7 NIGHT
Some say the word aq’ab’al means “darkness,” but the K’iche’ word for “darkness” or “night” is actually chaq’ab’ – we simply say “Xoq aq’ab” for ”Goodnight” because Xoq chaq’ab’ is a bit clumsy on the tongue when you are already trying to get out the door. The day sign Aq’ab’al actually symbolizes the dawn (nimaq’ab’ or aq’ab’il). It is the moment when darkness and light are equal. It is dusk and dawn, the “in between” times. We cannot come fully to the light until we have recognized and understood our own darkness. This is a time when we may easily “walk in between the worlds.”
