The dog days of August are clearly the hottest month of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. This makes the beach particularly appealing and the water warm after a summer of heat on the waves. As others have noted, this month is in desperate need of a holiday; however, Labor Day is just around the corner from August. An appropriate month for Leos, August was originally the Roman month of Sextillus which was renamed in honor of Caesar Augustus. The 31st day was added so that Augustus' month wouldn't have less days than Julius Caesar's month of July.
