What is the Mayan Oracle?

The Mayan Oracle is composed of forty-four cards–twenty Mayan star-glyphs, thirteen numbers, and eleven “lenses of the mystery.” Together, the glyphs and numbers form the Tzolkin, the “sacred round” of the Mayan calendar. However, the Tzolkin is far more than just a calendar.

What did the Mayans think about dreams?

In fact, the Tzotzil Maya see dreams as a way to “live a full life” and “stay alive.” They believe that dreams are a means of “seeing with the soul” what we can’t fully comprehend with our body and mind. It is traditional in Maya towns to ask if you dreamt during the night.

How do I read my Mayan calendar?

It is always written in the same order: (1) day number + day name in the Tzolk’in, and (2) day number + month name in the Haab. For example the calendar below shows the date 12 Ben 11 Yax. It will take 18,980 days, approximately 52 years, before a specific date in the Calendar Round recurs.

What is the Star Wars calendar called?

The Galactic Standard Calendar
The Galactic Standard Calendar or Galactic Standard Time was the standard measurement of time in the galaxy. It was based on the Coruscant solar cycle. The Coruscant solar cycle was 368 days long with a day consisting of 24 standard hours. Numerous epochs were used to determine calendar eras.

What did the Aztecs think about dreams?

In many Mesoamerican traditions, dreams are also considered to be a type of communication with the supernatural world. The same was true of events occurring in the natural world that Aztecs believed were omens, with predictive meaning.

What do Naguals do?

In Mesoamerican folk religion, a nagual (pronounced [na’wal]) is a human being who has the power to shapeshift into their tonal animal counterpart. Nagualism is tied to the belief one can access power and spiritual insight by connecting with the tonal animal within.

How accurate is Mayan calendar?

It is extremely accurate, and the calculations of Maya priests were so precise that their calendar correction is 10,000th of a day more exact than the standard calendar the world uses today. Of all the ancient calendar systems, the Maya and other Mesoamerican systems are the most complex and intricate.

How do you read a Mayan number?

Maya numbers, including calendar dates, were written from bottom to top, rather than horizontally. As an example of how they worked, three was represented by three dots in a horizontal row; 12 was two bars with two dots on top; and 19 was three bars with four dots on top.

What are Aztec day signs?

The calendar was broken down into units (sometimes referred to as trecenas) of 20 days with each day having its own name and symbol:

• cipactli – crocodile.
• ehecatl – wind.
• calli – house.
• cuetzpalin – lizard.
• coatl – snake.
• miquiztli – death.
• mazatl – deer.
• tochtli – rabbit.

How can I read the Aztec calendar?

In an Aztec 52 year cycle there were four counts of thirteen years each. So the four knots equal a total sacred count of 52 years. The Aztec glyphs contained in the ring around the four past suns represent the 20 months of the year. Each month had 13 days which equaled the Aztec year of 260 days.