Psychologists have come up with a word for how you're feeling for this particular day – paraskavedekatriaphobia, or fear of Friday the 13th.
To avoid any potential Friday the 13th bad luck stay tucked up in bed, or alternatively, ignore the superstitious chatter and embrace it.
In 2017, there happen to be two Friday the 13ths and January 13 and October 13.
The origins of the Friday the 13th being an unlucky date are shrouded in mystery.
Firstly, 13 is the number of witches you need to form a coven and in numerology, it is considered to be an irregular number.
Even before Christ, the number 13 has been considered unlucky. Number 12 is historically considered the number of completeness (12 gods of Olympus, 12 months of the year, 12 hours of the clock) while its older cousin, 13, has been seen as an outline.
There is also a biblical reference made to the number 13 being considered unlucky.
Judas, the apostle who eventually betrayed Jesus, was supposedly the 13th guest to sit down during the last supper.
Christ was crucified on a Friday.
In 14th Century Geoffrey Chaucer, referenced Friday as being an unlucky day in his Canterbury Tales, “And on a Friday fell all this mischance".
The publication in 1907 of Thomas W. Lawson's popular novel Friday, the Thirteenth reinforced the superstition. In the novel, an unscrupulous stock broker took advantage of the superstition to create a Wall Street panic on a Friday the 13th.