On February 10th 2024 we entered the Year of the Dragon with the lunar new year.
Aligning with the peak of the trecena of Chicchen/ Serpent in the Dreamspell, the day 9 Ben/Reed. Chicchen isn't just any serpent, it's actually Quetzalcoatl, the life giving Dragon of creation. Fitting then that the year of the dragon would begin on such a day. 9 a tone of cycles of life and fertility, and Reed a sign of royalty, generational duty, inheritance, transcendence, a connection between the heavens and the earth. A shadow falls from this day though. Aligning with 3 Lamat/Rabbit in the tzolkin, while Akbal, the 3rd sign is in the antipod position in the Dreamspell. The Dragon is an apex predator, while Reed is a day associated with dismemberment, and desecration, and the rabbit, the favourite prey. While the rabbit has the protection of being favoured as a scribe of the gods, and Quetzalcoatl is a benevolent deity that brought an end to sacrifice, Akbal, the home, the night, the womb, tells us these sacred hiding places are not going to be able to bring the safety that they should. This sacred role is not enough to ward of the danger, and for some makes the prey even more desired. Continuing in the spirit of apex predators, 9 Ben, is followed by 10 Ix/Jaguar. 10 a tone of manifestation, determinism, law, order, and destined events and relationships. The Jaguar, a sacred being, but a predator still, on the hunt. Representing both the shaman and the hidden enemy who surprises their prey. This is a time of stalking. We've entered a time where contemplation of nature and the sacred is critical, where both the hunter and the hunted are at their most vulnerable. All of this of course is taking place during the trecena of Death in the tzolkin. A not very subtle reminder that it's an ever present part of our reality, and bears against the interpretation of these days and signs.
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