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Daysign Destinies!

Mexicolore’s set of 20 Aztec Daysign Destiny Trump cards

Mexicolore’s unique set of 20 Aztec Calendar Daysign Destiny cards (designed in the style of ‘Trump Cards’), currently being trialled in schools in England, is based on information collated from several different sources, giving you a basic yet informative idea of the multiple influences behind these ancient signs. To find your particular birthday sign, follow the link at the bottom of the page, which uses the same correlation method as us. Have fun! (If you want more details on the sources we’ve used, contact Mexicolore...) (Written/compiled by Ian Mursell/Mexicolore)

1. ALLIGATOR

• Quality: Quick response
• A day... for reflecting on our origins
• Daysign Deity: Creator God Tonacatecuhtli
• Body Association: Liver
• Direction: East
• Influence: Good
• Special: The earth’s surface.

2. WIND

• Quality: Strength
• A day... for new fires and creativity
• Daysign Deity: Life God Quetzalcóatl
• Body Association: Breath
• Direction: North
• Influence: Bad
• Special: Sweeps the way for the rains.

3. HOUSE

• Quality: Love of home
• A day... to start buildings and begin projects
• Daysign Deity: Mountain God Tepeyollotl
• Body Association: Brain
• Direction: West
• Influence: Middling
• Special: Year-bearer.

4. LIZARD

• Quality: Endurance
• A day... for music, feasting, fun and pleasure
• Daysign Deity: Pleasure God Huehuecoyotl
• Body Association: Privates (F)
• Direction: South
• Influence: Good
• Special: Power of the sun on earth.

5. SNAKE

• Quality: Meditation
• A day... for seeking truth and wisdom
• Daysign Deity: Water Goddess Chalchiuhtlicue
• Body Association: Privates (M)
• Direction: East
• Influence: Good
• Special: ---

6. DEATH

• Quality: Life force, vitality
• A day... for fasting and seeking forgiveness
• Daysign Deity: Moon God Tecuciztecatl and Moon Goddess Coyolxauhqui
• Body Association: Head
• Direction: North
• Influence: Bad
• Special: The realm of the moon and night

7. DEER

• Quality: Alertness
• A day... for swift justice and military attack
• Daysign Deity: Rain God Tlaloc
• Body Association: Right foot
• Direction: West
• Influence: Middling
• Special: ---

8. RABBIT

• Quality: Speed
• A day... for planning alternative outcomes
• Daysign Deity: Maguey Goddess Mayahuel
• Body Association: Left ear
• Direction: South
• Influence: Good
• Special: Year-bearer.

9. WATER

• Quality: Cleanliness
• A day... for irrigation
• Daysign Deity: Fire God Xiuhtecuhtli
• Body Association: Body fluids
• Direction: East
• Influence: Good
• Special: ---

10. DOG

• Quality: Loyalty
• A day... for loyalty
• Daysign Deity: Death God Mictlantecuhtli
• Body Association: Heart
• Direction: North
• Influence: Bad
• Special: ---

11. MONKEY

• Quality: Agility
• A day... for ambition and business
• Daysign Deity: Flower God Xochipilli
• Body Association: Left hand
• Direction: West
• Influence: Middling
• Special: The power of magic and tricks.

12. GRASS

• Quality: Healing (herbs)
• A day... for re-birth
• Daysign Deity: Medicine God Patecatl
• Body Association: Spinal cord
• Direction: South
• Influence: Good
• Special: ---

13. REED

• Quality: Music
• A day... for firm justice and punishment
• Daysign Deity: Justice God Iztlacoliuhqui
• Body Association: Bones
• Direction: East
• Influence: Good
• Special: Year-bearer.

14. JAGUAR

• Quality: Grace
• A day... for perseverance and completion
• Daysign Deity: Confession Goddess Tlazolteotl
• Body Association: Left foot
• Direction: North
• Influence: Bad
• Special: Mediator between worlds.

15. EAGLE

• Quality: Great spirit
• A day... for renewal and re-birth
• Daysign Deity: Spring God Xipe Totec
• Body Association: Right hand
• Direction: West
• Influence: Middling
• Special: ---

16. VULTURE

• Quality: Hope
• A day... of darkness and reflection
• Daysign Deity: Temptation Goddess Itzpapalotl
• Body Association: Right ear
• Direction: South
• Influence: Good
• Special: ---

17. MOVEMENT

• Quality: Sensitivity
• A day... for business and sports
• Daysign Deity: God of twins Xolotl
• Body Association: Tongue
• Direction: East
• Influence: Good
• Special: ---

18. FLINT

• Quality: Renewal
• A day... for sacrifice, justice, warfare; breaking old ties, habits
• Daysign Deity: God of fate Tezcatlipoca
• Body Association: Teeth
• Direction: North
• Influence: Bad
• Special: Year-bearer.

19. RAIN

• Quality: Fertility
• A day... of agricultural fertility
• Daysign Deity: Sun God Tonatiuh
• Body Association: Eyes and tears
• Direction: West
• Influence: Middling
• Special: ---

Azteccalendar.com website

Comments (1)

tecpaocelotl

17th Oct 2011

I would think it’s the number that is with the day sign that determines if their influence is good or bad.

Mexicolore

Of course you’re right: what we give here is a highly simplistic, even ‘fun’, overview of the signs and some of their qualities. The truth is that the sacred/ritual ‘almanac’ or calendar was immensely complicated, with sometimes contradictory elements at work. As you say, the cycle of 20 signs meshed with a cycle of 13 numbers, giving combinations that could be interpreted as lucky, unlucky or in-between. 2-Rabbit, for example, was notoriously unfortunate as a day. The 20 signs were grouped in 4 sets of 5, each set linked to North, South, East or West; signs were influenced by particular deities, and affected by sacred trees, birds and colours. Days were divided into (13) day- and (9) night-hours, each with its own deity having a part to play, 13-day ‘weeks’ (‘trecenas’ in Spanish) were ruled by particular deities. Then the number and sign of the year itself was a further influencing factor... No wonder working out your ‘horoscope’ was a specialist job!

Mexicolore’s set of 20 Aztec Daysign Destiny Trump cards