NAHUAL

Tijax

Guardian animal Quetzal

Orientation South

Element Water

Guardian animal Quetzal

Energy places Cloud forest cliffs and waterfalls

Stone Obsidian

Energy colors Yellow and white

Metal Copper

Names in Maya Tijax, Etz’nab’

Orientation South

Element Water

Name in Mexica Tecpatl

THE ENERGY OF Tijax

Obsidian.
Cutting.
Healing.

Tijax is the obsidian blade, sharp on both edges. It cuts away what no longer serves, and in doing so it heals. It is the warrior’s strength and the path of liberation, a spirit that is free even while it lives in a body.

In the K’iche’ day count, Tijax is linked to destiny and the obsidian knife, and it is a day to ask for protection and make offerings. Its Yucatec counterpart is Etz’nab’, the flint.

PERSONALITY TRAITS

Those born on Tijax are conceived under the sign of Tz’i, with Keme as their destiny sign. Protectors of justice, they are kind with good people and firm with those who act unjustly. Sensitive, analytical and imaginative, they can be so decisive that they end a bond in an instant.

POSITIVE ASPECTS

In balance, Tijax is optimistic, collaborative and deeply compassionate. They avoid violence, give friendship generously, interpret dreams and ceremonies with insight, and carry other people’s problems as their own without losing their center.