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In the tonalpohualli, the sacred Aztec calendar, Tuesday March 1, 1994 is:

Tonalli:

day

Mahtlactli-once Itzcuintli

11 - Itzcuintli (dog)

Trecena:

13-day period

Ce Xochitl

Xochitl (flower)

Xihuitl:

solar year

Chicuei Tochtli

8 - Tochtli (rabbit)


Yoaltecuhtli:

Lord of the Night

Mictlantecuhtli

Xiuhpohualli:

365-day calendar

2 - Tecuilhuitontli (VII)

Long Count:

Mayan calendar

12.19.0.16.10

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

The significance of this day

Day Itzcuintli (Dog, known as Oc in Maya) is governed by Mictlantecuhtli, God of Death, as its provider of tonalli (Shadow Soul) life energy. Itzcuintli is the guide for the dead, the spirit world's link with the living. Itzcuintli is a good day for funerals and wakes and remembering the dead. It is a good day for being trustworthy, a bad day for trusting others of questionable intent.

The thirteen day period (trecena) that starts with day 1-Xochitl (Flower) is ruled by Huehuecoyotl, Old Coyote, the Trickster, god of deception. This trecena signifies the sacred role of the jester: revealing the truth of the old ways by treating them as irreverantly as the gods do, the jester treats nothing as sacred and so points out the sacredness of everything. These are 13 days profoundly influenced by creativity and playfulness: music, dance, art and poetry are simply masks worn by the jester to tear away the away the masks of civilization. The trickster-jester-clown is the final mask of human beings: at one with the divine absurdity of the world, the mortal creator moves toward becoming an immortal force of nature. These are good days to make things; bad days to fear what others might think.

Justin Bieber was born on day 11-Itzcuintli.

Aztec facts

The last New Fire ceremony rituals (performed at the end of a 52-year calendar round or xiuhmolpilli) under Aztec reign were probably held from January 23 to February 4, 1507.

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