"Our neighbors, our companions." Kawe't (Ch'orti'), Kawuq (Quiche), Kawak (Yucatec), Quiahuitl (Nuhuat-Aztec)
Using a GMT correlation of -95, the 13 day week of Kawe't begins today. Kawe't is about our neighbors, near and far. Seeing all as neighbors and all as companions. The Maya are somewhat unusual in having a sacred symbol or sign be based on neighbors, someone who is non-Mayan. This is the most generous of signs and a time to assist others, rebuild neighborhoods, organize, and create companionship outside one's family or circle.
The Maya created a sign for their neighbors because they truly believed in getting to know and sharing with as many different groups and tribes as they could. It is essential to who they have been and who they are.
The Aztec symbol for this day sign is revealing - the head of Tlaloc. Tlaloc translates as tal - arrival; ahl - time of; ok' - dividing in two, "time of the arrival of the dividing in two". This refers to cutting a path for a river or canal so that water to come to a dry region. The Maya did that many times for their neighbors. The Mayan glyph appears to have water drops on it which people have assumed were raindrops, so this sign has often been interpreted as rain or storm. But the meaning is irrigation and rivers.
In the Mars retrograde long-count calendar this day corresponds to 2641 BCE to 2609 BCE.
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