4 OWL
In one of the Yucatec prophetic books, it is written that the first candle was made on an Ajmaq day; ‘it became light when there was neither sun nor moon.”
A candle may be lit for many purposes. In Mayan ceremony, candles are offered up to the nawales or guardian spirits of the day signs; they are also lit in remembrance of the spirits of our ancestors as well. Ajmaq is in part a day of the Otherworld. It is good to remember friends and family members who have passed away from us, and to light a candle or two in their memory. If there is anything for which you seek forgiveness, today is the day to ask for it; the ancestors are listening, and incline themselves favorably to our affairs.
