The Four Movement: The Aztec Calendar

The Aztec calendar stone represented the “Four Movement”, which is the fifth world era, when the gods sacrificed their blood to give motionless Nanahuatzin energy for his celestial movement. The calendar symbolizes the Aztec’s belief that life and death in a fragile universe is maintained by a continuous supply of blood to the gods, as it contains a precious liquid essence known as chalchihuatl. It provides justification for war and sacrifice. It also contains four boxes figures which represent the four previous suns (jaguar, wind, fire and water).
The solar calendar represented 18 months, each with 28 days, plus five unlucky days (making it 365). The sacred calendar was made up of 260 days, divided into 20 weeks of 13 days, with each week