Ivy takes its name from the climbing plant, long associated with fidelity and enduring attachment since it clings and persists through changing seasons. The name is commonly linked with quiet resilience -- growth that continues steadily rather than in sudden bursts, and a loyalty that holds even under difficult conditions.
It's rare if any Planet prove a fortune in the eighth or twelfth, by reason of the malignancy of those Houses. - William Lilly (1602.-1681.)