Nawal Tz'i'
Dog · Fidelity, truth, the guide on the path.
Loyalty, justice, the law beneath the law.
You are loyal to the bone. Tz'i' people carry the energy of the guardian: faithful, protective, and deeply committed to those they love. You take your bonds seriously. When you give your word, you keep it. This is not a performance. It is simply who you are, and the people in your life know it.
Your gifts are trustworthiness, a sharp instinct for justice, and the ability to hold the line when others would fold. You are the one people call when something actually matters. You show up. You follow through. You have a natural sense of the law beneath the law: the real rules that govern how things should work between people.
The challenge for Tz'i' is knowing when loyalty becomes self-betrayal. You can stay too long, give too much, and protect people who are using that protection against you. The dog that never protects itself is not loyal. It is lost. Know when to walk. Your fidelity is a gift; do not give it to those who cannot hold it.
Your nawal is only half of a Cholq'ij day. Each sign is carried by a number from 1 to 13 that changes its intensity and timing. Learn how the 13 numbers work, or find your own nawal and number.
Go deeper: the documented teaching
Essence
Tz'i' is dog, the five senses, and material and spiritual justice. This first-pass node uses the Komon Tohil K'iche' daykeeper source as the primary meaning source and keeps Yucatec/Classic mapping separate from Dreamspell seal language.
Strengths
- Intelligence, discernment, and the capacity to judge good and bad with sensory clarity.
- Carries a Traditional day/nawal meaning that can be combined later with a 1-13 number coefficient.
Shadow
- Jealousy, criticism, rumor, or bad habits can distort judgment.
- Overstating this as a universal Maya personality doctrine would exceed the current source boundary.
Path
Let justice be protective and sensory-grounded, not reactive or punitive. In runtime synthesis, the day/nawal should carry the core Traditional meaning while the coefficient modifies intensity or timing.
Where the tradition diverges
K'iche' name: Tz'i'. Yucatec/Classic-public mapping: Ok. English gloss/source field: dog, senses, justice. Dreamspell uses a separate seal label for the same index and should not supply this node's meaning. Komon Tohil presents day meanings in a B'atz'-first table; GMT calculation may use an Imix/Imox-first internal sequence.
Sources and further reading
This page synthesizes published academic and ethnographic scholarship. It presents the living K’iche’ tradition through documented sources, not as insider authority.
- Komon Tohil (K'iche' Day Keepers Collective), The Meaning of the Days
- Dr Diane Davies, The Maya Calendar Explained, Maya Archaeologist
- Barbara Tedlock, (1992), Time and the Highland Maya