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In the tonalpohualli, the sacred Aztec calendar, Wednesday March 17, 2032 is:

Tonalli: − +

day

Mahtlactli Miquiztli

10 - Miquiztli (death)

Trecena: − +

13-day period

Ce Ollin

Ollin (movement)

Xihuitl: − +

solar year

Chicome Tecpatl

7 - Tecpatl (flint knife)


Yoaltecuhtli:

Lord of the Night

Centeotl

Long Count:

Mayan calendar

13.0.19.9.6

Xiuhpohualli:

365-day calendar

8 - Hueitecuilhuitl (IX)

(Correlation: Alfonso Caso [adjust])

The significance of this day

Aztec facts

La Malinche, or Doña Marina, was an Aztec woman who became an essential partner for Hernán Cortés in his conquest of the Aztec empire. Doña Marina's Aztec name was Malinalli, after her birthday. Cleary, she acted upon the significance of this day.

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-Ollin (Movement) is ruled by Tlazolteotl. This trecena is governed by the goddess of cotton and weaving, of sexuality and childbirth, she who is the eater of sins: it is the sign of the Scavenger, who feeds not on power but on the ills that darken the heart. The rainbow serpent, symbol of pleasure and folly, levitates amidst a shroud of smoke and shadow: these are 13 days of stolen secrets and odd twists of fate. The earth itself shakes: the ills created by shock can sometimes only be cured by greater shock. These are good days for self-purification; bad days for self-gratification.

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