Even skeptical people who did not believe in the supernatural, inwardly wince when they see on the calendar that the 13th number falls on a Friday.
And when that day, something is not going well, shrug, "Well, what else could be expected." With what kind of attitude to this day?
Where this date? Most of our contemporaries, Friday the 13th is associated with the same serial killer on the Psycho in a hockey mask that this day began the bloody harvest. But also ancient Greekstriedget "a baker's dozen party" because they believed that the number of death.
According to the old beliefs on this day the Sabbath flock witchand kurazhatsya over people, so on the night of Friday the 13th is better not to be away from home.
Numerologists claim that the number 13 - is a harmonious counterbalance to the dozen (12 gods on Mount Olympus, 12 months, 12 signs of the zodiac, the 12 apostles), and in this day need to be especially careful. By the way, Judas betrayed Jesus, it was the 13th apostle, and Christ was crucified on Friday.
If we look at the historical facts, on Friday, October 13, 1307, it was destroyed by the great Order of the Templars. On this day, the French monarch Philip IV ordered the arrest of all its members including senior management. Subsequently, they were subjected to severe torture and executed, and disbanded the Order.
Friday the 13th in the history and the present
- January 13, 1892 British steamer collided with reefs in the China Sea and sank. Killed 414 crew members.
- December 13, 1907 sank the largest ship at that time - "Thomas Laurson".
- November 13, 1909 in an explosion at a coal mine in Illinois, killing 250 miners.
- May 13, 1948 died the sister of US President John F. Kennedy - Kathleen. The plane, on which she was traveling crashed during a storm.
- On October 13, 1972 suffered a passenger plane in the Andes. The survivors fought for his life for 72 days.
- January 13, 1977 catastrophe "TU-104A" "Aeroflot". He fell in Kazakhstan near Alma-Ata. 90 people who were on board - died.
- January 13, 1985 ended the life of 392 South Africans. They were killed in the largest railway accident in the history of the country.
- January 13, 2012 - the collapse of the liner "Costa Concordia", which was carrying 4,200 passengers and crew. Ship during the cruise in the Western Mediterranean ran into reefs and overturned. Disaster victims become 32 people.
- 13 November 2015 - the terrorist attacks in Paris. The victims of the attacks 130 people have several hundred injured
And in our time? To date, this date is not so much mystical as economic significance. Due to the fact that many people in the world are trying to this day to make transactions without leaving your home, reduce their social activity, the economy suffers. For example, the US economy in each of those days suffered losses amounting to about a billion dollars.
Signs and superstition of Friday the 13th
Doctors people superstitious, so on this day, try not to assign transactions and other complex medical procedures. Surgeons believe that the risk that during the operation something goes wrong doubles.
After the attack of a computer virus Jerusalem in 1988. This day is considered unsafe and computer scientists. And this is true, since the risk of cyber attacks on this day actually increases, to this endeavor hackers.
In "Black Friday" is not recommended to transact and play wedding.
If you fear that this day will bring you bad luck - visit the church and pray.
For whom this happy day. In general, this day passes quite smoothly. Superstitious people reduce their activity and act carefully, and those who do not believe in the mystique of the influence of "Black Friday" is not covered.
Some peoples of the number "13" and is considered to be at all happy. For example, it respected the number of the Jews: once Israel was divided into 13 parts; In Ancient Egypt, the number symbolizing the favor of the gods. Lucky number 13 is in China, Japan, Korea.
13th, on the contrary, is considered auspicious day for the departure of the Spanish and Portuguese sailors Friday. This is due to the fact that Christopher Columbus was on Friday began its voyage to the shores of America.
And be sure to ask aboutwhat strange omens and superstitions exist in the world
