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In the tonalpohualli, the sacred Aztec calendar, Wednesday November 22, 2023 is:

Tonalli:

day

Ce Tochtli

1 - Tochtli (rabbit)

Trecena:

13-day period

Ce Tochtli

Tochtli (rabbit)

Xihuitl:

solar year

Mahtlactli-omome Tecpatl

12 - Tecpatl (flint knife)


Yoaltecuhtli:

Lord of the Night

Mictlantecuhtli

Xiuhpohualli:

365-day calendar

10 - Tlacaxipehualiztli (II)

Long Count:

Mayan calendar

13.0.11.1.8

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

The significance of this day

1-Tochtli is the day for the feast of Xiuhtecuhtli, Lord of the Year, and Fire God.

Day Tochtli (Rabbit, known as Lamat in Maya) is governed by Mayahuel, Goddess of the Maguey and of Fertility, as its provider of tonalli (Shadow Soul) life energy. Tochtli is a day of self-sacrifice and service to something greater than oneself. It signifies the religious attitude which holds everything sacred and results in experiences of self-transcendence. It is a mystical day, associated by the passages of the moon. It is a good day for communing with nature and spirit, a bad day for acting against others.

The thirteen day period (trecena) that starts with day 1-Tochtli (Rabbit) is ruled by Xiuhtecuhtli, Lord of the Year. Tochtli is the last trecena of the sacred year. It signifies the end of one cycle and the beginning of a new one. These are 13 days associated with the mystical sacrifice proper to the vanguard of another age: it is an auspicious time, one great workers united in their goals; it is also a dangerous time, one of great risks requiring great courage and diligence. These days remind us of the old god, the first god, who both separates and unites the worlds of dreaming and waking: somewhere between winter and spring, something wakes in the dreaming heart which endures across the span of the cycling ages. These are good days to focus on the needs of others; bad days to focus on one's own needs.

Tobey Maguire was born on day 1-Tochtli.

Aztec facts

La Malinche, or Doña Marina, was an Aztec woman who became an essential partner for Hernán Cortés in his conquest of the Aztec empire. Doña Marina's Aztec name was Malinalli, after her birthday. Cleary, she acted upon the significance of this day.

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