08/01/2026
August 1st is Belejeb (9) B'atz, the Day of the Women — and the Midpoint of Summer.
Belejeb (9) B'atz — in the Chol Q'ij Mayan Calendar— is the Day of the Women. B'atz is the Daylord of birthing, the umbilical cord, the threads of life that connect us across generations — of ancestral memory, artistic expression, and the feminine wisdom woven into all creation. Paired with Belejeb (9), the tonal vibration of nine — the number of emergence and birth — this is the ceremonial day when women are honored as the bringers, protectors, and weavers of life.
On these most sacred days, traditional Mayan communities around the world — sometimes in the millions — gather in ceremony, in prayer, and in offering. This is an ancient and unbroken tradition, held with extraordinary dedication across generations of people who have never stopped tending the sacred fire, even through the most difficult chapters of history.
We offer blessings to the Nanas, Medicine Women, Midwives, Life Givers, and Grandmothers — and give thanks to the First Grandmothers: Nan Ixmucane, Nan Ixquic, Nan Ixchel, and all those who carried the first sparks of wisdom. The ninth strand of the weaving is being witnessed. The birth is complete.
And August 1st is also the Cross Quarter Day of Summer — the midpoint between the Summer Solstice and the Fall Equinox. This is the peak of the summer — the first harvest, the moment when the fullness of summer begins to offer its gifts back. The light is still long but already beginning to shorten. The Earth is at the height of her generosity.
In many traditions this day — known as Lammas in the Celtic world — is a time of giving thanks for what has grown, offering back a portion of what has been received, and acknowledging that abundance and completion always carry the seed of release within them.
The fact that the Cross Quarter Day of Summer falls this year on Belejeb (9) B'atz, the most sacred women's day of the Mayan sacred calendar, is a genuinely remarkable alignment.
We encourage you to connect with the energies tomorrow and make an offering of some kind. Even something as simple as lighting a candle for the grandmothers — those living and those who have crossed over. Speak their names. Receive the thread they have passed to you.
And at this midpoint of the summer season, step outside and receive what the season has given. Name it. Give thanks for it. And offer something back — a prayer, a gesture, a portion of what has grown in you this summer.
Sending blessings to All Our Relations! ✨🔥🐝🌎
