#tonatiuh

[zanephillips]

Diego Luna and Tonatiuh Kiss of the Spider Woman (2025) dir. Bill Condon

[elinordash]

KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN (2025) Tonatiuh as Molina & Diego Luna as Valentín

Why don't we go to the movies?

[talesfromthecrypts]

Tonatiuh and Diego Luna in Kiss of the Spider Woman (2025)

[ladykyrin]

Molina and Valentín's Last Dance

Kiss of the Spider Woman (2025), dir. Bill Condon

Tonatiuh as Molina; Diego Luna as Valentín Arregui

But everything changed when I met you You've changed my life somehow Everything changed when I met you I find I walk in Technicolor now...

[whencyclopedia]

Stone of Five Suns

The Aztec Sun Stone is famous, but it was never a working calendar. It is a giant carved solar disk that told a much bigger story: the Aztecs believed the world had already passed through four earlier ages, and they lived in the fifth. The stone tied that cosmic myth to real power by linking the beginning of the current sun to the reign of Itzcoatl in 1427.

Key Facts

Not a calendar: The “Calendar Stone” name is misleading; the stone is a symbolic monument, not a timekeeping device.

Five suns: Its carvings show the five ages of the world in Aztec mythology.

Ruling power: The date glyph 13 Reed connects the start of the fifth sun to 1427 CE, the year Itzcoatl took power.

Massive size: The basalt stone is 3.58 meters wide, 98 centimeters thick, and weighs about 25 tons.

Discovery: It was found in December 1790 in Mexico City’s central plaza.

Current home: It now sits in the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City.

Sacred imagery: The center may show Tonatiuh, Yohualtonatiuh, or Tlaltecuhtli, depending on interpretation.

Cosmic design: Around the center are symbols for the four earlier suns, the 20 day names, the cardinal directions, and sacred fire serpents.

Historical Context

The Sun Stone once belonged to the ceremonial world of the Templo Mayor in Tenochtitlan. It was likely placed flat on the ground and may have been used in rituals, including blood offerings. When Spanish rule collapsed the Aztec world, the stone was found upside down, perhaps buried by people who feared the end of the fifth sun.

Historical Significance

The Sun Stone is one of the strongest visual statements of Aztec religion and kingship. It shows how the Aztecs linked myth, ritual, and political power into one grand design. Today, it remains a powerful symbol of Mexico’s pre-Columbian past and a reminder of how the Aztecs imagined the universe itself.

Learn More: Sun Stone

[deontoillogical]

Not enough people were in the theater for this movie two political prisoners (a revolutionary and a queer person who committed gay crimes) who fall in love as the gay one explains the plot of their favorite trashy campy movie musical that ends up paralleling their emotional and narrative journey so hard it made me sob and that NEEDS TO CHANGE

Kiss of the Spider Woman. Watch it. NOW.

[quiltofstars]

The constellation of Camelopardalis, the Giraffe // E. Slawik/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/M. Zamani

Click below for an annotated image of this very dim constellation as well as some information about its stars' interesting names!

Camelopardalis, the Greek word for "giraffe" (kamēlos "camel" + pardalis "spotted"), is a relatively recent addition to the skies. It was created by Dutch astronomer Petrus Plancius in 1613.

In order of brightness, the named stars are:

Custos (BE Camelopardalis) is a solitary red supergiant star about 960 light years away. Its name is in honor of an obsolete constellation called Custos Messium, "the Harvest-Keeper," seen as the man standing on the giraffe's back in the image above. It was created in honor of French astronomer Charles Messier, a pun on his name.

Tonglingxing (HD 49878) is a solitary orange giant star about 191 light years away. Its name comes from the Chinese word tongling (桐陵) meaning "phoenix tree mound."

Shaowei (γ Camelopardalis) is a binary star system about 386 light years away. Its primary star is a blue-white giant. The name comes from the Chinese phrase Shào Wèi (少衛) meaning "the second imperial guard."

Shangwei (HD 42818) is another binary star system consisting of at least one blue-white giant star. The system is about 175 light years away. The name comes from the Chinese phrase Shàng Wèi (上衛) meaning "the great imperial guard."

Kamelos (HD 45866) is a solitary orange giant star about 726 light years away. Its name comes from the Greek word kamelos meaning "camel."

Tonatiuh (HD 104985) is a solitary yellow giant star about 329 light years away. Its name refers to the Aztec god of the Sun, Tōnatiuh. It has a single planet orbiting it, about 5.5 times the mass of Jupiter, which is named Meztli after the Aztec goddess of the Moon.

Mago (HD 32518) is a solitary orange giant star about 397 light years away. Its name refers to the Mago National Park in Ethilopia, noted for its giraffes. It also has a planet orbiting it, about 3 times the mass of Jupiter, named Neri after the river Neri in Ethiopia that runs through Mago National Park.

[diegothemenace]

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