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Aztec and Maya Calendar

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In the tonalpohualli, the sacred Aztec calendar, Thursday January 13, 1977 is:

Tonalli:

day

Chicuei Ocelotl

8 - Ocelotl (jaguar)

Trecena:

13-day period

Ce Mazatl

Mazatl (deer)

Xihuitl:

solar year

Nahui Calli

4 - Calli (house)


Yoaltecuhtli:

Lord of the Night

Tlazolteotl

Xiuhpohualli:

365-day calendar

11 - Hueitozoztli (IV)

Long Count:

Mayan calendar

12.18.3.9.14

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

The significance of this day

Day Ocelotl (Jaguar, known as Ix in Maya) is governed by Tlazolteotl as its provider of tonalli (Shadow Soul) life energy. Ocelotl is a good day for doing battle. It signifies power, valor, and reckless abandon in the face of danger. This is a day of the Warriors of Tezcatlipoca, those who willingly sacrifice their lives to keep the flame of the Old Ones burning forever.

The thirteen day period (trecena) that starts with day 1-Mazatl (Deer) is ruled by Tepeyollotl, the Heart of the Mountain, the Jaguar of Night, lord of the animals and darkened caves. Tepeyollotl is Tezcatlipoca disguised in a jaguar hide, whose voice is the echo in the wilderness and whose word is the darkness itself, calls to the heart in the voice of the conch. These are 13 days associated with the hunt: whether one is the hunter or the game, this trecena reminds us that our lives are determined by the act of stalking. The arts of tracking and back-tracking, of spotting and camouflaging, of following tracks and covering tracks, rule our lives to the degree that we master them. These are good days to study the routines of others; bad days to keep to your routines.

Orlando Bloom was born on day 8-Ocelotl.

Aztec facts

The Aztec, Maya and most other mesoamerican people used the same 260-day calendar with an identical correlation. So the Aztec date 1-Cipactli corresponds to 1-Imix for the Maya, etcetera.

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