Is 13 a unlucy number?

Question

It is belived but I don't know the reasons behing it.

Answer 1

Must be it prevented you from using the spell check!

"Is 13 a unlucy number?
It is belived but I don't know the reasons behing it."

corrected:
Is 13 an unlucky number?
It is believed, but I don't know the reasons behind it.

Answer 2

Expecting bad luck this Friday the 13th? Well worry not -- superstitions are often based on rumors and unrelated facts cobbled together, and the dread of the number 13 is no exception. Historically, this number has been seen as both blessing and curse.

Here are some examples:

When someone wants to offer proof of unlucky 13, the oft-sited example is the Apollo 13 lunar mission, which left the launching pad at 13 minutes after 1 pm, or 13:13 in military time, and returned to earth on the 13th of April. However, all the astronauts on that terrifying flight returned home alive, which seems to disprove rather than support the superstition.

It's said that in the Western world, 13 became unlucky after the Last Supper, where 13 broke bread together, resulting in Jesus' crucifixion on Friday the 13th. But the Vikings have an even older tradition of thirteen at a table foretelling death, cited in a myth where 13 gods gathered for a feast. There, the favorite, Baldur, was murdered.

Considering the supersition, archeologists point even further back to the ancient Hammurabi's Code, which lacks a thirteenth law, suggesting that the fear of 13 dates back more than three millennia. That said, most historians agree that the fear of 13 (in particular Friday the 13th) became epidemic after the 1970's -- when the Friday the 13th movies entered our pop culture consciousness.

Nonetheless, the United States military avoids numbering new models of planes with 13; the American fighter plane the YF-12 was followed by the F-14! Just two months ago, the superstition affected an airline, Brussels Air, and its new logo with thirteen orange balls. Customer outrage was so extreme that the airline was forced to add another ball to its logo and repaint all its airplanes. Sound crazy?

This type of reaction is far from unusual, as many as 85% of buildings number the 13th floor with 14 in order not to spook potential clients. Many cities in North America and Europe have a 12th street, followed by a street with a name, then a 14th street; very few tempt bad luck with 13th Street. Most hotels, cruise ships and even town councils choose not to number rooms, floors or house numbers with the number 13 as it has a negative impact on sales.

Yet, this is far from a universal fear. In Japan, Korea and China the number 13 has no evil significance, while the number 4 is terrifying because it has the same pronunciation as the word for death. In Jewish mysticism, 13 is lucky as it reveals the magical ability to transcend the influences of the cosmos (the twelve signs of the Zodiac), making it the sign of someone truly extraordinary. Ancient Egyptians viewed 13 as the glorious number of transformation, the spiritual ascension. Also, the lunar year often has 13 full moons dividing the months, so that Wiccan and pagan acolytes consider the number a sign of the Goddess, and therefore not only lucky but divine.

Whether something is lucky or a warning of trouble, is due to your beliefs and other signifiers like your astrological chart and personal numerology. If you have any questions about which numbers are lucky or unlucky for you, a Psychic Numerologist can help.

Answer 3

Here's some possibilities:

It's a prime number, and it's after 12, one of the most divisible numbers (1,2,3,4 and 6), so when 13 is divided there is always 1 odd or "unlucky one"

A person can count to 12, 8 fingers, 2 thumbs and 2 feet, but 13 is unknown, hence frightening, hence unlucky.

13 is the 6th prime number, and 6 is considered unlucky because of 666.

Judas was the 13th disciple to sit at the last supper.

There were 12 Norse Gods and 1 evil God Loki, and at a banquet of the gods Loki crashed it (being the 13th God) and killed one of the guests with a poison arrow.

Answer 4

Funny you should ask. I just did a lesson on witch hunts for Halloween for my junior high classes.

The reason why 13 is an unlucky number is because witches supposedly met in groups of 12 to summon the devil, and when Lucifer arrived that made 13.

Considering the hundreds of thousands of innocent women who were murdered over a period of 700 years, I do not think that 13 is unlucky at all.

Answer 5

13 being unlucky dates back to the days of the Knights Templar. The Pope decided they were getting to strong, and wrote a proclomation against them to have them destroyed, charging them with heracy, homosexuality, murdering children, ect. The proclomation was opened on Friday the 13th.
Later, during the "burning times", it was 13, used for covens, 12 witches with the devil making 13. Using this logic by the church, one could say 12 disciples and Jesus, (making 13), constitutes a coven.
Another unlucky 13: there were 13 people at the last supper, Christ was crucified on Friday the 13th.

Answer 6

no
its been considered unlucky since Friday, October 13, 1066 the pope ordered the murders of the knights Templar.
before that you see a history of 13 being a sacred number 12+1 is the apostles and Jesus for instance.

Pagan Dan - witches do not believe in the devil why would they summon it. the devil is a christian creation to keep from taking responsibility for their actions.

Answer 7

Old superstition. There is no luck factor to 13 or any number for that matter.

Answer 8

not to me everytime i get gas i always use pump 13 i dont know why its just teh most convienvent one at the store.and nothing bad has happened to my..knock on wood lol

Answer 9

Considering i got my 1st job on 13th, i would like to differ.

Answer 10

Superstition, just like black cats, and walking under ladders.