Aztec and Maya Calendar
In the tonalpohualli, the sacred Aztec calendar, Saturday July 21, 2018 is:
Xihuitl:
solar year
6 - Tochtli (rabbit)
Xiuhpohualli:
365-day calendar
10 - Quecholli (XIV)
Long Count:
Mayan calendar
13.0.5.11.18
(Correlation: Alfonso Caso - Nicholson's veintena alignment [adjust])
The significance of this day
1-Tecpatl is a day to honor Huitzilopochtli, the Hummingbird Sorcerer, god of the will and the intent, Lord of the South.
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-Tecpatl (Stone Knife) is ruled by Mictlantecuhtli, Lord of the Region of the Dead, god of death. This trecena signifies an ordeal or trial that pushes one to the very threshhold of endurance: it forebodes an abrupt change in the continuity of things. These are 13 days influenced by the sun, which is a symbol of death: the stars are the warriors of the past and the sun is the gateway of that transformation. The sun is singing fire while the Evening Star guides it through the Region of the Dead: the combined efforts of the elementals are focused on producing a permanent change of heart. These are good days to shed old skins; bad days to cling to what is already known.
Courteney Cox was born on day 1-Tecpatl.
Aztec facts
The last day of the current xiuhmolpilli (bundle of 52 years) will be September 27, 2026.