Dreamspell
Kin 31: Blue Overtone Monkey
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People follow the Overtone Monkey even into its whims: when you toss out an idea as a joke, someone takes it seriously and starts organizing it.
A suggestion slipped in at the end of a meeting becomes a team project. A joke about a trip together ends with tickets booked. Without claiming anything, you set the direction, and your love of play rubs off on a whole group that commits to it with you.
A Monkey likes being able to change its mind, to test, to float an idea without being attached to it. Yet your tone gives weight to everything that comes out of your mouth. A passing fancy turns into a collective commitment, and there you are, responsible for a project that was, for you, only an amusing hypothesis. Conversely, some people end up no longer knowing when you are joking, and your lightness loses its freedom.
The Blue Storm, which guides you, needs no one to set itself in motion. It gives your Overtone Monkey a reason to play other than the expectations of those who follow it: the urge to shake up what has frozen in place. With the Storm, the influence people credit you with serves to stir up an organization, a habit, a received idea, rather than to entertain those who are watching you. And your drive comes from you, not from the echo the group sends back.
When everyone takes your ideas seriously, which ones truly deserve to be followed, and which would be better off remaining games?
The oracle of Kin 31
Five seals make up the oracle: the Kin’s own seal at the center, and four others around it. At tone 5, the guide is the Blue Storm, Kin 239.
- GuideThe Blue StormKin 239
- AntipodeThe Red Dragonseal 1
- AnalogThe Yellow Starseal 8
- OccultThe White Dogseal 10
- The Kin31Blue Overtone Monkey
- The guide, the Blue Storm
- At tone 5, the guide is 8 seals ahead, in the same color, and keeps the same tone: it is the Blue Storm, Kin 239.
- The Analog, the Yellow Star
- The Star gives the Monkey a sense of beauty that goes beyond mere entertainment: when the Monkey leans on it, its creativity gains direction.
- The Antipode, the Red Dragon
- The Dragon holds the ground and the origins; it reminds the Monkey that all its jokes and inventions are born somewhere, and that acknowledging that source would cost it less than it thinks.
- The Occult (hidden power), the White Dog
- Beneath the Monkey’s acrobatics lies a deep loyalty: the Dog is what it protects by making everyone laugh.
The Blue Hand wavespell
Kin 31 is day 5 of the Blue Hand wavespell, a run of 13 days from Kin 27 to Kin 39. Each day of the wavespell carries the tone of its place: the fifth carries tone 5.
The Blue Monkey and the Overtone tone
Kin 31 combines a seal, shared with 12 other Kin, and a tone, shared with 19 others. Their pages describe each one in full.
- Seal 11The Blue Monkey The magic of play. The Monkey weaves illusion and creates out of joy. Read the page for the Blue Monkey →
- Tone 5Overtone You radiate an authority you don’t seek, and people instinctively turn to you. It is not ego: it is the mark of your tone, and it works whether you want it to or not. Read the page for tone 5 →
Frequently asked questions about Kin 31
What does the name Blue Overtone Monkey mean?
A Kin’s name reads color, tone, then seal. Blue Overtone Monkey is seal 11, the Monkey, in blue, with tone 5, Overtone. The number 31 gives its place in the 260-day cycle.
What is the guide of Kin 31?
At tone 5, the guide is 8 seals ahead, in the same color, and keeps the same tone: it is the Blue Storm, Kin 239.
Which wavespell is Kin 31 in?
In the Blue Hand wavespell, from Kin 27 to Kin 39. Kin 31 is day 5.
Is Kin 31 the same in the traditional Maya calendar?
Usually not for the same date. Soulencia calculates the Kin with the Dreamspell of José Argüelles; the traditional Maya count uses another correlation and keeps February 29, so the same birth date most often falls on a different Kin.
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