Posts Tagged ‘2012’

What to Consider in Getting an Aztec Tattoo

April 28th, 2010

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Excerpt: Aztec tattoo is actually one of the most popular sub categories for tattoo designs. It’s not surprising, therefore, if you find yourself deciding to get on. Before you decide to get one though, you should check out some important points about the Aztecs and their tattoos. Aztec Tattoo An Aztec tattoo is a sub-category by itself. Most of us know that the Aztecs were once a powerful and culturally well developed people that flourished in Mexico from the 14th to the 16th centuries. We would normally associate…

Aztec Calendar 2012 End Of The World

April 28th, 2010

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Excerpt: 2012 is not the end of the world even if we look at the Aztec calendar 2012, it is just part of a prediction that we will realize in the next decade that our civilization has entered a new stage in its evolution and we as individuals will see the world in a radically different way than our ancestors. As with all end of the world 2012 predictions there are different views as to what the prediction or prophecy actually means. In 2000, some people thought…

Aztec Calendar 2012 – Stars In The Sky

April 28th, 2010

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Excerpt: I am not saying that anything special is going to happen on this day, and most credible believers of Aztec calendar 2012 don’t either. However, this day has great importance in cross-cultural mythology and if you do anything on that day, you should stand in appreciation of the fact that our Earth and all the stars and planets and matter in our galaxy originated at the center of our galaxy and on that day we are aligned with the source of all the atoms that…

Aztec Calendar 2012

April 28th, 2010

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Excerpt: The Aztec calendar 2012 incorporated two different counting systems: the first Aztec calendar 2012 called the Xihuitl, was made up of 18 months, with 20 days each (360 days) with an additional 5 days (called the Nemontemi) tacked onto the end. The other Aztec calendar, the Tonalpohualli, was a ritual Aztec calendar round made up of 20 day signs (with names such as reed, knife, house, rabbit, etc.) set against a “week” of 13 days. The counting would follow the pattern of 1 reed, 2…

Historic Ecuador Inca Hacienda

April 28th, 2010

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Excerpt: In the mid 1990s, Gary and I were exploring all through Ecuador with a group of friends. There were 12 of us, all enjoying the adventures and the surprises of Ecuador.We had finished a delightful afternoon stop at what became one of our favorites (then just a small dairy with a serving room), La Vaca. Even writing about this now, my mouth waters at the thought of high mountain chill and a hot pot of the best hot chocolate in the world…milk made fresh from…