Aztec and Maya Calendar
In the tonalpohualli, the sacred Aztec calendar, Sunday July 20, 1980 is:
Xihuitl:
solar year
7 - Tecpatl (flint knife)
Xiuhpohualli:
365-day calendar
20 - Tepeilhuitl (XIII)
Long Count:
Mayan calendar
12.18.7.1.18
(Correlation: Alfonso Caso - Nicholson's veintena alignment [adjust])
The significance of this day
Day Tecpatl (Stone Knife, known as Etznab in Maya) is governed by Chalchihuihtotolin, the Jewelled Fowl, as its provider of tonalli (Shadow Soul) life energy. Tecpatl is a day of grave ordeals, a day of trials and tribulations. It is a good day to test one's character, a bad day to rest on one's past accomplishments or reputation. Tecpatl warns that the mind, the spirit, must be sharpened like the glass blade which cuts to the marrow of truth
The thirteen day period (trecena) that starts with day 1-Ocelotl (Jaguar) is ruled by Quetzalcoatl. This trecena represents brilliance and clarity during a profound eclipse of the light. The principal influence of this time is the divine Whirlwind: to stand in its path calls down destruction; to stand in its eye calls down creation. These are good days to withdraw into the solitude of contemplation and self-discipline; bad days to traffic with those on another path. In the center of it all, the warrior strives to be the mirror rather than the reflection.
Gisele Bundchen was born on day 5-Tecpatl.
Aztec facts
Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital was captured by Hernán Cortés on August 13, 1521 (day 1-Coatl). This date, as recorded by Fray Bernardino de Sahagún, provides an anchor for the correlation of the calendar.