The Maya Cross’s symbolic identity is that of supernatural entities, such as Itzamná and Chaak; as well as ancestral entities, trees, corn stalks, and other plants which abound in the Mayaab, the land of the Maya.

Maya crosses are often painted a blue-green hue, which signifies centrality, and are referred to as "ya’ax che’” (green tree) and "kuxa’an" (alive). The Maya belief that proclamations of these crosses come from the divine voice of Hahal Ku, the true Maya god of the Macehual. Interestingly, this Maya God, which communicates through the different crosses, is sometimes literally stated as being Itzamná, the god of creation.