The month of May is thought to be named after Maia, the mother of Mercury.
Maia is the Oscan Earth-Goddess, and an ancient Roman Goddess of springtime, warmth, and increase. She causes the plants to grow through Her gentle heat. Her name means "She Who is Great", and is related to Oscan mais and Latin majus, both of which mean "more". She is also called Maia Maiestas, "Maia the Majestic", which is essentially a doubling of Her name to indicate Her power, as both "Maia" and "Maiestas" have their roots in latin magnus, "great or powerful". She was honored by the Romans on the 1st and 15th of May, and at the Volcanalia of August 23rd, the holiday of Her sometimes husband, the Fire-God Vulcan.
Did you also know that because the Roman festivals of the unhappy dead and of the goddess of chastity occurred in May, it was considered an unlucky month for marriages.
My plan for this month of May is to plant my garden. I will be working on it this coming weekend. I'll begin working on it Friday afternoon. Saturday, I will be walking for a cause which touches me personally. I will be walking for MS, Multiple Sclerosis. I was diagnosed with this debilitating disease in 1993, although symptoms date back to 1986. http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR/Walk/COCWalkEvents?px=6628054&pg=personal&fr_id=18645
What are your plans for this fifth month of 2012? Planting a garden or ideas for a new book?
What ever your plans are for this first day of May, live it to the fullest.
Maia is the Oscan Earth-Goddess, and an ancient Roman Goddess of springtime, warmth, and increase. She causes the plants to grow through Her gentle heat. Her name means "She Who is Great", and is related to Oscan mais and Latin majus, both of which mean "more". She is also called Maia Maiestas, "Maia the Majestic", which is essentially a doubling of Her name to indicate Her power, as both "Maia" and "Maiestas" have their roots in latin magnus, "great or powerful". She was honored by the Romans on the 1st and 15th of May, and at the Volcanalia of August 23rd, the holiday of Her sometimes husband, the Fire-God Vulcan.
Did you also know that because the Roman festivals of the unhappy dead and of the goddess of chastity occurred in May, it was considered an unlucky month for marriages.
My plan for this month of May is to plant my garden. I will be working on it this coming weekend. I'll begin working on it Friday afternoon. Saturday, I will be walking for a cause which touches me personally. I will be walking for MS, Multiple Sclerosis. I was diagnosed with this debilitating disease in 1993, although symptoms date back to 1986. http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR/Walk/COCWalkEvents?px=6628054&pg=personal&fr_id=18645
What are your plans for this fifth month of 2012? Planting a garden or ideas for a new book?
What ever your plans are for this first day of May, live it to the fullest.
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