Maya nawal

Tijax — the obsidian

Tijax in K'iche' · Etz'nab' in Yucatec · Mirror seal in the Dreamspell

the obsidian·the cut·healing

You were born on the day of the stone that cuts, the knife of obsidian or flint honed sharp. The name Tijax recalls pain and sorrow, and the day brings to mind the struggle of the first fathers amid danger. Yet it is also the day of healers. The same blade that wounds opens the way to healing, and in you the two go together: you know pain up close and you know what to do with it.

The strength of Tijax

Your strength is courage. Some ajq'ijab' recognise a Tijax child by how little frightens them: not animals, not snakes, not a dark room. Grown up, you are much the same. When bad news arrives, you are the one who picks up the phone, goes over there and sorts it out. People born on Tijax face what does harm and cut it away, whether it's a problem, a lie or a bad feeling. In time, you become the person others turn to with what they can't sort out themselves.

What the Chart tells you about Tijax

The reading of Tijax 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 Tijax

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 Tijax shows itself in whoever is born that day.

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

Born in Tijax

Tijax 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 Tijax; the tone changes with each turn.

In 2026: January 20 (11 Tijax), February 9 (5 Tijax), March 1 (12 Tijax), March 21 (6 Tijax), April 10 (13 Tijax), April 30 (7 Tijax), May 20 (1 Tijax), June 9 (8 Tijax), June 29 (2 Tijax), July 19 (9 Tijax), August 8 (3 Tijax), August 28 (10 Tijax), September 17 (4 Tijax), October 7 (11 Tijax), October 27 (5 Tijax), November 16 (12 Tijax), December 6 (6 Tijax), December 26 (13 Tijax).

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