What it means
The jaguar was the great night hunter of the Maya world, linked to the sun's passage through the underworld and to rulers who wore its skin. K'iche' daykeepers associate I'x with the earth and the sacred mountains, and with the strength of women. It is a day for visiting altars and asking the earth's forgiveness. I'x people are read as strong and quiet, sometimes fierce, with good timing and a gift for reading people. The Dreamspell's White Wizard draws on the same sense of hidden power.
Strengths
Strength, intuition, patience, a deep tie to the land, and the ability to go unseen when they need to.
Challenges
Secrecy, a fierce response when cornered, and a habit of retreating into their own territory.
Dates
Ix comes around every 20 days, because the Tzolkin runs through its 20 day signs in a fixed order, with Ben before it and Men after it. Each time it returns it carries a new number from 1 to 13, so one exact pairing of number and sign comes back only every 260 days. The next four Ix days on or after October 23, 2026 are October 23, 2026, November 12, 2026, December 2, 2026 and December 22, 2026. The Long Count completed its 13th b'ak'tun on December 21, 2012, which was 4 Ahau, and the first Ix day after it fell on January 4, 2013. Someone born on June 12, 1998, for example, has Ix as their day sign.
How Cosmic Array reads it
Cosmic Array counts your day sign in the traditional Tzolkin, using the standard GMT correlation (584283) between the Maya Long Count and our calendar, the count that lines up with the one highland daykeepers still keep. The Architect blueprint shows your day sign by its Yucatec name, Ix, and reads it alongside your other ancient calendar signs and the rest of your chart. It shows the sign only, not the number from 1 to 13 that completes a full Tzolkin date. The colour name White Wizard comes from the Dreamspell, a modern system created by Jose Arguelles. Dreamspell runs on a different day count, so a Dreamspell calculator may show a different sign for the same birthday.