This Januarie is ravysshed in a traunce
At every tyme he looked on hir face.
– Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales, The Merchant’s Tale. January’s immediate response to May is that he is overcome by lust for her. He is ravished in a trance every time he looks at her, underlining how superficial and shallow he is when it comes to engaging with the opposite sex. Women are sexual symbols for him.