Only started a few days ago, it represents the passage towards the summer. It brings spring with it and the end of winter. It rekindles new vital forces and closes the static greyness of the previous months. But beware of shouting victory too fast! It's March, the crazy month. You go out with the sun but you also take an umbrella.
A name, a guarantee
Baptized with the name of the God of war. March is a tribute to Mars. A divinity with a temperament certainly not easy. As if to say, he was not the quiet type, rather angry and vulnerable. But also synonymous with strength. Mars is in fact represented with red, the color of fire. And it is in all this symbolism that the peculiarities of this month are found.
In fact, March gave birth to numerous proverbs. But let's try to go in order. Returning to the foundation of Rome it is in the ancient calendar of Romulus that March acquired an important role. It was in fact the first month of the year. Because? Romulus being born of the Lord of Arms, it was considered important to pay homage to Mars. "I want you to call the first month". So it was decided. But March not only took its name from the God of war but also some traits of his indomitable character.
A restless temper
Today March is the third month of the year but in both astronomical and astrological terms it is the first. Moreover, it is in this period that the equinox of spring. And if we think about the zodiac, the sign of the ram opens the calendar. But the Marzolino temperament is restless, just like that of his "father". Capricious, unpredictable and moody. You enter the world of numerous proverbs spread throughout Italy. "Crazy March, look at the sun and take an umbrella". "When March April, April April". “Windy March, majestic orchard”. There are many other sayings describing a month that tastes like spring but which can suddenly remind us of the cold of winter. This is why those with a moody nature wonder if by chance he was born in this month.
So vulnerable that some of his proverbs were sewn to particular situations. Who hasn't had a slightly uncomfortable neighbor? And then we say: “the INFO March comes in the evening and leaves in the morning ”. So someone, tired of putting up with the neighbor, thought of adapting the saying. "As long as the near bad lasted as long as the March snow lasted". But to remember the strength of this month that passes through the symbol of fire is a rural proverb. "Light up in March". Widespread among the farmers this saying indicated the custom of burning dry weeds but not only. The shoots of the follow pruned. The ash produced would then be an excellent fertilizer for the earth. This is how March sees everything released its vitality of awakening nature. An ancient tradition that of fire which perhaps draws its origins from the Rome of the past. The Vestals, priestesses, they kindled the sacred fire as a tribute to Vesta. Goddess of the earth who brought with her all those aspects related to rebirth. And so with the fire the life of the new year was inaugurated which, not by chance, opened with the month of March.
