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It is essentially read as the face of Tonutiuh, the “Fifth Sun,” surrounded by the other
four elemental epochs, in turn surrounded by the 20 Mixtec day-signs, equivalent to
the Mayan Kin.
It is clear the Aztec empire was founded on Lake Toxcoco as a final fulfilment of the
destiny long prior prophesized for the “people of the sun” who emigrated from Peru,
through Bolivia, into the Yucatan, and eventually into modern Mexico. This destiny
was carved in stone for them on the shore of Lake Titicaca in the ruins of Tiwanaku,
the worshippers at the “Gateway of the Sun” at the foot of the stela of Viracocha. But
it is also highly doubtful that, by the time the Aztec empire reached the peak of its
blood-thirst, it was at all even aware anymore of this circular agenda of destiny.