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a trace of the ancient belief. On the first day of the month there goes in procession no less a personage
than Janus himself, dressed up in a two-faced mask, and people call him Saturnus, identifying him with
Kronos.” The beginning of each day, month, and year were sacred to Janus. The Romans believed that
Janus opened the gates of heaven each day at dawn , letting out the monring, and closed the gates of
heaven each day at dusk.
The earliest Roman months were lunar. According to Roman mythology, the ten month solar calendar
aligned to the vernal equinox was introduced by Romulus, the founder of Rome, around 753 BCE. In
Romulus’ calendar, January did not exist. Numa Pompilius, the second of the seven traditional kings of
Rome, added two more months, for a 12 month year. In Numa’s calendar, January was added to the
beginning of the year (following February) and had 29 days. Gaius Julius Caesar, as Pontifex Maximus
(supreme bridge-builder, a religious title), reorganized the calendar on the first day of 45 BCE. In
Caesar’s calendar (the Julian Calendar), January had 31 days and February was moved to after January.
Caesar’s calendar was calculated by Sosigenes, an Egyptian astrologer/astronomer. In 8 BCE, Augustus
Caesar fixed errors by pontiffs after Julius’ death and made other minor modifications, resulting in the
modern Western calendar. The modern Gregorian Calendar, named for Roman Catholic Pope Gregory
the Thirteenth, was a realignment in 1582. The Romans avoided giving January 30 days (skipping from
29 to 31) because of a superstitious dread of even numbers.
Today totals 6 in modern Western numerology.
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