This morning I decided that today’s post in the Tzolkin series would only consist of small details for each Mayan Tone and Glyph. I will be starting two new series of posts to cover this information in the near future. I plan on writing an entry dedicated to each Tone and Glyph so I can cover the details with a more in depth and dedicated approach. By doing so I will give myself the opportunity to discuss this information in my own words, which will in the end give me an even deeper understanding of each specific day. For now, this is a collection of the basic details including the images to go along with the Mayan date calculator.
The Mayan Tones
1 (Hun)
Purpose: To initiate
Key meaning: Hun represents the beginning of all things, all that is first, and all that initiates, sows, conceives
Ruler: The God of Fire and Time
Purpose: To initiate
Key meaning: Hun represents the beginning of all things, all that is first, and all that initiates, sows, conceives
Ruler: The God of Fire and Time
2 (Ka)
Purpose: To create a reaction
Key meaning: Ka represents duality and balance between opposing yet complementary elements
Ruler: The God of Earth
Purpose: To create a reaction
Key meaning: Ka represents duality and balance between opposing yet complementary elements
Ruler: The God of Earth
3 (Ox)
Purpose: To activate
Key meaning: Ox represents action, movement and communication
Ruler: The Goddess of Water and Childbirth
Purpose: To activate
Key meaning: Ox represents action, movement and communication
Ruler: The Goddess of Water and Childbirth
4 (Kan)
Purpose: To stabilize
Key meaning: Kan represents stability
Ruler: The God of The Sun and The Warriors
Purpose: To stabilize
Key meaning: Kan represents stability
Ruler: The God of The Sun and The Warriors
5 (Ho)
Purpose: To Empower
Key meaning: Ho represents empowerment
Ruler: The Goddess of Love and Childbirth
Purpose: To Empower
Key meaning: Ho represents empowerment
Ruler: The Goddess of Love and Childbirth
6 (Uac)
Purpose: To create flow
Key meaning: Uac represents flow and the movement of volume through space, creating time.
Ruler: The God of Death
Purpose: To create flow
Key meaning: Uac represents flow and the movement of volume through space, creating time.
Ruler: The God of Death
7 (Uuc)
Purpose: To reveal
Key meaning: Uuc represents reflection, the source of creation and the flow of divine will
Ruler: The God of Maize and Sustenance
Purpose: To reveal
Key meaning: Uuc represents reflection, the source of creation and the flow of divine will
Ruler: The God of Maize and Sustenance
8 (Uaxac)
Purpose: To harmonize
Key meaning: Uaxac represents justice, harmony and balance
Ruler: The God of Rain and War
Purpose: To harmonize
Key meaning: Uaxac represents justice, harmony and balance
Ruler: The God of Rain and War
9 (Bolon)
Purpose: To create forward movement
Key meaning: Bolon represents patience, perseverance and completion
Ruler: The God of Light
Purpose: To create forward movement
Key meaning: Bolon represents patience, perseverance and completion
Ruler: The God of Light
10 (La Hun)
Purpose: To challenge
Key meaning: La Hun represents manifestation
Ruler: The God of Darkness
Purpose: To challenge
Key meaning: La Hun represents manifestation
Ruler: The God of Darkness
11 (Buluk)
Purpose: To create clarity
Key meaning: Buluk represents resolution
Ruler: The Goddess of Birth
Purpose: To create clarity
Key meaning: Buluk represents resolution
Ruler: The Goddess of Birth
12 (La Ka)
Purpose: To create understanding
Key meaning: La Ka represents understanding and communication
Ruler: The God of the Morning Star who rules before dawn
Purpose: To create understanding
Key meaning: La Ka represents understanding and communication
Ruler: The God of the Morning Star who rules before dawn
13 (Ox La Hun)
Purpose: To complete
Key meaning: Ox La Hun represents ascension and the completion of all things
Ruler: The Supreme Deity of Creation
Purpose: To complete
Key meaning: Ox La Hun represents ascension and the completion of all things
Ruler: The Supreme Deity of Creation
The Mayan Glyphs
Alligator (Imix)
Day when new phenomena from the collective unconscious comes to the surface
Key meaning: Primal creation and personal power
Personality: Energetic, creative and initiating. Protective and dominating in a parental way. Sensitive and private.
Day when new phenomena from the collective unconscious comes to the surface
Key meaning: Primal creation and personal power
Personality: Energetic, creative and initiating. Protective and dominating in a parental way. Sensitive and private.
Ik (Wind)
Day when the new phenomena are disseminated and communicated
Key meaning: Adoption, the mind and communication
Personality: Communicative, mental, agile, clever and multifaceted. Idealistic and romantic. Fashion conscious or artistic.
Day when the new phenomena are disseminated and communicated
Key meaning: Adoption, the mind and communication
Personality: Communicative, mental, agile, clever and multifaceted. Idealistic and romantic. Fashion conscious or artistic.
Night (Akbal)
Day of recreated unity and dampened worldly ambitions
Key meaning: Foundations of personal security
Personality: Powerful, logical, organized, deep, thoughtful and conservative. Good endurance, introspective.
Day of recreated unity and dampened worldly ambitions
Key meaning: Foundations of personal security
Personality: Powerful, logical, organized, deep, thoughtful and conservative. Good endurance, introspective.
Lizard (Kan)
Day when sustenance naturally manifests and patience is rewarded
Key meaning: Individuality and sexual maturity
Personality: Interested in leadership and performance. Active, dynamic and sexual. Influential, holds to high standards.
Day when sustenance naturally manifests and patience is rewarded
Key meaning: Individuality and sexual maturity
Personality: Interested in leadership and performance. Active, dynamic and sexual. Influential, holds to high standards.
Serpent (Chicchan)
Day of vital energy, instinct and desire for creativity
Key meaning: The challenge of transformation
Personality: Strong-willed, extremist, powerful and charismatic. Has strong emotions or personal powers that affect others deeply.
Day of vital energy, instinct and desire for creativity
Key meaning: The challenge of transformation
Personality: Strong-willed, extremist, powerful and charismatic. Has strong emotions or personal powers that affect others deeply.
Death (Cimi)
Day of transformation and resurrection
Key meaning: Sacrifice for community
Personality: Security conscious, materialistic, sacrificing and helpful. Interest and concern for the community and politics.
Day of transformation and resurrection
Key meaning: Sacrifice for community
Personality: Security conscious, materialistic, sacrificing and helpful. Interest and concern for the community and politics.
Deer (Manik)
Day to recreate spiritual strength in nature
Key meaning: Fellowship and family versus freedom and independence.
Personality: Peaceful, generous, cooperative, artistic and inspiring. Also nomadic, outspoken and individualistic. Needs companionship.
Day to recreate spiritual strength in nature
Key meaning: Fellowship and family versus freedom and independence.
Personality: Peaceful, generous, cooperative, artistic and inspiring. Also nomadic, outspoken and individualistic. Needs companionship.
Rabbit (Lamat)
Day to appreciate the growth accomplished
Key meaning: Opposition, risk and daring.
Personality: Energetic, busy, nervous, clever and playful. Intelligent, but somewhat paranoid. Likes to fight.
Day to appreciate the growth accomplished
Key meaning: Opposition, risk and daring.
Personality: Energetic, busy, nervous, clever and playful. Intelligent, but somewhat paranoid. Likes to fight.
Water (Muluc)
Day of realizing the complexity and diversity of the divine process
Key meaning: The power of the emotions
Personality: Emotional, imaginative, psychic romantic and fantasy prone. Dominates others easily by projecting strong feelings.
Day of realizing the complexity and diversity of the divine process
Key meaning: The power of the emotions
Personality: Emotional, imaginative, psychic romantic and fantasy prone. Dominates others easily by projecting strong feelings.
Dog (Oc)
Day of single minded action and devotion to the highest ideal
Key meaning: Loyalty and participation
Personality: Cooperative, consistent, loyal and helpful. Good team player and joiner, but also good leader. Needs much variety in life.
Day of single minded action and devotion to the highest ideal
Key meaning: Loyalty and participation
Personality: Cooperative, consistent, loyal and helpful. Good team player and joiner, but also good leader. Needs much variety in life.
Monkey (Chuen)
Day to playfully explore and create
Key meaning: Performance and artistry
Personality: Attention getting, artistic, clever and demonstrative. Multiple interests, communicative and very curious.
Day to playfully explore and create
Key meaning: Performance and artistry
Personality: Attention getting, artistic, clever and demonstrative. Multiple interests, communicative and very curious.
The Road (Eb)
Day for contemplating consequences and safeguarding the future
Key meaning: Cooperative usefulness.
Personality: Relaxed, courteous, careful and useful. Also sensitive, touchy and easily hurt. Ambitious and hard-working.
Day for contemplating consequences and safeguarding the future
Key meaning: Cooperative usefulness.
Personality: Relaxed, courteous, careful and useful. Also sensitive, touchy and easily hurt. Ambitious and hard-working.
Cane (Ben)
Day to generate new energy, organize and take charge
Key meaning: Singleness of mind, integrity.
Personality: Popular, knowledgeable, accomplished and competent. A fighter for principles, a crusader. Takes on challenges.
Day to generate new energy, organize and take charge
Key meaning: Singleness of mind, integrity.
Personality: Popular, knowledgeable, accomplished and competent. A fighter for principles, a crusader. Takes on challenges.
Jaguar (Ix)
Day of contact with the inner core of the earth
Key meaning: Investigation and healing
Personality: Secretive, sensitive, intelligent and psychic. Concerned with religion or spirituality. Aggressive but avoids direct confrontations.
Day of contact with the inner core of the earth
Key meaning: Investigation and healing
Personality: Secretive, sensitive, intelligent and psychic. Concerned with religion or spirituality. Aggressive but avoids direct confrontations.
Eagle (Men)
Day of heightened aspirations and taking new aim
Key meaning: Vision - perspective.
Personality: Independent, ambitious and escapist. Scientific, technically inclined, critical and exacting. Has unique ideas about life.
Day of heightened aspirations and taking new aim
Key meaning: Vision - perspective.
Personality: Independent, ambitious and escapist. Scientific, technically inclined, critical and exacting. Has unique ideas about life.
Owl (Cib)
Day to be receptive to the cosmic forces
Key meaning: Authority and status.
Personality: Serious, wise, deep, realistic and pragmatic. Hardened to life, status conscious. Sometimes dominated by others. Has very high standards.
Day to be receptive to the cosmic forces
Key meaning: Authority and status.
Personality: Serious, wise, deep, realistic and pragmatic. Hardened to life, status conscious. Sometimes dominated by others. Has very high standards.
Earth (Caban)
Day of innovative intellectual impulses
Key meaning: Pushing the limits.
Personality: Mentally active, rationalizing, clever but practical. Usually liberal and progressive. Often controversial. Strong convictions.
Day of innovative intellectual impulses
Key meaning: Pushing the limits.
Personality: Mentally active, rationalizing, clever but practical. Usually liberal and progressive. Often controversial. Strong convictions.
Flint (Etznab)
Day to choose the better path
Key meaning: Cooperation vs. self interest
Personality: Practical, mechanically inclined, well-coordinated. Social, but struggles in close relationships. Compromising and self-sacrificing, but suppresses anger.
Day to choose the better path
Key meaning: Cooperation vs. self interest
Personality: Practical, mechanically inclined, well-coordinated. Social, but struggles in close relationships. Compromising and self-sacrificing, but suppresses anger.
Rainstorm (Cauac)
Day of enthusiasm and strong energies
Key meaning: The healing of mind and body
Personality: Youthful, restless, friendly and helpful. Multi-faceted, a good learner and teacher. Drawn to philosophy or religion. Concern for healing and purification.
Day of enthusiasm and strong energies
Key meaning: The healing of mind and body
Personality: Youthful, restless, friendly and helpful. Multi-faceted, a good learner and teacher. Drawn to philosophy or religion. Concern for healing and purification.
Light (Ahau)
Day to celebrate the completion of creation
Key meaning: Aiming the mark
Personality: Loving, devoted, artistic, dreamy and romantic. Socially awkward but well-intentioned. Stubborn and uncompromising.
Day to celebrate the completion of creation
Key meaning: Aiming the mark
Personality: Loving, devoted, artistic, dreamy and romantic. Socially awkward but well-intentioned. Stubborn and uncompromising.
