Tlaxochimaco/Miccailhuitontli Tarot Spread~~~The Xiuhpohualli from the words "xihuitl" meaning turquoise/year and "pohua" meaning count/read (turquoise count/year count) is divided into 18 "ilhuitl" or a festival period of 20 days. The 20-day ilhuitl known as Tlaxochimaco, "Offering/Bestowal of Flowers" or Miccailhuitontli "Small Feast to the Revered Deceased" or "Little Festival of the Dead" comes after Hueytecuilhuitontli. This time honors all the gods, particularly Huitzilopotchli, Tezcatlipoca and Xochiquetzal as well as is dedicated to the dead.Huitzilopotchli (Left-Hand/Southern Hummingbird) from the words "huitzilin" meaning hummingbird and "opochtli" meaning "left hand side," is the patron god of Mexica, protector of Tenochtitlan, rulers and warriors. He is associated with the sun, youth, light, war and conquest. He is commonly shown painted blue with a black face, wearing a feathered headdress, and holding a mirror and scepter shaped like a snake. The symbol of the hummingbird was associated with the souls of the dead.Tezcatlipoca (Smoking Mirror) derived from the words "tezcatl " meaning mirror and "pocatl" meaning "smoke" is the god of light and shadow, of the night sky and winds, the north, rulership, temptation, beauty, war, and strife. He is the patron of rulers, warriors, and magicians. Tezcatlipoca can travel to all realms at will, earth, heavens and the underworld. His face is painted with black and yellow stripes and wears an obsidian mirror on his chest or has one replacing his lower leg or foot. He is the day lord of the tonalli, Acatl (reed) and has associations with the trecena Ce Ocelotl (1 Jaguar), Ce Miquitzli (1 Death), Ce Acatl (1 Reed) and Ce Xochitl (1 Flower).Xochiquetzal (Precious Blossom) from the words "xochitl" meaning flower and "quetzalli" meaning precious feather/quetzal feather is a deity of fertility, flowers, butterflies, beauty, love, and sexual pleasure. She is the patron of lovers, prostitutes, weavers, craftspeople, embroidery and luxury. She is the protectors of young mothers, pregnancy and childbirth and the patroness of those women and children who died "heroically" in childbirth..cont. Posted on November 3, 2021November 9, 2021 %%image% Read More
🕯️ Piyalli Nohuecauhtata🏵️~~~~Hello Ancestors#ofrenda #diadelosmuertos #tlamanalli #altardemuertos #dayofthedead #dayofthedeadaltar #ilwimikitsli #cempoalxóchitl #cempasuchil #marigold #calavera #catrina #mikitl #papelpicado Posted on October 31, 2021November 9, 2021 %%image% Read More
Hueytecuilhuitontli Tarot Spread~~~The Xiuhpohualli (year count) is divided into 18 metztli/veintena or a period of 20 days. The 20-day period Hueytecuilhuitontli, "Great Festival/Great Feast of the Lords," comes after Tecuilhuitontli. This time honors Xilonen, "Maize Doll" the Lady of Young Maize. She embodies the young and tender maize.Xilonen, along with Centeotl, "Dried Ear of Maize" and Chicomecoatl ,"Seven Serpents" represent the cycle of sprouting and harvesting maize. Xilonen represents the earliest maize of the summer; Cinteotl is the ripened ears of maize at the height of harvest and Chicomecoatl stands for the seed maize preserved for planting the next year’s crop.Her teotl is associated with fertility and growth. She is commonly depicted with two ears of maize, sometimes on her back, as part of her headdress or in her hands. She is known for the distinctive tassels on her headdress and is dressed and adorned in red.~~~#aztecgoddess#aztecastrology #aztecmonth #azteccalendar #aztecdeities#aztecfestival #aztecmythology #xiuhpohualli #xilonen #Hueytecuilhuitontli #metzli #nahuatlwords#nahuatl #nahuatlahtolli #nahuatllanguage #tarotspreads #tarotreadersofinstagram #tarotcommunityofinstagram #oraclecommunityofinstagram #oraclespread #oraclecommunity #oraclereadersofinstagram #indigeniouscalendar Posted on October 17, 2021November 9, 2021 %%image% Read More
Tecuilhuitontli Tarot Spread~~~The Xiuhpohualli (year count) is divided into 18 metztli/veintena or a period of 20 days. The 20-day period Tecuilhuitontli, "Small Festival/Little Feast of the Lords," comes after Etzalcualiztli. This time honors Huixtochihuatl/Uixtociuatl (Lady of Salt).Huixtochihuatl "Lady of Salt" along with her two sisters, Chicomecoatl, "Seven Serpents" and Chalchiuhtlicue "Jade Her skirt" provided humanity with life's three essentials: salt, food and water. She is said to be the the daughter of Tlaloc or the older sister of the Tlalohqueh (rain gods). Her knowledge of salt is said to have developed due to a conflict between her and the Tlalohqueh. In one version, she insulted and mocked her brothers and so offended them that they banished her to the salt beds. There she discovered the existence of salt, how it was formed, and how to make salt jars. In another version, she gained control of sea water when her brothers tried to drown her in salt water for the insult.Huixtochihuatl is associated with salt, sea water and with rituals relating to water and fertility as well as urine, which is salty and impure. She was the patroness of people associated with salt such as: salt-producers, salt preparers, salt merchants, salt traffickers and people of the salt marshes.She is commonly depicted with a yellow face and body. She wears a crown of quetzal feathers with tassels in the form of maize. She is adorned in gold ear plugs and small bells. Her garments are decorated in a water and cloud designs and she carries reed staffs.~~~Deck: Calaca Tarot Deck#aztecastrology#azteccalendar #aztecmonth #aztecdeities #aztecmythology #aztecgoddess #mexica #indigeniouscalendar #xiuhpohualli #tonalpohualli #tracena #tecuilhuitontli_metztli #huixtochihuatl #ladyofsalt #tarotspreads #tarotcard #tarotcardspread #tarotdecks #tarotreadersofinstagram #tarotcommunityofinstagram #tarotcommunity #oraclecommunityofinstagram #oracledecks #oraclespread #calavera #calacatarot Posted on September 16, 2021November 9, 2021 %%image% Read More
Etzalcualiztli Tarot Spread~~~The Xiuhpohualli (year count) is divided into 18 metztli/veintena or a period of 20 days. The 20-day period, Etzalcualiztli,comes after Toxcatl. This is the time of "eating (cualli) maize/beans (etzal)". This feasting time occurred during the rainy season when the fields were beginning to ripen and were dedicated to the rain gods, Tlaloc and Chalchiuhtlicue, from the Nahuatl words chalchihuitl, "jade" and "cueitl", "skirt" meaning "Jade her skirt.." Also translated as, "She of the Jade Skirt" or "Lady Precious Skirt." Chalchiuhtlicue is Tlaloc's female counterpart. She is the lady of terrestrial waters, such as streams, rivers, springs, lakes, ground water, standing water and oceans. She served as the ruler and sun during the age of the Fourth Sun, Nahui Atl Tonatiuh (4 Water Sun). It is said she was very loving of the people, but Tezcatlipoca "Lord of Smoke and Mirrors" , jealous of her praise, accused her of faking her love towards people to gain their praises. Devastated by the accusation, Chalchiuhtlicue wept tears of blood for 52 years, drowning the world and turning humans into fish so they could survive.Chalchiuhtlicue is the patroness of navigation, protector of sick children, newborns, and childbirth. She is associated with fertility for both land and the people. She presides over tonalli, Macuilli Coatl (5 snake) and trecena Ce Acatl (1 Reed). She is the sixth of the nine Night Lords.She is commonly depicted wearing an elaborate headdress, a blue-green skirt from which flows streams of water. Sometimes newborn children are shown floating in this water. She has lines on her face and wears a xiuhyacamitl, or a type of nose ornament. It can be seen in the shape of a butterfly or serpent#xiuhpohualli #tracena #tonalpohualli #aztecastrology #aztecmonth #aztecmythology #azteccalendar#aztecdeities #etzalcualitzli #chalchiuhtlicue #tarotspreads #tarotcardspread #tarotreadersofinstagram #tarotcommunity #oraclecommunityofinstagram #oraclespread #metzli #indigeniouscalendar #mesoamericancalendar #nahuatlwords #nahuatllanguage #nahuatl Posted on July 8, 2021November 9, 2021 %%image% Read More
Toxcatl Tarot Spread~~~~The Xiuhpohualli (year count) is divided into 18 metztli/veintena or a period of 20 days. The 20-day period coming to an end is called, Toxcatl, "Dryness/Drought/Wither from Thirst" or Tepopochtli, "smoking/fumigation" This time honors the omnipotent Tezcatlipoca (Smoking Mirror)derived from the words tezcatl (mirror) and pocatl (smoke) and the tribal god of the Aztecs, Huitzilopochtli (Left-Hand/Southern Hummingbird).Tezcatlipoca is a complex and powerful deity with many manifestations and names. Among the many forms he can take include: Titlacahuan (‘We her men’), god of destiny; Yáotl (‘Enemy’), god of war; Iztlacoliuhqui (‘Curved obsidian blade’), god of planet Venus/ancestor god. He also takes the form of his two nahualli, spirit animals, Tepeyollotl (‘Heart of the mountain’), his jaguar aspect as well as Chalchihuihtotolin, the (blood-) Jewelled Fowl, his turkey form.Tezcatlipoca is considered the embodiment of the natural world, the supreme lord who rules over chaos, destruction, and the whims of fate. He represents celestial creativity and divine paternalism. He is both omnipresent and omnipotent and dwells on earth, the land of the dead and in the sky. He is considered the soul of the world and the lord of all things. Tezcatlipoca is a god of light and shadow, of the sound and smoke of bells and battle, the night sky, the night winds, hurricanes, the north, the earth, obsidian, enmity, discord, rulership, divination, temptation, jaguars, sorcery, beauty, war, and strife. He is the patron of rulers, warriors, and magicians.He is commonly pictured with black and yellow stripes painted on his face, depending on the aspect of the god that was represented, and is depicted wearing an obsidian mirror on his chest or has one replacing his lower leg or foot. Steam/smoke signified his presence. He is the day lord of the tonalli, Acatl (reed) and has associations with the trecena Ce Ocelotl (1 Jaguar), Ce Miquitzli (1 Death), Ce Acatl (1 Reed) and Ce Xochitl (1 Flower).#nahuatlwords #nahuatlahtolli #nahuatllanguage ##aztecastrology #aztecmonth #azteccalendar #aztecdeities #aztecmythology #indigeniouscalendar #tarotspreads Posted on June 9, 2021November 9, 2021 %%image% Read More
Huey Tozoztli Tarot Spread~~~The Xiuhpohualli (year count) is divided into 18 metztli/veintena or a period of 20 days. The current 20-day period is called, Huey Tozoztli, "Great Perforation/Great Vigil/Long Vigil". This time is the first of a sequence marking the harvest, celebrating the tender maize plants, blessing the seed corn from the previous season for planting and venerating Chicomecoatl, "Seven Serpents" the embodiment of maize. Chicomecoatl is an older sister of the Tlaloque and was credited with making all food. She made maize, beans, amaranth and chia. She, along with her two sisters, Huixtochihuatl "Lady of Salt" and Chalchiuhtlicue "Jade her skirt" provided humanity with life's three essentials: food, salt and water.Chicomecoatl is associated with maize, food, fertility and the earth. She sometimes presides over the Seventh Trecena, Ce Quiauitl (one rain) with Tlaloc (Lord of Rain). When she appears as a young woman, she is Xilonen "Maize doll" and represents the first tender maize. As Chicomecoatl, she appears as a mature woman and represents the dried maize or already harvested crop.She is commonly pictured with red ochre on her face, wearing a a large rectangular headdress "paper tower" with corn cobs on her headdress or in her hands. Sometimes she carries a sun shield.#aztecastrology#azteccalendar #indigeniouscalendar #aztecmythology #aztecmonth #metzli #nahuatlwords #nahuatlahtolli #mesoamericancalendar #mesoamericanspirituality #tarotreadersofinstagram #tarotspreads #tarotonline #tarotreaders#tarotcommunityofinstagram #oraclecommunityofinstagram #oraclereadersofinstagram #oraclespread #tarot #oracle #tarotcards #oraclecardspread #tarotcardspread #oraclecards #aztecdeities #chicomecoatl #xiuhpohualli #hueytozoztli #sevenserpents #maize Posted on May 15, 2021November 9, 2021 %%image% Read More
Tozoztontli Tarot Spread~~~The Xiuhpohualli (year count) is divided into 18 metztli/veintena or a period of 20 days. The current 20-day period is called, Tozoztontli, "The Perforation/Small Perforation/Little Vigil". This time marks the end of the dry season and venerates Tlaloc "one that lies on land" or "he who is made of earth", Chalchihutlicue "jade her skirt", Coatlicue "snakes her skirt" and Centeotl "dried maize diety."Tlaloc is the Lord of Rain, celestial waters, lightning flashes, hail, and patron of land workers. He is the Day Lord of Mazatl (Deer) Tonalli, the protector of the Seventh Trecena, Ce Quiauitl (one rain) and the Ninth of the Yoaltecutin (Night Lords). He presided over the Third Sun (Nauhquiahuitl) and dwells on the fourth level of the upper worlds, Tlalocan, "Tlaloc place."He is seen with round eyes which have a "google" effect created by two intertwined serpents coming down at the sides of his mouth. Tlaloc is also considered part jaguar and the rumble of the thunder is considered his roar. He is often seen blue, black or "dirty" yellow representing the blue of water, the darkness of the cave or the yellow of ripe corn.#tozoztontli #tonalpohualli #mazatl #quiauitl #xiuhpohualli #metzli #tonali #tracena #indigeniouscalendar #azteccalendar #tlaloc #aztecastrology #nahuatlpractice #nahuatlwords #nahuatlahtolli #tarotreadings #tarotspread #tarotreadersofinstagram ##tarotcommunityofinstagram #tarot #tarotcard #tarotreader #oraclecommunityofinstagram #oraclespreads #oraclereadersofinstagram #oraclereader #oraclecards Posted on April 18, 2021November 9, 2021 %%image% Read More
Tlacaxipehualiztli Tarot Spread~~~The Xiuhpohualli (year count)is divided into 18 metztli/veintena or a period of 20 days. The current 20-day period is called, Tlacaxipehualiztli "The Act of Flaying Men". This time venerates Xipe ( Xipeuh) Totec, "Flayed-Our Lord".Xipe (Xipeuh) Totec is the Lord of Spring, rebirth, goldsmiths and rejuvenation. He is associated with the East and acts as companion to Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli, "Dawn Lord/Lord of the Morning Star", together they preside over the Akatl (Reed) years. He is the Day Lord of Cuauhtli (Eagle) Tonalli.He is shown wearing the flayed skin of a dead man which is like the husk of the earth during the dry season which when peeled back reveals the truth of life, new growth, waiting to be reborn during the rainy season.#indigeniouscalendar #azteccalendar #xihuitl #xiuhpohualli #metzli #tlacaxipehualiztli #xipetotec #tarotcard #tarotreadersofinstagram #tarotspread #tarotonline #tarotreader #tarotreadings #tarotcommunityofinstagram #oraclecommunityofinstagram #oraclereader #oraclecards #oraclespread #oraclecommunity #oraclereadersofinstagram Posted on April 1, 2021April 1, 2021 %%image% Read More
Tarot spread: Chicnahui Calli Xihuitl~~~Xiuhtecuhtli (Turquoise Lord, Ruler of Flint Year)1-2: What will Xiuhtecuhtli assist with ending? 3: Message from Xiuhtecuhtli.Quetzalcoatl (Lord of Clarity/Wisdom, Ruler of Calli Year)4-5: What will Quetzalcoatl aid with clarity? 6: Message from Quetzalcoatl.Tonacatecuhtli (Lord of Sustenance/Flesh, Ends Calli Year)7-8: What will Tonacatecuhtli carry forward? 9: Message from Tonacatecuhtli.~~~Deck: The Toltec OracleDeck: The Jade OracleDeck: The Nahualli Animal Oracle#toltecoraclecards #thejadeoracledeck #oraclecommunityofinstagram #oraclespread #thejadeoracle #nahuallianimaloracle #tonalpohualli #calli #chicnahuicalli #xihuitl #xiuhtecuhtli #tarotspread #quetzalcoatl #tarotreadersofinstagram #tonacatecuhtli #flintyear #houseyear Posted on March 22, 2021March 22, 2021 %%image% Read More
