The Year of E'
The Haab is the Mayan 365 day solar and agricultural year. On the first day of each Haab year, one of four Nahual spirits picks up the new year and lets it settle on his back. We have discussed these carriers, Nahuales de cargador, before (Mayan Time Lords), and now we are at the third passing of this time burden since the beginning of this website. February 22, 2009 was 10 Iq’ (IQ') and February 22, 2010 was 11 K’ej (KE'J). On February 22, 2011 the Haab date overlaps with 12 E’ in the 260-day Cholq’ij sacred calendar, and the Nahual of that day, E’, will pick up the year and walk with us for the next 365 days. As we have said before, the Time Lord imparts on the days of his year a portion of its character, its personality.
So what should we expect from this Nahual E’?
E’ is most commonly called the road. A road has a beginning and an end, but the energy to realize movement along the road, to orient our destiny in space, is governed by E’. E’ is the path through life, the path of forward movement, and the authority to carry us forward through space and time. The road has another dimension as well. Our minds organize the world into 3 spatial dimensions and the dimension of time. There is another dimension, the dimension of the path, and pattern of twists and turns that leads us to our destiny.
The shape of the path is every bit as important as the point in space or time in which we find ourselves. This is like string theory, and on a scale every bit as cosmic. The twists are turns that we average out in the economy of our minds, the I started here and I ended there, of our memory, is every bit as important as the places and times we remember as our life’s events. The path is E’, and we would do well to remain more aware of it.
E’ can help us find a good path, and to avoid obstacles. It can help us persevere to achieve our destiny. E’ is the Nahual of grass. Grass is beautiful yet humble. Like the road, we walk on it. A giant tree can be cut down by a strong man with an ax. It’s daunting for an army to cut down and destroy a field of grass. The humble path can be the most sacred.
E’ is represented by the wildcat. The wildcat represents spiritual energy. They are always moving, restless, winding their way through life seeking their destiny, and end of their hunt. E’ also has another meaning, tooth. This meaning is perhaps older that the common understanding today of the road. It has been said that E’ can represent the bites that are sometimes taken out of us on our life’s path. I have certainly walked many paths like that, literally and figuratively.
So what can we expect this year? We have a companion concerned with our life’s path, and in the development of history, our personal history and our collective history, and who can help us move toward our destiny. So plan big. The road is before us.