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Chicchan (Serpent)
Mayan Zodiac Sign · Fire · Ruled by Pluto
♀Chicchan (Serpent)
Mayan Zodiac Sign
Fire
Ruled by Pluto
♂About Chicchan (Serpent)
Chicchan embodies the sacred serpent power — the kundalini life force that rises through the spine. Serpent people possess tremendous vitality and the gift of transformation through shedding what no longer serves their evolution.
Chicchan is the day-sign of the serpent, the fifth nahual of the Tzolk'in, carrying the sacred life-force the Maya saw coiled at the base of the spine. A sign of the East and the color red, Chicchan blazes with vital fire — the kundalini power of instinct, passion, and profound bodily wisdom.
Those born under Chicchan possess tremendous vitality and a magnetic, sensual presence. Like the snake that sheds its skin to be reborn, they hold the power to completely reinvent themselves, transforming through crisis and emerging renewed. Their instincts are sharp and their life-force overwhelming.
That intensity can become jealousy, control, or emotional extremes that exhaust them and others. By channeling their fire into conscious transformation rather than domination, Chicchan natives become powerful agents of renewal and embodied wisdom.
Learn more about the origins, history, and symbolism of this tradition on the Mayan Zodiac overview.
Chicchan (Serpent) at a Glance
- System
- Mayan Zodiac
- Element
- Fire
- Ruling Body
- Pluto
- Compatible With
- Kan, Imix, Cimi
- Lucky Color
- Red
- Lucky Number
- 5
- Key Traits
- passionate, powerful, sensual, transformative, magnetic
The Chicchan (Serpent) Personality
The Chicchan personality is passionate, magnetic, and transformative. They burn with vital force and sensual intensity, forever shedding and reinventing themselves. Jealousy and extremes are their pitfalls. Channeling their kundalini fire consciously is the work that fulfills them.
Chicchan (Serpent)in Love & Relationships
In love Chicchan are passionate, intense, and deeply sensual, seeking all-consuming connection. In the Tzolk'in they harmonize with Kan, Imix, and Cimi, day-signs that match their depth and transformative power. They love with total intensity and need a partner unafraid of their fire.
Chicchan (Serpent)Career & Ambition
Chicchan excels in fields requiring vitality and transformation — healing, medicine, performance, psychology, and bodywork. Their magnetic energy and sharp instinct make them powerful agents of change. They thrive wherever passion and the power to renew are valued.
Mythology & Symbolism of Chicchan (Serpent)
The serpent was among the most sacred of all Maya symbols, from the vision-serpent through which ancestors and gods appeared, to Kukulkan, the feathered serpent who joined earth and sky. Chicchan embodied this serpent-power as the living life-force itself — vital, sensual, and ever-renewing.
As a day-sign of the East and the red direction of the rising sun, Chicchan governed vitality, instinct, and transformation through shedding. The fifth nahual became a sign of intense, magnetic souls who die and are reborn many times within a single life.
Key Personality Traits
Those born under Chicchan (Serpent) are defined by a distinctive blend of personality qualities that shape how they navigate the world. These core traits, drawn from centuries of Mayan astrological tradition, reveal the essence of this sign.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Every zodiac sign carries a duality — gifts that empower and shadow traits that challenge. Recognizing both sides of Chicchan (Serpent) helps harness its full potential for personal growth.
✨ Strengths
Tremendous vital force and kundalini energy, with the power to shed old skins and completely reinvent themselves.
⚡ Weaknesses
May be overly intense, jealous, controlling, and prone to extremes in emotion and behavior.
Lucky Attributes
Ancient Mayan astrologers associated Chicchan (Serpent)with specific auspicious elements. Aligning with these can help amplify the sign's positive energy.
Compatibility
Astrological compatibility in the Mayan tradition examines how Chicchan (Serpent)'s energy harmonizes with other signs — revealing which pairings thrive together in love, friendship, and partnership.
Chicchan (Serpent) is most compatible with: Kan, Imix, Cimi
⭐ Chicchan (Serpent) Celebrities
These well-known personalities share the Chicchan (Serpent) sign.
Selena Quintanilla
1971-04-16
Known as the Queen of Tejano music who sold over 65 million records
César Chávez
1927-03-31
Co-founded the United Farm Workers and led nationwide grape boycotts
Neymar
1992-02-05
Became the most expensive football transfer in history at €222 million
Lin-Manuel Miranda
1980-01-16
Created Hamilton which won 11 Tony Awards and a Pulitzer Prize
Diego Luna
1979-12-29
Starred as Cassian Andor in the Star Wars franchise for Disney
Ronaldinho
1980-03-21
Received a standing ovation from Real Madrid fans after a masterclass in 2005
Frequently Asked Questions about Chicchan (Serpent)
How is the Mayan Chicchan sign determined?
Chicchan is one of twenty Tzolk'in day-signs that cycle every twenty days through the sacred 260-day calendar, fixed by your exact birth date.
What does Chicchan the Serpent symbolize?
Chicchan symbolizes the serpent's kundalini life-force — vitality, passion, sensuality, and transformation through shedding the old.
Which Mayan day-signs are most compatible with Chicchan?
Chicchan harmonizes with Kan, Imix, and Cimi, day-signs that match its depth and transformative power.
🌍 Chicchan (Serpent) Across Cultures
Chicchan (Serpent) is unique to the Mayan Zodiac system.
This sign is unique to the Mayan Tzolk'in calendar, a 260-day sacred cycle of 20 day-signs and 13 tones with no equivalent in other traditions.
Not every zodiac sign has a direct counterpart in other traditions. Cross-system equivalence depends on shared date ranges, animal cycles, or archetypal parallels — and many zodiac systems were developed independently, with unique structural foundations that don't map neatly onto other frameworks. The Mayan Zodiac uses a fundamentally different basis for determining signs, which means Chicchan (Serpent) stands as a culturally distinct archetype with no direct analog elsewhere.
While there is no direct counterpart in other zodiac traditions, you can still discover how different systems interpret your birth date by exploring the systems below.
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