This Aztec horoscopes, it’s a real head-scratcher, ain’t it? Twenty signs, they got. Twenty! Each one, it’s good for thirteen days. That’s what they say. Thirteen days a piece. And each one’s got its own god, like a special friend in the sky. They even got a planet or a star or somethin’ up there watchin’ over ’em.
Now, I heard tell, these Aztec folks, they was lookin’ for a new place to live. Their god, he told ’em, “You go find a lake.” And not just any lake, mind you. He said, “Find a lake with an eagle, and this eagle’s gonna have a snake in its mouth. And this eagle, he’s gonna be sittin’ on a cactus.” This ain’t just any old cactus, either. It’s gotta be growin’ outta a rock. Sounds mighty peculiar, don’t it?
These horoscope things, they’re supposed to tell ya somethin’ about yourself. Like if you’re gonna be rich, or if you’re gonna be lucky in love, or if you’re gonna have a whole passel of young’uns. People put a lot of stock in these things, ya know. They really do. They think the stars and the planets got all the answers. But me? I think its a lot of hooey. But that is just me.
I heard one’s called Coatl, like a snake or somethin’. It’s the fifth one, they say. And its god, well, that god’s got a real fancy name. Starts with a “Chal” somethin’. And they say Saturn, that big ol’ planet, that’s the one that watches over that Coatl sign. Makes a body wonder what it all means, don’t it?
- Twenty signs, they say. Each one got thirteen days.
- Each one has a god friend in the sky.
- The fifth one is called Coatl.
- Saturn watches over the Coatl sign.
This Aztec horoscope, it’s like a big ol’ puzzle. They got all these signs, and they say they mean somethin’. Like that deer one, they call it Mazatl. They say that one’s for folks who are a little shy, the type that likes to keep to themselves. And they say these deer folks, they like to dream a lot, got their heads in the clouds. I reckon there’s some truth to it. I seen some folks like that, quiet as a mouse, always thinkin’ about somethin’.
Now, these astrology folks, they say they can figure things out by lookin’ at where the planets and the sun are. They say it all depends on these twelve signs. They say if the sun was in, say, Sagittarius when you was born, then that’s your sign. That’s how they do it. But that’s how they do it now. Not how the Aztecs did it. I reckon things change over time.
These Aztec signs, they’re different from the ones we got now. We got twelve, they got twenty. Ours last a whole month, theirs only last thirteen days. It’s all kinda mixed up, ain’t it? But people like to read about it. They like to think it means somethin’. They like to think the stars know all their secrets.
Like I said, it is all very confusing. But some people, they just love it. They eat it up. They read their horoscope every day. They think it’s gonna tell ’em what to do, who to marry, how much money they’re gonna make. I don’t know about all that.
This whole Aztec horoscope thing, it’s a lot to take in. Twenty signs, gods, planets, eagles, snakes, cactuses… it’s enough to make your head spin. But hey, if it makes ya happy, then I reckon it ain’t hurtin’ nobody. Just don’t go bettin’ the farm on it, ya hear?
- Deer sign is called Mazatl.
- Mazatl is for shy folks, the ones that like to daydream.
- Astrology folks figure things out by lookin’ at planets and the sun.
- Aztec signs are different from the ones we use today.
- If the horoscopes make ya happy, I reckon it’s okay.
These signs is like a big story, I reckon. A story about people and the sky and all them things we don’t understand. And maybe that’s why folks like it so much. It’s a mystery, and everybody loves a good mystery, don’t they?
So you go on and read your Aztec horoscope, if that’s what you like. Just remember, it’s just a story. A story from a long time ago, from a place far away. It might be true, it might not. But it’s somethin’ to think about, ain’t it? And that is worth something.
It is just like readin’ the tea leaves, or lookin’ at the lines on your palm. It might tell ya somethin’, it might not. It is fun to think about, though, ain’t it? But I got chores that need doin’.
