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In the tonalpohualli, the sacred Aztec calendar, Sunday February 11, 2029 is:

Tonalli: − +

day

Mahtlactli-once Cozcacuauhtli

11 - Cozcacuauhtli (vulture)

Trecena: − +

13-day period

Ce Miquiztli

Miquiztli (death)

Xihuitl: − +

solar year

Nahui Calli

4 - Calli (house)


Yoaltecuhtli:

Lord of the Night

Centeotl

Long Count:

Mayan calendar

13.0.16.6.16

Xiuhpohualli:

365-day calendar

13 - Etzcualiztli (VII)

(Correlation: Alfonso Caso [adjust])

The significance of this day

Aztec facts

In the years after the conquest of Mexico, the xiuhpohualli (solar calendar) became tied to the Julian calendar as used by the Spaniards. This effectively introduced a leap year to the Aztec calendar every four years (this site provides the pre-conquest calendar).

Day Cozcacuauhtli (Vulture) is governed by Itzpapalotl as its provider of tonalli (Shadow Soul) life energy. Cozcacuauhtli signifies long life, wisdom, good counsel and mental equilibrium. It is a good day to confront the discontinuities, disruptions, failures and deaths one suffers in life. Cozcacuauhtli is a day for tricking the Trickster.

The thirteen day period (trecena) that starts with day 1-Miquiztli (Death) is ruled by Tonatiuh. This trecena signifies the vast cosmological forces at play in the lives of human beings. These 13 days are all influenced by transformative powers of unknown dimension, origin and intent. The days of this trecena often pass by unnoticed since they are not remarkable until the elementals turn their attention to this place, the first of the thirteen skies; when this occurs, though, the whole of the world changes. It is during these days that the song of the Old Ones may best be heard. These are good days to fulfill old obligations; bad days to go back on one's word.

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