Overview
- Outlets across Spain and Latin America revisit the refrain that warns against weddings, travel or major decisions on Tuesday the 13th, contrasting it with Friday the 13th in Anglo cultures.
- The date’s stigma is traced to the fusion of Mars’s warlike symbolism with the number 13’s associations from the Last Supper and the Tarot’s Death arcana.
- Popular accounts again cite historical touchstones such as the fall of Constantinople as reinforcing narratives that cast the day as inauspicious.
- Reporters document tangible effects, from postponed contracts, trips and weddings to the omission of the number 13 in floors, seats and reservations.
- Pieces emphasize there is no scientific basis and point to self‑fulfilling prophecy, while numerologists reframe 13 as transformative and social media amplifies memes and jokes.