Kawak – Rain & Storm (Lightning)

The Maya word today in the Kaqchikel language is Kawoq.

These people are kind, dependable, and always look out for their friends and family.

People born on the day sign Kawak make successful nurses, caregivers, farmers and nature guides.

Rain was of great importance to the Maya as it was needed for their crops. Rain is still important amongst the Maya today and offerings continue to be made to Chaak, the rain god.

The ancient Maya saw lightning as not just a dangerous power, but life giving. In their myth of the origin of maize, lightning splits open the rock containing the hidden (maize) seed.