Maya nawal

Aq'ab'al — the dawn

Aq'ab'al in K'iche' · Ak'bal in Yucatec · Night seal in the Dreamspell

the dawn·the light after the dark·fresh starts

You were born on the day of the dawn. Aq'ab'al is the first ray that strikes the top of the hill and undoes the night, and it is also the very darkness that ray comes to break. Both live in the same name. The Popol Wuj tells of the world's first dawn: the fathers of the K'iche' people see the morning star, burn copal for the rising sun, and every animal rejoices. You carry that hour: you know the dark from the inside, and you know it ends.

The strength of Aq'ab'al

Your strength is starting over. People born on Aq'ab'al often feel an urge to drop what has grown repetitive, untie what holds them and set off down another road: the career changed at thirty-five, the course taken up again after ten years on hold. In the tradition, it is a good day, a day of clarity and peace. When life gets tight for someone near you, you are the one who turns up with the first light of the next morning.

What the Chart tells you about Aq'ab'al

The reading of Aq'ab'al 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 Aq'ab'al

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 Aq'ab'al shows itself in whoever is born that day.

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

Born in Aq'ab'al

Aq'ab'al 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 Aq'ab'al; the tone changes with each turn.

In 2026: January 5 (9 Aq'ab'al), January 25 (3 Aq'ab'al), February 14 (10 Aq'ab'al), March 6 (4 Aq'ab'al), March 26 (11 Aq'ab'al), April 15 (5 Aq'ab'al), May 5 (12 Aq'ab'al), May 25 (6 Aq'ab'al), June 14 (13 Aq'ab'al), July 4 (7 Aq'ab'al), July 24 (1 Aq'ab'al), August 13 (8 Aq'ab'al), September 2 (2 Aq'ab'al), September 22 (9 Aq'ab'al), October 12 (3 Aq'ab'al), November 1 (10 Aq'ab'al), November 21 (4 Aq'ab'al), December 11 (11 Aq'ab'al), December 31 (5 Aq'ab'al).

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