Dreamspell
Kin 193: Red Spectral Skywalker
Dreamspell
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For the Spectral Skywalker, leaving starts with letting go: every exploration begins with what you agree not to take with you.
Where other Skywalkers pile up horizons, you travel by undoing. A belief that no longer holds, a role that is too narrow, a city, a profession: you know how to leave. And these departures open up space for others, who see in the way you let go a permission they did not dare give themselves.
This ease can turn against you, however: a Skywalker who is good at undoing can end up undoing everything that settles, before even knowing whether it was finished. The Spectral tone asks you to release what is complete; the love of open spaces pushes you to let go of what was only just beginning to matter as well. From a distance, these two gestures look alike.
For this Kin, the Skywalker guides itself and thus doubles its own strength: no other voice in the oracle holds you back or points to what to keep. Discernment must therefore come from the exploration itself: it is by looking from higher up at what you are about to leave that you tell a path that is finished from one that has merely become difficult. Before each departure, a question specific to this Kin: has what you are leaving behind finished serving you, or has it simply asked you to stay?
The oracle of Kin 193
Five seals make up the oracle: the Kin’s own seal at the center, and four others around it. At tone 11, the guide is the Red Skywalker itself.
- GuideThe Red SkywalkerKin 193, itself
- AntipodeThe Blue Nightseal 3
- AnalogThe White World-Bridgerseal 6
- OccultThe Yellow Starseal 8
- The Kin193Red Spectral Skywalker
- The guide, the Red Skywalker
- At tones 1, 6 and 11, the guide is the Kin’s own seal: Kin 193 is its own guide.
- The Analog, the White World-Bridger
- The World-Bridger understands the passages the Skywalker goes through: it gives the Skywalker a mirror to recognize where it stands in its cycles of transformation.
- The Antipode, the Blue Night
- The Night holds deep dreams and the patience of silence; it reminds the Skywalker that some things grow in the dark and that constant exploration is no substitute for gestation.
- The Occult (hidden power), the Yellow Star
- Beneath the Skywalker’s restlessness, the Star keeps a vision of beauty and of the right form: deep down, that is what steers its explorations, even when it doesn’t yet know where it is going.
The Blue Night wavespell
Kin 193 is day 11 of the Blue Night wavespell, a run of 13 days from Kin 183 to Kin 195. Each day of the wavespell carries the tone of its place: the eleventh carries tone 11.
The Red Skywalker and the Spectral tone
Kin 193 combines a seal, shared with 12 other Kin, and a tone, shared with 19 others. Their pages describe each one in full.
Frequently asked questions about Kin 193
What does the name Red Spectral Skywalker mean?
A Kin’s name reads color, tone, then seal. Red Spectral Skywalker is seal 13, the Skywalker, in red, with tone 11, Spectral. The number 193 gives its place in the 260-day cycle.
What is the guide of Kin 193?
At tones 1, 6 and 11, the guide is the Kin’s own seal: Kin 193 is its own guide.
Which wavespell is Kin 193 in?
In the Blue Night wavespell, from Kin 183 to Kin 195. Kin 193 is day 11.
Is Kin 193 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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