The Burner Days

The “Burner Days” could also be called “buffering days” inasmuch as the contained energies are then released (resentment, remorse, injustice, social discontent…). According to the way they are dealt with by individuals or societies, these should be regarded as purification days, karmic purge, crisis outbreak and brutal energy release or stress pacifier. Everything will depend on the manner the valve is opened, whether intentionally or with tact or brutality under the pressure of the energies.

The sources I have used to elaborate this page are the following:

1. -The book “How to practice Mayan Astrology” by Bruce Scofield and Barry C. Orr
   

- The Tzolkin Explorer website which summarizes the content of this book.

How to Determinate the Burner Days

The Burner Days represent a 65 day cycle or 5 trecenas within the TZOLK’IN. Consequently, we have 4 Burner Days (4 x 65 = 260 days), one for each direction (East, North, West and South).

Everything that has a birthday, eras as well as individuals, has Burner Days.

Global Burner Days (belonging to the Mayan world which was born on a day 4-AHAU) and individual Burner Days are to be defined this way:

- All the Burner Days have the same number as the one of the birth day.

- The number/birth glyph couple is the direction of the birth glyph Burner Day (for instance, South for AHAU).

For the other three Burner Days, they have a span of 65 days (or 5 trecenas), and there are several ways for determining them:

- On a wheel shaped TZOLK’IN, taking the glyph diametrically opposed to the birthday glyph as well as the two which are on the perpendicular diameter.

- On a column TZOLK’IN (unials), you have to pick every 5th glyph starting on you birthday glyph.

- On the “calendar” page of the Tzolkin Explorer website, the Burner Days are identified by a blue flame pictogram.

- You can also consult the chart below. Find the line in which figures you birthday glyph, then you will have the 4 Burner Days.

EAST

IMIX 

CABAN

BEN

MULUC

CHICCHAN

NORTH

CIMI

IK

ETZNAB

IX

OC

WEST

CHUEN

MANIK

AKBAL

CAUAC

MEN

NOTES

The Year Bearers of the HAAB

The Burner Days of the mayan Fourth World (associated number 4)

Interestingly the glyphs are associated 4 by 4 and we shall note that the year Bearers of the HAAB all belong on the same line. This is due to the circular nature of the TZOLK’IN as well as to the structure of the HAAB, especially on the days of the WAYEB.

The affected Energies

Given the fact it exists one Burner Day for each direction, it is logical to think that each Burner Day affects the energies which are related to its direction, i.e.:

SUD

CIB

EB

LAMAT

KAN

AHAU

ENERGY

Future

Feminine

Past

Masculine

ELEMENT

Fire

Air

Earth

Water

The Global Burner Days

The global Burner Days belong to the Mayan tradition. Aligned on the Long Count calendar dates which started – we could say “was born” – on a 4-AHAU, these global Burner Days are:   4-AHAU, 4-MEN, 4-OC and 4-CHICCHAN.

The Ancient Mayas celebrated these four Burner Days through mass rituals in the course of which they would have huge fires and the Mayans would walk on embers (hence the term “Burner Days”).

These rituals were the opportunity for easing the tensions and assure cohesion in the community. They were proclaimed 20 days ahead (i.e., the precise day of the previous Burner Day glyph) for everyone to get prepared.

These celebrations still take place in some Mayan communities.

The following chart gives the list of the global Burner Days until the long count ends, I mean December 21, 2012:

The Individual Burner Days

Everyone has their own Burner Days. Being aware of the fact allows us to get ready for these particular days and to avoid an excess of pressure.

The way to deliberately release this pressure varies according to the person; it can be through a gymnastic session, a trekking, a solitary retreat, a visit to a place dear to the person, a holiday…

It is important to note that the Burner Day is more the indication of a period than a precise and imperative calendar date. Should you feel the pressure is rising, there is no need to wait for the Burner Day, you might just as well release it a few days before. You can also spread the pressure valve opening process starting a few days before and after the Burner Day.

translation by Nelly Lewin

DATE   

August 29, 2010

November 2, 2010

January 6, 2011

March 12, 2011

May 16, 2011

July 20, 2011

September 23, 2011

November 27, 2011

January 31, 2012

April 5, 2012

June 9, 2012

August 13, 2012

Octobre 17, 2012

December 21, 2012

BURNER DAY

4-MEN

4-AHAU

4-CHICCHAN

4-OC

4-MEN

4-AHAU

4-CHICCHAN

4-OC

4-MEN

4-AHAU

4-CHICCHAN

4-OC

4-MEN

4-AHAU

ENERGIE

Past

Masculine

Future

Feminine

Past

Masculine

Future

Feminine

Past

Masculine

Future

Feminine

Past

Masculine

REMARQUES

End of the Sixth Night of the Eighth wave

Close to the Calleman’s Ninth Wave Beginning

Fall Equinox

One month after the End of the Calleman’s Ninth Wave

Archeological End of the Long Count Calendar

DIRECTION

EAST

NORTH

WEST

SOUTH