January Janus

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~ JANUARY  FIRST MONTH after
~ JANUS    id+ | GOD OF ALL BEGINNINGS |
           akin to see> GANESHA
  hx> ROMAN GOD WHO STOOD FOR
      PROPITIOUS BEGINNINGS as in NEW YEAR GREETINGS
  one of the few Roman Gods
  without a Greek counterpart
  JANUS WAS HIGHLY REGARDED and called
  REX SACRORUM       see> SACRED  see> SACRUM
  JANUS MAIN FESTIVAL WAS CELEBRATED ON
  JANUARY or IANUARIUS 1st    sug> JANEIRO
  EVERY CONFLICT WAS AVOIDED as if
  JANUARY 1st WAS AN OMEN FOR THE DAYS TO FOLLOW
  MUTUALLY GOOD WISHES WERE EXCHANGED
  GIFTS and SWEETS or STRENAE
  WERE ALSO EXCHANGED as if to wish for
  SWEET DAYS TO COME
  note lat STRENAE and
       sp ESTRENAR or ESTRENO = for FIRST PLAY
  note JANUS FESTIVALS TOOK ALSO PLACE
       AT THE ONSET OF EACH KALEND CALENDS or MONTH
  and  EVERY MORNING as in "GOOD DAY" OR "MORNING"
  the JANUS TEMPLE was near the Forum and called
      IANUS GEMINUS       sug> GEMINI
  lat IANUA = OUTER DOOR
  THE GATES OF THE TEMPLE
  IANUS GEMINUS WERE CLOSED AS LONG AS
  THERE WAS PEACE and DURING WAR TIME
  THE GATES REMAINED OPEN   sug> OMEN
  art> JANUS WAS DEPICTED AS A  " DOUBLE FACED "
       ONE FACE WAS FOR WISDOM BASED ON THE PAST
  the  OTHER FACE LOOKED AHEAD TO THE FUTURE
  OFTEN JANUS HELD THE NUMBER 300 IN ONE HAND
  AND IN THE OTHER HAND        60 IN ONE PALM
  myth> JANUS OPENED AND CLOSED ALL EVENTS
        some say JANA WAS HIS WIFE
  JANUS ALSO WAS THE CUSTODIAN OF THE UNIVERSE
  PRAYERS WERE OFFERED TO JANUS BEFORE ANY OTHER GOD
  JANUS HAD AN INFLUENCE ON ALL BEGINNINGS AND ENDINGS
  JANUS STOOD AT ALL DOORWAYS or ENTRANCES
  JANUS WAS HIGHLY REVERED
  THE 1st DAY OF EACH MONTH WAS FOR HIS CELEBRATION
  also JANUS WAS INVOKED EVERY MORNING  as in
  GOOD MORNING
  JANUS WAS A SOURCE OF ALL BEGINNINGS INCLUDING
  THE SEASONS  FORTUNE  INDUSTRY  AGRICULTURE  RELIGION
  note JANUS AND SATURN ARE INTERACTIVE
       JANUS WELCOMED SATURN AS ONE YEAR ENDED
  AND ANOTHER WAS FORTHCOMING
  id+ | BEFORE EVERY BEGINNING
        IT IS IMPORTANT
        TO PONDER AND TO BE PRUDENT
        EACH NEW YEAR or JANUARY or JANUS
  in JANUS FASHION is met with GREETINGS
  as per "JOYOUS NEW YEAR"
  lit+ maxim> " EVERYTHING DEPENDS ON THE BEGINNING "
       attr to OVID [#]
  art> MANY ROMAN COINS SHOW JANUS
       REPRESENTED AS DOUBLE FACED or BIFRONS and a
  LEFT HAND WITH A KEY TO " OPEN " AND " SHUT "
  THE RIGHT HAND HOLDING A SCEPTER TO DENOTE CONTROL
  biol> name of some ins  moll  arach as in
        JANELLA  JANUSIA  JANULUS