Kimi, death, is sixth of the twenty, following Chikchan the serpent: after life-force peaks comes letting go. Its glyph is a head with closed eyes. The Maya view of death differs sharply from the modern one — death is a passage, the ancestors keep participating from the other side, the maize god dies and returns every year; so Kimi is about transformation: one thing ends so another has room.
So Kimi's mechanism is ending and release: closing, letting go, connection to the past, and a particular stillness — the kind that needn't move. Its power is fearlessness: whoever can face an ending is free a step ahead of most; its difficulty is being too early or too cold — others aren't ready and you're already closing.
Where you'll recognise it: unafraid of endings, sensitive to what has run its course, an affinity with the past and the ancestors, calm when others panic. Running well, you're the best at helping people let go: accompanying endings, seeing the transformation, making sure what died actually frees the space. Stuck, you bury early or won't bury — treating the living as finished, or the reverse, clutching the corpse. In the sequence Kimi is followed by Manik', the deer: once you've let go the hands are empty and can work. Your next step isn't ending one more thing. It's catching something new with the freed hands.
