February 2:Aquarius:

Birthday flower: snowflakes

Lotus flowers of the purity of the virgin Mary's day

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.Snow lotus is chosen to sacrifice to the flowers of the virgin Mary clean section.It originated in Austria and Switzerland, 7 ~ 20 cm long, genus lycoris radiata.Snow lotus not afraid of the cold north wind, the frost and snow has not melt in early spring, still open a delicate and touching.

saysRejoice:

In the UK, all the different name for the snowdrops.For example, the valley ringtones, February white girl...These names mean, the flowers open in the winter, and tell people the spring is coming.So it means "joy".People who are born by this kind of flower blessed, is not afraid of adversity and perseverance of the character.Is that believe that after the first bitter sweet, every hard to sow, will be glad to harvest the strongman.

Birthstone: amethyst

Whether the east or the west, will be purple color as a symbol of the highest status.Gem, only to send the noble purple light amethyst.Someone says, in nature, is the most beautiful purple amethyst purple light.

The etymology from the Greek word for "amethyst" honesty, meaning "keep joins in the silt but don't dye".The etymology, until the middle ages, are considered as symbols of smoking and alcohol.Today, amethyst is regarded as "honest", "pure love" marks.

The legend of amethyst

In Greek mythology, amethyst, may register, is the victim of bacchus, is also a beautiful girl's name.Words, one day, the stomach very hungry god of wine, in order to anger, so he decided to first appeared in the human in front of him, as he loves the tiger food.He first saw the human is the beautiful girl - may register.inThe tigerGirl is about to pounce, pray to god, and god put her into a pure gems.Wine god feel very shameful, so will his own bodygrapesWine on the pure white gem, this white gems immediately become transparent, dark purple gems.And the symbol of the magic, psychic amethyst, born February has been guarding you.