TONALPOUQUI SOURCER
Tonalpouhque Giving divination to a new born - Codice Florentino-
AZTEC DIVINATION
Written by Egnogra
At birth the parents will consult the Tonalpouhqui sourcer, diviner or augur that read and interpreted the signs and numbers of Tonalpohualli in the book of destinies or also called Tonalamatl
The Tonalamtl is the book of destiny in which the surface has 20 periods of 13 days each page corresponds to a trecena in which it has the tutelar information of each corresponding symbol, as well as the nocturnal deity and ave agorera that governs each glyph, in the must nortern part of mexico they used the skin of deer to draw the Tonalpohualli.
The Tonalpouhqui starts off with the day and the hour of birth so at birth the Tonalpouhqui will be present at time of birth to give to consult the book depending on the specific time and date to give him or her a purpose and a destiny to follow, The luck of the new born will be descided depending on the position on the 13 signs and by the deity governing the new born, since each period of time was governed by a benevolent and a malicious deity.
According to the tradition if the child was born on a lucky sign the bautismo will take place as soon as possible and if the child was to be born under a evil deity the Tonalpouhqui could change the course of events inside the trecena a more suitable sign within the next four days to receive better luck.
The aztec divination had the power to alter events and destinies but only the trained shaman could introduce this power into man from the gods, the sourcer could conduct a good deed with an offering, devotion and with a sacrifice, and viceversa a good prediction could be anulated by a wrong deed..
Once this prediction was carried the Tonalpouque will draw a symbol into a piece of paper in which included the virtues the vicious and the success and missfortune of the child , the people who were jealous would carry the sign with them trough their life.
Out of the 20 signs of Tonalpohualli few were considered of good aguero and other bad aguero Good luck ones were the symbols corresponding to Cocodrile, House, Lizard, Deer, Zopilote, and dog.
The bad omen signs were the Wind, Serpent, Death, Rain, Pedernal, Hierba, and Water..
The other signs were both good and bad such as the: Monkey, Rabbit, Cain, Tiger, Eagle, Flower and movement... The good luck numbers were the number 2 because it symbolises cosmic polarities, day night water fire hot cold female masculine the number 3 because was the sacred number of Xiuhtecuhtli god of fire representing the 3 ultimate rocks of fire. The 4th symbolises the 4 ages of the universe the 4 paths the 4 lord of creation.. The 7th because was a minor number between 1 and 13 and was reigned by Chicomecoatl deity of abundancy and the 9 and the 13 corresponded to the 9th underworlds and the 13th skies.. Bad luck were the number 6 and 8 and lethal was the number 5 because it represented the 5 undestiny days called Nemontemi
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