Today begins my annual 13-day #fast in preparation for the Nemontemi, the last 5 "lost" or "nameless" days of the civic calendar or #xiuhpohualli before the New Year and spring equinox! (My group uses the Nuttal-Ochoa correlation.)

I'll be giving up meat, alcohol, caffeine, THC, snacking and takeout, and focusing on whole, simple foods prepared at home.

#Chicano #ChicanoSpirituality #mexicayotl #huehuemexicayotl #pagan #polytheism #animism #fasting #SpringCleaning

Putting together a #xiuhpohualli resource for teochan.org this morning, and discovering that there are a few common translations of cempoalhuitl ("month") names that make NO sense!

#Tititl, for instance, is constantly said to mean "stretching", or on the other hand, "shrinking". But "titi-" actually means "belly". Another one is #Izcalli, which is commonly reported to mean "rebirth". There's no attestation for it; "iz" means "here" while "calli" is "house"!

#nahuatl #Chicano #Huehuemexicayotl