Editing January (section)

== Symbols ==
[[File:Sneeuw1.jpg|thumb|Snow in the [[Northern Hemisphere]] in the month of January]]
[[File:Garnet.JPG|alt=Garnet gemstone|thumb|[[Garnet]] gemstone]]
[[File:Galanthus nivalis close-up aka.jpg|alt=Snowdrop (Galanthus) flower|thumb|[[Galanthus|Snowdrop]] (''Galanthus'') flower]]
[[File:Dianthus carthusianorum 210505a.jpg|alt=Pink dianthus|thumb|Pink [[dianthus]]]]

January's [[birthstone]] is the [[garnet]], which represents constancy.<ref>{{cite book |last1= Stevans | first1= C. M.| last2= Daniels | first2= Cora Linn |title=Encyclopædia of superstitions, folklore, and the occult sciences of the world : a comprehensive library of human belief and practice in the mysteries of life |date=2003 |publisher=University Press of the Pacific |location=Honolulu |isbn=9781410209153 |page=744 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Aft4c9GauRsC&pg=PA744 |access-date=30 December 2020}}</ref> Its birth flower is the cottage pink ''[[Dianthus caryophyllus]]'', [[galanthus]] or traditional [[carnation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.birthflowersguide.com/january-birth-flower.html|title=January Birth Flower : Flower Meaning|work=birthflowersguide.com|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006090545/http://www.birthflowersguide.com/january-birth-flower.html|archive-date=2008-10-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.almanac.com/content/january-birth-flowers|title = January Birth Flowers| date=30 November 2023 }}</ref> The [[zodiac]] signs are [[Capricorn (astrology)|Capricorn]] (until January 19) and [[Aquarius (astrology)|Aquarius]] (January 20 onwards).