The mysterious number twelve
Why twelve years?
The number twelve appears throughout history:
- Twelve months a year.
- Twelve signs of the zodiac
- Twelve Olympian gods
- Twelve apostles
- Twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac.
Since twelve symbolizes fullness in many traditions, some legends associate it with long cycles of fortune or misfortune.
However, there is no historical evidence to prove that ignoring a specific sign causes exactly twelve years of bad luck.
The figure is symbolic, not real.
