Friday the 13th
Superstition is an interesting thing, it’s so ingrained in most of us (even those that swear they aren’t superstitious) that were not even aware of it. I thought it would be fitting today to talk about origins to some of the more common ones … Like Friday the 13th. did you know that its only been a mainstream superstitious day since the 1950’s, and the earliest documented reference is in a 1869 Biography of Gioachino Antonio Rossini who died on a Friday the 13th?
There are many theories out there of where this superstition started, from the norse folklore of a goddess named Frigga (Friday) who despite being the goddess of love and fertility convened with 11 other witches and the devil! (13 in total) … You can thank the distorted views of Christianity for that version… and of coarse lets not forget the Da Vinci Code, Knights Templar version that has become popular in recent years. Oh, and I can’t forget that the fear of ‘unlucky’ 13 stretches to much more then just Fridays … Most buildings don’t have an official 13th floor, and as a society we seem to accept that…
Personally I think that as far as days go, its a pretty lucky day …
Friday’s usually rock because the weekend starts, and there are 13 moons in a year… so how could it be unlucky?
But then again, I’m not really a lucky, unlucky, lucky kinda guy. I prefer to think that life is 10% what happens and 90% how you manage it.
Some other common superstitions to leave you food for thought…
Horseshoes – Great luck, just don’t turn them upside down or the luck will fall out 
Lucky Rabbit Foot – Lucky for you, not so lucky for the rabbit that lost it.
Four Leaf Clover – Protects you from ‘evil’ spells and really lucky if your Irish.
Broken Mirrors – Seven years of bad luck if you break a mirror … unless of coarse you wait seven hours to clean it up.
Black Cats – don’t let them cross your path (or don’t watch) … Thats why Morphious got nabbed … it was the cat’s fault!
I’m not saying that I’m NOT a superstitious person, I actually am… but I think that as an educated and hopefully intelligent civilization, we should look at some of the limiting beliefs we all carry around with us.
I’m off to have an uber awesome, fantastic, happy, luck, joy day!!! I hope you have one too!!! 
Hmmm….
Now I have to find something else to write about next month, when we get another Friday the 13th …
