Starfish for the god of war

A while back I came across this X post by @Paracelsus1092:

I don't know if anyone knows the significance of starfish to ancient Mesoamericans, but I like the idea of decorating a war god altar with them. 

He was referring to this article in Smithsonian magazine which talks the discovery of starfish in the god of war temple in Tula... 

So I said: Let's try animal calendar markers. See what jump at us...

The year in Mesomerica consisted of just two main and opposite seasons, RAINY and DRY. In Aztec times these matched two principal and contrary activities - FARMING and WAR. You can read more about this here...

The rainy (farming) season was ruled by Tlaloc and the dry (war) season was ruled by Huitzilopochtli - depicted symbolically in the ‘twin towers’ atop the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan...You can read more about this here...

The main agricultural crop, maize, was planted in May and was harvested in Sep...

At the peak of the hurricanes season...

Hurricanes which (sometimes, don't know how often) lift thousands of starfish from the sea floor and throw them onto the Mexican beaches...And not just Mexican beaches...Pic from this article about starfish beaching...

And right after the end of the agriculture season, and the dead starfish season, in Oct, Pleiades appear in the night sky, heralding the beginning of the war season...

Are these the stars symbolised by starfish used to decorate the altar of the war god?

I don't know...But I know this:

The Pleiades star cluster was a significant symbol in Aztec culture and astronomy. The Aztecs based their calendar on the Pleiades. 

The Aztecs used the Pleiades to predict the seasons: 

Rain, farming season began when the Pleiades disappeared from the night sky...

Dry, war season began when the Pleiades reappeared in the night sky...

To read more about ancient animal and plant calendar markers, start here…Then check my twitter threads I still didn't convert to blog post...I am way way behind...