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    August is the eighth month of the year.

    Latin (Roman) name: Sextilis or Avgvstvs or Augustus

    The Roman month of Sextilis is named for sex or sext, because it was originally the sixth month of the Roman solar year. In 8 BCE, the Roman Senate renamed the month Augustus (August), for then Roman Emperor Augustus Caesar. August was sacred to Ceres, Roman Goddess of grain.

    The earliest Roman months were lunar. According to Roman mythology, the ten month solar calendar aligned to the vernal equinox was introduced by Romulus, the founder of Rome, around 753 BCE. In Romulus’ calendar, Sextilis (the sixth month) had 30 days. Numa Pompilius, the second of the seven traditional kings of Rome, added two more months, for a 12 month year. In Numa’s calendar, Sextilis had 29 days. Gaius Julius Caesar, as Pontifex Maximus (supreme bridge-builder, a religious title), reorganized the calendar on the first day of 45 BCE. In Caesar’s calendar (the Julian Calendar), Sextilis had 30 days. Caesar’s calendar was calculated by Sosigenes, an Egyptian astrologer/astronomer. In 8 BCE, Augustus Caesar fixed errors by pontiffs after Julius’ death and made other minor modifications (including expanding August to 31 days), resulting in the modern Western calendar. The Roman Senate changed the name of the month Sextilis to Augustus (August) in honor of the Roman Emperor Augustus Caesar. The modern Gregorian Calendar, named for Roman Catholic Pope Gregory the Thirteenth, was a realignment in 1582.

    Meaning of name: “For Augustus Caesar. In some sources, for Ceres.” — SOURCE: Anniversaries and Holidays by Ruth Gregory

    Flowers: gladiolus and poppy — SOURCE: Anniversaries and Holidays by Ruth Gregory

    Birthstone: sardonyx and peridot — SOURCE: Anniversaries and Holidays by Ruth Gregory

    Goddesses: Tekhi, Ishtar, Ceres, Lakshmi, Hesperus, Tonantzin — SOURCE: “Juno Covella, Perpetual Calendar of the Fellowship of Isis by Lawrence Durdin-Robertson, Cesara Publications, Chicago, ©1982; with additional Goddesses from The Goddess Book of Days by Diane Stein



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