Maya nawal

Iq' — the wind

Iq' in K'iche' · Ik' in Yucatec · Wind seal in the Dreamspell

the wind·the breath·the word

You were born on the day of the wind. Iq' is the air that fills and leaves the chest, the breath that gives life to everything that breathes, and the wind that sweeps across the highlands and turns the weather from one hour to the next. The glyph is often read as the window of an old temple, open to let the air through. In the tradition, it is also a day tied to the moon. In you it shows up as a mind that never stops, an easy way with words and a mood that shifts like the wind.

The strength of Iq'

Your strength is a quick mind. People born on Iq' often understand before the explanation is over, hold on to what they learn, and often have the answer ready while others are still looking for the question. In the tradition, this is the day of intelligence and of an imagination that flies far. You are the person who, halfway through a conversation about something else, has the idea that fixes the week's problem. The wind arrives before the rain.

What the Chart tells you about Iq'

The reading of Iq' 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 Iq'

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 Iq' shows itself in whoever is born that day.

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

Born in Iq'

Iq' 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 Iq'; the tone changes with each turn.

In 2026: January 4 (8 Iq'), January 24 (2 Iq'), February 13 (9 Iq'), March 5 (3 Iq'), March 25 (10 Iq'), April 14 (4 Iq'), May 4 (11 Iq'), May 24 (5 Iq'), June 13 (12 Iq'), July 3 (6 Iq'), July 23 (13 Iq'), August 12 (7 Iq'), September 1 (1 Iq'), September 21 (8 Iq'), October 11 (2 Iq'), October 31 (9 Iq'), November 20 (3 Iq'), December 10 (10 Iq'), December 30 (4 Iq').

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