Cue horror movie doom music – Friday the 13th is just around the corner, bringing with it a general sense of unease and some tried-and-true astrological transits.
Come Friday, we’ll be fresh from a tense opposition between our planets of love and war, a driving energy high, boosted by the last few days of Mercury retrograde in Sagittarius and the moon on the brink of fullness in chaos as a cardio sign. of Gemini.
Gentle, it is not. Read on to learn more.
Why is Friday the 13th unlucky?
First, let’s address the ominous reputation.
The unfortunate association of this day of days stretches back centuries in Nordic folklore. According to myth, the twelve main deities of the Norse pantheon hosted a dinner (entertainment) in Valhalla.
The trickster god Loki appeared uninvited as the thirteenth guest and orchestrated the ‘mistlet kill’ the death of Balder the Fair, god of light and joy. Balder’s death brought grief to the world and strengthened the evil atmosphere of number thirteen.
Fatal holidays continue in the Christian tradition.
Biblical bad blood
Thirteen people were present at the Last Supper, and Judas, a potential Aries and red-haired JC betrayer, was the last to arrive, furthering the association between numbers and impending death or destruction.
And the hits keep on coming, folks.
Friday comes into the Bible game in several ways; Jesus was crucified on the Friday after the Last Supper, and according to history, Friday marks the day that a) Cain killed Abel and b) Eve offered Adam the apple of the fall of knowledge.
Yes.
The historical horrors of Friday the 13th
Through the Bible and beyond, Friday the 13th has been host to sinister events that have further fueled its reputation as the big bad.
Notable among them are the arrest and subsequent massacre of the Knights Templar in 1307, the bombing of Buckingham Palace in 1940, the assassination of New Yorker Kitty Genovese in 1964, and the death of rapper Tupac Shakur in 1996.
The fear of this date is as deep as its history; There are even two terms to describe the phobia, each sounding an awful lot like Ikea furniture – namely paraskavedekatriaphobia and friggatriskaidekaphobia.
Swifties rejoice
One person is doing their best to rename Friday the 13th? HRH Taylor Swift, who will turn 35 on Friday the 13th. Since the beginning, Tay Tay has launched a personal campaign to make 13 a lucky number. Swift has been known to scratch 13 on the back of her hand before performing, a practice imitated by Swifties around the world.
She explained to Jay Leno in 2009, “I was born on the 13th. I turned 13 on Friday the 13th. My first album went gold in 13 weeks. My first song no. 1 had an entry of 13 seconds. Every time I’ve won an award, I’ve either sat in the 13th seat, the 13th row, the 13th section, or the M row, which is the 13th letter. Basically, whenever a 13 comes in my life, it’s a good thing.”
Touch.
Friday the 13th Astrology
In astrology, Friday belongs to Venus, the planet of love, beauty, attraction, assets, aesthetics and ambient light.
And so it happens that this year, Venus will be in the free and whimsical vapors of Aquarius on Friday the 13th.
Venus in Aquarius welcomes the strange and recognizes that love is an act of creation that insists we color across the lines and express and receive care in unexpected ways from surprising sources.
We love to hear it.
However, we will feel the aftershock of the Venus-Mars opposition on Thursday the 12th, an intense transit boosted by the energy of the Gemini full moon and the last gasp of Mercury in retrograde.
If Venus is our planet of happiness and beauty, ease and harmony, Mars is the hot light of tempers, disagreements and efforts made. This opposition is a struggle between masculine and feminine forces, the desire to settle versus the need to be right, comfort versus uncomfortable change. At their best and brightest, these opposing energies provide the necessary tension, sexual, creative and otherwise.
The Latin root of tense is I get tense meaning “to lie down”.
Perhaps under the influence of this transit and with the sun shining in the ultimately optimistic sign of Sagittarius, we can expand our definition of luck and remain open to the possibility that friction can indeed lead to fortune.
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Astrologer Reda Wigle researches and reports irreverently on planetary configurations and their effect on each zodiac sign. Her horoscopes integrate history, poetry, pop culture and personal experience. To book a reading, visit her website.
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