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In the tonalpohualli, the sacred Aztec calendar, Sunday June 15, 2003 is:

Tonalli: − +

day

Mahtlactli-once Calli

11 - Calli (house)

Trecena: − +

13-day period

Ce Acatl

Acatl (reed)

Xihuitl: − +

solar year

Nahui Acatl

4 - Acatl (reed)


Yoaltecuhtli:

Lord of the Night

Tlaloc

Long Count:

Mayan calendar

12.19.10.6.3

Xiuhpohualli:

365-day calendar

10 - Teotleco (XIII)

(Correlation: Alfonso Caso [adjust])

The significance of this day

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.

Day Calli (House) is governed by Tepeyollotl, Heart of the Mountain, as its provider of tonalli (Shadow Soul) life energy. Calli is a good day for rest, tranquility and family life. Not a good day for participating in public life. Best spent cementing relationships of trust and mutual interests.

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.

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