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Aztec/Mayan Calendar silver pendant..The Aztec calendar consisted of a 365 day calendar cycle and a 260 day ritual cycle. These two cycles together formed a 52 year "century", sometimes called the "Calendar Round".The calendar year began with the first appearance of the Pleiades in the east before the dawn light. The Aztec calendar differed most significantly from the Maya was in their more primitive number system and in their less precise way of recording dates,though they were basically similar.The Aztec calendar kept two different aspects of time;counting of the days,and the counting of the years,kept on a 365-day solar count. This was also the agricultural and ceremonial calendar of the Aztec state.Actually there are 20 calendars which make up the Aztec and Mayan Calendar System,including the Venus calendar.. We can say that the sacred calendar is composed of 13 months that hold 20 days.The ancestors used and considered these numbers as sacred. The number 13 is sacred because the most important joints in the body are; the two at the ankles, two at the knees, two at the hips, two at the wrist, two at the elbows, two at the shoulders and one at the head or neck. As far as the number 20, this symbolizes the 20 fingers of the human being; 10 on the hands and 10 on the feet.In these 20 sacred words are expressed all of the basic forces of creation and destruction, the good and the that are in the world, in society, in the family and what is in the heart of the human. The unity of such forces in the individual lives depends on the course of life and destiny.
.thick and solid sterling silver,showing 2 differing forms of the calendar on each side....
weight.-10.1gms.;height.-3.8cms.[1.5"];span-2.9cms.[1.1"]
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