A birthday for many women is a festive occasion to once again please themselves and have fun with family and friends. However, there is a date that is not customary to celebrate. According to popular beliefs, it is better not to celebrate the 40th anniversary, or to do it as quietly and modestly as possible. Let's try to figure out how true this statement is and whether a woman can celebrate 40 years.
Terrible truth or stupid fiction
The ban on celebrating one's fortieth birthday has been going on for a long time, sometimes people associated it with signs, more often with religious references.
Ancient superstitions are based on the mystical analogies of the number forty with death and various misfortunes.
Even Pythagoras associated the four with unpleasant events, and zero, in his opinion, expressed emptiness. The followers of the scientist believed that the magnificent celebration of the fortieth anniversary would lead to misfortune and even death of a person.
In Asia, they also do not favor the number forty and consider it a harbinger of troubles and disasters. In addition, ancient tarot divination also connects the four with death.
The residents of the Far East also have a fear of the fortieth birthday, this is due to their dislike for the number four. Interesting fact: in Japan, the symbol for the number four is excluded. In many buildings, there is no 4th floor (after 3, there is 5 at once), as well as the 13th floor, because 1 and 3 add up to 4.
Less frightening and more logical is the religious rejection of the 40th birthday. In the Bible, the number forty signifies: the worldwide flood lasted forty days; Moses also led his followers through the hot desert for forty days; Jesus Christ was resurrected precisely on the fortieth day after death; the Lord was also subjected to many temptations for forty days.
In addition, according to the Orthodox faith, the deceased is buried for forty days and ordered a special service in the church - Sorokoust for the repose.
The attitude of the church and modern society to the celebration of the fortieth anniversary
The official church considers the fear of the fortieth birthday a mere superstition. As for religious references and linking them to birthday, this is a misinterpretation of Holy Scripture and a lack of genuine churching. Indeed, in the Bible, you can also find positive moments associated with the number forty. For example, forty days after his resurrection, Jesus Christ spent on earth, giving people joy and hope for eternal life.
Modern society is rather skeptical about the beliefs about the "unfortunate fortieth anniversary." As many people believe, whether or not a woman celebrates her anniversary is exclusively her personal affair.
Many psychologists and scientists think that the main thing is a positive attitude. As the birthday girl "programs her brain", so will her holiday. Joyful positive attitude, smiles and pleasant communication will make your celebration successful and memorable.
But if you are susceptible to doubts, believe in negative omens and latently expect trouble, it is better to skip the holiday. Thoughts are material, so there is no need to once again attract failures to your family.
Doubtful ladies should meet their forty years quietly in a close circle or completely ignore this date. But light, cheerful and far from superstition women can and even need to arrange a holiday for themselves.
If you really want to organize a celebration, but small fears are still present, try to cheat fate. Among esotericists, this technique is quite common, just celebrate your birthday a little earlier or later than the correct date.
