The Return of Quetzalcoatl-Tlaloc as Venus

I found a photograph of a dated Aztec stone tablet, that depicts what might be an image of the prophesied return of the dualistic (Venus God) Mesoamerican god Quetzalcoatl-Tlaloc, returning to earth as a killer comet, at the end of the Fifth Sun, according to the Five Suns cosmogonic accounts.

The carved image depicts the Mesoamerican god Tlaloc, who can be easily identified by his trademark goggled eyes, feline fangs, and handlebar mustache. In the carving above, Tlaloc is likely depicted as the Evening Star aspect of the planet Venus, and the god of ritual decapitation, by the way the artist has shaped Tlaloc's eyebrows and nose to create a Venus symbol which halfway surrounds his goggled eyes. Tlaloc's goggled eyes represent I believe, the vision of divine immortality, the vision of Tlaloc's paradise, called Tlalocan.

Note that just to the left of Tlaloc are two flint knifes shaped like footballs, symbolizing his connection with decapitation, period endings, and the completion of time in the ritual calendar. On the right in the upper right hand corner is an image I would argue represent the artist's conception of a doomsday comet. The fact that the artist has created an image of a fiery killer comet shooting down to earth, just above an icon that can easily be identified as Quetzalcoatl's "Wind Jewel" , links both Quetzalcoatl and Tlaloc with a doomsday comet associated with the planet Venus, and the completion of time. The "Wind Jewel" which represents one of Quetzalcoatl's most famous trademark attributes, is a cross-cut section of a conch shell worn as a pectoral by priests associated with the cult of Quetzalcoatl. Just above Quetzalcoatl's "Wind Jewel" are two swirly dots which I'm certain represents 2-Wind in the Five Suns cosmogonic accounts.

In the Codex Chimalpopoca, Quetzalcoatl is referred to as a spirit of regeneration and as the Morning star. A passage from that Codex reads..."Truly with him it began...Truly from him it flowed out...From Quetzalcoatl all art and knowledge" (Thomas 1993, p.183)

Quoting Spanish chronicler Fray Bernardino de Sahagún, (Florentine Codex, Historia General de las Cosas de Nueva España 1547-1582)

"The ancients worshiped an idol called Quetzalcoatl who was a ruler of Tula they named Topiltzin. He was a man; he was mortal, for he died. He is no god "His body died, here on earth it became dust."

“Although this Quetzalcoatl was a man [the Indians] they held him to be a god....This Quetzalcoatl who was a mortal and perishable man they called a god. Although he had some appearances of virtue, judging by what they say he was nevertheless a great sorcerer, a friend of demons…and deserves to be assigned to the flames of Hell… When your ancestors said that this Quetzalcoatl went to Tlapallan and would return, that you must await his return, they lied, for we know that he is dead, that his body was reduced to dust and that Our Lord God hurled his soul into Hell where he suffers eternal torment.” ( Sahagun, 1969, book 1, chapter 5)

“Only one was their god; they showed all attention to, they called upon, they prayed to one by the name of Quetzalcoatl. The name of one who was their minister, their priest [was] also Quetzalcoatl. "There is only one god" [he is] Quetzalcoatl (Sahagún, 1950-75,10:160).

In my examination of pre-Columbian art I have discovered that the gods that appear to be linked to mushroom imagery are clearly linked to the planet Venus as both a Morning Star and Evening Star. The name Quetzalcoatl has been interpreted to mean "Precious twin," indicating that the Morning Star and Evening Star are one and the same (Caso, 1958:.24; Duran:325).

According to anthropologist Daniel Brinton, (Myths of the New World, 1876, pp. 234-235) these ominous events [comets] were believed to occur on the last night of each of the 52 year calendar round cycles. In order to prevent this cosmic catastrophe, the Aztecs and likely all Mesoamericans, performed a New Fire ceremony on the last night of the 52 year calendar round cycle, in which every fire was completely extinguished, and then a new fire was rekindled by friction. If the rituals of the New Fire ceremony at the end of the 52 year calendar round failed, the sun would cease to rise, and that death and darkness would descend upon the world, and that the god Quetzalcoatl, he who had created the world, would destroy it.
~~by Carl de Borhegyi


For more on the return of this doomsday comet at the end of the Mayan calendar read my 2012 ALERT! at mushroomstone.com

People are always asking me "When are you going to publish book number 2?"  It's almost like asking the newly married couple when they are going to have their first baby.  At first I just wanted to enjoy my first published book.  Which I am doing.  I am trying to get carried in bookstores and trying to get booked for tv interviews. 

But, alas...I am working on book number 2.  It isn't about the Maya so sorry to disappoint all my wonderful Maya followers and fellow Mayanists. Although, future Maya works are not all awash.  My friend and Mayanist Carl de Borhegyi is deciphering and interpreting pieces of Maya artwork and other closely related ancient art, that is ground breaking.  I will continue to share his findings here on my blog.

In the meantime, however, the new piece I'm working on is fiction.  It would fall into the mystery, suspense, thriller category.  So far I've written around 10,000 words.  I attended my first Aikido class in the name of research and will be attending a few more.  Thank you to Cory & Faith at the Kyoshin Aikido Dojo for letting me be an observer.  I do hope to get to try out a few of the moves so I can truly describe the feeling of it to my readers. 

The following photo and excerpt is from my friend Carl de Borhegyi, a leading Maya expert in Minnesota.   See his website for more info on Maya art decipherment at www.mushroomstone.com  

I really do however like the idea of ancient girl power.  

The famous bronze statue on the left, of a young women sporting a club-like hand, is from Harappa, early Indus civilization. The figurine is thought to be about 4,500 years old. The standing female figurine on the right, represents a ballplayer from ancient Mexico wearing a protective helmet, ballgame glove and a mushroom-inspired ballgame belt. The figurine comes from the site of Xochipala, Mexico, in the western state of Guerrero, and dates to 1200-900 B.C.E It is now in the Princeton University Art Museum.

In Mesoamerica I believe a ritual beverage made from juice expressed from the Amanita muscaria mushroom (Soma) was probably consumed before battle and before the ritual ballgame, to journey into the Underworld, and to enhance one's bravery, and strength to its wildest levels. Numerous ballplayer figurines have been found at Xochipala and at such other Preclassic sites as Tlatilco and Tlapacoya in the Valley of Mexico. Stephan de Borhegyi conjectured that a change in ballgame rituals and a switch from the Olmec influenced "hand ball game" most likely came as a result of the powerful influence of Teotihuacan and newly instituted Quetzalcoatl rites. (Borhegyi 1980: p. 24). For more on ballgame hand stones and ballgame gloves see Borhegyi, 1961: 129-140. (photograph of Xochipala ballplayer from Whittington, 2001)
   by Carl de Borhegyi

My Maya expert friend Carl de Borhegyi, who I met during researching information for my book has discovered something new that I thought I'd share.  I got this message from him today. 


Hi Bonnie,
I made an important discovery today in my research, that I know will interest you. The mural at Tulum in Structure 5, Temple of the Diving God, represents a version of a creation scene from Hindu mythology, known as The Churning of the Milk Ocean. I have found this same mythological scene of the Hindu creation myth in several pre-Columbian codices, as well as in a few Maya vase paintings. I first discovered the scene a few months ago on a carved ball court wall panel at the archaeological site of El Tajin, in Veracruz Mexico. This will be one of the true great discoveries in Mesoamerican archaeology. History will be rewritten because of this new information. So much for Columbus discovering America. For more on this discovery read, Soma in the Americas at mushroomstone.com and control F, the Churning of the Milk Ocean. I wish I had found this sooner for your book. — Carl de Borhegyi


For more information on Carl and his exciting research and discoveries please visit his website at www.mushroomstone.com