{"id":632,"date":"2007-03-13T10:32:00","date_gmt":"2007-03-13T10:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/astrologicalmusings\/2007\/03\/the-ides-of-march.html"},"modified":"2007-03-13T10:32:00","modified_gmt":"2007-03-13T10:32:00","slug":"the-ides-of-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/2007\/03\/the-ides-of-march.html","title":{"rendered":"The Ides of March"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The ides of each month were days in the approximate middle of the month – in March, May, July and October the ides fell on the 15th, and in other months the ides were the 13th. Until the solar calendar was adopted by Julius Caesar, the roman calendar was lunar based and the ides of the month corresponded to the full moons.<\/p>\n

The Full Moon and the Ides of the month were dedicated to Jupiter in his role as Lucetius, the Supreme Lightbringer, and the Ides have only come down to us as a warning because of the famous warning in Shakespeare’s play advising Julius Caesar to “beware the Ides of March.” So this March 15, let us honor Jupiter: bringer of good fortune, abundance, an awareness of possiiblities and an understanding of truth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The ides of each month were days in the approximate middle of the month – in March, May, July and October the ides fell on the 15th, and in other months the ides were the 13th. Until the solar calendar was adopted by Julius Caesar, the roman calendar was lunar based and the ides of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":328,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crime"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Ides of March - Astrological Musings<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/2007\/03\/the-ides-of-march.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Ides of March - Astrological Musings\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The ides of each month were days in the approximate middle of the month – in March, May, July and October the ides fell on the 15th, and in other months the ides were the 13th. Until the solar calendar was adopted by Julius Caesar, the roman calendar was lunar based and the ides of…\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/2007\/03\/the-ides-of-march.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Astrological Musings\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2007-03-13T10:32:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_i68-gIhTBvc\/RfbCiXoGPzI\/AAAAAAAAADc\/2qJVlqmoRRc\/s200\/ides-of-march.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lynn Hayes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Ides of March - Astrological Musings","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/2007\/03\/the-ides-of-march.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Ides of March - Astrological Musings","og_description":"The ides of each month were days in the approximate middle of the month – in March, May, July and October the ides fell on the 15th, and in other months the ides were the 13th. Until the solar calendar was adopted by Julius Caesar, the roman calendar was lunar based and the ides of…","og_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/2007\/03\/the-ides-of-march.html","og_site_name":"Astrological Musings","article_published_time":"2007-03-13T10:32:00+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_i68-gIhTBvc\/RfbCiXoGPzI\/AAAAAAAAADc\/2qJVlqmoRRc\/s200\/ides-of-march.jpg"}],"author":"Lynn Hayes","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/2007\/03\/the-ides-of-march.html","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/2007\/03\/the-ides-of-march.html","name":"The Ides of March - Astrological Musings","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/2007\/03\/the-ides-of-march.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/2007\/03\/the-ides-of-march.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_i68-gIhTBvc\/RfbCiXoGPzI\/AAAAAAAAADc\/2qJVlqmoRRc\/s200\/ides-of-march.jpg","datePublished":"2007-03-13T10:32:00+00:00","dateModified":"2007-03-13T10:32:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/#\/schema\/person\/0267afd41b8c0ee7204a5063b003a35f"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/2007\/03\/the-ides-of-march.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/2007\/03\/the-ides-of-march.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/2007\/03\/the-ides-of-march.html#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_i68-gIhTBvc\/RfbCiXoGPzI\/AAAAAAAAADc\/2qJVlqmoRRc\/s200\/ides-of-march.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_i68-gIhTBvc\/RfbCiXoGPzI\/AAAAAAAAADc\/2qJVlqmoRRc\/s200\/ides-of-march.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/2007\/03\/the-ides-of-march.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Ides of March"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/","name":"Astrological Musings","description":"Beliefnet Voices - Lynn Hayes","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/#\/schema\/person\/0267afd41b8c0ee7204a5063b003a35f","name":"Lynn Hayes","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/d66\/d66c632862817d88a0ce2af3a36c4050x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/d66\/d66c632862817d88a0ce2af3a36c4050x96.jpg","caption":"Lynn Hayes"},"description":"Lynn Hayes has been a practising astrological consultant in beautiful North Carolina for over 25 years, working with clients all over the world both in person and by phone. She focuses on therapeutic and healing approaches which encourage greater empowerment and personal growth. Visit www.astrodynamics.net for more information.","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/author\/lynnhayes"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/328"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}