9 Kawoq reminds us that abundance comes through sharing, that we create abundance when we think as a community, when we work together, when we are not seeking to hoard.–Denise Barrios
Kawoq: Rain • Lightning • Woman • Staff of Power • Midwife • Family • Groups • Society • Collective • Difficulty • Disputes • Fertility • Birth • Versatility • Growth • Abundance
Pronunciation: “Kahwok” Direction: East Sacred Animal: Turtle Energy Places: Forests, Especially Pine or Cypress Colors: Green, Blue Body Parts: Heart, Nerves Yucatec: Kawak Mexica: Quiahuitli
Kawoq Glyph: The group of spheres represents the members of a family and a group of families that belong to a community. The crosshatching means assistance or collaboration.
Kawoq is a community day, generally beginning with the individual. It means group relationships and descent, the eternal return to life of future generations. It is society, the village, the town, the country, the continent, the planet, the planetary system, the galaxy, the universe, and expansion.
It means the strength of unity, greater consciousness, the unfolding of the cosmic plan, growth, and fertility. It is the energy for abundance, in both the material and spiritual sense. It is the energy that brings the rains for good harvests.
It symbolizes the woman or the wife and the sacred spiritual staff; dignity, the representation of power and authority, and total realization: rain, lightning, fire, wind, and water. –Carlos Barrios
Diana’s Observations:
Kawoq, nawal of birth, connection, and abundance, flows today with the creative, feminine force of Power 9. As the heart of home, community, and society, Kawoq teaches that harmony with others is harmony with all of life. Merged with the effects of 9, these bonds are further strengthened—fertilizing collaboration and nurturing networks through intuition, emotion, and affection. 9 Kawoq calls for unity-born solutions and the nurturing of thriving relationships and shared projects.
Building on the renewal and creative momentum of the B’atz Trecena, 9 Kawoq radiates the strength of collective vision and union. This day nurtures the expansion of shared consciousness, aligning hearts and minds around common aspirations. Under 9 Kawoq’s emotional and intuitive force, heartfelt dialogues become vessels for healing and restoring order—empowering resolution in relationships. The day’s gifts inspire transformation through nourishing communication, weaving individual insights into evolving unity.
In its shadow, 9 Kawoq can surface as gossip, control, or meddling in matters that aren’t ours. Hidden feelings or unclear motives may create tension and cloud understanding. This energy reminds us to remain adaptable—and, when entangled in worry or confusion, to vulnerably seek support and cooperate, allowing healing and understanding to unfold.
Today poetically evokes the heart of communication and connection, with stories and experiences woven into the fabric of communal love and shared life. Its power flows through every exchange, nurturing and catalyzing the growth of projects and close bonds. Kawoq’s storm aspect—invoking the divine ray and flashes of lightning—serves as a metaphor for sudden insight and visionary wisdom, empowering channels of grace in unfolding cycles, relationships, and family ties. This energy guides us toward equanimity and harmony, blessing our work of transformation within ourselves and our communities.
Practical Applications & Programming of the Day:
Auspicious for: Family, community and women’s gatherings; social activities and celebrations; settling social conflicts; developing or practicing emotional intelligence; attention to intuitive flashes; artistic creations, poetry, painting; nurturing the health and harmony of home; artistic collaborations; prayers for success and prosperity; midwifery; supporting healthy childbirth; community service; unifying groups; fostering connections between family or associations
Turtle’s significance is found in Mesoamerican archaeological imagery and other mythological contexts. Its hard, rugged carapace is seen as a representation of the earth's surface, rising from the primordial waters. This concept is most famously depicted in a scene from Classic Maya art where the Maize God, symbolizing life and sustenance, is resurrected from a cracked turtle shell, a metaphor for the first land emerging from the sea. This connects the turtle to the ultimate act of world creation and the source of all life.
Furthermore, the turtle's role as an earth-bearer and world sustainer is significant. Ancient Maya altars and monuments were often carved in the shape of turtles, serving as a symbolic foundation for sacred ceremonies and rituals.
The turtle's association with the earth's surface also links it to stability, longevity, and ancient wisdom. Its shell was used as a percussion instrument, possibly to evoke the sound of thunder and rain, tying the turtle to the rain god Chaac and the cycles of fertility. This duality of being both a creature of water and earth makes the turtle a powerful representation of the balance and grounding of the physical world.
The Turtle spirit animal can be invoked for its wisdom on patience and slow, steady progress, especially when facing a long journey or major life changes. It also offers powerful energy for protection and grounding, reminding one to carry a sense of home and stability wherever they go, much like its shell.
Observations by Mayan Spiritual Guides:
9 Kawoq The energy of 8 Tijax may have helped some rather drastic changes to happen, but it can also leave us feeling a little tender after the “surgery.” Now the most compassionate aspect of Kawoq enters to help to soothe and comfort us as we move forward into our new being.
Whilst this might sound rather weak, it should be remembered that Kawoq has the power of the rainstorm behind her. She brings the new life, but she also has the power to wash away the old.
She may do this in a compassionate way, and with the overall goal of bringing in the new, but nonetheless will do so with vigor.
This is an important day for any women engaged in forms of healing. It is a day which maximizes and highlights these abilities, a wonderful day for women’s healing rituals.
This is a day to ask women for their assistance in your healing, but also in helping you to move forward. If something is restricting your progress, ask your female friends for their wisdom or guidance with regards to breaking through this blockage.–Mark Elmy
9 Kawoq 9 Kawoq represents the moment of creation in which the energy of coexistence comes into being.
This Ch’umil helps us understand that our purpose as humans is to reach our individual development in connection to the shared evolution, for we are connected to every living being, we are a manifestation of Mother Earth and we must evolve in harmony and together with her.
Kawoq teaches us to embrace our differences, knowing that these gift us with great abundance and wealth. –Denise Barrios
✍🏼 Journal Prompts of the Day:
In what ways can I nurture deeper unity within my relationships or community today, weaving my intentions into a shared vision of growth?
Where in my life is new collaboration or collective insight needed, and how can I open myself to receive support or inspiration from others?
