Mayan Calendar

The Mayan Calendar

The mayan calendar is the basis on which I began creating this publication. Starting out as the ‘Astro Mayan Calendar’ in 2001 and growing every year with detail and information, which is now presented at this Sojournal. I realised the importance of connecting with our ancestors and the ancient teachings are invaluable to us in our modern, fast paced lives. When the Astro Mayan calendar grew into the Sojournal in 2008, it became a space to share a variety of Ancient cultural teachings, such as the Chinese and Native American Zodiac. As this calendar moves on into a new cycle, I feel it is our time to create our own history, as we always have, though now we can do it with the power of knowledge. The doors of knowledge have been opened to us via modern technology, the internet being one of them, and the equipment to be able to calculate and perceive so much more.

I invite you, to continue your journey as your own story teller and empower yourself with your own inner wisdom. Utilise the teachings you are drawn to, as somewhere in there lies the keys to your own inner wisdom and ancestory.  

During 2012 the Mayan calendar comes to the end of a cycle and is now entering the beginning of a new cycle, spanning over a long period of time. The calendar itself consists of many smaller cycles within this big one, just as we have days within months within years in our Gregorian calendar. The Cycle that just came to an end and a new beginning is one of 5130 years.

It is complicated to pinpoint and exact date that the calendar ends, as there were many different versions of this calendar, and a lot of the mayan texts were destroyed by a Catholic priest , Diego de Landa. Being a good Roman Catholic, and a carrier of the Intolerance Meme, Landa was furious – he saw this as a betrayal, and started an inquisition that resulted in torture and death across the Yucatan region. He was determined to wipe out all knowledge of the Mayan religion, and saw the Mayan language and hieroglyphs as a key. Fifty years later, in 1699, Spanish soldiers burned a town that had the last school of scribes who knew the Mayan hieroglyphs. By 1720, not a single person alive knew what the hieroglyphs meant.

It took over two hundred years, and an international team of linguists, anthropologists, archeologists, mathematicians, an architect, a few brilliant hobbyists, and one twelve-year-old child prodigy hieroglyphics expert, to undo the damage that Landa caused. Armed with their fierce determination and perseverance, they recovered the written language, bit by bit, word by word, symbol by symbol. Thanks to this dedicated group, the meaning of almost 90% of the hieroglyphs is now recovered.

Dreamspell

There are also a few modified and updated versions, such as the Dreamspell. José Argüelles founded the ‘Planet Art Network’ and the ‘Foundation of Law and Time’ and he invented the Dreamspell calendar, which is based on the modern interpretation of the Mayan calendar. It was initiated in 1987 and released as a board game in 1993. Argüelles interprets this calendar as part of what he calls a ‘radiogenetic game board’ that relates to both the I-Ching, the 64-unit DNA code, and many other “divinatory” systems, including the cosmology of Ibn al-Arabi of the 28 lunar mansions and the 22 Major Arcanum of the Tarot.

The Dreamspell is the calendar that indicates the 21st December 2012 as the end of the calendar. But who is to really say, as us humans are not equiped to handle the entire perception of the universe, are we? Only to understand parts of it, where together we make up the whole.

Long Count

The Long Count is more directly connected to the Ancient roots and teachings of the original mayan texts. This can be explored by reading the teachings of Ian Xel Lungold which can be found on their website, http://www.mayanmajix.com/

The first day of the long count begins on August 13th in the year 3114 BC. In writing a date for an event the date is the Initial Series Introductory Glyph 

1 Bak’tun=20 K’atun=144,000 days

1 K’atun=20 Tun=7,200 days

1 Tun=18 Winal=360 days

1 Winal=20 K’in=20days

1 K’in=1 day

Monday, January 1, 1996 was 1,865,799 days after the starting date or 12 bak’tun, 19 k’atun, 2 tun, 13 winal, and 19 k’in

This can be written as 12.19.2.13.19 

Feel free to learn more about this topic in depth, as it certainly is an eye opener to the bigger scheme of space and time. 

Another perception, by Carl Johan Calleman, an author and speaker on the millenarian New Age interpretation of the Mayan calendar known as Mayanism. He differs from professional Mayanists in seeing 28th October 2011 and not 21st December 2012 as a significant date.

“I have come to realize that all inner conflicts stem from one root conflict having to do with our core sense of self-identity. If we are not truly anchored to who we truly are as a being of Pure Awareness, Love and Spirit, then we wind up trying to find our identity in many other things that are not nearly as expansive. Then, we try our hearts out to get free of what feels like restrictive limitations and for all the effort it never seems to bear much fruit. For every limitation we liberate ourselves from, three more show up.” - Carl Johan Calleman

Feel free to explore more on his website, http://www.calleman.com/

In this 2013 edition of the Sojournal...

What ever the level of understanding or view point on this topic, I would like to continue sharing the basic teachings of the oracles themselves, as they played a big roll in the unlocking of my understanding of myself, my path and calling. 

If it draws you in, then take your time to get to know each oracle and its meaning. You can find deeper descriptions of these oracles (and more) on the Sojourney website. Download the booklet from the website, as there are too many pages to include in this diary. Find the basic introduction to each oracle here as a quick reference.

- Julisa Petersen

The Astro Mayan calendar was born in 2001 and grew from strength to strength over the years. As the Sojournal was first published in 2008 it took over the calendar as more people wanted a daily guide they could keep with them and it involves a lot more information. So in 2010 we merged these two products into just the Sojournal.

Since we have integrated this calendar into the Sojournal, there was not enough space for all the info within this guide. So I am adding it into the website for you to download.

If you have a personal bookmark (where you send your details and get a your Western Astrology, Mayan Oracles, Native American and Chinese signs and your basic numerology) then this guide book will show you more...

Astro guide book (5mb)