The Day Out of Time

25th of July every year, according to Mayan astrology is The Day Out of Time. That is the day to look back to bad things that happened in the past year, write it down on a piece of paper and burn it. And the next day is the beginning of a New Year. Acctually I just got back from a celebration (this was the first one in my life for this purpose) and one other strange thing happened: after the burning process we had to draw a butterfly and then to write down (to its back side) all the good things that we want for ourselves in the next year. Butterfly symbolizes a transformation and I couldn't get better confirmation for my blog's purpose :)
Mayan calender consists of a 13 months (Lunas), each having exactly 28 days (which is the number of days Moon needs to travel arround the Earth (and also the number of days of female menstruation cycle)) so it symbolizes a human connection with the Nature.
So how we ended up with 12 months? It happened during the Roman times. Here are some details (you will notice that certain names of the months do not correspond with their ordinal):

January
Named after the Roman god of beginnings and endings Janus (the month Januarius)

February
The name comes either from the old-Italian god Februus or else from februa, signifying the festivals of purification celebrated in Rome during this month.

March
This is the first month of the Roman year. It is named after the Roman god of war - Mars

April
Called Aprilis, from aperire, 'to open'. Possible because it is the month in which the buds begin to open

May
The third month of the Roman calendar. The name probably comes from Maiesta, the Roman goddess of honor and reverence

June
The fourth month was named in honor of Juno. However, the name might also come from iuniores (young men; juniors) as opposed to maiores (grown men; majors) for May, the two months being dedicated to young and old men

July
It was the month in which Julius Caesar was born, and named Julius in his honor in 44 BCE, the year of his assassination. Also called Quintilis (fifth month)

August
Originally this month was called Sextilis (from sextus, 'six'), but the name was later changed in honor of the first of the Roman emperors, Augustus (because several fortunate events of his life occurred during this month)

September
The name comes from septem, 'seven'

October
The name comes from octo, 'eight'

November
The name comes from novem, 'nine'

December
The name comes from decem, 'ten'
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I almost forgot: Happy New Year!!! :)