""The 1st day of the Cane Trecena is described as:

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 centre 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 a day to give thanks to all our family members. A day to give thanks for our physical home and for everything that constitutes a part of it. This is a day to give thanks for our pets, our critters, our housemates, our plants and our gardens – everything we call home.""

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