Blue Overtone Monkey

Seal 11

Monkey · Chuen

Whoever plays sees through appearances

Action playPower magicEssence illusion

The Blue Monkey is the seal of play. Its action is to play, its essence is illusion, its power is magic. In play, we take forms seriously and at the same time keep them light. The Monkey perceives that much of what seems rigid is only an agreement, and precisely there lies its freedom: whoever recognizes illusion can play with it instead of being led by it. Magic here means the wonder when something falls into place in a surprising way. Blue is the color of transformation, and humor is one of its lightest forms. The Monkey belongs to the process time cell, the Cardinal Earth family, and the Truth Clan. In the planet holon it corresponds to Venus, in the solar-prophetic flow. In Hunab Ku 21, it carries the archetype of the Magician, who knows how to tell appearance from essence. The Monkey invites you to take your inner child seriously and to open the day playfully.

Tone 5

Overtone

Letting your own strength shine

Action empowerPower radianceEssence commanding

Question How can I best empower myself?

The Overtone tone is the fifth tone of the wavespell; with it a new level begins. Its action is to empower, its power is radiance, its essence is commanding. Like an overtone that vibrates along with the fundamental note and gives it brilliance, it gathers the force of the first four tones and makes it act outward. Its question is: How can I best empower myself? In Maya numerals a single bar represents five, a first whole formed by four parts and a center. It belongs to tones 1, 5, 9, and 13, in which the color of the wavespell’s seal recurs. Commanding here means taking charge of your own doing, not that of others. The Overtone tone invites you to use your abilities consciously and to radiate clearly what is already within you.