Aztec and Maya Calendar
In the tonalpohualli, the sacred Aztec calendar, Tuesday October 25, 2016 is:
Xihuitl:
solar year
5 - Calli (house)
Xiuhpohualli:
365-day calendar
1 - Cuauhuitlehua (I)
Long Count:
Mayan calendar
13.0.3.16.4
(Correlation: Alfonso Caso - Nicholson's veintena alignment [adjust])
The significance of this day
This is the first day of a new solar year (xihuitl).
Day Cuetzpalin (Lizard), known as Kan in Maya is governed by Huehuecoyotl, the Trickster, as its provider of tonalli (Shadow Soul) life energy. Cuetzpallin signifies rapid reversals of fortune. It is a good day to work on your reputation through actions, not words.
The thirteen day period (trecena) that starts with day 1-Cipactli (Crocodile) is ruled by Tonacatecuhtli, Lord of Nurturance, the primordial god of creation and fertility. Cipactli is god of the land, the great earth monster, floating on the sea of stars. This is the first trecena of the sacred year. The 13 days of this trecena are governed by the primordial urge to create order out of chaos. The three means by which the Old Ones established order are still our most important treasures: speech, agriculture, and the family. The lineage of thought runs from seed to fruit to seed: these are good days to participate in the community; bad days for solitude.
Adele was born on day 4-Cuetzpalin.
Aztec facts
The conqueror Hernán Cortés arrived on the eastern shores of the Aztec empire in the year 1-Acatl (1519). It had been predicted that on such a year Quetzalcoatl would return from the east to retake his rightful share of the throne. This belief probably weakend the defense of the Aztecs.