Cozcacuauhtli, vulture
Sign 16 of the twenty in the tonalpohualli. Direction: south. Patron after the Codex Borgia: Itzpapálotl.
The king vulture, a long-lived bird linked with old age.
The next Cozcacuauhtli days
- Saturday, 14 November 2026: 10 Cozcacuauhtli
- Friday, 4 December 2026: 4 Cozcacuauhtli
- Thursday, 24 December 2026: 11 Cozcacuauhtli
- Wednesday, 13 January 2027: 5 Cozcacuauhtli
In the Maya count: Ajmaq / Kib.
The "Aztec horoscopes" that describe the character of each sign are mostly modern: the old sources give no personality profiles by sign. So this page has only what the sources say: the name, its meaning, the direction and the patron, which also varies between the codices.