Hello sweet souls,
Today, we begin the trecena of 1 Kame—and there is something ancient and tender about this opening.
Kame is death. And before you feel the instinct to look away, let me invite you to stay. Because in the Mayan tradition, Kame is not feared. It is honored. It is one of the most sacred of days—a day so potent, so full of grace, that ceremonies have been made to it across generations without end.
Birth is the gateway into the mortal life. Death is the gateway into the eternal.
This 13-day cycle runs from Sunday, March 29 through Friday, April 10, 2026.
And what Kame is asking of us—over these 13 days and always—is this:
Are you willing to let what is finished, finish? Are you willing to face what frightens you, and discover that on the other side of that facing is not darkness, but light? Not loss, but transformation? Not ending, but a self you have not yet met?
In the Popol Vuh, the Mayan book of creation, the Hero Twins descend to Xibalba—the underworld—to confront the Lords of Death. They face every challenge set before them. And then, at the very end, they are tricked. They are killed. Their bones are ground to dust and cast into the river.
And five days later, they rise.
First, as catfish. Then, as wandering magicians. Then, as themselves, fully transformed—more powerful, more luminous, more wholly themselves than they had ever been before.
This is the medicine of Kame. Not the death itself, but what the death makes possible. The willingness to be ground down. The trust that the river holds you. The faith that five days later, you will rise.
This is also a day—and a trecena—to remember your ancestors. Those who walked before you and now walk in the otherworld, moving through their own stories, climbing the world tree toward the light. They are not gone. They are present in your blood, in your instincts, in the love that shaped you.
To remember them is to honor them.
To honor them is to carry them forward.
And in carrying them forward, you carry yourself.
Kame asks: what in you is ready to be released? What old version of yourself has served you well and now needs to be laid down with love? What fear, held long enough, is ready to become wisdom?
This is the potential of the Kame trecena. To face. To release. To be reborn.
For members of the Altar, full images of this altar are down below. If you’d like to join the Altar, consider this your invitation.
Sending so much love and all the grace of this threshold,
Maggie