What is the spiritual meaning of number 13?

Arouse hatreds and passions. The 13 It’s a controversial number to say the least. There are those who defend it to the letter and consider it a good luck charm; but there are also those – and there are many – who really do it they believe the opposite.

Yes, for a large majority the number 13 it represents all the negative, bad luck and misfortune. So much so sometimes remove the calendar and they avoid everything related to him in daily life.

But what is behind this belief? What does this number represent with so much mystical and symbolic charge?

What is the spiritual meaning of number 13?

The reason why the number 13 enjoys such a bad reputation that we can already find it in the Bible: the end of the world begins with the chapter 13 of the Apocalypse. In the Last SupperFurthermore, there were 13 diners (12 apostles and Jesus) and the result was a betrayal, a tragedy.

In completely distant borders, in Scandinaviathere is a similar tradition: according to ancient mythology, the god baldur He was killed by an arrow while the 12 great Gods were seated at the table. He was invited to dinner and he didn’t make it.

For their part, others believe that the destruction of the Tower of Babel there was a 13 and, therefore, it is also associated with all kinds of destruction.

The bad reputation of 13 It could also have to do with the Tarot card that carries that value, which is the death letter; It corresponds to the first number after the completion of a cycle (12) and is related to a new beginning (birth, death and regeneration) before going through dissolution.

This letter refers to first term after death, the cessation of cardiac functions and the separation of the soul from the physical body. This phase -according to the occultists- is very complicated and painful because the man is involved in the unconsciousness and a veil of empty.

For astrology, twelve are the signs of the zodiac through which the Sun passes in a year and 13 those who transit the Moon. Thus, the number 13 can also be associated with a lunar cyclewhich in our patriarchal culture is deserving.

If we look at it this way, the days 13 it would be a good time to express our instinctspower give emotions that no other day we dare; we can rediscover the feminine so attached and give it a space in our lives.

In the Annual Lunar Calendar, in the last month, the 13th, is when the death of the sun, the winter solstice. In cultures that defend the idea of ​​a cyclical life process in which one is born and dies continuously, it is not a problem that the sun dies, since in the following days it will be reborn again.

However, in the patriarchal cultures in which there is a linear concept of time, defending the idea that there is a definitive beginning and an end, that end can be experienced in a more terrible way.

Furthermore, in those patriarchal cultures which prefer the principle of a “constant” Sun to the existence of a more variable Moon, the apparent “death” of the central axis of their life would be a catastrophe.

With the introduction of solar calendarthe number 12 it becomes sacredwhile 13 is cursed as is often the case with all religious values ​​of ancestral cultures, since the most effective way to discredit these values ​​is to equate them to bad luck.

Since, the Moon, night and the number 13 constitute a marginalized group of excluded symbols and often unconscious while the masculine triad is formed by the Sun, the day and the number 12.

The number 13 – a number with good vibes and good luck

As often happens, what for some it is “negative”for others it is synonymous with fortune. However, the number 13 also plays an important role as magic number in certain quarters and does not always bring bad luck to the person wearing it.

For the Jewish religion it is an auspicious day. By order of Eliezer, the rabbi, the Jews fasted for 13 days and managed to overcome a severe drought because it rained. There were 13 horns in the temple, 13 boards and 13 were the bows that were performed during the religious service.

In the Bible, for Ishmael, Abraham’s earthly successor, the circumcision falls in the thirteenth yearwhen the twelve of time has already passed, and he has completed his first round of Jupiter and when the “thirteen”, (the word “one”) has arrived.

As happens with the Bar mitzvah (meaning subject to the precepts) and implies that a person who reaches this age is no longer considered by Jewish law as a minor but as an adult.

For the masonryfor his part, 13 is an advantageous number since it is associated with transformation and this is the end they seek, to convert from mere mortals to enlightened men who know the secrets.

One of the best known examples of the Masonic symbolism of the number 13 is the 1 dollar bill.

​thirteen are the Founding states of the United States and the “great seal” of the dollar bills It shows us an eagle holding 13 taloned arrows in its left paw and a branch with 13 leaves in its right paw. Above his head shine 13 stars in the shape of a pentagram, his shield has thirteen stripes and the pyramid that appears on the back of his beak has 13 steps.

​The number 13, in these cases, is unity, the expression of the word “one” on another plane; the 13 is the number that appears after completing a cyclethat of 12, a number on which we will expand another day.

By Patricia Kesselman, astrologer and professor of astrology and tarot. On Instagram: @oroskopo.