It’s that time every fourth February, namely LEAP YEAR! Why do we even have a leap year? Turns out that it takes more than 365 days for the earth to circle the sun and to make up for that extra time it’s necessary to add one day every four years. Weird right?
What about other calendars like the Aztec calendar I mention in The Fifth Kingdom? The sun stone used by the Aztecs consists of a central image of what some scholars believe is a sun god. The four sections around the sun god represent the four kingdoms of the Aztecs. Each kingdom was supposedly destroyed by a cataclysmic event, namely, monsters, hurricane winds, a rain of fire, and floods.
It’s possible that the arrival of the Spaniards, who might have been mistaken for the return of an exiled god, signaled the start of the fifth kingdom of the Aztecs and their ultimate destruction.
Just some fun facts on this February 29th! P.S. – The Fifth Kingdom is FREE on Kindle Unlimited and specially priced at 99 cents!
