Card 23: Lizard

Keywords: Abundance, Sensuality, Pleasure
Quetzalcoatl, in the form of the priest Topiltzin, taught humans how to read, write, and understand the movements of the planets. In exchange for their diligent efforts, humankind received a gift – a Lizard – through whom the gods provided abundance, sensuality and pleasure.
Text © 2003 Caelum Rainieri, Ivory Andersen. Artwork © 2003 Raphael Montoliu.