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KIN of 1940

366 days · First KIN 93 → Last KIN 197· Leap year

Color distribution
Red · 92White · 91Blue · 92Yellow · 91
TOP SEALSRed Skywalker · 19White Wizard · 19Blue Eagle · 19

1940 and the Mayan Calendar

Mayan KIN numbers, codified by José Argüelles in the Dreamspell (13-Moon 28-Day calendar), map a birth date onto the 260-day galactic Tzolkin cycle. People born in 1940 carry the unique energy woven from 20 solar seals and 13 galactic tones, growing along that wavelength throughout their lives.

Tendencies for those born in 1940

People born in 1940 most often carry the seal of Red Skywalker (Skywalker) — 19 out of 366 days fall under this seal. In color energy, the Red tribe dominates, shaping the collective consciousness of the year.

→ Red Skywalker (Skywalker)

Key Tzolkin days of 1940

KIN 1 (Magnetic Dragon) and KIN 260 (Cosmic Sun) are the New Year and the final day of the 260-day Tzolkin — the great anchors of the cycle.

KIN 1 (Red Magnetic Dragon) occurrences
6/18
KIN 260 (Yellow Cosmic Sun) occurrences
6/17

The 13 Castles (Wavespells) of 1940

A Wavespell is a 13-day narrative unit. Each Wavespell takes one seal as its journey lead, growing from the Magnetic tone (KIN ending in 1) through the Cosmic tone (KIN ending in 13). 20 Wavespells begin within 1940:

1/13 — Wavespell #9 (Red Serpent), KIN 1051/26 — Wavespell #10 (White Mirror), KIN 1182/8 — Wavespell #11 (Blue Monkey), KIN 1312/21 — Wavespell #12 (Yellow Seed), KIN 1443/5 — Wavespell #13 (Red Earth), KIN 1573/18 — Wavespell #14 (White Dog), KIN 1703/31 — Wavespell #15 (Blue Night), KIN 1834/14 — Wavespell #16 (Yellow Warrior), KIN 1964/27 — Wavespell #17 (Red Moon), KIN 2095/10 — Wavespell #18 (White Wind), KIN 2225/23 — Wavespell #19 (Blue Eagle), KIN 2356/5 — Wavespell #20 (Yellow Star), KIN 2486/18 — Wavespell #1 (Red Dragon), KIN 17/1 — Wavespell #2 (White Wizard), KIN 147/14 — Wavespell #3 (Blue Hand), KIN 277/27 — Wavespell #4 (Yellow Sun), KIN 408/9 — Wavespell #5 (Red Skywalker), KIN 538/22 — Wavespell #6 (White Worldbridger), KIN 669/4 — Wavespell #7 (Blue Storm), KIN 799/17 — Wavespell #8 (Yellow Human), KIN 92

Years that resonate on a 52-year cycle

Tzolkin (260 days) and the Gregorian calendar align to the same New Year KIN every 52 years. Years sharing the same New Year KIN as 1940:

1992

Notable people born in 1940 and their KIN

People of note born in 1940, with their KIN numbers. Each card links to the matching KIN page or a Wikipedia article.

Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee was a Hong Kong and American martial artist, actor and filmmaker who founded Jeet Kune Do and became the first global Chinese film star.

Born 11/27
KIN 163Wikipedia

Al Pacino

Al Pacino is an American actor widely regarded as one of the greatest of all time, with accolades including an Academy Award and two Tony Awards across a five-decade career.

Born 4/25
KIN 207Wikipedia

Wangari Muta Maathai

Kenyan environmentalist and politician who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 (1940–2011)

Born 4/1
KIN 183Wikipedia

Muhammad Yunus

Bangladeshi banker, Nobel Peace Prize recipient and the former Chief Adviser of Bangladesh

Born 6/28
KIN 11Wikipedia

J. M. Coetzee

J. M. Coetzee is a South African and Australian novelist who received the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature and won the Booker Prize twice.

Born 2/9
KIN 132Wikipedia

Ringo Starr

British musician, drummer for the Beatles (born 1940)

Born 7/7
KIN 20Wikipedia

Nūrsūltan Nazarbaev

President of Kazakhstan from 1991 to 2019

Born 7/6
KIN 19Wikipedia

Margrethe II of Denmark

Queen of Denmark from 1972 to 2024 (born 1940)

Born 4/16
KIN 198Wikipedia

Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa was an American composer, guitarist and filmmaker known for his nonconformist rock, jazz fusion and orchestral works with the Mothers of Invention.

Born 12/21
KIN 187Wikipedia

※ KIN pages are based on José Argüelles's Dreamspell (13-Moon 28-Day calendar).