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Is the ASTER…and here’s what it means:

The Latin name for the aster is Aster, meaning star. It’s name reflects it’s shape.

Asters are sometimes called the Michaelmas daisy because their blooms coincide with the feast of St Michael. Wells writes poignantly that “Michaelmas was always the date of beginnings: the academic year at Oxford and Cambridge, the quarterly court session, the day for debts to be settled and annual rents (often including a goose) to be paid. In the garden both Michaelmas daisies and Chinese asters bloom in the autumn, magnificent curtain calls of summer but reminders too of new beginnings after winter’s sleep.” (8)

Legends Surrounding the Flower

According to Greek mythology, before humans fell into evil, the gods and goddesses walked the earth. When humans began to become more and more corrupt, Astraea the goddess of innocence left earth to dwell in the heavens as the constellation Virgo.

Eventually, even Zeus became tired of the corruptness of humanity and created a flood to cover the entire earth except for the top of Mt Parnassus. Two humans, Deucalian and Pyrrha survived the flood on top of Parnassus. However, after the flood receded they wandered the earth lost and alone. Astraea took pity on them and created starlight to guide them. As she wept from pity, her tears landed on earth and formed the star-like flower, the aster.

The Language of Aster:

If you send someone asters you are speaking to them of romantic things such as Love; Daintiness, and Affection.

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