Deep in the jungles of Meso-America a storm approaches shaking the ground. The trees rattle, electricity races across the air. Animals stir this way and that dancing the dance of, "Oh My God!." Tlaloc is coming up over the horizon, will he bless the crops or bring another intense lesson. Either way, he is coming. Lightning strikes a warning, thunder beats the land like a drum. A howler monkey screams. 

Tlaloc is the Aztec rain god associated with fertility and represents the dynamic nature of water from a gentle rain to a raging Quiyahuitl (storm). Clouds, storms, floods, hail, and even droughts are his domain. Whenever he announces himself, it's all hands on deck. Secure your grounds, pray for the best, prepare for the worst. He is both a giver and a destroyer. 

In our existence, we need the life giving forces of the elements, but they can also bring challenges. Experience ultimately gives us the wisdom to know which is which as the storm hits us. Also the knowledge that it will pass, one way or another. 

Here he is seen as two serpents forming two faces eyeing each other together creating a 3rd face looking forward, lightning in his eyes. Representing the dualistic qualities of water, he sits perched, balanced on the edge ready to leap into one emotion or another. 

On the Sunstone, you will find him sitting on the 8th day of the calendar and he carries you through the 9th night. He also sits as the guide for the 3rd Sun of Water (floods) in Aztec Cosmology, of which we currently find ourselves in the 5th Sun of Movement. No matter which form he takes, he will bring renewal and transformation. The most beautiful of days always seem to come once the  hurricane passes.

“All is Right as Rain!”