Tzolkin / Seal 5 of 20
Red Serpent
Life force, instinct, kundalini, survival
Chicchan
East
Survives
Serpent is the seal of life force itself, raw instinct and survival intelligence living in the body. It carries kundalini energy, the current that moves through the spine and knows things the mind has not caught up to yet. Serpent energy is visceral, immediate, and impossible to fake.
Day-sign glyph adapted from the historical Dresden Codex, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.5).
Common Questions About Red Serpent
What does Red Serpent mean in the Tzolkin?
Red Serpent, known in Maya as Chicchan, is one of the 20 seals, sometimes called day signs, in the 260-day Tzolkin calendar the Maya used to track the quality of time. Its core meaning is life force, instinct, kundalini, survival, and its direction is East.
How do I know if Red Serpent is my seal?
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