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The Year Bearer under which one was born also effects their destiny. It is also the title given to each of the four Year Bearers - Ik', Manik', Eb, and Kaban - when it is their year to be the day sign representing the solar year. The Mam referred to in a few of the descriptions is Maya spirit of the Earth, a mother-father figure. Not everything turns out good and that is life. Some of the personality trait explanations seem quite harsh, but such is the nature of Mesoamerican philosophy.

The following is not manufactured by your author, though it is paraphrased in places and a blending of various accounts. In some places, however, the natives are becoming more like us.' Once the day of the saint whose name a person bears arrives, he is cast into the water, just as was done in ancient times. This feast was called Apantlazaliztli, which means 'To Go Through the Water,' and it is still in use today, and I have seen it observed in certain places. If he did not do so in that year, he would not again be honored, because it was said (with a great deal of scorn and contempt) that he was still bound and there was no reason to celebrate his birthday any more. When he came out of the water, he was bound and obliged to provide festivities for his day. They tossed him into the water and immersed him. Some took him by the feet, others by the head. 'They seized the individual whom they expected to hold a feast because of his birthday. According to Duran, birthdays were 'celebrated' very differently in the Aztec world. The Aztec personality traits listed with each of the twenty days were recorded by Duran in the late 16th century. Thus, a person born on 2 Imix would show weak manifestations of Imix character, a 13 Imix has Imix traits in their most intense forms. 1-3 are weak, 5-7 are balanced and 9-13 are strong, sometimes extreme manifestations of the given day name. While the day names bear the characteristics, the number coefficient in front of any given day indicates whether an individual has weak, balanced, or strong amounts of those traits.

The Maya information compiled here is from various sources, but exclusively from the highlands of Guatemala (Tedlock 1982, Guoron Ajquijay 2003, Patal, personal communication 2006, Stanzione 2006.) Personality Traits of People Born on Certain DaysĪ person is said to have a certain destiny and personality traits shaped by day sign under which they are born.

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