Maya nawal

Toj — the offering

Toj in K'iche' · Muluk in Yucatec · Moon seal in the Dreamspell

the offering·gratitude·the fire

You were born on the day of payment. Toj means to pay, and in Momostenango the name also recalls pain and sorrow, because whoever receives ends up owing, and whoever owes feels the weight. Nobody goes through life without receiving: food, clothing, money, help at the right moment. Toj is the day to give that back with an offering to the fire, and it is also a day of rain. You were born close to that fire, and you learnt early that everything has its exchange.

The strength of Toj

Your strength is settling accounts. People born on Toj usually have a keen sense of what is fair: you return the favour, remember who helped you and put in your share of the bill before anyone asks. In the tradition, Toj is the payment that restores balance, and those born on it usually like to be square with everyone. You treat others with respect and usually do your part. People trust you because they know that, with you, nothing is left hanging.

What the Chart tells you about Toj

The reading of Toj 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 Toj

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 Toj shows itself in whoever is born that day.

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

Born in Toj

Toj 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 Toj; the tone changes with each turn.

In 2026: January 11 (2 Toj), January 31 (9 Toj), February 20 (3 Toj), March 12 (10 Toj), April 1 (4 Toj), April 21 (11 Toj), May 11 (5 Toj), May 31 (12 Toj), June 20 (6 Toj), July 10 (13 Toj), July 30 (7 Toj), August 19 (1 Toj), September 8 (8 Toj), September 28 (2 Toj), October 18 (9 Toj), November 7 (3 Toj), November 27 (10 Toj), December 17 (4 Toj).

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