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The year is split into twelve months. These months help to signify the seasons and break up the year into easily manageable chunks. Each bitesize year portion is given a different name, each based on some old-school mythology. In this article I will say where these names come from. January is the first month of the year and is named after Janus, the god of the doorway. He was believed to have two faces, or two heads and could look both forward and backwards. The significance of him for January is that the month represents a new year and is a place that you can easily look back at the old one from. February is the shortest month and is the month that is extended in a leap year. It gained its name from the latin phrase februum, translating as purification. It is usually pretty cold as Winter is still clinging on but at least it's quite short. The birthstone of February is amethyst and the birth flower is violet. March comes from Romans and is named after their god of war, Mars. This was because the Romans considered the month as a good starting point for military campaigns. Many cultures use March to signify the start of a new year, and it is the end point of Winter and the start of Spring, a time of new birth, new life and all that new age stuff. Where April got its name from we're not quite sure. It is thought that it may come from the Latin term aperire, meaning to open. It is in the month of April that Spring is in full swing and we usually get a lot of rain in England. May, the next month, is apparently named from the Latin word majores which means old men. Some people reckon May is dedicated to old men. June has the longest daylight hours in the Northern hemisphere. June draws its name from Juno, the goddess of marriage not the film. Many people think its good luck to get married in June and the month is known for lots of marriages. Because June is the sixth month the seventh month must come next. That month is July, named after Julius Caesar, the swine. He was born in July. August was named after another Roman, Augustus. He did several important things in the month so they named it after him. September was originally the seventh month of the year, which is where its name comes from. However there were two months added to the year and so the name doesn't make much sense now but we still use it. October is the same, octo meaning eight. And November. The name for December comes from ten as well. December is the last month and has Christmas in it. Pretty important. Hopefully you've learnt a lot reading this article and you can embrace the months with fresh knowledge.
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