Aztec and Maya Calendar

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The last day of the current xiuhmolpilli (bundle of 52 years) will be September 27, 2026.

In the tonalpohualli, the sacred Aztec calendar, this day (Friday, February 15, 2013) is:

Tonalli: day	Trecena: 13-day period	Xihuitl: solar year



8 - Cozcacuauhtli (vulture)	1 - Atl (water)	1 - Calli (house)

Yoaltecuhtli: Lord of the Night	Xiuhpohualli: 365-day calendar	Long Count: (Mayan calendar)

Tlaloc	13 - Etzcualiztli (VII)	13.0.0.2.16

The significance of this day

Day Cozcacuauhtli (Vulture) is governed by Itzpapalotl as its provider of tonalli (Shadow Soul) life energy. Cozcacuauhtli signifies long life, wisdom, good counsel and mental equilibrium. It is a good day to confront the discontinuities, disruptions, failures and deaths one suffers in life. Cozcacuauhtli is a day for tricking the Trickster.

The thirteen day period (trecena) that starts with day 1-Atl (Water) is ruled by Chalchihuihtotolin. These are 13 days of instability and unexpected events, of accidents and coincidences: these are good days to gamble a little on a long-shot; bad days to gamble a lot on a sure thing. Every day rollercoasters between all-good and all-bad, between rapture and terror. This trecena advises the priest-warrior to perfect the art of shapeshifting: only by mimicking the nature of water do we become an agent of change rather than a target of it. The purified heart casts no reflection in the smoking mirror.

Aztec and Maya Calendar

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Tonalli:

Trecena:

Xihuitl:

Yoaltecuhtli:

Xiuhpohualli:

Long Count:

The significance of this day