A friendly guide to the 13 Moon calendar, Tzolkin, kin, tones, and seals.

Dreamspell study usually moves between two large ideas: the 13 Moon year and the 260-day Tzolkin cycle. The annual rhythm is often used for long-arc reflection and intention, while the Tzolkin gives you the day-by-day sequence of kin, tones, and seals.

A kin is the daily signature you are looking at when you see a name such as Red Electric Skywalker. That one signature combines a color, a galactic tone, and a solar seal into one reading.

The Dreamspell app is designed to make those relationships easier to inspect. The Dashboard gives you today’s signature quickly, the Calendar helps you browse dates and cycles, Kin Explorer helps you build and inspect signatures, the Journal keeps reflections local on your device, and Resources gathers study content inside the app.

Important distinction

Dreamspell is not the same thing as the traditional Maya calendars. The app and this site do not claim to replace or speak for Indigenous Maya knowledge, and they should be read as Dreamspell-oriented study tools rather than as definitive cultural authority.

How the 13 Moon cycle is commonly read

The Dreamspell year is commonly organized into thirteen 28-day moons. Each moon carries a name, a totem, and the tone quality associated with its place in the yearly cycle.

That means the annual rhythm has its own arc of purpose, challenge, service, form, radiance, equality, attunement, integrity, intention, manifestation, liberation, cooperation, and presence.

People often use this yearly structure as a way to track longer arcs of focus while the Tzolkin provides the finer day-by-day movement underneath it.

The 13 moons included in Dreamspell’s reference data

1. Magnetic Bat Moon (July 26 to August 22): Purpose gathers here as the Dreamspell year opens.
2. Lunar Scorpion Moon (August 23 to September 19): Challenge and polarity help shape the year’s direction.
3. Electric Deer Moon (September 20 to October 17): Service becomes visible through movement and activation.
4. Self-Existing Owl Moon (October 18 to November 14): Form and observation define the next stage of the cycle.
5. Overtone Peacock Moon (November 15 to December 12): Radiance and confidence empower the center of the year.
6. Rhythmic Lizard Moon (December 13 to January 9): Balance and order help distribute energy with care.
7. Resonant Monkey Moon (January 10 to February 6): Attunement and play invite deeper listening.
8. Galactic Hawk Moon (February 7 to March 6): Integrity clarifies how vision and action must align.
9. Solar Jaguar Moon (March 7 to April 3): Intention pulses through focused movement and embodied strength.
10. Planetary Dog Moon (April 4 to May 1): Manifestation asks for care, devotion, and follow-through.
11. Spectral Serpent Moon (May 2 to May 29): Release and liberation free up life force for renewal.
12. Crystal Rabbit Moon (May 30 to June 26): Cooperation and reflection gather the cycle into shared meaning.
13. Cosmic Turtle Moon (June 27 to July 24): Presence and endurance complete the year’s long arc.

What is the Tzolkin?

The Tzolkin is the 260-day cycle created by combining the thirteen galactic tones with the twenty solar seals. In the app, you can browse it directly in the Calendar tab.

What is a kin?

A kin is one daily signature in that 260-day cycle. It combines one tone and one seal. That is why the app can show a day as something like Kin 133, Red Electric Skywalker.

How to read a kin name

In a name such as Red Electric Skywalker, Red is the color family, Electric is the tone, and Skywalker is the seal. Together they describe the day’s place in the cycle.

1. Magnetic: Purpose, unify, attraction. Opens a cycle by gathering attention around a single purpose.
2. Lunar: Challenge, polarize, stabilizing. Reveals tension, contrast, and the work of balance.
3. Electric: Service, activate, bonding. Animates a cycle by asking how purpose becomes service.
4. Self-Existing: Form, define, measuring. Shapes structure, clarity, and the container for action.
5. Overtone: Radiance, empower, commanding. Amplifies confidence and centers the signal of a cycle.
6. Rhythmic: Equality, organize, balancing. Adjusts systems so energy can flow with greater steadiness.
7. Resonant: Attunement, channel, inspiring. Invites listening, intuition, and alignment with subtle guidance.

8. Galactic: Integrity, harmonize, modeling. Asks whether actions truly reflect inner values.
9. Solar: Intention, pulse, realizing. Concentrates intent and directs energy toward realization.
10. Planetary: Manifestation, perfect, producing. Grounds the cycle in visible results and refinement.
11. Spectral: Liberation, dissolve, releasing. Loosens fixed forms so stagnant energy can move again.
12. Crystal: Cooperation, dedicate, universalizing. Gathers perspective through shared reflection and collaboration.
13. Cosmic: Presence, endure, transcending. Completes a cycle by holding awareness in a wider field.

1. Dragon (Red): Birth, nurture, being. Begins through nourishment, trust, and care for life.
2. Wind (White): Spirit, communicate, breath. Brings meaning through breath and inspired exchange.
3. Night (Blue): Abundance, dream, intuition. Explores the imaginal world and its hidden abundance.
4. Seed (Yellow): Flowering, target, awareness. Refines growth, intention, and focused potential.
5. Serpent (Red): Life Force, survive, instinct. Grounds awareness in embodiment and vital energy.
6. World-Bridger (White): Death, equalize, opportunity. Releases attachment so transformation can open new pathways.
7. Hand (Blue): Accomplishment, know, healing. Joins practical skill with healing insight.
8. Star (Yellow): Elegance, beautify, art. Organizes life through harmony, beauty, and creative refinement.
9. Moon (Red): Universal Water, purify, flow. Calls for emotional truth, cleansing, and natural movement.
10. Dog (White): Heart, love, loyalty. Strengthens trust, care, and openheartedness.

11. Monkey (Blue): Magic, play, illusion. Loosens seriousness and restores curiosity.
12. Human (Yellow): Free Will, influence, wisdom. Speaks to conscious choice and discernment.
13. Skywalker (Red): Space, explore, wakefulness. Widens the field through grounded exploration.
14. Wizard (White): Timelessness, enchant, receptivity. Slows the moment down and deepens perception.
15. Eagle (Blue): Vision, create, mind. Expands perspective and imagines more coherent futures.
16. Warrior (Yellow): Intelligence, question, fearlessness. Invites inquiry and disciplined courage.
17. Earth (Red): Navigation, evolve, synchronicity. Reads timing, place, and meaningful alignment.
18. Mirror (White): Endlessness, reflect, order. Cuts through distortion and restores clarity.
19. Storm (Blue): Self-Generation, catalyze, energy. Accelerates renewal through charge and release.
20. Sun (Yellow): Universal Fire, enlighten, life. Completes the cycle through illumination and steady presence.

How a wavespell works

You can think of a wavespell as a thirteen-day arc that begins with purpose, moves through challenge, service, form, empowerment, organization, attunement, integrity, intention, manifestation, release, cooperation, and then arrives at presence.

In practice, that means people often study a day in two ways at once: what this specific kin is saying, and where this day sits in the larger thirteen-day process around it.

Why the app makes this easier

Dreamspell lets you move between daily signatures, date browsing, and kin study without having to manually reconstruct the sequence yourself. That is especially helpful when you want to compare today’s kin to a wavespell pattern or journal about how a cycle is unfolding over time.

Dashboard

See today’s Gregorian date, kin, lunar phase, and affirmation in one place.

Calendar

Browse by date, inspect the 13 Moon cycle, and move through the Tzolkin visually.

Kin Explorer

Combine tones and seals, inspect a kin more closely, and use the group kin blend tool as an in-app reflective calculator.

Journal

Keep notes tied to dates and kin while staying local to your device in the current version.

Resources

Open bundled reference content, app notes, and contextual reminders without leaving the app.

Launch scope

The current version works offline, supports iPhone and iPad, and includes English and Spanish. It does not require an account and does not have active contacts import.

Foundation for the Law of Time

A reference point for Dreamspell-oriented teachings, tones, seals, and 13 Moon study.

Visit lawoftime.org

13 Moon Calendar Resources

Background reading on the 13 Moon structure and prompts for continued reflection.

Visit 13moon.com

Tzolkin Reflection Notes

A study companion for the 260-day cycle that pairs well with the app’s calendar views.

Read the Tzolkin overview