Zodiac Aztec

by Predators in Social Sciences, February 19, 2012

Like the civilizations of China, India and Europe, American civilizations developed their own astrological system based on the movement of stars visible in the sky. Archaeological research has established the year 600 as origin IDC ameriendiene astrology, although it is believed that it dates from even earlier. Astrologers ancient Mesoamerica (which included Mexico and part of Central America – New World) have developed this science in isolation and without any influence of other traditions.

1. WATER
2. HOUSE
3. DOG
4. CROCODILE
5. CERB
6. CRANIUM
7. TREMOR
8. KNIFE
9. FLOWERS
10. GRASS

Zodiac Aztec

11. RABBIT
12. Jaguar
13. MONKEY
14. RAIN
15. SNAKE
16. LIZARD
17. CANE
18. Liu
19. WIND
20. EAGLE

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The core of Mesoamerican astrology, the Olmecics, Toltec, Maya, Zapotec and Aztec, is represented by the 20 letters daily. In essence, such astrology is different from what we are familiar. However, in classical astrology, European and Mesoamerican the 12 signs that can describe both a person and an event. But, in astrology Mayan / Aztec signs are not sections of the sky (constellations), but are based on the flow of time and are actually names of days. This means that the Mayans and Aztecs had months of 20 days. Biorhythm used by astrologers Mesoamerican imposed and another cycle of 13 days, which can be compared with classic week, and the these days were numbered 1-13. Taking into account that the first day of cycle 20 days coincided with the first day of the cycle of 13 days, indicates that the Mayan calendar / Aztec year was 260 days, cycles and programs that rely modern computing Aztec astrological zodiac.

Since the Aztecs were prominent civilization in South America along with the early Spanish conquest, it was agreed that the symbols and names used by Aztec astrologers to be used to regularized this unjustly forgotten ancient astrology: Aztec zodiac .

Knowing which is your sign? First choose your year:

The table

Aztec Zodiac - year of birth table

Then pick your sign of the 13 tables as appropriate Aztec zodiac group the year of birth:

Groups with signs

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Warning:
Aztec zodiac has a feature that makes it less maneuverable than classic than the Chinese zodiac. This is the fact that native can choose, in a heavily sign. After you go to Table A and groups of signs may not find yourself in our description. For this you also offer a table in which you learn sign: Table B .

Table B

Aztec Zodiac - year of birth table B

Aztec Zodiac particularity Pregnant occurs even further, because if not in this case you are what you read, then you simply choose from the 20 signs that you are, according to one of the two tables of years ( A and B) and 13 groups (groups choose the sign in tables according to your birth year). Thus, the description is that you think will be the basis and other 12 will be secondary, where you will find very little part.

Aztec Calendar (Photo credit: YoTuT)