January 18, Capricorn

Birthday flower: Daisy

Hungarian princess, saint Margaret flower

Since ancient times, Christianity is a link to the sage and specific flower habits, this followed in the church when honor saints, often caused by altar ornament with blooming flowers!In medieval Catholic monasteries, is like a garden center of planting all kinds of flowers, over time, the church will be 366 days of saint respectively and different flowers together, form the so-called flower calendar.At that time most of the monasteries in southern Europe, southern Europe is Mediterranean climate, very suitable for planting flowers.Daisy is chosen to sacrifice in the 13th century for refusing to father's chosen husband, and enter the monastery's Hungarian princess - saint Margaret's flowers.

says: happy

In Roman mythology, Daisy is the embodiment of the goblin - bell emperor of the forest silk flowers.So-called forest fairies, refers to the energetic naughty, so Daisy means "happy".Born blessed this flower, can live like a goblin, anacreontic, innocent, happy life.Just sometimes cheated by the man who can say good, it must recognize oh!

Birthstone: garnet

From the days of ancient Egypt, garnet is regarded as a talisman.Because it is the most senior precious stones, was chosen as January's birthstone.

Garnet color dark red like a red bordeaux, were also like a ripe pomegranate fruit, a crystal, and thus have the name of garnet.All over the world have produced garnet, its original rock than diamonds are more attractive, appear beautiful shape.Garnet is the symbol of power, elegance, victory, in Victorian Britain, it was compose on the crown and other jewelry, highly appreciated.

The legend of garnet

Initially, the oldest relics from Europe - gem found in Czechoslovakia, it is garnet.This string of garnet is to use a rope strung together, legend has it that it was the elders of the tribe to wear.The ancient people as god to worship the sun, under the sun that shine stones, is considered as mysterious as the sun.Gothic is said to be the lover of glass lu da ji in dating, so often wear has been passed down from generation to red garnet.This string of gem collection is now in Bohemia in the museum.Put on the gem, mood letting a person quiet, comfortable, can understand other people's kindness, ideas, and you can also have the ability to look at all the world.