8 Nok, 8th day in the 13-day Tzi' (Dog) Week
8 Nok (Chorti'): Thread or wick. Glyph of a spool or weaving
8 No'j (Quiche) / 8 Caban (Yucatec Maya): meaning 'earth'
8 Ollin (Aztec): Rocking (as in weaving). Glyph of weaver's tool
Direction: East
Note: Nok describes the fine thread used in weaving, whereas tinam was cotton or cotton fiber. This sign might have been called ihben earlier, meaning earth spirit, which might explain the Yucatec name and meaning for the day. It would have been easy to associate the rocking motion of the weaving loom with the rocking motion of the earth during an earthquake.
Tzi' Week: In this hemisphere, dogs accompanied and guided early people from the north as the only domesticated animal - the earliest companion to humans. Tzi' also represents Sirius, the dog (guide) star. When Venus is not visible it is the brightest object in sky, aside from the sun and moon. Tracking Sirius through the elliptic the Mayans were able to predict precession of the solar system through the galactic elliptic. This is, in part, how the Mayans were able to set their calendar to end one cycle and begin a new cycle in December 2012. Today, Sirius disappears from the sky in April and reappears in the early morning sky in June in Central America. Its reappearance would have been an indicator to plant, just after the rainy season had started.
Acajutla High Tides: 5:13 AM and 5:39 PMSemi-diurnal Tide range (Difference in High/Low Tides): 2.23 meters average and decreasing.
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