The zodiac signs are Libra (until October 22) and Scorpio (from October 23 onward). October's birthstones are the tourmaline and opal. October is commonly associated with the season of spring in parts of the Southern Hemisphere, and autumn in parts of the Northern Hemisphere, where it is the seasonal equivalent to April in the Southern Hemisphere and vice versa. Among the Anglo-Saxons, it was known as Winterfylleth (Ƿinterfylleþ), because at this full moon, winter was supposed to begin. These dates do not correspond to the modern Gregorian calendar. In Ancient Rome, one of three Mundus patet would take place on October 5, Meditrinalia October 11, Augustalia on October 12, October Horse on October 15, and Armilustrium on October 19. 750 BC, October retained its name (from Latin and Greek ôctō meaning "eight") after January and February were inserted into the calendar that had originally been created by the Romans. The eighth month in the old calendar of Romulus c. October is the tenth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Maple leaf in October (Northern hemisphere).
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