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How to Read the Codex-Format


The format in which the Tonalpohualli Iamoxtli was made follows the ingenious format of the ancestral codexes of Anahuak, which were read from right to left.

The year begins on the first page from the right and is read from right to left following the direction towards which the symbols are facing.

Each level shows a different cycle of the ancestral Tonalpohuall or count of days as follows:

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  1. Zenpohualhuitl: The count of the changes in nature, cycle of twenty days
  2. Zemilhuitl in Zempohualtonalehke: The daily count of the qualities in our environment and in living beings by potential and primordial qualities
  3. Matlakyeipohua - in Imatlaktlamanixtime omey: The count of the bio-energetic cycles of human beings in cycles of thirteen numerical qualities and their orientation in the universe.
  4. Tototl ihuan Tonaltekuhtin: The diurnal qualities and its projections on conscious thought in cycles of thirteen days with their winged accompaniments.
  5. Relevant astronomical events: Additions and updates will be added in future calendars as well as here on the website
  6. Metztli ihuan Yohualtekuhtin: The nocturnal qualities and its projections on the internal organs in cycles of nine, in relation to the phases of the Moon.
  7. Mo Pohual: Space for personal notes
  8. Correlation to Gregorian Calendar
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