Editing May (section)

== Symbols ==
[[File:Hooker emerald.jpg|alt=Emerald brooch|thumb|[[Emerald]] brooch]]May's [[birthstone]] is the [[emerald]], which is emblematic of love and success. Birth flowers are the [[Lily of the Valley]] and ''[[Crataegus monogyna]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shgresources.com/gems/birthflowers/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911093344/http://www.shgresources.com/gems/birthflowers/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-09-11|title=U101 College Search|work=shgresources.com}}</ref>  Both are native throughout the cool temperate Northern Hemisphere in Asia, Europe, and in the southern Appalachian Mountains in the United States, but have been naturalized throughout the temperate climatic world.
[[File:Lily of the valley.jpg|thumb|The [[Lily of the Valley]]]]
[[File:Crataegus-monogyna.JPG|alt=Crataegus monogyna|thumb|''[[Crataegus monogyna]]'']]
[[File:Trailing arbutus.jpg|alt=Mayflowers|thumb|Mayflowers]]The "Mayflower" ''[[Epigaea repens]]'' is a North American harbinger of May, and the floral emblem of both [[Nova Scotia]] and [[Massachusetts]]. Its native range extends from Newfoundland south to Florida, west to Kentucky in the southern range, and to Northwest Territories in the north. The [[zodiac]] signs are [[Taurus (astrology)|Taurus]] (until May 20) and [[Gemini (astrology)|Gemini]] (May 21 onward).<ref>The Earth passed the junction of the signs at 13:49 UT/GMT May 20, 2020, and will pass it again at 19:37 UT/GMT May 20, 2021.</ref><ref name=astrology>{{citation |title=Astrology Calendar |url=https://www.yourzodiacsign.com/calendar/ |website=yourzodiacsign |access-date=2020-03-29 |archive-date=2020-03-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329204306/https://www.yourzodiacsign.com/calendar/ |url-status=live }}. Signs in UT/GMT for 1950–2030.</ref>