Why Friday 13th Is Considered As Unlucky.

It is quite rare for the 13^th to fall on a Friday. Mostly it occurs once a year but this year it happened twice, the first being on January and now October. This day has been considered as bad luck.

Like black cats, broken mirrors, and hitting your left foot in the morning, Friday 13^th has been considered unlucky due to many past events that have occurred that were considered evil, cruel and atrocious.

This myth goes way back to when Jesus Christ had his last supper. It is said that Judas Iscariot who betrayed Jesus was the 13^th guest to arrive. Jesus was also killed on the Friday. It is reported that Cain killed Abel on a Friday.

This is not the case worldwide. In Greece and Spanish speaking countries, Tuesday 13^th is considered a bad luck while Italians consider Friday 17^th bad luck. The fear of number 13 has its own term, triskaidekaphobia.

Artist like Taylor Swift however consider 13^th a lucky number. She shared that she was born on the 13^th, celebrated her 13^th birthday on Friday the 13^th and her first album went gold after 13 weeks.

According to psychologists, Friday 13^th comes from magical thinking. Where two unrelated things are connected and magical things happen. This however is normal for humans to be superstitious according to the psychologists.