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Friday the 13th is the luckiest day for Pagans and Witches!
Friday is named after the Goddess Frigga, who blesses marriage and
fertility. The number 13 has many associations with luck and good
fortune in pre-Christian or non-Christian cultures. From the Chinese
to the Egyptians, and stretching as far back in time to the 27,000
year old prehistoric carving of the Venus of Laussel, the number 13
has been important.
"Lucky people generate their own good fortune via four basic
principles. They are skilled at creating and noticing chance
opportunities, make lucky decisions by listening to their intuition,
create self-fulfilling prophesies via positive expectation, and adopt
a resilient attitude that transform bad luck into good." - Richard
Wiseman
Celebrate Friday the 13th by :
Petting a black cat! Cats are sacred to Frigga, after whom Friday is named.
Getting a "bakers' dozen" (13) donuts or bagels in honor of the sacred
round "holed stones", the psychic gateways of the British Isles. Share
with your co-workers or friends!
Kiss your spouse 13 times to gain the blessings of Frigga, goddess of marriage.
More 13 lore to celebrate:
There are 13 Moons in a year
There are 13 witches in a traditional coven
13 Notches on the horn carried by the Venus of Laussel
There are 13 Buddhas in some schools of thought in India
The next Harry Potter book will be released on Friday, July 13th, 2007!
13 original colonies in America
The known universe is currently thought to be about 13.7 billion years
old, with an error of about one percent.
There are 13 zodiac constellations, which consist of the 12 signs in
the astrological zodiac and Ophiuchus.
In Judaism, 13 is considered a lucky number. One explanation for this
is that the word אחד echad, Hebrew for 'one' and thus a way of
describing the unique God, has the numerological value of 13 according
to the Gematria system
The ancient Maya used the number 13 in the development of their
calendrical science which served as the basis of their cosmology as
well. The 13:20 ratio expresses the frequencies and cycles of
Creation, now scientifically verifiable through the latest discoveries
about the classical period Mayan Calendar.
In Sikhism, the number thirteen (13) is a number devoted to the
remembrance of God, therefore it is also considered lucky by people
who practice the Sikh faith.
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