January
The 1st Month
Capricorn • Aquarius • Garnet • Galanthus • Camellia
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January is the first month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and the first of seven months to have a length of 31 days. The first day of the month is known as New Year's Day.
Jean Hersey
January is the month for dreaming.
February
The 2nd Month
Aquarius • Pisces • Amethyst • Violet • Primrose
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February is the second and shortest month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendar with 28 days in common years and 29 days in leap years, with the quadrennial 29th day being called the leap day. February is the third and last month of meteorological winter in the Northern Hemisphere.
Patience Strong
In February there is everything to hope for and nothing to regret.
March
The 3rd Month
Scorpio • Sagittarius • Topaz • Citrine • Chrysanthemum
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March is the third month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is the second of seven months to have a length of 31 days. In the Northern Hemisphere, the meteorological beginning of spring occurs on the first day of March.
John Steinbeck
In March the soft rains continued, and each storm waited courteously until its predecessor sunk beneath the ground.
April
The 4th Month
Aries • Taurus • Diamond • Daisy • Sweet Pea
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April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, the fifth in the early Julian, the first of four months to have a length of 30 days, and the second of five months to have a length of less than 31 days. April is commonly associated with the season of autumn in parts of the Southern Hemisphere, and spring in parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
William Shakespeare
April hath put a spirit of youth in everything
May
The 5th Month
Taurus • Gemini • Emerald • Lily • Hawthorn
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May is the fifth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and the third of seven months to have a length of 31 days. Late May typically marks the start of the summer vacation season in the United States and Canada and ends on Labor Day, the first Monday of September.
Henry Van Dyke
I'm only wishing to go a-fishing; For this the month of May was made.
June
The 6th Month
Gemini • Cancer • Pearl • Rose • Honeysuckle
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June is the sixth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, the second of four months to have a length of 30 days, and the third of five months to have a length of less than 31 days. June contains the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere and the winter solstice in the Southern Hemisphere.
Jean Hersey
If a June night could talk, it would probably boast it invented romance.
July
The 7th Month
Cancer • Leo • Ruby • Larkspur • Water Lily
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July is the seventh month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and the fourth of seven months to have a length of 31 days. It was named by the Roman Senate in honour of Roman general Julius Caesar, it being the month of his birth. Prior to that, it was called Quintilis, being the fifth month of the 10-month calendar.
Francis Thompson
The summer looks out from her brazen tower. Through the flashing bars of July.
August
The 8th Month
Leo • Virgo • Peridot • Gladiolus • Poppy
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August is the eighth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, and the fifth of seven months to have a length of 31 days. It was originally named Sextilis in Latin because it was the sixth month in the original ten-month Roman calendar under Romulus in 753 BC, and March was the first month of the year.
Denise Levertov
Breathe that sweetness that hovers in August...
September
The 9th Month
Virgo • Libra • Sapphire • Morning Glory • Aster
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September is the ninth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, the third of four months to have a length of 30 days, and the fourth of five months to have a length of less than 31 days. In the Northern Hemisphere September is the seasonal equivalent of March in the Southern Hemisphere.
Helen Hunt Jackson
September days are here, with Summer's best of weather & Autumn's best of cheer.
October
The 10th Month
Libra • Scorpio • Opal • Tourmaline • Calendula
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October is the tenth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and the sixth of seven months to have a length of 31 days. The eighth month in the old Roman calendar, October retained its name after January and February were inserted into the calendar that had originally been created by the Romans.
Joy Fielding
October was always the least dependable of months... full of ghosts and shadows.
November
The 11th Month
Scorpio • Sagittarius • Topaz • Citrine • Chrysanthemum
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November is the eleventh and penultimate month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars, the fourth and last of four months to have a length of 30 days, and the fifth and last of five months to have a length of less than 31 days.
Cyril Connolly
Fallen leaves lying on the grass in the November sun bring more happiness than the daffodils.
December
The 12th Month
Sagittarius • Capricorn • Turquoise • Zircon • Narcissus
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December is the twelfth and final month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and is the seventh and last of seven months to have a length of 31 days. December got its name from the Latin word decem (meaning ten) because it was originally the tenth month of the year in the Roman calendar.
Sara Coleridge
Chill December brings the sleet, Blazing fire, and Christmas treat.