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In the tonalpohualli, the sacred Aztec calendar, Wednesday April 20, 2022 is:

Tonalli: − +

day

Mahcuilli Mazatl

5 - Mazatl (deer)

Trecena: − +

13-day period

Ce Calli

Calli (house)

Xihuitl: − +

solar year

Mahtlactli Tochtli

10 - Tochtli (rabbit)


Yoaltecuhtli:

Lord of the Night

Tlazolteotl

Long Count:

Mayan calendar

13.0.9.8.7

Xiuhpohualli:

365-day calendar

19 - Tlaxochimaco (X)

(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 Mazatl (Deer) is governed by Tlaloc, God of Rain and Thunderstorms, as its provider of tonalli (Shadow Soul) life energy. Mazatl is the day of the hunt. It is a good day to stalk your quarry, a bad day to be stalked. Mazatl is a day for breaking old routines and to pay close attention to the routines of others. This is a day for doubling-back on your tracks.

The thirteen day period (trecena) that starts with day 1-Calli (House) is ruled by Itzpapalotl. The 13 days of this trecena are governed by the conflict between culture and nature: the native desire of human beings to maintain a lineage of customs and beliefs is periodically disrupted by the evolutionary leaps of nature. In this sense, nature is represented as the house into which we are born and culture as the house into which we move. These are 13 days of struggling to decide which house is really home. With every step forward, the warrior still stands at the center of the crossroads: the heart must be trained if it is to be a reliable compass. These are good days to focus on the future; bad days to focus on the past.

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