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In the tonalpohualli, the sacred Aztec calendar, Monday January 6, 2020 is:

Tonalli:

day

Ome Malinalli

2 - Malinalli (grass)

Trecena:

13-day period

Ce Ozomahtli

Ozomahtli (monkey)

Xihuitl:

solar year

Chicuei Tecpatl

8 - Tecpatl (flint knife)


Yoaltecuhtli:

Lord of the Night

Chalchiuhtlicue

Xiuhpohualli:

365-day calendar

14 - Hueitozoztli (IV)

Long Count:

Mayan calendar

13.0.7.2.12

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

The significance of this day

2-Malinalli is the second day of eight days in a row specially associated with pulque, the alcoholic beverage made from the fermented sap of the maguey (agave) plant (octli).

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-Ozomahtli (Monkey) is ruled by Patecatl. The 13 days of this trecena are influenced by the quest for cures of all the various ills that befall us: the quest to obtain power that can overcome misfortune lies at the heart of the warrior's purpose. The transformation of poison into medicine, and evil into good, is an art whose expression must be tailored to the field of battle. These are good days to fashion a war shield and collect articles for your medicine bundle; bad days to allow infections to fester.

Aztec facts

The Aztecs did not use a leap year correction but they knew the length of a solar year is neither 365 nor 365.25 days. Presumably they kept some count of days to register astronomical events but no evidence of an Aztec Long Count exists.

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