The tradition of bark painting in Mexico
Gum was used to chew and to seal and stick things
Did the Aztecs have a copper industry?
Are the Aztec and Maya daysigns the same?
Visit the only royal chocolate kitchen in Britain
Bringing the ancient Maya ballgame to life
What life is like stuck up a gum tree
No-one surpassed the Mixtecs in the applied arts
Aztec songs about Tenochtitlan are full of symbolic metaphors
Synchronized blood-letting
A stunning reconstruction of an Aztec headdress
What lies underneath Aztec sculpture?
Don’t drink before your older sibling!
Pilgrimages to sacred locations - a tradition both ancient and modern
There’s only one Aztec drawing of the (fig) paper tree
A throne has layers of meaning...
Why would a Catholic priest build an Aztec pyramid?
Scientists try to reconstruct an ancient codex
In the 19th century making fake pieces was hugely popular...
How Moctezuma died - what WAS or what SHOULD HAVE BEEN?
General Aztecs Maya Tocuaro Kids Contact 23 Sep 2019/1 Deer
Text Size:

Link to page about the Maya Calendar
Today's Maya date is: 13.0.6.15.7 - 2468 days into the new cycle!
Link to page of interest to teachers
Click to find out how we can help you!
Search the Site (type in white box):
Welcome
What do the day signs represent?
Aztec and Maya day signs
The Central Mexican Calendar
Time, ritual and sacred landscape in Aztec Mexico
Welcome to a new Maya ‘Long Count’...!
Creating a Sunstone model
Cyclical views of time
The ‘Calendar Stone’
Daysign Destinies!
Daysign Poll
Interactive Sunstone Experience
Birth Sign Bonanza: One-Alligator
Birth Sign Bonanza: One-Jaguar
Birth Sign Bonanza: One-Deer
Birth Sign Bonanza: One-Flower
Birth Sign Bonanza: One-Reed
Sunstone Lecture
Schools, beware!
Spot the scribe’s mistake
December 21st. 2012 (1)
December 21st. 2012 (2)
2012 - humour!
The ‘sky band’
Win a prize!
Aztec Reed daysign illustration by Mexicolore

Birth Sign Bonanza: One-Reed

This is the fifth in our series of features on the importance of birth signs in Aztec times. Prepared by Julia Flood, each can be downloaded by clicking on the PDF symbol below.

Page 1
Page 1
Page 2
Page 2
Acrobat logo Download the 2-page feature on Ce Acatl (original in Publisher) - click on pdf icon
Feedback button

Here's what others have said: