Spring equinox in Teotihuacán

Some New Age sources claim that at the point of the equinox, man is at a unique place in the cosmos, when portals of energy open.

[3][4] First aid for those who need it, often from the heat later in the day, is provided by the organizations such as the Mexican Red Cross and the state civil protection authority.

[3] Around 550 federal police are employed in the archeological zone for the event as well as numerous state and local enforcement for the surrounding communities.

[5] Although some are now closed off during the spring equinox, a number of the buildings at the Teotihuacan site show relationships with astronomy.

[1] The Palace of the Butterflies has circles on its walls created with reflective mica, which have been interpreted as representing astronomical bodies.

On the spring equinox, from between 7:15 and 7:45am when the sun rises, a shadow travels upwards along figures etched and painted red onto a battlement-like structure on the west wall.

[1] The first rays of the sun that stream across the landscape on the day of the spring equinox are broken on their way to Teotihuacan by an elevation called the Cerro Colorado Grande.