The symbol of the circle is obviously a very important one through out history. It would be hard to find any culture or religion anywhere that has not in someway incorporated it into their belief system. But the Native Americans were especially aware of the cyclic nature of living, represented by the circle. The Aztecs are included in that blanket statement, but as to be expected, the use of the circle differed from the use of the circle in tribal communities found in North America.
It was not an easy task looking for the use of the circle in the Aztec history- for I found no reference to using the medicine wheel, or blatant examples of the circle, save their well-known calendar stone. However, after digging a little deeper I found that the Aztecs did honor the circle, but they didn't seem to use it in their art or their religious symbolism the way other cultures have. The Aztecs acknowledged the powerful circle through ritualistic living, which was represented by a calendar stone. And thus, the beginning of my project...