Maya nawal

B'atz' — the thread

B'atz' in K'iche' · Chuwen in Yucatec · Monkey seal in the Dreamspell

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You were born on B'atz', and the name of this day carries two meanings that sit together quite happily: monkey and thread. In Momostenango, the words that go with B'atz' are to spin, to wind, to roll into a ball, and to ask. This is the day that ties the living to those who came before, like a line nobody ever cut. It is also the day of the artist brothers of the Popol Wuj, who could play music, write and carve from the start. In your hands, time becomes a ball of yarn.

The strength of B'atz'

Your strength is weaving. People born on B'atz' pick up loose ends and weave them into whole cloth: the project nobody could pull together, the scattered cousins who finally meet again because you called each one of them. In the tradition, B'atz' rules art in every form, weaving and everyone who makes things, and those born on it have a knack for any craft. In Momostenango they also say this day brings in money, harvests and children without strain.

What the Chart tells you about B'atz'

The reading of B'atz' 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 B'atz'

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 B'atz' shows itself in whoever is born that day.

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

Born in B'atz'

B'atz' returns every 20 days, all year round, in any year — 18 times in 2026. Anyone born on one of those days, or on any day a multiple of 20 days away from them, is B'atz'; the tone changes with each turn.

In 2026: January 13 (4 B'atz'), February 2 (11 B'atz'), February 22 (5 B'atz'), March 14 (12 B'atz'), April 3 (6 B'atz'), April 23 (13 B'atz'), May 13 (7 B'atz'), June 2 (1 B'atz'), June 22 (8 B'atz'), July 12 (2 B'atz'), August 1 (9 B'atz'), August 21 (3 B'atz'), September 10 (10 B'atz'), September 30 (4 B'atz'), October 20 (11 B'atz'), November 9 (5 B'atz'), November 29 (12 B'atz'), December 19 (6 B'atz').

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