Halloween is Samhain, one of the witch Holidays. We have one every month and a half approx. That would mean every second month is bad luck to Xians. But it's origins are Celtic. You have a hate on for Celts? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhain
"In England, a calendar of thirteen months of 28 days each, plus one extra day, known as "a year and a day" was still in use up to Tudor times. The lunar year was the easiest to count for cultures before scientific methods existed to observe the movement of the earth around the sun, so it was associated with worship of the pagan Great Goddess for thousands of years, which may be another reason for 13 becoming a taboo number. Taboo often is misunderstood when only half of the totem and taboo relationship is recognized. Among religions having totem and taboo characteristics, that which is taboo on a regular basis, may become quite sacred on special occasions.
The thirteenth of a month is likewise ominous, particularly when it falls on a Friday (see Friday the 13th), a Tuesday in the Greek and Spanish-speaking world, or a Monday in Russia. Months with a Friday the 13th must always begin on a Sunday. Friday is the day named after the Great Goddess or one of her manifestations. In English it comes from the Old English frigedæg, meaning the day of Frige the Anglo-Saxon form of Frigga, the Germanic goddess of beauty. In most Germanic languages it is named after Freyja—such as Freitag in Modern German, vrijdag in Dutch, fredag in Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish—but Freyja and Frigga are frequently identified with each other. The word for Friday in most Romance languages is derived from the name of Venus, another manifestation of the goddess in triad, such as vendredi in French, venerdi in Italian, viernes in Spanish, and vineri in Romanian. A Friday that falls on the thirteenth would be especially taboo and likely to be the focus of special ceremonies among such cultures.
Women living in a natural environment tend to have their menses during a full moon.[citation needed] A twenty-eight day menstruation cycle is most typical, so a woman usually has 13 menses in a year. Supposedly, in the past, a woman who "bled" during a full moon might be thought a witch. The fear of women's connection to the moon, through worship of the Great Goddess, as well as the unscientific association of the full moon with mental disorders has, according to this theory, caused the number 13 to be seen as bad luck, and connected to the powerful supernatural forces of women.
In the Persian culture, 13 is also considered an unlucky number. On the 13th day of the Persian new year (Norouz), people consider staying at home unlucky, and go outside for a picnic in order to ward off the bad luck.
In Sikhism, the number 13 is considered a special number since 13 is tera in Punjabi, which also means "yours" (as in, "I am yours, O Lord"). The legend goes that when Guru Nanak Dev was taking stock of items as part of his employment with a village merchant, he counted from 1 to 13 (in Punjabi) as one does normally; and thereafter he would just repeat "tera", since all items were God's creation. The merchant confronted Guru Nanak about this, but found everything to be in order after the inventory was checked." http://www.chalicecentre.net/samhain.htm
"Not so surprising is the understanding that 13, being a sacred number to most Pagan traditions, was therefore considered evil by early Christians. It took very little for the religious leaders to invent a dogma to counter the Pagan’s sacred number.." http://pos-ny.com/2007/01/13/
""Friday was the day of the Goddess Freya, called unlucky by Christian monks because everything associated with female divinity was so called. Friday the 13th was said to be especially unlucky because it combined the Goddess’s sacred day with her sacred number, drawn from the 13 months of the pagan lunar year. Romans named the day dies Veneris after Venus, their own version of the same Goddess. In modern French, Friday is still vendredi, and in Italian, venerdi … Pagans, Hindus and rural Scots insisted that Friday was the most propitious day for a marriage because it was the day that favored fertility. Fish were eaten on Friday as fertility charms, in honor of Venus, whose totems they were. Fish are still considered ‘aphrodisiac’ food because they were sacred to Aphrodite. Thus, the Catholic habit of eating fish on Friday was wholly pagan in origin. But the church never acknowledged the debt. In the middle ages, when pagan votaries of the Goddess continued to celebrate her rites on Friday, churchmen designated her day as the day of ‘devil worship.’" From Barbara G. Walker, The Women’s Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets.
"In England, a calendar of thirteen months of 28 days each, plus one extra day, known as "a year and a day" was still in use up to Tudor times. The lunar year was the easiest to count for cultures before scientific methods existed to observe the movement of the earth around the sun, so it was associated with worship of the pagan Great Goddess for thousands of years, which may be another reason for 13 becoming a taboo number. Taboo often is misunderstood when only half of the totem and taboo relationship is recognized. Among religions having totem and taboo characteristics, that which is taboo on a regular basis, may become quite sacred on special occasions.
The thirteenth of a month is likewise ominous, particularly when it falls on a Friday (see Friday the 13th), a Tuesday in the Greek and Spanish-speaking world, or a Monday in Russia. Months with a Friday the 13th must always begin on a Sunday. Friday is the day named after the Great Goddess or one of her manifestations. In English it comes from the Old English frigedæg, meaning the day of Frige the Anglo-Saxon form of Frigga, the Germanic goddess of beauty. In most Germanic languages it is named after Freyja—such as Freitag in Modern German, vrijdag in Dutch, fredag in Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish—but Freyja and Frigga are frequently identified with each other. The word for Friday in most Romance languages is derived from the name of Venus, another manifestation of the goddess in triad, such as vendredi in French, venerdi in Italian, viernes in Spanish, and vineri in Romanian. A Friday that falls on the thirteenth would be especially taboo and likely to be the focus of special ceremonies among such cultures.
Women living in a natural environment tend to have their menses during a full moon.[citation needed] A twenty-eight day menstruation cycle is most typical, so a woman usually has 13 menses in a year. Supposedly, in the past, a woman who "bled" during a full moon might be thought a witch. The fear of women's connection to the moon, through worship of the Great Goddess, as well as the unscientific association of the full moon with mental disorders has, according to this theory, caused the number 13 to be seen as bad luck, and connected to the powerful supernatural forces of women.
In the Persian culture, 13 is also considered an unlucky number. On the 13th day of the Persian new year (Norouz), people consider staying at home unlucky, and go outside for a picnic in order to ward off the bad luck.
In Sikhism, the number 13 is considered a special number since 13 is tera in Punjabi, which also means "yours" (as in, "I am yours, O Lord"). The legend goes that when Guru Nanak Dev was taking stock of items as part of his employment with a village merchant, he counted from 1 to 13 (in Punjabi) as one does normally; and thereafter he would just repeat "tera", since all items were God's creation. The merchant confronted Guru Nanak about this, but found everything to be in order after the inventory was checked."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13_(number)
I'm not above quoting fantasy books myself if they say it well. "The most professional curse ever snarled or croaked or thundered can have no effect on a pure heart." The Last Unicorn. This is essentially true.
The efficacy of curses are fueled by your own personal belief that you should be punished. It is activated only by your own sense of guilt, over something you have done or not done. It does not have to be related in any way to the reason for the curse. And this is the crucial part. It also does NOT even have to justified. It is ONLY your own perception of guilt and the desire for punishment that manifests the Curse. Your physic subconscious has been alerted by the curse to some perceived guilt and has taken it upon Herself to punish you. Even if no one else would believe that you deserve it for the particular issue that you are hung up on. That is the only way curses work.
So it begs the question. If you are indeed under one, why did you curse yourself?
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