Feeling lucky? Today is Friday 13th, so chances are, you are probably not.

Friday the 13th is supposedly one of the unluckiest days of the year. There are two Friday the
13ths this year - today and Oct. 13.

There are lots of theories why Friday the 13th is considered unlucky, many of which have Biblical
origins. Some say Eve bit the apple from the Tree of Knowledge on a Friday the 13th, resulting in
she and Adam getting booted out of the Garden of Eden. Others say the Great Flood of Noah's
time began on a Friday the 13th. There is also the fact that there were 13 people present at the Last
Supper the day before Christ's crucifixion.

One of the most popular - albeit likely false - theories has to do with the medieval society the
Knights Templar.

According to legend, the Knights Templar, a powerful religious order that served as early bankers
for all sorts of powerful people, were arrested on Friday, Oct. 13, 1307. The arrests were done on
the order of French King Philip IV, who wanted to get his hand on the Knights Templar's cash
(and avoid paying then back money he'd borrowed.) Phillip accused the Templars of heresy and
had some of the order were arrested and reportedly tortured.

The Knights Templar were essentially out of business.

Conspiracy theorists said the arrests were made to cover up the Knights Templar's discoveries,
including information on the blood line of Christ and the Holy Grail, and later, connections with
Freemasons. (read or watched "The Da Vinci Code?" If so, you know the story.)

The date of those arrests - which were made dramatically more sinister as the years progressed -
led to the link between evil and Friday the 13th.

Another knock on Friday the 13th? According to Templar legend, Grand Master Jacques de
Molay was executed on Friday the 13th. De Molay cursed both the king and Pope Clement V at
the time of his death and over time - after the curses apparently came to fruition after the king and
the pope died - the day's unlucky reputation grew.

Most historians are quick to say many of the stories about the Templars are more legend than
fact. Perhaps a more believable reason for Friday the 13th's reputation for bad luck has to do with
the 1907 publication of a book by Thomas Lawson. In "Friday, the 13th," Lawson wrote about a
fictional Wall Street panic that occurred on - you guessed it - Friday the 13th. The book took the
old idea that "13" was unlucky and combined it with a specific day - Friday - cementing the
legend.

Whatever the reason, many people consider Friday the 13th an unlucky day and avoid things like
black cats and walking under ladders, all traditional harbingers of doom