The fear of the number 13 [triskaidekaphobia] or that of Friday 13 [Paraskevidékatriaphobia] is an international and tough phenomenon, comprising great socio-economic costs (for each Friday 13^th , around one billion dollars in U.S.A.; 3 billions for years with 3 Fridays 13^th ). The fear of number 13 is the most widespread superstition in the Western culture. Engineers and architects feed the superstition: with skyscrapers, hotels and elevators without 13^th stage, and with planes without row or seat number 13, and so on …

Friday the thirteen … for any knowledge on the myth, finally a full book on the subject.

“Myth of Friday Thirteen” [ISBN 0-973738-01-4]


Free electronic version at the URL: http://www.vendredi13.co.nr/ or http://www.vendredi13.us/

The problems relating to the myth of Friday 13^th are recurring because in our current Gregorian calendar, any year, as well normal as bissextile, comprises at least 1 Friday 13^th to the maximum of 3 Fridays 13^th . One thus did not finish hearing some to speak about.

The annual maximum of 3 Fridays 13^th is reached if and only if the 1st day of the year considered is Thursday (of a normal year) or Sunday (of a leap year, as in 2006, January 1^st , 2006 = Sunday). In addition, the 13 of the month slightly have a stronger probability of falling one Friday than any other day week (see Friday 13th - Fateful Combinaison).

The number of Friday 13^th in a given year is a function at the same time of the type of year (normal or leap year) and of the day of the week during which fall on January 1^st .

For the year 2008 (a leap year, with 29 days in February), we will have only one Friday 13^th , falling in June, because the 1st day of 2008 is a Tuesday.

Since centuries, the combination and the components of Friday and the number 13 are symbols of misfortune. One always regarded the 12 as “divine” number and the subsequent 13 one becoming symbol of “curse”. Indeed there are 12 gods in ancient Olympe, 12 signs of the zodiac, 12 works of Hercules, 12 tribes of Israel and 12 apostles of Jesus. In addition, there are 12 months in the year, 12 hours in the day and 12 hours in the night.

However, on Friday 13^th is not a day of misfortune for everyone. In Spain, in Greece and Latin America, it is rather Tuesday 13^th which is day of bad luck. Among Italians, it is number 17 which is the unlucky and not 13. “Fare tredici!” or “To make the thirteen” is a slogan of the national lottery. Then, if you find number 13 you win. However, one will not find room 17, neither 17^th stage in the hotels, nor of row or seat number 17 on the planes of the Italian company Alitalia. Million of Asian are afraid of number 4. Indeed, this figure whose pronunciation is identical to that of the “dead” Mandarin word and also in Cantonese and in Japanese. For the Japanese, number 4 is haunted because it is pronounced “shi“, and this last word means “death“.

In addition, it is important to point out that mysteriously the life and the death of the pope John-Paul II are both strongly marked by number 13! …



Karol Józef Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II) was born May 18, 1920:
18/05/1920   ⇒    1 + 8 + 5 + 1 + 9 + 2 = 26 = 13 X 2



The murder attack against the Pope John-Paul II took place on May 13, 1981, at the Holy-Peter’s square



Died on April 2, 2005 or 04/02/2005   ⇒    2 + 4 + 2 + 5 = 13



Death at 9:37 pm or, 21h 37, the Vatican’s time   ⇒    2 + 1 + 3 + 7 = 13



Age at the time of its death 85 years (1920-2005)   ⇒    8 + 5 = 13



Its pontificate lasted 26 years, that is to say 13 X 2.

… etc…

For more information, see the page Pope John Paul II - MARK 13, at the URL:


http://www.chez.com/cosmos2000/Forums/666Pope.html

For triskaidekaphobia people, such as the writer Stephan King, we offer here talisman against the Friday June 13th , 2008. It is about a magic square of order 4, the first line of which is constituted by the figures of the current date of Friday the 13^th.

13 of June, 2008   ⇒    13/6/2008

The sum of each of the 4 lines, 4 columns and 2 diagonals of this talisman-square is 47.

Next Friday 13^th, to avoid losing the north, carry on you your square-talisman. Being of order 4, it will allow you, with chance, to keep control on all the 4 cardinal points (north, south, east and west) ! …

Friday the 13th - Top Reference
http://www.vendredi13.us/ ou http://www.vendredi13.co.nr/

Friday the 13th - Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th

Paraskavedekatriaphobia - Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraskavedekatriaphobia

Triskaidekaphobia - Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triskaidekaphobia

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