January

  • January’s birthstoneis the garnet, which represents constancy.
  • Its birth flower is the cottage pink Dianthus caryophyllusor galanthus as well as the traditional carnation.
  • The Japanese floral emblem of January is the camellia(Camellia sinensis).
  • In Finnish, the month of tammikuumeans the heart of the winter and because the name literally means “oak moon”, it can be inferred that the oak tree is the heart of the grand forest with many valuable trees as opposed to the typical Arctic forests, which are typically pine and spruce. The photograph of a large tree covered with ice against a blue sky is a familiar scene during Finland’s winter.
  • The zodiacsigns for the month of January are Capricorn (until January 19) and Aquarius (January 20 onwards).
  • The name of the full moonoccurring in January is the wolf moon.
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