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In the tonalpohualli, the sacred Aztec calendar, Monday March 4, 1957 is:

Tonalli:

day

Chicome Quiahuitl

7 - Quiahuitl (rain)

Trecena:

13-day period

Ce Acatl

Acatl (reed)

Xihuitl:

solar year

Mahtlactli Calli

10 - Calli (house)


Yoaltecuhtli:

Lord of the Night

Mictlantecuhtli

Xiuhpohualli:

365-day calendar

16 - Etzcualiztli (VI)

Long Count:

Mayan calendar

12.17.3.6.19

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

The significance of this day

Day Quiahuitl (Rain, known as Cauac in Maya) is governed by Tonatiuh, the Sun God, as its provider of tonalli (Shadow Soul) life energy. Quiahuitl is a day of relying on the unpredictable fortunes of fate. It is a good day for traveling and learning, a bad day for business and planning.

The thirteen day period (trecena) that starts with day 1-Acatl (Reed) is ruled by Chalchihuitlicue, goddess of lakes, rivers and seas, goddess of horizontal waters. This trecena signifies the transitory nature of all that we may gain in life: it is a reminder to view success and failure, gain and loss, as matters of fate and not as matters of personal worth. The elementals do not reward nor punishment our efforts but, rather, construct the maze within which we might perfect our hearts. The 13 days of this trecena reveal our hearts to us, based on whether we have decided to live within the house of shadows or to seek the secret of happiness elsewhere. These are good days to travel to new places; bad days to hide in fear.

Aztec facts

Aztecs named a newborn child after its day (tonalli) of birth. The elemental forces ruling over that day strongly characterize a person and its destiny.

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