April, the Romans thought, is sacred to Venus, the goddess of love. The name “April” derives from either a Latin verb meaning “to open,” or the name of Venus’s Greek equivalent, Aphrodite, the goddess of love, lust, beauty, pleasure, passion, procreation, desire, sex, fertility, prosperity, and victory. April isn’t really the cruelest month, unless, for you, beauty is painful.
Book of Months