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In the tonalpohualli, the sacred Aztec calendar, Monday June 23, 2025 is:

Tonalli:

day

Chicuei Mazatl

8 - Mazatl (deer)

Trecena:

13-day period

Ce Xochitl

Xochitl (flower)

Xihuitl:

solar year

Mahtlactli-omei Calli

13 - Calli (house)


Yoaltecuhtli:

Lord of the Night

Itztli

Xiuhpohualli:

365-day calendar

4 - Tepeilhuitl (XIII)

Long Count:

Mayan calendar

13.0.12.12.7

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

The significance of this day

Day Mazatl (Deer, known as Manik in Maya) 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-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.

Aztec facts

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

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