May 04, 2005 12:13
for em
born November 15, 1982
DAY-SIGN: 8-Death
YEAR: West -9
13-DAY PERIOD: 1-Rain
NIGHT LORD: 4
VENUS PHASE: Superior Conjunction
About This Report...
This is the free, abbreviated version of the Maya/Aztec Astrology Report. The full version, which you can order from the One Reed Publications Web Site (www.onereed.com), contains much more detailed text about your Mesoamerican personality profile (about 10 pages in length), and also includes the following features:
An interpretation of your birth year, a key cycle in Mesoamerican astrology
A delineation of your Venus phase, a symbolic cycle representing both impulsive personal desire and collective social values.
A description of the "Lord of the Night" associated with your birth date -- a specific deity (based on a 9-day cycle) that may symbolize the workings of your deepest and darkest self.
A five-year "critical day" report based on your birth date. This technique, based on a principle similar to biorhythms, yields a list of dates that may represent turning points in your life.
A general introduction to Mesoamerican astrology
Introduction: The Astrology of Time
The ancient Maya and Aztec astrologers studied the mysterious influence of the rhythms of the sky on earthly life. Everyone knows the Sun rises and sets every day -- this is the basic rhythm of life around which we set our clocks and calendars. What the ancient astrologers discovered was that other time cycles existed that were multiples of this basic day cycle. This fact was discovered about 100 years ago in Europe and these cycles (there are many of them) are now called biorhythms.
The most important time cycles in ancient Mayan and Aztec astrology are those of the day, 9-days, 13-days, and 20-days. Additionally, years are counted also, in groups of 4 and 13. Each day is then part of several other cycles, so no two days are exactly the same. Your Maya/Aztec horoscope shows exactly where in each of the cycles you were born. Each category deals with a specific cycle and a specific aspect of your personality. Keep in mind that our personalities are complex and contain many contradictions. All of us present a different "face" depending on who we meet. The delineations below will reflect this, but they will also give you a clear picture of who you really are. The true value of astrology lies in self-knowledge, the first step to wisdom.
Your Most Personal Traits -- The Day-Sign of Your Birth
Here are your strongest and most obvious personality traits. The delineation below describes who you are and how you appear to others, at least on the surface. In Aztec astrology this part of is your horoscope is your Tonalli, or Day-Sign, the form bestowed upon you by the Sun.
Death: You tend to have, in good measure, what might be called political awareness. You are concerned with what is happening in the world, or in your own neighborhood, and you like to feel that you can make a difference. You are cooperative and rarely allow your ego to get in the way of progress toward the collective goals you believe in.
You take all kinds of responsibilities very seriously. You can be depended on to do the best job you can. Obligations to others, and a sense of duty, tend to dominate your thinking and choices in life. It is possible that your life could become so bound up with the lives of others that it may be difficult for you to say where your self-interest begins and obligation to others ends. Because you are so polite and hesitant to speak your true feelings, you tend to give in to others more often than may be necessary or even reasonable.
You do have a tendency to form partnerships with rather strong individuals. The actual power dynamics of these relationships may not be clear on the surface, but underneath there is usually a good deal of psychological manipulation, probably by both parties.
You intuitively know that life is a mystery and you probably learned early on that only faith can carry you beyond the limits of your understanding. Traditional religion or philosophy appeals to you and can guide you through life and give it meaning. You often experience life as a personal sacrifice of some sort, and your ideas and beliefs give your sacrifices and sense of obligation to the community meaning.
Intellectually, you are conservative, or at least lean in that direction. Once you become attached to a set of ideas and beliefs, you stay with them for life. There may a noticeably materialistic streak in you. You invest your money carefully, often in real estate, and use it wisely. You are not known to be a great risk taker, except maybe on political issues, and you prefer a life of domestic security to that of adventure.
The actual experience of death, personal, in the family or with a close friend, may have left a strong mark on you. Talking about such experiences is difficult for you and you prefer to avoid the subject. Because of this tendency to keep strong emotional experiences to yourself, you are often regarded by others as somewhat distant and even remote.
Your Deeper Self -- The 13-Day Week of Your Birth
Each of us reacts to the world around us in different ways. Our reactions are mostly unconscious; they represent what our deeper self needs. Our reactions both attract and repel us from things, people, and situations. What we like, what we like to do, and who we really are is shown by the 13-day week called the Trecena that we were born under. Each of these periods begins with the number 1 and the name of the day-sign that starts it. A number is attached to your position within the 13-day period that may be an important number for you.
This is the eighth day of the 13-day period that begins with 1-Rain. Beneath your surface personality lies a self that is very dependent on others. You have a strong need to feel that you belong -- to feel part of the family. You also have an independent streak in you that often causes you to spend time alone, or apart from others. In this respect, you contain many internal contradictions. You are, however, very concerned with the health and well-being of others and will make personal sacrifices for such things. You are also somewhat fearful and anxious and tend to feel over-obligated.