Maya nawal

Ajpu — the Sun

Ajpu in K'iche' · Ajaw in Yucatec · Sun seal in the Dreamspell

the Sun·victory·the ancestors

You were born on the day of the hunter, and the glyph of this day is the face of the Sun. On Ajpu people remember the twins of the Popol Wuj, who went down to the world of the dead, came through every trial and rose into the sky, one as the Sun and the other as the Moon. In Momostenango, Ajpu is also the day of the ancestors. Both go together in you: the light everyone can see and the memory of those who came before.

The strength of Ajpu

Your strength is getting through. People born on Ajpu often come out of a trial bigger than they went in: the redundancy that turned into a business, the family illness you carried everyone through without faltering, the exam you resat and passed. In the tradition, it is the day of those who overcome difficulties, and those born on it are usually brave, kind and sound in judgement. You don't need to raise your voice to lead. When the room loses its way, people look at you, and you already have a plan.

What the Chart tells you about Ajpu

The reading of Ajpu continues in the Complete Maya Chart: the shadow, how you deal with people, work and money, what you came to do, your Maya Cross (the four nawales that walk with you), your year and your personal calendar — written for your date.

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The 13 tones of Ajpu

Each day of the Tzolk'in joins one of the 13 tones to one of the 20 nawales — 260 combinations in all. The tone says how Ajpu shows itself in whoever is born that day.

1 Ajpu — Jun. With tone 1, the one that opens the count, Ajpu arrives in you as a seed: the firmness to take the first step.
2 Ajpu — Keb'. With tone 2, the number of the pair, Ajpu arrives doubled in you, and you understand both sides of everything.
3 Ajpu — Oxib'. With tone 3, the one of the three hearthstones, Ajpu asks you for a steady home to give all it can.
4 Ajpu — Kajib'. With tone 4, the one of the four corners, Ajpu arrives whole in you, with resources and balance.
5 Ajpu — Job'. With tone 5, the number of the hand, Ajpu arrives in you in a hurry to act, with busy hands.
6 Ajpu — Waqib'. With tone 6, Ajpu leans on you through what is concrete: family, work, friends.
7 Ajpu — Wuqub'. With tone 7, the middle of the road, Ajpu gives you the view from above, the one that sees every side.
8 Ajpu — Wajxaqib'. With tone 8, the one that joins the beginning and the end, Ajpu arrives in you with the whole day and night.
9 Ajpu — B'elejeb'. With tone 9, the number of the life that takes shape, Ajpu arrives in you with the gift of nurturing and caring.
10 Ajpu — Lajuj. With tone 10, the one of both hands, Ajpu gives more in you when you do things together.
11 Ajpu — Julajuj. With tone 11, Ajpu arrives in you with a lot to give and a course that is won by climbing the mountain.
12 Ajpu — Kab'lajuj. With tone 12, Ajpu arrives mature in you, with the voice of someone who has taken stock.
13 Ajpu — Oxlajuj. With tone 13, the one of the thirteen skies, Ajpu comes to you with great force, which asks for a careful hand.

Born in Ajpu

Ajpu returns every 20 days, all year round, in any year — 19 times in 2026. Anyone born on one of those days, or on any day a multiple of 20 days away from them, is Ajpu; the tone changes with each turn.

In 2026: January 2 (6 Ajpu), January 22 (13 Ajpu), February 11 (7 Ajpu), March 3 (1 Ajpu), March 23 (8 Ajpu), April 12 (2 Ajpu), May 2 (9 Ajpu), May 22 (3 Ajpu), June 11 (10 Ajpu), July 1 (4 Ajpu), July 21 (11 Ajpu), August 10 (5 Ajpu), August 30 (12 Ajpu), September 19 (6 Ajpu), October 9 (13 Ajpu), October 29 (7 Ajpu), November 18 (1 Ajpu), December 8 (8 Ajpu), December 28 (2 Ajpu).

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