April

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Birthstone: Diamond
Flower Name: Daisy/ Sweet Pea
Daisy: Good-bye, Departure, Blissful Pleasure. An old English says that spring has not come until you can set your foot on twelve daises. Dreaming of daisies in the spring or summer that is good but if in the fall or winter it is bad luck. According to an old Celtic legend, the spirits of children who died in childbirth scattered daisies on the earth to cheer their sorrowing parents.
Sweet Pea Mary-Loves from legend that flowers were originally all white, and turned to red when drops of blood fell on them from a cut on the Christ Child's hand - cared for in compassionate love by Mary, in sorrowful anticipation of the precious blood to be shed on the cross
Chinese Flower - Cherry Blossom - Feminine Principle - Sakura, the ephemeral nature of life due to the brevity of their bloom.
Japanese Flower - Wisteria - welcome, fair stranger

June

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Birthstone: Pearl or Alexandrite or Moonstone,
Flower Name: Honeysuckle, Rose
Honeysuckle - Generous and Devoted; Affection, accept love The Bond of Love
Rose loris, goddess of flowers, crowned the rose as queen of the flowers. Aphrodite presented a rose to her son Eros, god of love. The rose became a symbol of love and desire. Eros gave the rose to Harpocrates, the god of silence, to induce him not to gossip. Thus the rose also became the emblem of silence and secrecy. In the middle ages a rose was suspended from the ceiling of a council chamber, pledging all present to secrecy, or subrosa, "under the rose".
Chinese Flower - Pomegranate - Progeny Posterity Beauty Of Youth, A Heart Innocent Of Love Mature elegance, perfection
Japanese Flower - Peony Shame; Good Life; Happy Marriage; Bashfulness