Months that begin on a Sundays

Jamál (Beauty), 14 Sultán (Sovereignty), 165 BE – Saturday, January 31, 2009 about 5:44 PM Pacific Time

It is after sunset in Las Vegas on Saturday, January 31, 2009. Tomorrow is Sunday, February 1 and February has a Friday the Thirteenth in it. When a month begins on a Sunday, it has a Friday the Thirteenth in it.

Friday the Thirteenth, itself does not bother or fascinate me. It is the idea that a number like thirteen can be unlucky. If you look at thirteen, it consists of two numbers a one and a three. The numeric root of 13 is 1 + 3, which equals four. If thirteen is unlucky, the logical conclusion is that four is unlucky as well, but four is not considered unlucky.

Looking at 13 another way, thirteen is composed of two odd numbers a one and a three. Odd numbers are supposed to be lucky. Yet when these two lucky numbers are put together, they make an unlucky number, which is thirteen.

These are just a few thoughts on the number thirteen before we enter the first of three months in 2009 that has a Friday the Thirteenth in it.