Maya nawal

K'at — the net

K'at in K'iche' · K'an in Yucatec · Seed seal in the Dreamspell

the net·what gathers·untying the knots

You were born on the day of the net. K'at is the fibre net where maize is stored for tomorrow, the net the fisherman casts into the lake, and also the trap that catches. It is the ember too: a hot day that singes anyone who handles it carelessly. In the tradition, K'at is the day for tangling and untangling life. You usually carry both: a rare gift for bringing people and resources together, and a remarkable knack for getting caught in your own knots.

The strength of K'at

Your strength is gathering. People born on K'at often cast the net at anything and come back with what they went after: the sponsor for the project, the crew for the move, the twenty cousins for the end-of-year lunch. You see the loose threads and know how to tie one to the next until they become mesh. Some also see K'at as the day of those who store and preserve, who think about tomorrow's maize. In your house, the larder is rarely bare.

What the Chart tells you about K'at

The reading of K'at 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 K'at

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 K'at shows itself in whoever is born that day.

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

Born in K'at

K'at 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 K'at; the tone changes with each turn.

In 2026: January 6 (10 K'at), January 26 (4 K'at), February 15 (11 K'at), March 7 (5 K'at), March 27 (12 K'at), April 16 (6 K'at), May 6 (13 K'at), May 26 (7 K'at), June 15 (1 K'at), July 5 (8 K'at), July 25 (2 K'at), August 14 (9 K'at), September 3 (3 K'at), September 23 (10 K'at), October 13 (4 K'at), November 2 (11 K'at), November 22 (5 K'at), December 12 (12 K'at).

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