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The history of curses varies between cultures, locations, religions or beliefs, and times. However, the intention of the curse has consistently been to conjure a supernatural power to inflict misfortune or punishment on a target.

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Archaeological discoveries provide evidence of a plethora of ancient curses and protective spells, such as the discovery of cursed tablets , evil eye talismans , and warding items .

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Since beliefs of deities, the supernatural, and the power of Magick has existed, the use of magic, spells, and curses have been conjured.

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Friday the 13th was considered a day of great fortune and luck~ the Chinese would use 13 moon cakes as offerings for luck and prosperity.

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Friday the 13th is a day to celebrate the Goddess of Love, Prosperity and Good Fortune. In ancient times a 13 month lunar calendar was kept with seven day weeks. There were 13 Friday the 13ths each year and were considered holy days with ceremonial celebrations for the Goddess.

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Before the Church cast its gloomy superstitions on Friday the 13th, was a pagan festival day, devoted to guiltless indulgence in pleasure and love-making. Both the number 13 and Friday are sacred to the goddess.

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Another popular theory links the superstition to the demise of the Knights Templar, a monastic military order whose members were arrested en masse by France’s King Philip IV on Friday, October 13, 1307.

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According to biblical sources, Friday was the day on which Eve offered Adam the forbidden fruit and Jesus was crucified.

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Friday the 13th has had a bad luck reputation dating back to at least 1780 B.C., when the ancient Babylonian legal document known as the Code of Hammurabi was enacted without a 13th law.

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Friday the 13th has often been held in high regards by women and the pagan community. Rituals and spells are often conducted on this day.

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Friday the 13th is in fact, a very powerful day for feminine energy and creativity.

It is an extremely powerful time of death and rebirth as it represents that mid-point in the cycle between something new emerging and something old slipping away.

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When society became more patriarchal women were made to feel ashamed when they had their periods and their potential to create and hold space for new life was no longer held in high regard~contributing to the idea that Friday the 13th is an unlucky day.

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When a woman was ovulating, she was considered to be at the height of her power and was celebrated for her ability to receive, hold and create new life.

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Before patriarchal times, when a woman was bleeding she was considered to embody divine and magical powers. She was regarded by all for her wisdom and ability to offer intuitive and psychic messages.

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On average the 13th falls in the middle of the Moon cycle and represents that midway point between death and rebirth. The midway point between the New Moon, where a woman is shedding (the death) and the Full Moon, where the woman is ovulating (rebirth).

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There are 13 Moon cycles every year and the average female experiences 13 periods per year.

If a woman’s periods are in sync with the cycle of the Moon, she will shed her lining on the New Moon and ovulate on the Full Moon.

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The Number 13 holds an extremely potent feminine energy and is considered to be the number of death and rebirth, creation, fertility and blood.

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Friday the 13th was considered a very powerful day to manifest, honor creativity and to celebrate beauty, wisdom and nourishment of the soul.

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Before patriarchal times, Friday the 13th was considered the day of the Goddess. It was a day to worship the Divine Feminine that lives in us all and to honor the cycles of creation and death and rebirth.

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Beltane is the anglicised name for the Gaelic May Day Sabbat May 1st~ November 1st the Southern Hemisphere. It was widely observed throughout Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man.