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In the tonalpohualli, the sacred Aztec calendar, Monday April 27, 2037 is:

Tonalli: − +

day

Mahcuilli Acatl

5 - Acatl (reed)

Trecena: − +

13-day period

Ce Atl

Atl (water)

Xihuitl: − +

solar year

Mahtlactli-omome Calli

12 - Calli (house)


Yoaltecuhtli:

Lord of the Night

Chalchiuhtlicue

Long Count:

Mayan calendar

13.1.4.12.13

Xiuhpohualli:

365-day calendar

10 - Xocolhuetzi (XI)

(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 Acatl (Reed) is governed by Tezcatlipoca as its provider of tonalli (Shadow Soul) life energy. Acatl is the scepter of authority which is, paradoxically, hollow. It is a day when the arrows of fate fall from the sky like lightningbolts. A good day to seek justice, a bad day to act against others.

The thirteen day period (trecena) that starts with day 1-Atl (Water) is ruled by Chalchihuihtotolin. These are 13 days of instability and unexpected events, of accidents and coincidences: these are good days to gamble a little on a long-shot; bad days to gamble a lot on a sure thing. Every day rollercoasters between all-good and all-bad, between rapture and terror. This trecena advises the priest-warrior to perfect the art of shapeshifting: only by mimicking the nature of water do we become an agent of change rather than a target of it. The purified heart casts no reflection in the smoking mirror.

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