February 39ers ~ What Color is Love?

Hearts and harps. Sweets and suites. Who can resist Valentine’s Day? 

 In the eyes of retailers, rather than red, its signature color should be gold for the bullions they’ll rake in. Even singles boost sales, scarfing up on the chocolate discounts. Yum! 

Besides dark chocolate, what color is February for you? 

If you’re a February 39er, the color gods paint you in a kaleidoscope of hues – early Feb Aquarian Water-bearers (Jan 20-Feb 18), can dip into the pool of your moods, with turquoise green, bright blue, or purple. 

Walking through the sands of time with Pisces Fish (Feb 19-Mar 20), all shades of green keep you cool. (Not a red heart in sight.)  

And though there are other noble reasons to commemorate February along with Cupid – World Radio Day (13^th), Presidents’ Day (15^th), and Marijuana Awareness Month – for the 39 and Holding Club, February 14^th is also “Grandpa” Jack Benny Day! Why? Why ... he's the reason we're here.

January 39ers Cuddling with Classic TV

Celebs & Classic TV – Cuddle Up!

Reflection is unavoidable in January – so let's think celebs and those innovative classic TV shows 39 years ago! (There is a certain smug serenity about sharing a birthday with a famous personality.)

Since the famous and infamous flaunt their spectacular flair, and their poorly disguised flaws are unceasing news fodder, let's think about why they’re loved or despised, which may offer insight for a review of your personal traits, January 39ers.    
 
Do you share a 39er birthday and the suave Capricorn personality of Patrick Dempsey (50, Jan. 13)? Or are you known more for your talented quirkiness akin to Aquarian Eddie Van Halen (61, Jan. 26)? 

Caps are staunch supporters but often lack emotional attachment (think Mel Gibson, 60, Jan. 3); while Aquarians tend to baffle the world, switching between brilliant and slightly crazy (ala, zany actress Brett Butler, 58, Jan. 30). But about you … 

December 39ers Celebrate with Cheery Spirit!

Fun 39AHC Gifts!

Oh – is it December already? I was having so much fun celebrating my birth month that I didn’t notice we’d whipped around the corner and run full tilt into the Holiday month!

Oh my, I’m so naughty – December UN-birthday fun is very late – please don’t send me a lump of coal!

My procrastination however, does not mean that December 39ers are any less important – in fact, they may be the most important of the year!

December birthdays tend to be hurriedly squished between shopping and anticipation of the New Year Baby – leaving little time for our fave 12th month babes.

November 39ers – Feasts, Fun, and … Gratitude!

A month of thanks and humble gratefulness, the latter part of November leads into the world’s most compassionate season of the year. Sagittarians bring that out in people. First, however …

Tragic & talented Scorpio Vivian Leigh

Hot off All Hallow’s Eve and Samhain, November still casts compelling birthday spells as it segues through the intense Scorpio to party-planning Sag.

It is no accident that the cryptic Scorpion sign includes the extreme realm of Halloween. The Zodiac sign Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov 21) has been awarded its own celebratory day of warning: November 18 is National Married to a Scorpio Support Day. (Hmmmm – was it created by one of my exes??)

39ers' ROCK-tober!

39ers’ “ROCK”TOBER!

October and Rock music have had ghoulish fun together since Rock and Roll Rescued Radio in the mid-1950s. From DJ John Zacherle’s “Cool Ghoul” (name given him by Dick Clark), to the legendary Wolfman Jack, October is just plain fun.

Great 39er Rockers share this month’s limelight, with notable pumpkin-flavored birthdays – keep the beat with Chuck Berry (Oct. 18), explore the inane with Weird Al (Oct. 23), and lead us to temptation, with Otis Williams, last surviving member of The Temptations (Oct. 30).

Best of all, it’s the month when adults get to be kids again and dress up for Halloween. What more could you want?! Ummmm, how about a zombie-style cocktail? Yum-rum!

What’s the Zodiac stirring up this spooky month?

September to Remember

September people are special, indeed. Challenging the Zodiac realm with Virgo’s perfectionism and Libra’s gentle sense of balance, they are both formidable and lovable.

And no wonder you’re confused with your scales of life going up and down!

“September” is derived from the Roman word for “seven” making it the seventh month in the oldest Roman calendar – now, we’re guided by the Gregorian calendar for which the powers that be made September the ninth month.

Sigh, the scales will never balance that way! You’re in famous good company, however, as Librans are famously talented …

August 39er's Dog Days

Are you suffering … 

… through “the dog days of summer”? No doubt August gets a bad rap. But dawg, it’s party time! At least according to more than a few cities around the country that celebrate their dogs and party too.

With or without a dog, you August folks are natural partiers. When this month was renamed* in 8 BC for Augustus, who founded the Roman Empire, celebrations honored his amazing triumphs. Let there be wine! 

He must have been a Leo ... 

July 39ers are Real Gems

Do you know a July 39er who’s a real “gem”? 

Of course, all 39ers are gems!

We often have fun here with birthstone/gemstone information and gift suggestions … this month I became obsessed … 

Got to thinking about gemstones and how they play an intriguing part in our lives. A popular gift item, over millennia, gems have touched us in many fascinating ways.

Not only do gemstones symbolize our birth month, but identify us even by different centuries, eras, and cultures. Dedicated to the gems in our lives …

 
July’s gemstone via the American Gem Society is established as the royal Ruby, but … “In 1912, in an effort to standardize birthstones, the (American) National Association of Jewelers met in Kansas and officially adopted a list.” (Wiki) 

And even before a list was made “official,” Tiffany & Co. published poems of an “unknown author" in an 1870 pamphlet, lionizing our birthstones. Their July verse: The glowing ruby shall adorn, | Those who in July are born; | Then they'll be exempt and free | From love's doubts and anxiety. But doesn't the day you were born deserve something sparkly?