Una Jaakola
February 23, 1950
Chicome Atl
7 Agua
7 Water
Chicome is the number seven. The number seven is related to the flight of our thoughts, which knows no boundaries. Thoughts are similar to butterflies that fly tirelessly from place to place, in constant activity. The influences of lunar phases are directly related to our thoughts. The number seven stirs our internal concerns as an important part of our understanding of the concept of Meztli Tezcatlipoca, which generates life in the female essence, found in nature. Tizapapalotl, a butterfly accompanies the number seven as a solar energy that arrives on earth in a perpendicular fashion.
Resume: Chicome the number seven represents the activity of our thoughts in a direct relation to lunar phases. Xochipilli is artistic creativity inseparable from the plant world. Tizapapalotl present in the number seven is a symbol of solar energy, which nurtures freedom of thought. Xiuhtecuhtli is the lord of centrality, of honesty, which all human beings should establish.
Atl is water. Water is the river, the swamp, the lake, and the ocean. Atl is in a well or flowing from a spring. When it is in a container, it takes the form of the container, it also take the form of a river, of a cup, and of a swamp. When it is absorbed it happens gradually without hurry that is the way the earth, the sand, and the cotton absorbs it. Atl quenches our thirst; it rejuvenates and awakens us when we bathe. When Atl is quiet it resembles a mirror. In the arroyos, flowing through the rocks it murmurs and sings. As rain it moistens the hills and the fields so that plants may grow. With the water in the swamps the planted fields are irrigated. At the ocean’s edge its waves are like folds on a skirt. In a swollen river, it roars like an animal. A constant flow or a drop of Atl will make a hole in a rock. For pre-Hispanic people the Atl glyph is sacred because it is the primordial element of life, acknowledging that all living beings in our organic composition are predominantly water. When water and fire join forces they become Atlachinolli, the symbol of the prowess of the warrior that we should be.
Persons born on an Atl day are:
–Persons that possess internally the duality of patience and strength like the drop of water that perforates a rock or the destructive force of a torrent.
–Persons that possess the ability to adapt to all circumstances in life.
–Persons that are transparent in their actions and thinking just like water.
–Persons that penetrate the minds of other to suggest and teach what is valuable.
A negative aspect of Atls is that they are not centered; they disperse themselves to extremes, like stagnant water that does not flow, but in a given moment can turn into an uncontrollable torrent that affects everything on its path.
