We all have heard the old adage that March “comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb,” which means that if the month starts off stormy, it will end with mild weather. There is, however, a different interpretation: The constellation Leo, the lion, rises in the east at the beginning of March and thus the month “comes in like a lion,” while Aries, the ram, sets in the west at the end of the month, and hence, the month “will go out like a lamb.”
With Climate Change messing with us, I’m just going to let that go by and focus on other bits about March.
Pull up a chair, grab a cuppa and a nice nosh and join us….
The Lion arrives…..
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“March” is named for the Roman god of war, Mars. Father of city of Rome founders Romulus and Remus, Mars was revered not only as a god of war, but one whose conflicts brought about lasting peace. Much of what has been told about Mars is based on the Greek god, Ares.
As March brought the first day of spring with the vernal equinox, it was the start of new beginnings. March became the third month when January and February, which were added to the end of the Roman calendar around 700 BCE, instead became the first and second months around 450 BCE.
I Martius am! Once first, and now third!
To lead the Year was my appointed place;
A mortal dispossessed me by a word,
And set there Janus with the double face.
–Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet (1807–1882)
March is also the beginning of Spring, when the Vernal Equinox happens. This year, it is on Sunday 20 March at 11:33 a.m. and don’t worry...of course I’ll remind you!
Today is Mardi Gras, or “Fat Tuesday,” also known as Shrove Tuesday, when Catholics go to be shriven of their sins before Lent starts on March 2.
Easter is always the first Sunday after the first full moon, after the Vernal Equinox. This year, it is April 17th.
March’s full Moon, the Worm Moon, reaches peak illumination on Friday, March 18, 2022, at 3:20 A.M. EDT. Look for it in the evening of Thursday, March 17, as the Moon rises above the horizon!
March’s birth flower is the daffodil or jonquil. The daffodil signifies regard or unrequited love. The jonquil means “I desire a return of affection.”
Here’s hoping that March goes out like a lamb….
Just so you know….
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