Mahiwagi

Element: Earth Lucky Color: Brown Lucky Number: 1 Filipino Food: Ube Halaya, a sweet and creamy purple yam dessert Action Word: I Learn

Character Description: These small creatures live within mounds of dirt that speckle the woods and forests. Their hair and beards are made of twigs. They commune with bugs and small woodland animals, and distrust bigger creatures due to the harm they cause the earth. Despite their small size they do their best to care for the land. They are only three feet tall, but can compress themselves further to hide in anthills and rabbit holes. They can communicate with the planet through the roots of trees, allowing them to maintain a strong connection with the outside world and its cultures. Treading on them will give someone bad luck. Although they never cause anything too serious, one must be wary of tripping and forgetting things.

Personality Traits: Finally, the cycle ends with the Mahiwagi. They incorporate the wisdom of all eleven signs that came before them. Bookworms and "old souls", Mahiwagis are veritable knowledge sponges. They value wisdom in all its forms, from both experience and information. Through their learning, Mahiwagis become well-rounded and stable individuals. As natural scholars, there's always something to learn from a Mahiwagi - and they're more than happy to share.

Life, for a Mahiwagi, is less about the new and shiny. Instead, they find true joy in learning whatever they want to learn, seeing whatever they want to see and using all their most familiar things. Curling up on a cozy chair with a warm drink and a good book is a Mahiwagi's dream come true. They're masters at finding joy in the smallest things - happiness is what they make.

To some people, it can seem frustrating how a Mahiwagi always seems to know everything. Not everyone learns the same way as a Mahiwagi and they are far from arrogant. They never try to prove themselves better than everyone else, simply because they don't see themselves as better for knowing more. A Mahiwagi understands there's an entire world of knowledge out there, and no matter how old they are, they will never do more than scratch the surface. No, instead a Mahiwagi shares what they know, not because they're better for knowing it, but because they find true joy in sharing with other people.