As a multiple of 11, 33 is a ‘master number’ in numerology. 33 is 3 x 11, a particularly dynamic and inspiring blend, also the number of vertebrae of the human spine. So this was what I knew about the number 33 until May 1998.
On 4 May 1998, the number 33 became really significant with the visit of my first Crop Circle during the weekend of an international Mayan Conference in Glastonbury, UK.
33 Flames of Beltane Wheel Crop Circle Avebury UK 4 May 1998 Photo Steve Alexander
Inside this incredible crop circle formation and in the exhilaration of its potent energies I receive a download of information regarding the Tzolkin Mayan Calendar which was to develop into the 33 Maya Cards.
“That Monday, we were on the bus driving towards the megalithic site of Avebury when suddenly, we saw on the side of the hill a crop circle fresh from the night before. In the vibrant yellow of a rape seed field, next to the sacred site of Silbury Hill, was the radiant torus formation later known as the ‘Beltane Wheel’.
This solar wheel contains 33 ‘flames’ which perfectly divide the inside of two circles. In relation to the themes explored during the weekend Mayan conference, one of the many possible interpretations of this formation was that it symbolically represented the alliance of the 20 Solar Glyphs and the 13 Numbers of the Tzolkin sacred Mayan Calendar.”
Extract from “Messages of the Maya Cards” by Claudie Planche
Indeed 33 = 20 + 13, the 20 solar glyphs and the 13 Numbers which make the 260 days of the Tzolkin Mayan Calendar as they combine together within its cycle :
20 x 13 = 260.
THE 20 MAYAN SOLAR SIGNS
Yucatec and Quiche Maya Names with their translations from Mesoamerican languages
The 20 Mayan Solar Signs
The 20 Solar Signs and 13 Numbers have symbolic meaning. They are the ‘spine’ of the sacred Tzolkin Mayan Calendar, the main 33 components that you have to know for daykeeping, astrology and divination.
Read more in the book “Messages of the Maya Cards” available in English, Spanish & French and part of the Mayan Calendar Kit.
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