Aztec and Maya Calendar
In the tonalpohualli, the sacred Aztec calendar, Tuesday May 5, 2020 is:
Xihuitl:
solar year
8 - Tecpatl (flint knife)
Xiuhpohualli:
365-day calendar
14 - Xocolhuetzi (X)
Long Count:
Mayan calendar
13.0.7.8.12
(Correlation: Alfonso Caso - Nicholson's veintena alignment [adjust])
The significance of this day
Day Malinalli (Grass, known as Eb in Maya) is governed by Patecatl as its provider of tonalli (Shadow Soul) life energy. This day signifies tenacity, rejuvenation, that which cannot be uprooted forever. Malinalli is a day for persevering against all odds and for creating alliances that will survive the test of time. It is a good day for those who are suppressed, a bad day for their suppressors.
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.
Natasha Bedingfield was born on day 5-Malinalli.
Aztec facts
The last day of the current xiuhmolpilli (bundle of 52 years) will be September 27, 2026.