Tuesday 20 July 2010

Let's Get Sirius pt1

  • January is the God of the Doorway.

  • February is an obscure reference to a type of entrails used in a form of divination.

  • March is named after Mars, the God of War.

  • April and May are named after obscure floral goddesses of the springtime.

  • June is named after Juno, the wife of Jupiter.

  • July is named after Julius Caesar.

  • August is named after Augustus Caesar. August used to be the month called Sextile, which means 6, and Augustus Caesar figured that if Julius had a month named after him, then Augustus also wanted a month named after himself. So he changed Sextile to August and at that time it only had 30 days, February had 29, so he took the 29th day from February and added it to August so it would have 31 just like Julius did with July.

  • September means 7 (“sept”) but is the ninth month.

  • October means 8, but is the 10th month.

  • November, which means 9, is the 11th month.

  • December, the 12th month, means 10.


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