is privy
to having the infamous Friday the 13th I felt that it would be
fitting to take a look at the meaning behind the bad rap given to not only this
dreaded date but the number 13 in general. For some reason I have a feeling that November's Friday the 13th may cause some particular shock waves mostly because the planet Mars will finally go direct after a long retrograde. Surprising situations will abound that can be added to the list of the year 2020's most bazaar happenings.
In Christian religions Friday
is associated with the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ and therefore given an ominous
meaning. The 12 disciples and Christ
formed a group of 13 to share in the Last Supper. Also, let's not forget the French bar-b-que of 1307 when hundreds of Knights Templar were arrested and
burnt across France on Friday the 13th of October.
The symbolism of the number 13 is of great
significance in several cultures and religions. In ancient Greece, Zeus was
counted as the 13th and most powerful god. The symbolism of 13 especially comes
into play in the story of Osiris, the Egyptian god of life, death, and powerful
cosmic energy who was murdered by his brother, Typhon, who sliced him into 14
pieces.
Isis, Osiris’ wife along with his sister, could only find 13 of the 14
body parts (the 14th part being the generative organ), which fell into the Nile
and was eaten by a school of fish-OUCH! Maybe they were Lorena Bobbitt fish.
This story illustrates that the number 13 is the precursor to completion, a
fact which is also borne out by nature itself.
There are 13 moons in a calendar year. The
moon is associated with the Spiral of Life—birth, death, and rebirth—as she
moves through the phases from dark to full and back to dark again. In numerology the number 13 is the focus of
pragmatism and hard work. The 13’s nature is to build a secure foundation for
the very future.
It was just over the past few hundred years
that the superstitions around the number 13 and the day of the week,
Friday, were fused together to become kryptonite to any chance of luck that might
be tossed our way.
The number 13 is associated with the
Death card in a Tarot Deck. It has been demonized by Hollywood in such movies
as the Friday the 13th
franchise and the use of address such as 1313
Mocking Bird Lane in the Munster’s television series.
Society as a whole buys into the anxiety
caused by the number 13. Some
hotels and office buildings go as far as to omit the thirteenth floor of a building.
The Chinese cultures freak out over the number four (which in numerology is the
reduced sum of 13, 1+3=4) In Chinese the words “four” and “death” sound alike.
The ill-fated NASA mission, Apollo 13, also
had the bad luck of noticing on the evening of April 13th, when they were 200,000 miles from Earth, that there was a
low-pressure warning signal on a hydrogen tank in their orbiter, the Odyssey.
Do people born on Friday the 13th , or
the 13th of any month really carry around their own personal cloud full
of disasters waiting to happen, or is it just another urban legend similar to if
you were to leave a tooth in a cup of coke overnight, only to have it dissolve
by morning?
If you were born on the 13th of the month
and also have the double whammy of your actual birth take place on a Friday you
probably get the usual response from others saying, “Oh Wow! Aren’t you lucky,
as they slowly back away and run for cover before they catch the jinx you
supposedly carry in your celestial DNA.
Let’s hope that you didn’t run into any
kids who refused to attend your birthday parties because they seriously
suffered from a phobia called "paraskavedekatriaphobia”, which is a fear
of Friday the13th.
Being born on the 13th of any month
regardless of whether or not it is a Friday automatically seems to lump you
into the formidable group of superstitions such as black cats, walking under
ladders, having a bird fly into your house and other anxiety-laden paranoia
associated with being dealt an off-suit hand of fate.
The day of the week, Friday, in itself isn’t
so bad. We all seem to hang for Fridays
when the work week is over but pair it up with the 13th of the month it
becomes a “Fri-tini,” a Molotov cocktail for calamity.
Are there any upsides to being born on Friday
the 13th or the 13th of any month? Well, you can always say that
you share Friday the 13th birthdays with such celebrities as Mary Kate
and Ashley Olsen: The twins were born Friday, June 13, 1986. Julia
Louis-Dreyfus, famed Seinfeld actress, was born on the infamous date as well
(Friday,January 13, 1961.) Let’s not
forget the master of the macabre, Alfred Hitchcock, who was born on Friday,
August 13, 1899.
Thirteen is a mystical and magical number in
mythology, the occult, and ancient history.
There were Twelve Knights of the Round Table as well as King Arthur
himself (12 + 1 = 13). The 13th Degree
in Freemasonry is called the Royal Arch.
The American flag has 13 stripes in honor of
its first 13 colonies. In Italy, 13 is a lucky number. It is associated with
the "Great Goddess," who is responsible for fertility and lunar
cycles. Remember, there are really 13 Lunar months. Many Italians believe the
number 13 brings prosperity and life, and it is seen as especially lucky
when gambling.
Hey, even modern astrologers are coming to
grips with the possibility that Ophiuchus, the serpent wrestler, should be
given proper status as the 13th astrological sign for the new millennium.
Are we guilty of “numerically profiling”
people born on Friday the 13th or the 13th of any month? It really is just another day. Because of all the media hype whenever a
Friday the 13th comes along we buy into the illusion of fear (False, Emotions, Appearing Real).
Do more misfortunes really happen on Friday
the 13th or are we just more aware of any bummer situations because of
this infamous date?
Our
mind is the creator and there is a super strong power to belief. Because we expect bad things to be associated
with the number 13, in essence, we manifest these phenomena.
The historical origins of the number 13
have a quasi-relationship with science, math, faith, mysticism, and psychology.
Fate and freewill will always intermingle with the chaos in our lives.
To read more about how numbers speak to us and link into our consciousness read: The Book of Transformation Open Yourself to Psychic Evolution, the Rebirth of the World, and the Empowering Shift Pioneered by the Indigos
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Namaste’
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