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In the tonalpohualli, the sacred Aztec calendar, Saturday March 25, 2023 is:

Tonalli: − +

day

Chicuacen Miquiztli

6 - Miquiztli (death)

Trecena: − +

13-day period

Ce Cipactli

Cipactli (crocodile)

Xihuitl: − +

solar year

Mahtlactli-once Acatl

11 - Acatl (reed)


Yoaltecuhtli:

Lord of the Night

Chalchiuhtlicue

Long Count:

Mayan calendar

13.0.10.7.6

Xiuhpohualli:

365-day calendar

13 - Hueitecuilhuitl (IX)

(Correlation: Alfonso Caso [adjust])

The significance of this day

Aztec facts

The last day of the current xiuhmolpilli (bundle of 52 years) will be September 27, 2026.

Day Miquiztli (Death) is governed by Tecciztecatl, the Moon God, as its provider of tonalli (Shadow Soul) life energy. It is a good day for reflecting on your priorities in life, a bad day for ignoring possibilities. It is a day of transformation, signifying that briefest moment between old endings and new beginnings.

The thirteen day period (trecena) that starts with day 1-Cipactli (Crocodile) is ruled by Tonacatecuhtli, Lord of Nurturance, the primordial god of creation and fertility. Cipactli is god of the land, the great earth monster, floating on the sea of stars. This is the first trecena of the sacred year. The 13 days of this trecena are governed by the primordial urge to create order out of chaos. The three means by which the Old Ones established order are still our most important treasures: speech, agriculture, and the family. The lineage of thought runs from seed to fruit to seed: these are good days to participate in the community; bad days for solitude.

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