Months
My wife's jealousy is getting ridiculous. The other day she looked at my calendar and wanted to know who May was.
—Rodney Dangerfield
Today's English names for months are carried forward from the Roman calendar
under Augustus, who renamed "August" after himself.
He did this because the previous emporor, Julius Caesar, renamed July after himself,
when he shifted the calendar of that time to start two months earlier in January instead of March.
However, in an incredible show of bureaucractic crazy-making, the names of the other months were still called by their ordinal names in the old calendar.
Thus, September through December make it seem Romans can't count.
| Month | Days | Origins | Birth Stone | Flower |
|---|
1.
yi1 yue4
| Jan.
January
Januar
| 31 |
Roman month name Januarius, after Janus, Roman god of doors (beginning the new year). |
 |
Agate / Garnet display a wide spectrum of chemical compositions and therefore colors (except blue) because it's a large family of gemstones that includes pyrope, grossular, andradite, spessartine, and almandine. Although they are all classified as gemstones, the almandine and pyrope families are the most precious and most widely used.
| Carnation,
Snowdrop |
2.
er4 yue4
| Feb.
Feburary | 28/
29 |
februo, Roman word for "purify" and Februus, Etruscan god of purification
honored during Roman festivals of purification and sacrifices held this month. |
 |
Amethyst is a form of quartz — composed of silicon dioxide (the primary ingredient of sand).
Amethyst gets its purple color hue from small amounts of iron impurities in the crystal lattice.
| Primrose,
Violet |
3.
san1 yue4
| Mar.
March | 31 |
Mars, Roman God of War because Roman soldiers began war again again on this month. |
 |
Jasper/Blood-stone/Aquamarine in the beryl family of gemstones. The name Aquamarine means "sea water" and serves as an accurate description of the gemstone's color.
| 
Jonquil
Violet,
Dafffodil |
4.
si4 yue4
| Apr.
April | 30 |
Aprilis, from aperire, the Latin word for "open" since trees opened their leaves during this month. |
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Sapphire & Diamond is a name derived from the Greek work adamas, meaning "unconquerable" because its tertiary carbon structure formed from high pressure makes it extremely hard. It's the most cherished of all gemstones.
| Daisy,
Sweet Pea |
5.
wu3 yue4
| May
May
| 31 |
Maiesta, the Roman goddess of honor and reverence, or
Maia, Goddess of Growth, since plants grow most during this month. |
 |
Emerald is a green variety of beryl gemstone (along with aquamarine).
The world's finest emeralds originate from Colombia.
| Hawthorn,
Lily of the Valley |
6.
liu4 yue4
| Jun.
June | 30 |
Juno, Queen of the Roman Gods.
However, the name might also come from iuniores (young men; juniors) as opposed to maiores (grown men; majors) for May, the two months being dedicated to young and old men. |
 |
Pearls, since they come from oysters, are described as "organic"
even though pearls are composed primarily of the salt calcium carbonate.
Other members of this class include coral, amber, and jet.
| Honeysuckle, Rose |
7.
qi1 yue4
| Jul.
July | 30 |
Julius, the Roman emporor who reorganized the calendar.
He was born during this, the Roman month of Quintilis (the fifth month). |
 |
Carnelian / Ruby is a red gemstone derived from the mineral corundum,
formed primarily from aluminum oxide.
Pure corundum is a colorless, trigonal crystal with a hardness between that of emerald and diamond.
But trace amounts of chromium gives rubies their rich red color.
| Larkspur,
Water Lily |
8.
ba1 yue4
| Aug.
August | 31 |
Augustus, a Roman emporor who had several fortunate events occur on this Roman month originally called Sextilis (from sextus, "six") |
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Onyx/Sardonyx/Peridot is a gemstone variety of the mineral olivine,
a silicate formed with magnesium and iron and commonly found amongst basalts (lava rock).
Its crystal system is orthorhombic less hard than quartz.
| Gladiolus,
Poppy |
9.
yiu3 yue4
| Sep.
September | 30 |
septem, Latin for "seventh" (counting from March). |
 |
Chrysolite / Sapphire is associated with the corundum class of minerals (along with ruby),
with trace impurities of iron and titanium giving its deep blue color,
although yellow and pink colors of corundum are also classified as sapphire.
| Aster,
Morning Glory |
10.
shi2 yue4
| Oct.
October | 31 |
octo, Latin for "eighth" (counting from March). |
 |
Opal is a non-crystalline gem that has a relative hardness far less than quartz.
Australia is a top provider of both black and white opals.
| Calendula,
Cosmos |
11.
shi2 yi1 yue4
| Nov.
November | 30 |
novem, Latin for "ninth" (counting from March). |
 |
Topaz is a silicate of aluminum containing about 20 percent water and fluorine.
| Chrysanthemum |
12.
shi2 er4 yue4
| Dec.
December | 31 |
decem, Latin for "tenth" (counting from March). |
 |
Ruby & Turquoise is a microcrystalline mineral (along with jade and lapis)
that have been used in stone carvings for thousands of years.
This mineral occurs as nodules and veins of either blue or green in color,
although the color name Turquoise is greenish-blue.
| Holly,
Narcissus,
Poinsettia |
The 7 Buddhist treasures: gold, silver, agate, coral, pearls, crysta, lapis lazuli.
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thorns on leaves for the crown of thorns placed upon the head of Jesus;
red berries for the blood Jesus dropped for us.
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