Who doesn't remember their elementary school janitor as a mysterious person of power? The man saw everything. He was always there when someone thought they could sneak in or out of the building. He guarded and often guided the errant and helpless. The janitor. His title comes from the Roman god Janus, (pronounced "YAH-noos") who remains the custodian of the cosmos, watching over and caring for the world.
Janus maintains a place of slight remembrance on our calendars — Januarius (pertaining to Janus) — but his occupation at the start of the year is no accident. New Year's Day is sacred to Him. Pater Matutinus — father of the morning, son of light — came before Jupiter and all of the other Roman gods that the modern world so readily remembers. Janus is the God of Gods.
