13/02/2026
Friday the 13th wasnโt always unlucky.
It was sacred.
Before it was labelled โbad luck,โ or "black friday" ๐โโฌ
Friday the 13th was deeply connected to the Divine Feminine.
Here's why:
๐ There are 13 lunar cycles in a year. The moonโs rhythm is intimately connected to womenโs cycles.
โฐ๏ธ Women were the first time-keepers.
๐งโโ๏ธ Friday is named for Freyja, Norse goddess of love, magic, sovereignty, and fate.
โ๏ธ In many languages, Friday is also the Day of Venus, goddess of beauty, desire, and pleasure.
As Christianity spread, older earth-based, goddess-honouring and indigenous traditions were deliberately reframed as sinful, unfortunate, chaotic, or even dangerous.
Symbols of feminine power; the moon, the planet Venus, anything to do with sexuality, blood mysteries, and the number 13, were all recoded as something to fear.
Over time, even our time keeping systems moved away from the cycles of nature, to the calender created by the Pope.
Other things often get folded into the story:
โ๏ธ The Last Supper (13 at the table, Judas as the 13th)
โ๏ธ Much later events (like the Knights Templar arrests on a Friday the 13th in 1307)
These didnt create the superstition, just reinforced it.
๐ธ Reclaiming Friday the 13th ๐ธ
If you feel the call, here are some ways to honour the day:
๐ฟ Light a candle for the feminine. Name Freyja, F***g, Venus, or the Goddess as you know her.
๐ Spend time with the moon (shes in her waning crescent phase so look up and to the east before the sunrise)
๐ Do something purely pleasurable, without guilt or productivity.
๐ Make love.
๐ Wear something that makes you feel beautiful, powerful, or just because it feels nice.
๐ Journal. Ask yourself: Have I been taught to fear my own power?
๐ฉธ Honour the wisdom of our bodies, women's rites and mysteries.
๐ญ Celebrate Galentines day and do something special with your coven, colleagues or girlfriends.
Friday the 13th isnโt a warning.
Itโs an opportunity to remember.
Remember your potential, your sacred femininity and how hard the church tried to diminish it.
Reclaim your truth, own your creative power and celebrate your love for life.