Ancient Knowledge: Your Guide To Mayan Astrology


INSIDE: If you’re intrigued with the ancient Mayans, you’re likely interested in how they came up with their famous calendar. This article dives into Mayan astrology, and what you can learn from it about yourself. 

 

Although very old, archeological discoveries and modern science have discovered that Mayans were ahead of their time in many ways.

For instance, amazing research published by National Geographic shows that the mysterious Mayan culture was as advanced as Greek or Chinese culture of the time, if not more developed. 

Mayans had unique techniques and methods for foreseeing events and changes in nature. The accuracy of known techniques, as tested today, have proven to be applicable in today’s day and age.

Mayan astrology is one of those instances, and it’s pretty intriguing. Let’s dive into this ancient practice and learn more about it…

What is Mayan Astrology?

One thing’s for sure – this is not the astrology we see on the last pages of the magazine. It’s not a zodiac, it doesn’t have zodiac signs or 12 houses, and it’s not about aspects in a natal chart.

This system is ancient and is based on yearly calculations that divide a year into twenty equal periods. 

These ancient astrological principles are based on the Tzolkin, or the Mayan Astro Calendar. This Calendar consists of 20-day signs and 13 Galactic numbers.

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Calculated together, this forms a 260 day Mayan year. Instead of the four astrology elements we see in modern Western Astrology, the Mayan system associates day signs with sides of the world.

Zodiac Stones

What Makes Up Mayan Astrology?

To understand and interpret the Mayan Tzolkin and decode what their astrology can say about our personalities, we need to explore a few key elements. These are Day Signs, the Mayan Year, the Trecena, Galactic Tone, Lords of The Night, and the planet Venus.

Let’s look at each of these in more detail…

Mayan Day Signs

A Mayan month has 20 days, in which each day is associated with a specific sign. We can look at Mayan day signs as Mayan equivalents of Zodiac Sun signs.

These signs reveal our basic personality and who we are at our core. Day signs can indicate our life purpose and enlighten us to our talents but also our weak spots.

When someone asks what your Mayan sign is, this is what they are referring to. 

Mayan Year

Compared to our typical year, the Mayan year is a long period and consists of 260 days. Each day in a cycle of 20 days is associated with specific personality traits. 

While day signs are more specific and personal, the Mayan year can show us generational characteristics of people born in one year.

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Your Mayan year, which implies what defines one generation, can be compared to Jupiterian and Saturnian influence in modern astrology. 

The Trecena

The trecena represents secondary qualities in Mayan astrology or secondary traits. Trecena signs are similar to Moon signs in modern astrology, in the sense that they play an important role in defining personality traits.

Tzolkin includes 20 groups of 13 Mayan sign days. Combined with the main day signs, they make a more personalized Astro profile of a person.

That means that our persona, according to Ancient Mayas, is a combination of a few factors, one of which is the Trecena sign.

Mayan Astrology Signs

Galactic Tone

Now let’s get into more detail. Apart from the generational qualities (day signs, and Trecena), there are 13 Galactic tones that are attributed to each individual based on their date of birth.

Similar to numerology, as the name implies, Galactic tones add a “tone” to the Mayan signs’ general traits. The galactic tone implies the purpose and life path a person is destined to follow.

Lords of The Night

Mayas also used to divide Tzolkin into groups of nine days. Each of those was associated with a certain Lord of the Night, or Lord of the hidden and the underworld.

Lords of the night represent our subconscious mind, our fears, hidden urges, and desires. They can be associated with the “id” part of ourselves, or the instinctive, raw, and animalistic nature that is inside of us.

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Planet Venus

Similar to the symbolism of Venus we are familiar with today, the Mayans used the transits of Venus to predict one’s social standing and role in society.

Every Venus cycle is made of four periods and each carries a specific social meaning, defining one’s role in the community.

Pendulums

Mayan Astrology Signs

Each day is part of a cycle, and this cycle starts with the first-day sign and ends with the twentieth-day sign. For instance, day 1 is associated with the East, day 2 with North, day 3 with West, and day 4 with South.

Day 5 will then be associated with the East and the cycle will continue in the same manner. You may wonder, why are these directions so important?

Well, just like the elements in our modern astrology, Mayas believed that each direction can be associated with certain qualities and personality traits.

  • East – As the Sun rises, so do new ideas. Signs associated with the East will be bold, innovative, and…


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