This Eagle's Full Circle Flight
why your birth kin is more important than your birth day
curiosity brings me here.
from the grass i grow upright to write.
to write?
or to simply be with all that i’m with?
i don’t know.
and that is why i am here.
to be honest, it’s easier to be.
doing feels laborious.
sharing with an imagined audience?
what’s the point?
the point is…
i write for an audience of One.
in service to the One.
Here’s an eagle eye summary of the sections of this article:
Why your birth kin is more valuable after your birth day (case study)
Soar…a very special flute track (i never thought i would share)
🎉 4/12/25 is my Birthday 🎉 …well, not exactly.
April 12th, 2025 is the same kin in the Tzolk’in as my birth kin, 1 Men/Tz’ikin
April 12th, 2025 is also day 1 of 13 of the Tz’ikin Trecena (thanks
Meaning, i was born on the first day of the Tz’ikin Trecena during a particular Gregorian year.
Kin Info for 4/12/25:
…and here is the kin info for my Gregorian calendar birth date:
As you can see, on the day i was born in the Gregorian calendar there was a particular energy for that day by way of the Tzolk’in, 1 Men/Tz’ikin. K’in translates to day, so technically ‘Birth K’in’ is one’s birth day—of course this is all thru the lens of English.
The ‘energetic signature’ of any day is made up of a 1 of 20 day-signs or Nahuals, which happens on 1 of 13 days of a unique 13-day Trecena—and a ‘night lord’. Three variables in the alchemy of the energetic signature of one’s birth day/kin.
i wrote about this in detail several months ago.
My birth kin 1 Tz’ikin is fixed to kin #235/260, it just so happens that this corresponds to 4/12/25 in this current Tzolk’in cycle.
If you’d like to innerstand how the Tzolk’in functions check out this article i wrote:
In the next 260-day cycle, which begins on Kin #1 on 5/8/25, my birth kin will occur on a different day than my Gregorian birthday of 12/29—and a day other than 4/12/25.
For cultures synchronized with the Gregorian Calendrical system, birthdays are fixed to and celebrated on the same day/month each year, i.e., December 29.
Strange though, baseless actually, when you really dive into it, as i will here.
Here’s why it’s strange.
On the day/month/year i was born, the day sign was 1 Men/Tz’ikin (with a particular ‘night lord’ of which there are 9). This is my birth kin and the energetic signature of my essential individuated Self.
For reference, here are the day signs of my past 5 Gregorian calendar birthdays…
Though i was born on 12/29 and that is celebrated as my birthday each year, as you can see, the prior 5 years (and many more) did not have the precise energetic signature as that of the day/month/year of my gregorian birth day. The “galactic signature” from year to year varied, though the gregorian date stayed the same, 12/29.
This begs the question of when…when will my next ‘birthday’ (in the Gregorian calendar) or [insert any birth day] have the same energetic signature as that of the day that i was born? #rhetoricalquestion i’ve pondered and explored at length.
On any given December 29th, there is 1 of 20 day sign’s/Nahual; 1 of 20 Trecena’s; and 1 of 9 Night Lords as you see in the images above.
So while 12/29 is technically ‘the day/month’ i was born, energetically that day in any given Gregorian calendrical year doesn’t necessarily have the precise energetic signature of the day that i was born.
To be clear though, there is a day(s) that do.
That would be whatever date in a particular Gregorian calendar year, which is when the day-sign and Trecena of Tzolk’in are the same as that of the day i was born in the Gregorian calendar.
This can be confusing i know…hence the visuals above.
This is the same for you as well, though you would have to do the research for yourself to identify the actual day/month/year that have the same energetic signature as the day you were born.
Having shared this, and assuming you’re still with me, it should make sense to you why it would be more apropos for me to celebrate my ‘birthday’ on 4/12/25 rather than 12/29/24 or 12/29/25—the ‘vibe’ of 4/12 is far closer to the actual vibe of the Gregorian calendar date i was born per the energetics of the Tzolk’in timekeeping system.
The same applies to you.
There’s more…
Remember i said there are three variables in the alchemy of the energetic signature of any day, including one’s birth day?
1 of 20 day-signs or nahual
1 of 13 days within a 13-day Trecena
1 of 9 night lord’s
While 4/12/25 has the same day-sign (1) and Trecena (2) it does not have the same Night Lord (3) as the day i was born in the Gregorian calendar.
That said, close enough for me; though technically the EXACT signature is when the third condition is met, which occurs only once every nine 260-day Tzolk’in cycles.
I’m grateful for my competency in math, it lends well to time keeping; and the countless discoveries revealed through the exploration of energy and cycles.
Said differently…
On some date in the Greogrian calendar you were born; that day had a particular energetic signature relative to it’s position in a 260-day Tzolk’in cycle.
When that energetic signature occurs in any given Gregorian calendar year is not the same as your Gregorian birth day; it occurs on a different day/month from year to year.
If the purpose of celebrating a birthday is to honor the day one entered this plane, than certainly associating it with a fixed day/month makes sense.
On the other hand, if the purpose of a birth day is to, as an example, FEEL one’s essence, then it would be far more supportive to celebrate such a day as on the day when one’s birth kin lands within any given Gregorian calendar year.
If you’re interested, i am available for a fee to do the research and identify for you the exact day (every 9 Tzolk’in Cycles) for the next ~20 years, which would be the same energetic signature as the day of your birth in the Gregorian Calendar.
These days would be the days, more so than any other, when the energetic signature would be most resonant with the essence of your individuated Self, dictated by the day/month/year you were born.
The days i identify for you will have the same energetic signature as your Gregorian birth date per the three primary energetic variables of the Tzolk’in i’ve mentioned.
If interested in this, email me.
Full Circle Flight of this Eagle ~~
This past December/January i shared a series of articles with you, which began as mysteriously as it completed; and soon revealed itself as an Eagle Clan initiation.
The first article in that series began as Solar Sermon #224 and turned into a 5-part series titled, Men Speak | Sol® Ser•Men #131.
Below are the links to the chapters in that series.
Chapter 1 / Chapter 2 / Chapter 3 / Chapter 4 / Chapter 5
Born of that Eagle Clan initiation was Council with Ken, the first of which occurred on 1/11/25—and in total, to date, there have been 8.
Each of those 8 occurred on day 1 of 13 of a new Trecena.
On Saturday 4/12/25 begins a new Trecena, day 1 of 13, in Tz’ikin: 1 Tz’ikin. The passage below is quoted from Diana’s writeup on this Trecena:
“Tz’ikin is the energy within each bird that soars the sky. Just as birds have the possibility of a broad view of their path when flying, we can ask this energy for the ability to understand where we come from and where we are going.
The Tz’ikin energy enables us to understand our past, present, and future in order to find well-being and abundance. We can think of abundance as material and energetic elements that enable us to live in harmony with the cosmos.”
–Pablo Sigüenza Ramírez
…again, 4/12 is the same day-sign/Trecena as that of my Gregorian birth day.
Quite an auspicious day for me personally.
i’m grateful i sat down and rode the wave of curiosity.
Until this afternoon (pst) i wasn’t sure if i would be holding a Council with Ken on 4/12.. Other’s have invited me to consider sharing dates and details in advance of 24 hours (sometimes less) before the event…i get that; and i move at the pace of my process.
If you’ve read this article, then you’ve glimpsed a fraction of my emergent process and way of being/living, which isn’t necessarily convenient in matters of planning.
[Here is the sentence i originally wrote]What i do know, only now, is there will be a Council with Ken tomorrow.
[Here is the updated sentence/paragraph]
Many hours later after grief, turmoil, toil, a chat with my mom and breath i’ve decided.
In lieu of a 9th Community Council with Ken, on this auspicious day, i am choosing—for i am the central fractal pattern generator of the reality i experience—to Council with Ken(neth) in solitude and with these ancient redwoods that surround me, here in the South Bay of the San Francisco Bay area, where i’m dwelling, for now.
Sharing transparently, i’m not sure if there will be more CwK’s, as i’ve been tracking a particular tapestry of phenomena pointing to completion…completion of something.
i’ve done my absolute best to attune and listen to the non-cognitive guidance of my inner feminine and translate that as artistic aligned action by way of my inner masculine, in service to birthing reality anew—and this is where i’ve arrived.
Community Council is complete for now…if and until i am guided otherwise.
More specifically, what has revealed as i sit here breathing with these sentences is that i am complete in offering Community Council to my substack/newsletter ‘community’ or by way of my social media outlets as they exist today.
To be honest, it’s quite strange to type these words and to be with the many layers of inner happenings relative to these words…and i’ve moved through the grief and have arrived to acceptance…and the proverbial ‘fuck it’
i don’t know many things — and i know i’m done sharing into the virtual void.
i and my offerings are too precious and sacred to be cast into the life harvesting virtual void that continues to consume organic life. It is because i respect myself that i am drawing a line in the sand.
Practicing a practice that will continue to grow in relevancy and necessity, imo.
If my domain of service is to be the space between and beyond, so be it. it already is.
i exist beyond boundary; certainly beyond the bounds of any label or structure or container.
is this the end or is this the beginning?
i don’t know to be honest.
“it’s the space between the inhale and exhale...dissolving”
Welcome to the Trecena of Men!
It is time once again to spread your wings wide open, and take to the skies. Soar far above the things that try to lock you down and bind you to your fears, your doubts, your anxieties. But don't cut your connection to the stability of the ground. For if there is one thing an eagle knows how to do as well as it does to take flight, that is to land firmly with both feet on the ground—even if that ground is a nest hundreds of feet up in a tree... or a landing on water as smooth as glass.
Men, or Tz’ikin in K’iche’ Maya, is the far-seeing Eagle, the great bird that soars far above the highest peaks of mountains and pyramids, high above the din of mankind, where only sacred silence and the breath of winds reign. Sweeping across vast stretches of sky on broad powerful wings, Men enters the dreams of men and women to impart important messages and revelations. Made of legend, his breadth and acuity of vision surpasses that of any other living thing, and that is why this day sign embodies vision, clarity, perception, and profound understanding.
This is the day sign that helps us see from a higher vantage point, so we may detect all the interconnections we may not have seen, and gain a larger context, a deeper perspective.
Men is the Guardian of the Sun and cosmic space, and the eloquent mediator between the opposing viewpoints of Uk’ux Kaj and Uk’ux Ulew (Heart of Sky, Heart of Earth). As the nagual of good fortune and economic well-being, Men embodies wealth, financial health and business affairs and negotiations. Men’s animal totems are the eagle and maq’uq’, the sacred quetzal bird. In the Classical Maya tradition, it is associated with the cardinal direction West and the color black.
On Men days, the Maya give their thanks and gratitude for whatever prosperity and material well-being they enjoy, and sincerely express the intention that more may come into their lives. Men is, in fact, the day to dedicate the Xukulem Chuwach Ri Qajaw, a sacred Mayan ceremony to ask for good luck. It is also the best day in the Tzolk’in for love, friendship, and abundance, for each person as well as for the community. We may also ask for protection for our businesses. — Mayan Calendar Portal
On the sacred number 9!
According to Birgitte Rasine, in her book, The Serpent and The Jaguar,
”For the Maya, Nine is “the number of life” because it represents the creation and development of human life—there are nine months of human gestation. As a result, Nine is especially associated with the ancestors and ancestral wisdom, which begs the question, were the ancient Maya matriarchal societies, or oriented toward the feminine as much as the masculine?”
As Diana Paez describes, “[9] aligns with the feminine, sensitive, and nourishing essence”
True to form, function, and facilitator, there will be a feminine, sensitive, tender and nourishing space held by a man for my Self during this 9th Council; just as i’ve done my best to do in all 8 councils thus far…that said, the last one was a bit gritty.
i’m grateful for each of the prior 8 Council’s—and for each one of you who chose to attend and add your unique flavor of beauty and goodness to the cauldron.
4/12/25 — what a day to council! …on the day that energetically coincides with the energetic signature of my personal birth kin—and the specific kin for which inspired a journey of Self-exploration on and around my Gregorian birth-day on 12/29/24; intimately weaved with what revealed to me—and shared with you—as an eagle clan initiation. Whoosh.
9…9 councils…9 months of gestation…completion, resulting in Birth.
Birth Kin Council (and Celebration) with Ken
…on Kin #235 [2+3+5=10=1]
“The number One represents the beginning of all things, all that is first and all that initiates. It symbolizes the original energy of creation, the power of thought, of inspiration, of the conception and seeding of all things. It represents unity, stability, strength, solidity, resolve of will, and resoluteness of character. Maya Daykeepers typically conduct rituals for all manner of things on a One day; in fact, some traditional Maya communities dedicated special shrines to this number.” — The Serpent and The Jaguar
You’re invited to this 9th—this first and this final—Council with Ken this Saturday, 4/12/25 from 1p-5p pst.
You are invited to light a candle and sit with your Self for whatever duration feels right for you during that time range.
You’re invited to join me in and with yourself, where ever you are, with the ancient technology of fire…the fire that lights the way(s) of the heart—in my heart, in your heart, in our heart; in the heart of the One and the many.
Light a candle, set an intention and sit with your Self.
perhaps bring a talking stick.
and when it’s your turn,
speak from the heart.
life is listening.
Birth, death, rebirth,
all and none
all in one
we gather
from the heart
we speak
from the heart
we listen
from the heart
we jour-nee
to the heart.
of the matter
from the heart
of the mother
we come
In honor of completion; in honor of the number 9; in honor of the cycle of gestation itself; in honor of my Self and the journey of my life…in honor of the man life is birthing me to remember; a man of whole(some)ness.
Here is a video and flute track i did not know if or when i would ever share, until this precise moment of revelation.
This video was recorded on 11/6/2022 outside of Bellingham, Washington…minutes after my official exit from and closing of the container of a MASSIVE initiation and phenomenological Rite of Passage in/with the Cascade Mountains—disguised as a profoundly thick, rich, complex, and nuanced community living situation, which was hands down the most challenging passage and year+ of my life; inclusive of levels of stress that nearly caused me a heart attack.
i did not know if, or when i would exit…i could not see the light at the end of the tunnel; total and complete navigation in and thru a fully enveloping darkness.
It is here and then that i was required to face death and die; to be reborn a man.
To offer my life to the fire was the only way thru.
This was written a few weeks prior to my completion, amongst much else that may one day be written and published about that saga. i recall a quote i read somewhere along the lines, living it was enough, why write about it?—that’s where i’m at.
i share this track with immense tenderness in my heart; and some shock.
“is this really happening?”
yes, it is.
what is it that is happening?
perhaps something far too sacred to paint with words, however poetic.
…
May this clear the way for what is next.
The title of this track is, Soar
recorded on a bamboo flute built by me, Kenneth
and in collaboration with the eagles perched in the surrounding trees.
—>- headphones suggested -<—
i request and invite your fullest presence with this track. It, like all of life, is sacred, precious and fleeting. Here you are..here it is…may you meet this medicine in a good way.
What an auspicious day to close this container.
What is this?!?
a mystery
to the one
who seeks
to know.
“when did this ‘Eagle Transmission’ begin?”
When exactly?
was it… no.
was it when...? no.
this moment…no.
back further?
this…?
no…”
”back to the day i entered the stage?”
…the day i was welcomed by two men?
🦅 two eagles 🦅
“what if…it never began and it shall never end”
says the One,
and the many.
says a soar of Eagles
… . … … . … … . …
If you’re interested in receiving my devotional presence in service to the fluid transfiguration of you and your life, here is the link to my single session offerings, one of which is Council.
Whatever it is that you’re holding and navigating is welcome.
i’m available to discuss collaborations and adding value to your community.
i can be reached via email: ken@kenfried.me
so be it and so it is.
it is done
it is done
it. is. done.
1 Men/Tz’ikin the day the Eagle Soars