Mexica Heart

Una pequeña ceremonia en honor a Chicomecoatl

This painting illustrates ancient and contemporary ideas around nahualism. A nahual, nagual or nahualli is a person who can transform themself into an animal, a mineral or a natural phenomenon. Nahualtin are very common in indigenous societies of Mesoamerica. They are said to fly during the night, and steal, deceive and sometimes even kill in the dark. They are accompanied by spirits of the night, hich protect them and guide them.

This nahual is about to transform into a secret animal.

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Xochipilli and Xochiquetzal are two aspects of a single divinity. They represent the masculine and feminine principles, eternally opposite, yet necessary for the existence of each other. Xochipilli, the Prince of the Flowers, is the incarnation of war, the surface of the Earth, and maize while Xochiquetzal, the Precious Flower, incarnates art, underground forces and cacao. They are husband and wife, brother and sister, two faces of the same being. Here, They appear sharing a single backbone. They are surrounded by flowers and butterflies, symbols of love and beauty, for They represent the divine duality, the union of hearts and the sacred act of sex.

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Tomorrow is the last day of my Pride Month sale!

You can find all my prints and the Tarot Yohualli Ehécatl with a 20% discount in my Etsy store! Click here!

My Pride month sale is up through Wednesday!

All my prints and the Tarot Yohualli Ehécatl are 20% off. Click here!

All my prints and the Tarot Yohualli Ehécatl are 20% off through Wednesday to celebrate Pride Month!You can find "El Tlatoani y el Guerrero" and many more Mexica paintings in my Etsy store! Click here!

"Los Príncipes Mexicas", a scene of Mesoamerican #queer romance.

Through Wednesday, this and many more paintings, as well as the Tarot Yohualli Ehécatl, will be 20% off on Etsy! Click here!

Through Wednesday, all my art prints plus the Tarot Yohualli Ehecatl are 20% off!

Xochipilli, the Prince of the Flowers, is the Lord of Music, Lord of Dance and Lord of Joy. He is also the protector of people whom we would call today "queer".

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During Pride Month, we celebrate love in all its diversity.

These two princesses share a romantic moment in the ancient capital of Tenochtitlan.

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This painting represents the Mesoamerican principle of complementary opposites. In it, two animals, which incarnate the two great forces, fight over a rabbit, a symbol of the precious, delicate nature of life. The first animal is the Plumed Serpent, a symbol of spring, femininity, wisdom and arts. The divine Plumed Serpent represents the feminine, fertile, obscure forces of the cosmos. The second animal, an eagle, is a symbol of the dry Mexican winter, masculinity, strength and war. It thus incarnates the masculine principle. The eternal opposition of these forces is the origin of movement, time, space, and life on Earth.

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This image shows Mictecacihuatl, Our Lady Death, the ruler of the Underworld. While She appears with a skeletal face, Her body is that of a living woman, symbolizing that death is not a sterile force, but the mother of life. She is represented breastfeeding a child yet unborn as a further symbol of the fertility of death.

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The Four Tezcatlipoca are the rulers of the four directions and the days of the sacred calendar. They are thus the Lords of Time and Space, the children of Ometeotl, Who is All Existence. The Four Tezcatlipoca preside over the cycle of Tonatiuh, Our Father the Sun, who is born in the East, the direction of Quetzalcoatl, Lord of Clarity. When the Sun reaches His zenith, He is protected by Huitzilopochtli, Lord of Midday, and when He hides in the West, He is protected by Xipe Totec, Lord of Maize. During the night, the Sun must cross the Underworld, the home of Tezcatlipoca, Lord of Darkness.

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This set of ceremonial regalia is dedicated to Quetzalcoatl, the Plumed Serpent, Lord of Wisdom and Creation. Quetzalcoatl protects wise women and men, priestesses and priests, scribes, artists, creators and people in charge of preserving the memory of their communities.

The set consists of one maxtlatl or loincloth with a modesty covering and a xicolli or vest, screen printed with a design I created to honor Quetzalcoatl.

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Today's card is Chicome Tecpatl, Seven of Flints, equivalent to the Seven of Swords in the standard Tarot.

The Seven of Flints represents a man leaving a military tent with five flint knives. It is often considered a card of secrets and betrayal, but it can also symbolize short, intelligent solutions to complex problems, of the selfishness that is sometimes necessary to bring our own plans and projects to conclusion. The man who carries the flints might use them for a greater good, for an unknown strategy that might lead him and his community to triumph.

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It's raining in Mexico City!

Rain is the physical manifestation of Tlaloc, the Lord who dwells inside the hollow mountains. Tlaloc rules over clouds and lightning, and He protects the spirits of all beings yet unborn, residents of Tlalocan, His place of mist and abundance.

We honor Tlaloc and celebrate His many gifts during the rainy season. Without His generosity, life on Earth would be impossible.

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Pitao Cozobi is the Za or Zapotec Lord of Maize. He protects the fields, helping crops to grow and nourishing humanity, all His children.

Among the Mexica or Aztecs, the Lord of Maize was known as Centeotl or Cinteotl, and among the Maya it is told that He died and emerged from the Earth after being buried, just as the maize seed does during the rainy season.

In this painting, Pitao Cozobi appears holding two corn ears of different colors, a symbol of His power over the diversity of maize. Since the first humans were created from maize, corn diversity is also human diversity, celebrated and protected by Pitao Cozobi.

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Today is the day Ce Acatl or One Reed, dedicated to Quetzalcoatl, the Plumed Serpent, Lord of Creation.

According to the sacred narrative, He was born on the day Ce Acatl of the year Ce Acatl, and He died in the next Ce Acatl year, 52 years after His birth. Under the name of Topiltzin, Our Noble Prince, He governed the sacred city of Tollan, where He taught art, agriculture and spiritual practices to the first humans, our first ancestors. He is thus the protector of priests and priestesses, penitents and religious women and men.

Although this is an auspicious day, it reminds us that abundance and riches precede a fall. Quetzalcoatl was overthrown by His brother Tezcatlipoca and Tollan fell to ruins in His absence.

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My Cinco de Mayo sale ends at midnight!

All my art prints and the Tarot Yohualli Ehécatl are 20% off on Etsy! Click here!

Tomorrow is the last day of my special Cinco de Mayo sale on Etsy!

All my prints and the Tarot Yohualli Ehécatl are 20% off. Click here!