Cuetzpalin, lizard
Sign 4 of the twenty in the tonalpohualli. Direction: south. Patron after the Codex Borgia: Huehuecóyotl.
The lizard, the animal that warms itself in the sun and survives everything.
The next Cuetzpalin days
- Monday, 2 November 2026: 11 Cuetzpalin
- Sunday, 22 November 2026: 5 Cuetzpalin
- Saturday, 12 December 2026: 12 Cuetzpalin
- Friday, 1 January 2027: 6 Cuetzpalin
In the Maya count: K'at / K'an.
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.