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Friday 13 is notoriously associated with bad luck and superstition, many associating number 13 with bad omens.

It's the second month of this year when the 13th fell on a Friday, the first being April.

The superstition around the date of Friday the 13th is supposed to have started with the Last Supper, followed by 13 people.

Jesus and his 12 disciples gathered the night before his crucifixion on Good Friday

Another historic association with the unlucky date is that King Philip of France arrested hundreds of Templars on Friday, October 13, 1307. [19659006] Is there a solar eclipse today?

For astronomers, there will be a disappointment because the partial solar eclipse has already occurred in the early hours of the morning.

It was the first time that a solar eclipse occurred on a Friday 13 in 44 years.

The next time a solar eclipse will occur on a Friday 13 will be in 62 years in 2080.

On average, solar eclipses occur 2.4 times a year.

Unfortunately for those who want to attend the solar eclipse that takes place This morning, very few people have managed to see it

The eclipse has crossed the South Pacific Ocean and India, which means that only the inhabitants of the South Australian coast and parts of New Zealand have been able to see it.

The eclipse reached its climax over Antarctica in the early hours of this morning.

The solar event brought even more superstition to the already unlucky day, as the American evangelist and pastor Paul Begley took to YouTube to claim that demonic forces "may be at stake today.

He also referred to the next Blood Moon that will take place on July 27.

Addressing his more than 250,000 followers, Mr. Begley said: "Friday the 13th will be a partial solar eclipse.

"As I told you about a week ago, this Blood Moon coming up on July 27th – before it arrives here, you have a partial solar eclipse that will be over- Above Tasmania.

"You have heard of the Tasmanian devil, the demonic forces will play as it is a partial solar eclipse of Friday the 13th.

" C & Is also a very high satanic ritual day. "

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