Vatican’s Gregorian Calendar

Gregorian Calendar

“The Gregorian calendar is a solar calendar of 365 days divided in 12 irregular months of 30-31 days each and February with 28 or 29 days (referring to a Leap year every 4 years, excluding centuries that cannot be divided by 4).

Pope Gregory XIII modified this calendar in 1582 as a reform to the previous Julian calendar.

When adding the month of July (by Julius Caesar) and August (Augustus Caesar), the sequence of names lost their meaning.

Did you know that September comes from septem,which means seven in Latin, and it refers to our 9th month?

The same happens with October from octo (eight), our 10th month; November from novem (nine), our 11th month, and December from decem (ten), our 12th month… Interesting, right?

Although we take this calendar for granted as a way to regulate and organize our society, in reality it doesn’t have any correlation to nature’s cycles and even the names are wrong.”

Source: 13-moon-calendar

by Mariela Maya of MayanKin.com