{"id":424,"date":"2025-11-05T16:49:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T15:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sudariumchristi.stage.bergwerk-it.de\/our-lady-of-guadalupe\/sun-moon-and-stars\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T13:45:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T12:45:57","slug":"sun-moon-and-stars","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sudariumchristi.com\/en\/our-lady-of-guadalupe\/sun-moon-and-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Sun, moon and stars"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\u201cThen a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head.\u201d (Revelation 12:1)\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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In the case of the sudarium and the shroud, no accessories distract attention from the image of the person, but the Virgin of Guadalupe is almost completely veiled except for her face and hands. In dense clouds, framed by the rays of the sun, she stands on a black crescent moon under which an angel is hovering. The portrait is rich in symbolism stemming from the Aztec pictographic script. <\/p>

Her skin has a slight, dark tint and she is wearing her black hair loose \u2013 a sign of her pregnancy in Aztec imagery. Her folded hands, of different colors \u2013 the right hand lighter, the left darker \u2013 may represent the union of two peoples. <\/p>

The numerous ornaments on the tunic relate to the earth and the high valley of Mexico as well as the history of the Aztecs. Under Mary\u2019s folded hands, the black ties of a girdle are visible, which indicates pregnancy. The trapezoid-shaped ends promise a birth in the near future. At the site where the unborn child is resting in the mother\u2019s womb, a four-petal jasmine bloom known as \u201cNahui Ollin\u201d is depicted, representing the center of space and time and indicating the presence of the Aztec god of creation. This motif also plays a central role in the calendar stone of the Aztecs. Under strong magnification, the face of a waking infant can be seen in the flower. <\/p>

Mary\u2019s cloak has the blue-green color of the Aztec kings, a sign of divinity and the universe. It is adorned with 46 stars, which, viewed from above, reflect the night sky on December 12, 1531. <\/p>

The time of creation of the image could not have been better chosen, as the winter solstice took place on the same day, which in the Aztec religion symbolized the birth of the new sun and the return of life. Halley\u2019s comet reached its zenith, and during a conjunction of the sun and Venus, these two heavenly bodies passed close to each other in a pattern which occurs only every eight years. The Aztecs interpreted the phenomenon as the return of their god of creation, represented by Venus. On the miraculous image, the Virgin Mary announces her primacy over the sun god by covering the rising sun, whose rays surround her like a halo. <\/p>

In the language of the indigenous inhabitants, \u201cMexico\u201d means \u201ccenter of the moon\u201d. At the same time, the half-moon is the symbol for the feathered serpent god Quetzalc\u00f3atl. Thus the image of the Virgin Mary on a crescent moon simultaneously symbolizes the place and alludes to the inferiority of the Aztec god. The name \u201cGuadalupe\u201d possibly arose from a mis-hearing of \u201ccoatlaxopeuh\u201d, meaning \u201cone who vanquished the serpent\u201d. Moreover, the moon was a symbol of fertility. <\/p>

The angel with the eagle\u2019s wings is generally identified as Juan Diego, whose name in his own language meant \u201cone who speaks like an eagle\u201d. With one hand on the Virgin\u2019s cloak and one on the tunic, he represents the union of heaven and earth. It is suspected that the angel and several other elements of the image were added later. Spanish monks may have added to the image to bring it into line with their own ideas. <\/p>

Based on the location and time of the apparition, her appearance and the symbols involved, the Virgin of Guadalupe embodies a fusion of the Aztec past and the Christian present, of the Old and the New Worlds. In the years following her apparition, millions of Aztecs who had previously refused to do so converted to Catholicism. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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