WHEEL OF TIME SYMBOLISM
comprehensive databases for the 13 numbers and 20 glyphs constituting the Mesoamerican Sacred Calendar
after which the Mandãla's Wheel of Time is modeled
Time is the moving image of Eternity 1
Time does not change us but unfolds us 2
TZOLKIN, SHORT COUNT & LONG COUNT CALENDARS:
NOTIONS / HISTORY / EVOLUTION / STRUCTURE
13 NUMBERS — SYMBOLISM
O N E
T W O
T H R E E
F O U R
F I V E
S I X
S E V E N
E I G H T
N I N E
T E N
E L E V E N
T W E L V E
T H I R T E E N
NOTES ON CATEGORIES
Essence - archetypal and spiritual essence (capitalized). Primary symbolic imagery. Overarching themes.
Manifestation (short list only) - some typical concrete expression and manifestion on the Earth plane.
Association (short list only) - some associated universal myths and symbols. Cosmological and metaphysical concepts from archaic or historical traditions.
PRIMARY SOURCES
J.C. Cooper, An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Traditional Symbols
Jean Chevalier & Alain Gheerbrant, The Penguin Dictionary of Symbols
Marguerite Paquin, Manual for the Soul
Ariel Spillbury & Michael Bryner, The Mayan Oracle
Jose Arguelles, The Mayan Factor
20 GLYPHS — SYMBOLISM
I M I X
I K '
A K ' B A L
K ' A N
C H I K C H A N
K I M I
M A N I K '
L A M A T
M U L U K
O K
C H U W E N
E B
B E N
I X
M E N
K I B
K A B A N
E T Z ' N A B
K A W A K
A J A W
NOTES ON RELIABILITY/ACCURACY OF INFORMATION
While most of the ancient material sources (e.g. painted codices) pertaining to the Sacred Calendar have been lost, a portion of that knowledge has painstakingly been reconstructed by academic scholars and independent researchers over the last century. Some aspects — preserved in secrecy in the highlands of Guatemala by traditional calendar-keepers — has only recently been made available. And Mesoamerican Calendar enthusiasts in the West have helped make our knowledge of the glyphs relevant to the modern world and furthered our understanding through various methods of involvement.
However: not everyone has worked with the required transparency and integrity, while others have, at times, given diverging opinions. There is also the subjective nature of the symbolic realm itself. Synthesis such as that presented in these databases will therefore contain gaps and inaccuracies. A small portion (rendered in italics) is unverified and hypothetical, warranting further research. Overall, care has been taken to cross-check sources and subject each entry to the test of personal, biographical and collective experience.
NOTES ON CATEGORIES
Names & Translation - from 5 Mesoamerican sub-groups. Includes generic common denominator.
Glyphic representation - traditional representation (including variants) within the Mesoamerican tradition. Some modern variants. Includes generic common denominator.
Essence - archetypal and spiritual essence (capitalized). Primary symbolic imagery. Overarching themes.
Manifestation - concrete expression and manifestion on the Earth plane, with an emphasis on the modern world (i.e. as experienced and mediated by human beings in the physical, mental, and emotional realms).
Shadow - psychological complexes and manifestions, born of repressed, non-integrated forms.
Association - associated universal myths and symbols. Cosmological and metaphysical concepts from archaic or historical traditions.
PRIMARY ACADEMIC SOURCES
comprehensive synthesis of the academic research: Marguerite Paquin, Manual for the Soul: A Guide to the Energies of Life
PRIMARY ASTROLOGY RELATED SOURCES
Ariel Spillbury & Michael Bryner, The Mayan Oracle
Bruce Scofield, Day-Signs
Bruce Scofield, Signs of Time
Bruce Scofield, How to Practice Mayan Astrology
Bruce Scofield & Angela Cordova, The Aztec Circle of Destiny
Kenneth Johnson, Jaguar Wisdom
Raymond Mardyks & Stacia Alana-Leah, Maya Calendar: Voice of the Galaxy
INDIGENOUS SOURCES
Kenneth Johnson, Maya Calendar Astrology
Carlos Barrios, The Book of Destiny
ADDITIONAL SOURCES
jpm (personal study and observations)
Jose Arguelles, The Mayan Factor [+ other works]
Aluna Joy Yaxk'in, Mayan Astrology: An Easy & Complete Guide To Mayan Astrology
SOURCES FOR SPECIFIC SECTIONS OF THE DATABASE
Name & Translation - adapted from Marguerite Paquin
Name & Translation - Quiche Maya translation: Dennis Tedlock
Correspondence - Color: adapted from Ariel Spilbury
Correspondence - harmony: Ariel Spilbury
Correspondence - Panets & Western Zodiac: expanded from Bruce Scofield
QUOTES
1 Plato, Timaeus
2 edited from Max Frisch
eternal plant of Time
in rapture and granite rooted
time-keeper
ever since the Eternal Return
breathing architecture of Time
the moving image of Eternity