Cupid's Fair-Weather Booke

MARCH

Reading edition

Aries

Illustration from Cupid's Fair-Weather Booke Including an Almanack for Any Two Years (True Love Ought to Last That Long)

The Ram

A hat and a winged heart blowing away in the wind

THE RAM

The wind is like to a Rampageous Ram, That rushes to and fro and round about. I speed my parting hat with futile damn, As my umbrella turneth inside out.

An umbrella turned inside out by the wind

Lady holding her hat on to avoid it being blown away

CUPID’S FORECAST MARCH

Marked coldness, followed by windy sighs, culminating in stormy bluster. Alternate Frostiness and Melting. A depressing month and one to test the intensity of the heart gardener. All but the hardiest plants must be given extreme attention, and many gardeners, to avoid the danger of a frost, sit up far into the night with their favorite plants during this month. But at the best it is apt to be chilly and unpleasant going. The month ends in calm, indifferent weather.