{"id":1007,"date":"2011-01-27T22:21:23","date_gmt":"2011-01-28T03:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wellnessandspirituality.net\/?p=1007"},"modified":"2011-01-28T11:20:27","modified_gmt":"2011-01-28T16:20:27","slug":"my-birthday-means-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wellnessandspirituality.net\/?p=1007","title":{"rendered":"My Birthday is the Death Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity can not survive\u2026.The Dalai Lama<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Tzolk’in Date: 12 Cimi. Ruler is White. Blocker is Blue. Gatekeeper is Venus.<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

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Meaning: Death.<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

Associated Qualities: surrender, sacrifice, release, transmutation, forgiveness, humility, revelation, discipline and organizational skills; sense of duty and commitment to community, luck.<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

If you explore the Tzolkin calendar online, you will come across programs that will tell you what Mayan day you were born.\u00a0 According to these calculators, my birthday corresponds to 7 Cimi. So obviously, I\u2019ll pay just a little more attention to the meaning and message of this glyph and I did a little more research on it for this blog.<\/span><\/p>\n

Always, I try to be practical and even tempered about such things as astrology and similar esoteric means for achieving guidance.\u00a0 When I was younger and more impetuous, I\u2019d \u201cthrow\u201d the I-Ching so often to help me make decisions; it came to be more of a hindrance to action than a blessing. I\u2019ve known, also, for a long time, the seeming discrepancy between classical Western astrology\u2019s sidereal and tropical methods which recently was \u201cexposed\u201d in the popular media.\u00a0 I read an article in this week\u2019s TIME about this. \u2013Yes, I suppose it throws off all the newspapers\u2019 superficial versions of the daily horoscope and\u00a0 certainly gives debunkers and cynics more fodder for their cannons.<\/span><\/p>\n

True self knowledge ne\u2019r doth come cheap or easy\u2026.Who said that anyway?\u2026oh\u2026.that was me.<\/span><\/p>\n

All this being said\u2026.In terms of my own life\u2019s course, personality, character and such, I have to say, I can \u201crelate\u201d to much of what is associated with Cimi. As a devoted spiritual seeker since my late teens, with a BA in religious studies, I\u2019ve often stated that one of my favorite topics of conversation is Death, and life after Death. It\u2019s the bottom line ultimate mystery of human existence. <\/span><\/p>\n

The idea of sacrifice \u201cspeaks\u201d to me too.\u00a0 As one with deep Christian sensitivities, I appreciate the value and virtue of giving of oneself. And I \u201crelate\u201d to the challenge of not being overwhelmed by\u2014as one commentary described–\u201cfeeling obliged to make sacrifices for others.\u201d\u00a0 This can lead to \u201cvictimhood\u201d thinking. Indeed, as I go into the fourth year of caring for my two elderly parents, living at their home away from my husband and West Virginia home, this challenge is very, very real for me.
\nI found apropos advice that stated that Cimi people need to have \u201cfaith in the universe and evolving past victimhood.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Interesting too is the association I found with Cimi\u2019s as carrying a \u201cpowerful Northern energy.\u201d For I am of the Yunsai medicine circle so my \u201cMother Lodge\u201d is the North Lodge and yes, in our Medicine Wheel, the North is associated with \u201cLife and Death.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

With all this heavy duty info at my fingertips, I was somewhat relieved to read on a website called <\/span>The Mayan Calendar Portal<\/span><\/a> that \u201cThere is, almost invariably, a special kind of softness about people born on the day sign of death.\u00a0 In ancient sources, it was considered to be the luckiest of days and Death persons were supposed to be very successful in business.” So, when I win powerball, I will then go into all manner of businesses.\u00a0 I can\u2019t wait!<\/span><\/p>\n

A few other tidbits: \u00a0Grandmother Pa’Ris’Ha once gave a course in The Ancient Language which was all about the symbols used in glyphs worldwide. The closed eye that can be seen in the above Cimi glyph, she said, symbolizes “blessings.” \u00a0For that reason alone, I’ve always taken a liking to Cimi along with the notion that Cimi often seems to be an “easy” day for me.<\/span><\/p>\n

Well, the Port<\/span>al website also said: Cimi\u00a0 \u201cis the sign of the cycle of life, death and rebirth.\u00a0 The Maya saw death as the creator of life, and contact with their ancestors served to activate inherent psychic abilities. This day sign is particularly gifted with these abilities and should use them as tools to assist others.\u201d\u00a0 Kinda cool.<\/span><\/p>\n

I do enjoy considering that my birthday is the Death day. It has a wonderful, paradoxical Taoist ring to it. Practically speaking, it behooves us all to consider Death as part of the formula of life on Earth. We should all be intrigued by the Great Mystery of who we are. As my Grandmother Pa\u2019Ris\u2019Ha has pointed out, \u201cYour life is exactly what and how you think. You are as your are!\u201d And, \u201cwhen we open ourselves to Truth, we are liberated.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Happy Cimi!<\/span><\/p>\n

Elizabeth\/Du\u2019Tsu\/ Spring Frog<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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