Tijax
nawal 18 of 20 · in Yucatec Maya Etz'nab
- Meaningflint, obsidian; the cutting edge
- Direction and colour (Yucatec tradition)north, white
Its name is linked with destiny and with the obsidian knife. On Tijax people ask for protection against harm in society, in the community or in their own lives. People born on this day are said to be good, brave and healers; also lively-tempered and exposed to gossip and quarrels, which tradition advises to calm with offerings.
After the text of the Komon Tohil group of K'iche' daykeepers (ajq'ijab') of Zunil, Quetzaltenango, published by the National Museum of the American Indian (Smithsonian) in “Living Maya Time”.
Other readings
In Momostenango Tedlock links Tijax mainly with slander and quarrels.
The next Tijax days
- 5 Tijax: 27 October 2026
- 12 Tijax: 16 November 2026
- 6 Tijax: 6 December 2026
- 13 Tijax: 26 December 2026
A living calendar
The Cholq'ij is a living spirituality, not a memory of a vanished people. The meaning of a day is given by an ajq'ij, with the person in front of them, looking at the nawal, the number and the rest of the count; this page can only give the general frame and predicts nothing. If you want to know more about your nawal, go to an ajq'ij of a Maya community.
Dates are calculated with the GMT correlation (584283), the one that agrees with the count the ajq'ijab' of the Guatemalan highlands have kept without a break.