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January’s origin story<\/h1>\n

January, it’s cold, it’s dark and the festivities are another year away. But there is a lot more to January than the bleakness. We are going to dive into January’s origin story.<\/p>\n

January and Janus’ origin<\/h2>\n

He has two heads, loiters in doorways and carries a big stick and a set of keys. Meet Janus \u2013 Roman deity, guardian of passageways and gates, and founder of the Roman calendar.\u00a0 As we leave the old year and enter the new, it is Janus who ushers us in. He looks both ways, back into the past and forwards into the future, marking the passage of time and life\u2019s cyclical nature.<\/p>\n

Janus has been represented throughout western art and iconography over the centuries. John Bellany was a world-renowned artist from Port Seton, just a few miles from Edinburgh. In 1982 he created this image which was purchased by the Tate Gallery.<\/p>\n

\u2018Janus\u2018, John Bellany, 1982 | Tate<\/a><\/p>\n

Janus is a deity without equal, his dual nature unique in the Roman pantheon of gods. In today\u2019s world, his significance is symbolic and highlights the duality of human nature. In a metaphorical sense, Janus helps us transition from old to new, between war and peace, good times and bad, public life and private.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s fitting, then, that the beginning of January is often a time of reflection, when we spend some quiet moments summing up the year that\u2019s passed. Maybe it\u2019s been the best year ever and you want to celebrate. Maybe it\u2019s been so-so and you\u2019re happy to carry on and consolidate the plans you made over the last 12 months. Perhaps it\u2019s been a challenging year, and you just want to draw a line under it and move on to a better, brighter future.<\/p>\n

Wherever you stand right now, whichever direction you\u2019re facing, we wish you a happy, healthy January and the very best of what 2025 has to offer.<\/p>\n

By Lesley McRob<\/p>\n

Photo by Aaron Burden Unsplash\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Read about the origins of leap year<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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