- January: named after Janus,
the god of doors and gates
- February: named after
Februalia, a time period when sacrifices were made to atone for sins
- March: named after Mars,
the god of war
- April: from aperire,
Latin for “to open” (buds)
- May: named after Maia,
the goddess of growth of plants
- June: from junius,
Latin for the goddess Juno
- July: named after Julius
Caesar in 44 B.C.
- August: named after
Augustus Caesar in 8 B.C.
- September: from septem,
Latin for “seven”
- October: from octo,
Latin for “eight”
- November: from novem,
Latin for “nine”
- December: from decem,
Latin for “ten”
NOTE:
The earliest Latin calendar was a 10-month one, beginning with March; thus,
September was the seventh month, October, the eighth, etc. July was originally
called Quintilis, meaning fifth; August was originally called Sextilis, meaning
sixth.
You may also read http://contentwriteups.blogspot.in/2009/08/astrology.html
to
know How STRONG ASTROLOGY DEFINES
‘WEEK’ IN ALL LANGUAGES. This article I
wrote for a magazine some 20 years back
