the Maya. On this day, Raised-up-Sky-Lord caused three stones to be set by associated gods at Lying-Down-Sky, First-Three-Stone-Place. Because the sky still lay on the primordial sea, it was black. The setting of the three stones centered the cosmos which allowed the sky to be raised, revealing the sun.

Kin = 1 day

Uinal = 20 days

Tun = 360 days

Katun = 7200 days

Baktun = 144,000 days

13 Baktuns (144,000 x 13) = 1 872 000 days, approximately 5,125.26 years

The Maya registered this date as 13.0.0.0.0

Maya measured heaven and earth in units of thirteen x thirteen.

144,000 days by 13 Baktuns