1 Ik', 1st day in the 13-day Ik' (Wind at the center of the galaxy) Week
1 Ik' (Ch'orti'): The center of the galaxy; the void. Glyph of the tree of life.
1 Iq' (Quiche') / 1 Ik' (Yucatec Maya): The wind; center of the galaxy
1 Ehecatl (Aztec): Wind
Direction: North
Note: Ik' is the dark spot in the Milky Way, or the Tree of Life, and specifically the center of the galaxy where there appear to be no stars. Also known as the void. Now we know that there is a black hole at this location. When the Mars retrograde cycle happens while aligning with the center of the galaxy, it occurs on the earliest possible date of the tzolkin. This is because of the elongated orbit of Mars being pulled by the densest mass of the galaxy. This allowed the Mayans to predict the exact day of the turning or retrograde motion of Mars. This is also how the Mayans determined the exact center of the galaxy with such accuracy, i.e. when Mars turned retrograde in that spot it would lower the Mars retrograde calendar before expected or by two days rather than just the typical one. This day might also be known as yaxte', which means 'tree of life'. This was symbolized by the Mayans as the ceiba tree.
The Mayans and Mesoamerican people communicated with the heart of darkness of the galaxy by entering a meditative trance induced by the windy smoke of burning tobacco incense. Later other materials, including copal, were used. The Mayans called this a Tohil bath. Ik' Balam is also the name of one of the first four civilizing humans. Ik's village at the mouth of the Rio Lempa was most likely wiped out in the global flood event of the draining of Lake Agassiz in about 6400 BCE (Before Common Era).
Astronomy of Ik' Week: Ik' is an eclipse week every other tzolkin. This cycle it is not (sun is square the true lunar node). Mars is never retrograde in this week, in this era. Now Mars is a morning star; in the next cycle's Ik' week, Mars will be a late evening star; the next cycle Mars will be invisible during Ik' week. This pattern repeats itself continually.
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High Tides: 5:06 AM and 5:24 PM
Semi-diurnal Tide Range: 1.80 meters
and decreasing
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