June 13 may be an unlucky date this year as it falls on a Friday, making it the first and only Friday the 13th of 2025. The unlucky date has long been a staple of pop culture, most notably being ...

Depending how you look at it, Friday the 13th can be considered a lucky or an unlucky day. Just ask Taylor Swift, Megan Fox, Jennifer Aniston and more celebrities who believe in superstitions.

June 13 may be an unlucky date this year as it falls on a Friday, making it the first and only Friday the 13th of 2025. The unlucky date has long been a staple of pop culture, most notably being ...

And take Taylor Swift, who has embraced the number 13 wholeheartedly. "I was born on the 13th. I turned 13 on Friday the 13th," she explained to MTV in 2009. "My first album went gold in 13 weeks.

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Hotels also try and avoid having a 13th floor, if possible, since people are so uneasy with the number. Next time you're in an elevator, check to see if the floors go from 12 to 14. Otis Elevator ...

It's possible that you have triskaidekaphobia, or a phobia of the number 13. But if the number 13 only terrifies you on Fridays, you may have paraskevidekatriaphobia, or the fear of Friday the 13th.

Friday the 13th occurs at least once a year and sometimes up to three times a year. It only happens once in 2025 — today, June 13 — but there will be three Friday the 13ths in 2026.

“In the case of Friday the 13th, this taboo derives from the Christian story of the Last Supper,” said Phillips Stevens Jr., an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Buffalo.