Maya nawal

Q'anil — the seed

Q'anil in K'iche' · Lamat in Yucatec · Star seal in the Dreamspell

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You were born on the day of the seed. Q'anil is the germ of all life, plant, animal or person, and the name means "the yellowish one", the colour of the ear of corn as it ripens. In it live the four colours of corn, red, black, white and yellow, and the earth that renews itself after every harvest, like corn sprouting again. In Chichicastenango, it is the day of the milpa and is held to be a good one. You share that nature: you start small, put down roots and grow.

The strength of Q'anil

Your strength is making things sprout. People born on Q'anil usually have green fingers: what you plant bears fruit, and what you start is likely to work out. It is the balcony garden that only thrives with you, the weekend side job that became the household's income, the discouraged friend who left your kitchen with a plan. In the tradition, it is the day to start a project and to sow anything at all. Every harvest of yours began with a grain nobody saw.

What the Chart tells you about Q'anil

The reading of Q'anil 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 Q'anil

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 Q'anil shows itself in whoever is born that day.

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

Born in Q'anil

Q'anil 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 Q'anil; the tone changes with each turn.

In 2026: January 10 (1 Q'anil), January 30 (8 Q'anil), February 19 (2 Q'anil), March 11 (9 Q'anil), March 31 (3 Q'anil), April 20 (10 Q'anil), May 10 (4 Q'anil), May 30 (11 Q'anil), June 19 (5 Q'anil), July 9 (12 Q'anil), July 29 (6 Q'anil), August 18 (13 Q'anil), September 7 (7 Q'anil), September 27 (1 Q'anil), October 17 (8 Q'anil), November 6 (2 Q'anil), November 26 (9 Q'anil), December 16 (3 Q'anil).

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