03/12/2025
The Mexica/Aztec New Year (Yancuic Xihuitl) 13 Kalli (House) marks the beginning of a new cycle in the Mexica calendar, symbolizing stability, protection, and transformation. Kalli represents home, family, and the foundation that supports growth, while the number 13 is a sacred number of completion. This year encourages deep reflection, strengthening of community ties, and reconnecting with ancestral wisdom. It’s a time to build a strong inner and outer foundation, embracing both personal and collective renewal.
This is a powerful time for reflection, and reconnecting with ancestral wisdom as we set intentions for the cycle ahead. It is a good time to focus on our first Kalli–our body, mind and spirit. As we step into a new cycle, it is also another opportunity to rethink how we approach mental health and wellness.
Decolonizing mental health means honoring indigenous ways of healing—community, connection to nature, ceremony, and storytelling. Our traditional ways tell us that wellness isn’t just individual; it’s collective. This new year, let’s release colonial ideas of “hustle culture” and isolation and individualism, and instead embrace rest, balance, and ancestral knowledge and traditions.