3 Makchan (Chorti'): Rainbow. Glyph of clouds, rain, and box-like structure.
3 Kawuq (Quiche) / 3 Kawak (Yucatec Maya): both mean rain, rainstorms, or thunder
3 Quiahuitl (Aztec): Rainstorm, linked to the goddess 'Chantico'; goddess of hearth and home
Direction: West
Note: Makchan or 'rainbow' consists of mak, a 'covering' or 'to stop up', and chan is 'snake'. A snake which covers up and stops the rainstorm. This day sign explains the totem of the Chorti' Maya people, which is chan or serpent. Perhaps better thought of as rainbow. One of their first homes was on an island inside a crater lake, Tammakchan, or 'deep inside the rainbow'. Other Mayans later called this Tamoanchan. This day may have originally been called kirik or thunder but was changed to Makchan by 2500 BC, if not before.
Nok Week: Nok describes the fine cotton (tinam) thread used in weaving and this week celebrates the ability of humans to utilize plants for clothing and other articles of higher civilization. This week might have been called ihben earlier, meaning earth spirit. It would have been easy to associate the rocking motion of the weaving loom with the rocking motion of the earth during an earthquake. This 13 day week will never have an eclipse, but follows an eclipse period every other tzolkin year. Mars will usually be retrograde every third tzolkin in Nok week. (Mars has a 780 day cycle or three tzolkin cycle.) Mars is retrograde now throughout this week. On the next Nok week (260 days), Mars will be an evening 'star' almost to disappear from the sky. On the Nok week following that, Mars will be a morning 'star'.
Makchan in Nok Week: This day celebrates the creativity that occurs when a community has security. When people are safe 'deep inside the rainbow', they no longer have to respond to their fear instinct, and great designs and beautiful works result.
Acajutla High Tides: 2:54 AM and 3:26 PM
Semi-diurnal Tide range (Difference in High/Low Tides): 1.4357 meters average and increasing
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