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In the tonalpohualli, the sacred Aztec calendar, Friday February 3, 1531 is:

Tonalli: − +

day

Nahui Miquiztli

4 - Miquiztli (death)

Trecena: − +

13-day period

Ce Calli

Calli (house)

Xihuitl: − +

solar year

Mahtlactli-omei Acatl

13 - Acatl (reed)


Yoaltecuhtli:

Lord of the Night

Chalchiuhtlicue

Long Count:

Mayan calendar

11.15.11.2.6

Xiuhpohualli:

365-day calendar

13 - Izcalli (I)

(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-Calli (House) is ruled by Itzpapalotl. The 13 days of this trecena are governed by the conflict between culture and nature: the native desire of human beings to maintain a lineage of customs and beliefs is periodically disrupted by the evolutionary leaps of nature. In this sense, nature is represented as the house into which we are born and culture as the house into which we move. These are 13 days of struggling to decide which house is really home. With every step forward, the warrior still stands at the center of the crossroads: the heart must be trained if it is to be a reliable compass. These are good days to focus on the future; bad days to focus on the past.

Tom Cruise was born on day 4-Miquiztli.

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