Aztec and Maya Calendar
In the tonalpohualli, the sacred Aztec calendar, Sunday October 10, 1999 is:
Xihuitl:
solar year
1 - Tecpatl (flint knife)
Long Count:
Mayan calendar
12.19.6.10.19
Xiuhpohualli:
365-day calendar
1 - Izcalli (I)
(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.
This is the first day of a new solar year (xihuitl).
Day Quiahuitl (Rain) is governed by Tonatiuh, the Sun God, as its provider of tonalli (Shadow Soul) life energy. Quiahuitl is a day of relying on the unpredictable fortunes of fate. It is a good day for traveling and learning, a bad day for business and planning.
The thirteen day period (trecena) that starts with day 1-Ocelotl (Jaguar) is ruled by Quetzalcoatl. This trecena represents brilliance and clarity during a profound eclipse of the light. The principal influence of this time is the divine Whirlwind: to stand in its path calls down destruction; to stand in its eye calls down creation. These are good days to withdraw into the solitude of contemplation and self-discipline; bad days to traffic with those on another path. In the center of it all, the warrior strives to be the mirror rather than the reflection.