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In the tonalpohualli, the sacred Aztec calendar, Tuesday January 31, 1525 is:

Tonalli: − +

day

Chicome Malinalli

7 - Malinalli (grass)

Trecena: − +

13-day period

Ce Miquiztli

Miquiztli (death)

Xihuitl: − +

solar year

Chicome Calli

7 - Calli (house)


Yoaltecuhtli:

Lord of the Night

Tlaloc

Long Count:

Mayan calendar

11.15.5.0.12

Xiuhpohualli:

365-day calendar

9 - Izcalli (I)

(Correlation: Alfonso Caso [adjust])

The significance of this day

Aztec facts

Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital was captured by Hernán Cortés on August 13, 1521 (day 1-Coatl). This date, as recorded by Fray Bernardino de Sahagún, provides an anchor for the correlation of the calendar.

Day Malinalli (Grass) is governed by Patecatl as its provider of tonalli (Shadow Soul) life energy. This day signifies tenacity, rejuvenation, that which cannot be uprooted forever. Malinalli is a day for persevering against all odds and for creating alliances that will survive the test of time. It is a good day for those who are suppressed, a bad day for their suppressors.

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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