Symbol of the regeneration of the earth, of rebirth as happens with the growth of the sacred grain. Represents vitality, fertility. It is the day associated with plants and all living things that have seeds and originate from these.
Day to thank the Heart of Heaven, Heart of the Earth, for our food, for plants, for living beings and in particular for the four colors of corn that are among us. Q'anil is day of procreation and pregnant woman. It is the energy of fertility in human beings, in plants and animals.
The glyph shows the sign that remains in the soil after using the seeding tool used in Mayan lands and the four seeds of the four colors of corn. It is represented in nature with the rabbit.
The person born in Q'anil received Ajpu energies in its conception and its fate will be influenced by Ajmaq. Person born in Q'anil is a good cultivator of Mother Earth, a caregiver to plants and animals, can become an Ajwaja', bearer of food, of rain, of the flower of life, of the breath of life on earth.
Positive characteristics: lucky, hardworking, responsible, patient, intuitive, emotional, harmonious, advisor and administrator.
Negative characteristics: Sick, suffering from decay, with communication difficulties, with weak energy.
Ceremonies that are celebrated in Q'anil, is to thank for all that Mother Nature offers us: plants, life, rain, our food. An auspicious day to thank the plantations and crops, to ask for daughters and sons, animals and to overcome the difficulties caused by poverty. It is also a suitable day to regain or take back something that is believed to be lost.
On the day of Wajxaqib' Q'anil, 8 Q'anil, you can ask for a good sowing, a good harvest, so that our crops doesn't get harm from animals. The day indicated to ask that shyness be taken away from us. Kab'lajuj Q'anil day, 12 Q'anil, it is a good day to offer and ask wholeheartedly for the well-being to the Creator and Former of life.
From Paxil, from Cayalá, so called, came the yellow ears and the white ears. Yac, Utiu, Quel, Hoh showed the way. And in this way they were filled with joy, because they had discovered a beautiful land, full of delights, abundant in yellow pods and white pods and abundant also in pataxte and cocoa, and in innumerable sapotes, anonas, jocotes, nances, matasanos and honey, abundance of tasty food...
- Popol Vuh