A
month is a unit of time initially used and invented in Mesopotamia to measure
the natural period related to the cycle of the moon.
The
word March comes from the Roman Martius and was originally the first month of
the Roman calendar which was named after mars, the god of war.
Another
name for March is The Anglo- Saxons called the month Hlydmonath which means
Stormy month or Hraedmonath which means rugged month.
Mars
was actually known to be a deity of fertility and agricultural. Mars,
along with other deities like Ceres and Cybele oversaw the new growth of
spring, and encouraged the continuation of life (fertility, sex, procreation in
human, plant and animal realms).
Whether
a god of war or agriculture, the personality of Mars is charging,
unrelinquishing and brutally assertive. People find this kind of fervent
focus in March too. At this point in the year, there is no stopping the
burgeoning birth of new life.
March's
birthstones are aquamarine
and bloodstone which symbolize courage.
One
of the flowers most associated with March is the narcissus (Wild daffodil)
which is also known as Lent lily.
Some
of the event normally celebrated during March are; Commonwealth
Day, World Kidney Day, World Water
Day, World Meteorological Day ,
Human Rights Day, World Maths Day, International Women's Day and Easter but
just to mention a few.
Did
you know that March can be associated with Egg? Yes Egg, normal egg that we
eat, whether boiled or fried. If you did not know, then sit back and read this
shocking news……….
Egg is a symbol of fertility that is Creation. Countless creation myths begin
with a grandiose and/or cosmic egg. Upon breaking it, the contents ooze out and
begin forming the universe as it is known in whatever culture is telling the
story.
Alchemically, the yellow yolk is symbolic of
gold, and the sun (light, vitality, virtue, life, male). The albumen
signifies
silver and the moon (supportive, clarifying, purifying, and female).
In
Christianity, egg is used as a symbol of Christ's resurrection (breaking forth
from the tomb of death as a chick breaks out of an eggs casing). This
comparison comes into play in springtime festivals surrounding Christ's
spiritual ascendance and resurgence. The egg is also a universal symbol of
promise and potential. Within any egg, at any given time, there rests dormant
the possibility of life - and within that possibility is life in its
overwhelmingly diversity.
When
you give an egg to someone or you receive it as a gift, think that you are
either giving a life or receiving life from someone so never reject anything in
this life. Nothing is too small or too big.
Watch
out for an article on “April”
By:
Francisca Stokes
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