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Aztec and Maya Calendar

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In the tonalpohualli, the sacred Aztec calendar, Saturday November 11, 2023 is:

Tonalli:

day

Yei Ollin

3 - Ollin (movement)

Trecena:

13-day period

Ce Cuauhtli

Cuauhtli (eagle)

Xihuitl:

solar year

Mahtlactli-omome Tecpatl

12 - Tecpatl (flint knife)


Yoaltecuhtli:

Lord of the Night

Piltzintecuhtli

Xiuhpohualli:

365-day calendar

19 - Cuauhuitlehua (I)

Long Count:

Mayan calendar

13.0.11.0.17

(Correlation: Alfonso Caso - Nicholson's veintena alignment [adjust])

The significance of this day

Day Ollin (Movement, known as Caban in Maya) is governed by Xolotl as its provider of tonalli (Shadow Soul) life energy. This is an auspicious day for the active principle, a bad day for the passive principle. Ollin is a day of the purified heart, signifying those moments where human beings may perceive what they are becoming. A good day for transmutation, which arrives like an earthquake that leaves in its wake the ruins of rationality, order and the preconceived.

The thirteen day period (trecena) that starts with day 1-Cuauhtli (Eagle) is ruled by Xochiquetzal. This trecena signifies a time of inspired play: regardless of the sport, this is the time of mastery. All of one's practice and preparation culminates now in an unparalleled conjunction of luck, skill and timing. These are 13 days when gambling on happiness, both your own and others', pays off. These are good days for taking risks; bad days for playing it safe.

Aztec facts

In the years after the conquest of Mexico, the xiuhpohualli (solar calendar) became tied to the Julian calendar as used by the Spaniards. This effectively introduced a leap year to the Aztec calendar every four years (this site provides the pre-conquest calendar).

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