July 22 - 9 Aj (Ben) Oops! Sorry. Spaced it out. Wrong day. This is the right one. Long ago, when the Hero Twins were ready to begin their journey to the Underworld and challenge the Lords of Death in a game of handball, they planted a cornstalk in the middle of First Grandmother’s hearth. They said, “If it withers, you shall know we have failed. If it flourishes, you shall know we have conquered.” This day-sign is that cornstalk. The word “aj” denotes authority or mastery; it is that within us which triumphs over obstacles and which, like the corn returning in its seasonal round, is reborn again and again and again. And it grows in the center of the hearth. That is important. This day-sign, above all others, symbolizes “hearth and home.” It also symbolizes all those who inhabit or participate in that space we call “home.” This is the day we give thanks for all our family members. This is the day we give thanks for our physical home and for all and everything that constitute a part of it. This is the day of thanks for our pets, our critters, our housemates and our plants, our gardens – everything we call home. And if some of these “participants” are now and then problematical for you, this is the day to take a deep breath and try to see the more positive side of their presence in your life. 9 is regarded as the number of life because we spend nine months in the womb of the mother. 9 is also said to be the number of the ancestors, and the number of women. In Momos, female shamans hold their own special ceremonies on 9 E’ (Eb) and 9 B’atz’ (Chuen). You may wonder: If 9 symbolizes both ancestors and women, does that suggest that the Maya were once matriarchal? This is what the scholar Rafael Girard once asserted in his book “Esotericism of the Popol Vuh.” Girard had advanced university degrees, but none of them were in anthropology, so anthropologists ignore him. Maya Daykeepers tend not to have books by anthropologists on their own shelves (with the exception of Barbara Tedlock, a Daykeeper). They do have books by Rafael Girard. They say: “Sometimes the anthropologists don’t know what they’re talking about.”
Posted on: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 17:10:53 +0000
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