January

    January is the first month of the year.

    Latin (Roman) name: Ianvarivs or Ianuarius or Januarius or Janus

    The Roman month of January is named for Janus (Ianvs). January was sacred to Janus, the Roman God of gates, doors, and entrances. Janus was an early Italic sky god that long predated Rome. Ovid claimed that Janus said “The ancient called me chaos, for a being from of old am I.” Ovid also claimed that after the world’s creation, Janus said, “It was then that I, till that time a mere ball, a shapeless lump, assumed the face and members of a god.” Joannes of Lydia said, “Our own Philadelphia still preserves a trace of the ancient belief. On the first day of the month there goes in procession no less a personage than Janus himself, dressed up in a two-faced mask, and people call him Saturnus, identifying him with Kronos.” The beginning of each day, month, and year were sacred to Janus. The Romans believed that Janus opened the gates of heaven each day at dawn , letting out the monring, and closed the gates of heaven each day at dusk.

    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, January did not exist. Numa Pompilius, the second of the seven traditional kings of Rome, added two more months, for a 12 month year. In Numa’s calendar, January was added to the beginning of the year (following February) and 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), January had 31 days and February was moved to after January. 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, resulting in the modern Western calendar. The modern Gregorian Calendar, named for Roman Catholic Pope Gregory the Thirteenth, was a realignment in 1582. The Romans avoided giving January 30 days (skipping from 29 to 31) because of a superstitious dread of even numbers.

    Meaning of name: “For Janus, Roman God of Gates and Doorways” — SOURCE: Anniversaries and Holidays by Ruth Gregory

    Flowers: carnation and snowdrop — SOURCE: Anniversaries and Holidays by Ruth Gregory

    Birthstone: garnet — SOURCE: Anniversaries and Holidays by Ruth Gregory

    Goddesses: Juno, Hera, Hestia, Brigid, Chialchiuhtlique, Elugua or Legba (God) — 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

    Gods: Janus or Legba — SOURCE: Anniversaries and Holidays by Ruth Gregory; “Juno Covella, Perpetual Calendar of the Fellowship of Isis by Lawrence Durdin-Robertson, Cesara Publications, Chicago, ©1982; The Goddess Book of Days by Diane Stein



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