Friday the 13th is considered an unlucky day in Western superstition. It occurs when the 13th day of the month in the Gregorian calendar falls on a Friday. Well, but do you know why it is considered a ‘Bad Friday’ or an ‘Unlucky Friday’. People fear this day because they have always heard that number 13 falling on a Friday is always unlucky. People have adopted this thing to an extent that they have a fear of this day- Friday the 13th. Science has invented a word for the fear of number 13: “triskaidekaphobia”.
Let us today, on the 13th May, the Friday, clear this out as why do this date carry a fear with it and what’s the history behind this. They say that the fear may have arisen as back as in the Middle Ages. In the Roman times, Friday was the execution day, while the number 13 has its own lengthy list of bad omens. Many cities do not have 13 street, buildings are often build without the 13th floor or they skip it in the elevator number list of floors. One evil even says that if you have 13 characters in your name, it’s the devil’s luck for you.
Let us understand the entire concept through this video:
We believe its just a superstition. If you go by the statistics, since 1950 in the Wall Street, New York, average returns on Friday the 13th are more than double the average gain of the trading days in general. Not just this, riday the 13th also help couples save more on their weddings. The fearless couples getting married on the ‘unlucky day’ gets a 10-15% discount on the venue. Maybe someday, the positive superstitions will cancel out the bad ones.
But, by the mean time, we wish you great luck for the rest of your day.
