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Today in the Aztec Calendar - Tonalli Nahui Malinalli

8/30/2016

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Today is the day of Nahui Malinalli (four herb) from approximately 6:45pm on Aug 29 to approximately 6:45pm on Aug 30. 

Malinalli (herb) is our umbilical cord and the constant regeneration of nature. All the green plants, trees, etc. are all medicinal if used wisely. Malinalli is symbolic of strong roots, rebirth in nature, resurgence, self-polishing, cycle of renewal, and determination. Malinalli teaches us how to transform by the self-evaluation of our attitudes and actions so that we can understand our behavior and accomplish our goals. It's important that we learn how to become like a plant; self-sufficient and grow/expand when necessary. 

The patron of this day is Pantecatl, one of the lords of medicinal herbs and fermented drinks, especially aguamiel, which is taken from the heart of the maguey and becomes fermented pulque. Pantecatl promotes learning of the healing properties of plants.

Malinalli refers to all those things that change and cyclically renew. It is an herb that dries and disappears so as to integrate with the soil and; then, it reappears filling the green in a new cycle.  It is a propitious day for  medicine and healing. Today grants good energy to start treatments and to reach health (Gutierrez). So be sure to drink medicinal herbal teas and eat plenty of plant based foods, for food is medicine. 

This day also signifies tenacity, rejuvenation, that which cannot be uprooted forever. Malinalli is a day for persevering against all odds, like the weeds that penetrate, crack, and grow through concrete. It's a good day for creating alliances that will survive the test of time. It is also a good day for those who are suppressed, a bad day for their suppressors (Voorburg). 

Have a beautiful tonalli (day) everyone!

If you'd like to purchase a puzzle, print, or painting of Malinalli, please click here. 


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Karen Guillette
3/26/2019 06:45:43 pm

Hola
I am very interested in your calendar and the information that I see you have on the date above (August 2016). Do you still do this calendar elsewhere at another link? I travelled in Mexico (as a gringa fleeing los estados unidos in 1969)...from PE Oaxaca to San Cristobal with my ex-husband from Saltillo for several years. My daughter was born in Oaxaca in 1971. became interested in many things indigenous, particularly the story of the Nahuatl path of the heart which I read about in a book on Central American culture back then. I have carried the Yolteotl message with me for years...especially the cautionary line about 'becoming a vagrant on the face of the earth' if one doesn't create a true face and deified heart. It is a struggle but I am still committed to this effort! I have begun doing book arts and created a small accordian book about the Nahuatl path of the heart. I also made one about the Day of the Dead. I would love to hear more about your current work. If possible, please let me know where you are and what you are doing.

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