𝐓𝐇𝐄 13ᵗʰ 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗔𝗬

Friday the 13th is considered an unlucky day in western supersiticious. It occurs when the 13th day of the month in the Gregorian calender falls on a Friday, which happens at least once every year but can occur up to three times in the same year—for example, in 2015, Friday the 13th occurred in February, March, and November. 2017 through 2020 will all have two Friday the 13ths each, and the years 2021 and 2022 will both have just one occurrence each.
Friday the 13th occurs in any month that begins on a Sunday.

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The world is surrounded by a number of legends, beliefs, and myths. One would have thought that rationalist people know better than to believes these legends but that has not been the case. Even in today’s modern world legends continue to enthrall people.
One legend, belief, or myth surrounds the number 13 and says that it is an unlucky number.

If you think about it, there have been a number of incidents that have fuelled this belief. You could take the Apollo 13 for example. This was the single unsuccessful mission by the superpower United States of America. It was supposed to land on the moon but it failed. On April 13, 1970 an oxygen tank exploded and this caused the ground crew and the flight crew to go through a number of intense and difficult days. The astronauts were, however, safe. The mission may have failed but it has made its mark in the history of the world.

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Another example is the Columbia Space Shuttle. This one went into space on 1/16/2003. Add all the numbers and you will get the number 13. During its re-entry into Earth, it exploded. All the crewmembers aboard the shuttle died.

You can also think about the analysis made by The Telegraph, the leading United Kingdom newspaper, in 2005. They analyzed the lottery balls that won right form the year 1994, which marked the beginning of the UK National Lottery. Their analysis showed that number 13 was indeed an unlucky number. It was drawn only 120 times since 1994 to 2004. The luckiest ball was found to be 38. It was drawn for whopping 182 times.

☻︎Even Microsoft considers the number 13 very unlucky and that is the reason why there is no version 13 of Microsoft office. The version 12 is Microsoft Office 2007 and the next version Microsoft Office 2010 is actually version 14. Thus, the company skipped number 13 all together.

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Most people fear it when the thirteenth day of the month falls on a Friday. The day itself is considered unlucky because most believe that Friday is an unlucky day and the others believe that number 13 is unlucky. Combine both of them and the resultant day is as unlucky as it could be. In fact, the English government had tried to prove that the myth related to Friday was silly. The government started building a ship named Friday on a Friday. The day of its launch was also Friday but sadly, the ship couldn’t even complete its first voyage! It sank!

✫︎𝗦𝗢, 𝗪𝗛𝗬 𝗜𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗡𝗨𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥 𝗦𝗢 𝗨𝗡𝗟𝗨𝗖𝗞𝗬?

According to Numerology, the number 13 is defined as an ill-fated number of a haunting number. But, you should not believe such perceptions because they are completely wrong.

Number 13 is actually all about leadership. It represents a Guru or a master. Among all those born under the number 4, the number 13 people are very unique. They are unpredictable and can’t be analyzed easily. They are more like a puzzle. You can’t understand them easily and it will feel like you are unearthing a hidden treasure. There are many secret societies and sects that select their leaders who are born on the thirteenth.

If you notice the symbol of the United States of America, you will see the number 13. The seal has two sides and there is the number 13 there. There are also 13 leaves, 13 olive seeds, and 13 arrows. You see the number 13 even in the head of the eagle.

13 is also a cosmic mystery, according to many findings. There is apparently a 13th zodiac sign that has been revealed by NASA but again, it is a mystery.

Think about Jesus Christ’s life. It is a mystery. Did you know that he had 12 disciples and he was the 13th?

The Great Seal of USA also has a mysterious meaning and you can see the number 13 on it.
Those who are born of the thirteenth of any month or those who have a name that adds up to thirteen have a very mysterious life.

𖦹︎𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘𝗦-1𖦹︎

The Devil’s Dozen
It is said: If 13 people sit down to dinner together, all will die within the year. The Turks so disliked the number 13 that it was practically expunged from their vocabulary (Brewer, 1894). Many cities do not have a 13th Street or a 13th Avenue.
Many buildings don’t have a 13th floor. If you have 13 letters in your name, you will have the devil’s luck (Jack the Ripper, Charles Manson, Jeffrey Dahmer, Theodore Bundy and Albert De Salvo all have 13 letters in their names). There are 13 witches in a coven.
Though no one can say for sure when and why human beings first associated the number 13 with misfortune, the belief is assumed to be quite old and there are any number of theories purporting to trace its origins to antiquity and beyond.
It has been proposed, for example, that fears surrounding the number 13 are as ancient as the act of counting. Primitive man had only his 10 fingers and two feet to represent units, so he could not count higher than 12. What lay beyond that — 13 — was an impenetrable mystery, hence an object of superstition. This has a lovely, didactic ring to it, but one is left wondering:
did primitive man not have toes?
Despite whatever terrors the numerical unknown held for their prehistoric forebears, ancient civilizations weren’t unanimous in their dread of 13. The Chinese regarded the number as lucky, historians say, as did the Egyptians in the time of the pharaohs.
To the ancient Egyptians, life was a quest for spiritual ascension which unfolded in stages — 12 in this life and a 13th beyond, thought to be the eternal afterlife. The number 13 therefore symbolized death — not in terms of dust and decay, but as a glorious and desirable transformation. Though Egyptian civilization perished, the death-symbolism they conferred on the number 13 survived, only to be corrupted by later cultures who associated it with a fear of death instead of a reverence for the afterlife.

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According to folklore historian Donald Dossey, the unlucky nature of the number “13” originated with a Norse myth about 12 gods having a dinner party in Vallahala. The trickster god Loki, who was not invited, arrived as the 13th guest, and arranged for Hodr to shoot Balder with a mistletoe-tipped arrow. Dossey: “Balder died, and the whole Earth got dark. The whole Earth mourned. It was a bad, unlucky day.” This major event in Norse mythology caused the number 13 to be considered unlucky.
The superstition may have also arisen in the middle ages, “originating from the story of Jesus last supper and crucifision” in which there were 13 individuals present in the upper room on the 13th of Nisan maundy thursday, the night before his death on Good friday.While there is evidence of both Friday and the number 13 being considered unlucky, there is no record of the two items being referred to as especially unlucky in conjunction before the 19th century.