The year sign Two Reed is an Aztec (Mexica) year sign. It was found in the Templo Mayor between layers of the pyramid, and has a possible date of 1502, the time of Motecuhzuma the Elder, which may or may not be true. The pyramid was destroyed as thoroughly as possible by the Conquerors. Is it still possible to obtain an accurate archaeological layer sequence for it. Some say yes.
Nevertheless, I believe there is a message in the Two Reed glyph. First, there is a star form at the very top of the glyph. It has three lines underneath it. If this indicates the third heaven, it is the "heaven of the Sun."¹ Now, it is known that there was a star form that competed with the sun for dominance. It was called Quetzalcoatl. It was his twin, Xolotl who sacrificed himself to save the sun so it could continue on its daily rounds and give the people the daylight they needed to tend their crops. It could also refer to the third lamina of the Codex Rios which is written as: Earthquake; Xuitecutli (Returning jade or turquoise comet (almost same as serpent on Calendar stone), and birds (twin eagles split).
Yet El Templo Mayor was dedicated to two other gods: the northern portion was to Tlaloc and the southern, to Huitzilopochtli. Not the Tlaloc of the gentle rains, but the Tlaloc of the Aztec calendar stone. It is an association with "Atonatuih (Sun of Water), who is the patroness of the fourth epoch. It is represented by the head of Chalchiuhtlicue, goddess of water, the feminine aspect of Tlaloc.
At the end of the fourth epoch, everything perished in the terrific storms and torrential rains that covered the earth. Reaching the peaks of the highest mountains the gods changed men into fishes to save them from this universal deluge . . ." The archaeologists discovered different fossilized species of marine fauna on the top of the mountains, which created the basis for this belief.
She is only mentioned one other time in the Vindobinennses Codex, Lamina 6 just after Tlaloc himself rides a tidal wave in Lamina 5 found at A Mixtec Storyboard. The fires from heaven come just before these events.
The rod in the exact center of the glyph is thought to be the fire sticks which created "the fire of the gods." In several Mixtec codices, there are temples which contain the "sacred" red and white wrapped bundles upon which lay a pair of fire sticks. (One with three or four dots (holes) and the other with featheror cotton decoration.) The fire sticks are an indication that the "gods" knew how to create fire. This was a valid assumption by men when they saw meteorites as fire balls enter their atmosphere.
On January 18, 2000, there was such a meteorite that landed in Tagish Lake in northern British Columbia. A very alert man with a camera recorded it as it fell flaming to earth. It landed, entering our atmosphere with loud sonic boom.2 That would naturally indicate that the bundles were part of the "god fires" that came from the heavens, i.e. meteorite stones. Huitzilopochtli was one of those "fire" balls (in Aztec iconography fire was shown as feathers).
Inside a bowl, the base of the glyph, there are little dots. It is thought they were an indication of Tezcatlipoca, God of the Night Skies. His name was also Xiuhtecutli, (See above) the god of fire. But he was also the god of water, blood, plants, etc. 3
As the god of the heavens, this would agree with all of the above. The conclusion that must be reached is: the Templo Mayor was dedicated to the advent of a sky event when a great meteorite fell to earth as a fire ball. Its name was Huitzilopochtli. It also was in honor of his later battle with his sister, Coyolxauhqui , and his brothers and sisters, the 400 stars.
1 = Soustelle (1971) The Four Suns,p. 51. 2 = Keel (2000) Meteorite May Teach Scientists About Early Life, ABC News Internet Ventures Fig. 16. . 3 = Bueno Alicia Albornoz, (1994) La Memoria del Olvido: El Lenguaje del Tlacuilo, p. 113) El "Señor de Jade" era el señor del fuego, que es el mismo Tezcatlipoca, que otra vez aparece aquí como guerrero triunfante. El jade, el color turquesa era color divino, color de la piedra preciosa. El nombre "xiuh" hierba, "Tecutli" Seņor, es también jade, o azul turquesa, Xiuhtecutli, el dios del fuego. Pero encierra además, los conceptos menconados de agua, sangre, planta, fuego, etc.
On January 18, 2000, there was such a meteorite that landed in Tagish Lake in northern British Columbia. A very alert man with a camera recorded it as it fell flaming to earth. It landed, entering our atmosphere with loud sonic boom.2 That would naturally indicate that the bundles were part of the "god fires" that came from the heavens, i.e. meteorite stones. Huitzilopochtli was one of those "fire" balls (in Aztec iconography fire was shown as feathers).