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Aztec and Maya Calendar

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In the tonalpohualli, the sacred Aztec calendar, Friday September 4, 1981 is:

Tonalli:

day

Mahtlactli-omei Atl

13 - Atl (water)

Trecena:

13-day period

Ce Ollin

Ollin (movement)

Xihuitl:

solar year

Chicuei Calli

8 - Calli (house)


Yoaltecuhtli:

Lord of the Night

Tlazolteotl

Xiuhpohualli:

365-day calendar

6 - Atemoztli (XVI)

Long Count:

Mayan calendar

12.18.8.4.9

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

The significance of this day

Day Atl (Water, known as Muluc in Maya) is governed by Xiuhtecuhtli, God of Fire, as its provider of tonalli (Shadow Soul) life energy. Atl is a day for purification by subjecting oneself to the ordeal of conflict. It is a good day for battle, a bad day for rest. Water brings out the scorpion, who must sting its enemies or else sting itself. Atl is the day of the holy war, which is always a battle with one's own enemies within.

The thirteen day period (trecena) that starts with day 1-Ollin (Movement) is ruled by Tlazolteotl. This trecena is governed by the goddess of cotton and weaving, of sexuality and childbirth, she who is the eater of sins: it is the sign of the Scavenger, who feeds not on power but on the ills that darken the heart. The rainbow serpent, symbol of pleasure and folly, levitates amidst a shroud of smoke and shadow: these are 13 days of stolen secrets and odd twists of fate. The earth itself shakes: the ills created by shock can sometimes only be cured by greater shock. These are good days for self-purification; bad days for self-gratification.

Beyonce Knowles was born on day 13-Atl.

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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