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In the tonalpohualli, the sacred Aztec calendar, Sunday November 29, 1523 is:

Tonalli: − +

day

Chicome Calli

7 - Calli (house)

Trecena: − +

13-day period

Ce Ollin

Ollin (movement)

Xihuitl: − +

solar year

Mahcuilli Acatl

5 - Acatl (reed)


Yoaltecuhtli:

Lord of the Night

Xiuhtecuhtli

Long Count:

Mayan calendar

11.15.3.15.3

Xiuhpohualli:

365-day calendar

10 - Panquetzaliztli (XVI)

(Correlation: Alfonso Caso [adjust])

The significance of this day

Aztec facts

The Aztec, Maya and most other mesoamerican people used the same 260-day calendar with an identical correlation. So the Aztec date 1-Cipactli corresponds to 1-Imix for the Maya, etcetera.

7-Calli is a good day to return from a trade expedition and have a necxipahquiliz (foot washing) ceremony.

Day Calli (House) is governed by Tepeyollotl, Heart of the Mountain, as its provider of tonalli (Shadow Soul) life energy. Calli is a good day for rest, tranquility and family life. Not a good day for participating in public life. Best spent cementing relationships of trust and mutual interests.

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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