Rule 1: Start your day by ringing a bell. This will wake spirits that watch over humans and put you in their favor. It will not drive off evil spirits that may be hiding in your shadow. Try not to think of them and do not look at your shadow.
Rule 2: If you see something move in the mirror do not look directly at it. Do not linger in front of the mirror and not attempt to speak to them.
Rule 3: Put thirteen pennies in your pocket. You will need them for payment.
Rule 4: Do not read your horoscope. Today is a day for the spirits to confuse.
Rule 5: Knock on your door frame three times when you leave your home.
Rule 6: If you must leave your home, take a new path to any destination and leave early to confuse the spirits.
Rule 7: Keep nothing you find on the ground. If you forget and pick something up, put it on the ledge of a window or on a bench for another to find.
Rule 8: Greet those you know, but do not follow their voices if you cannot see them. Spirits are very good at mimicking voices and those watching over you will not deceive.
Rule 9: Turn on the lights of a room before stepping over the threshold.
Rule 10: Before returning home go to a park and take a walk, but do not stray from the path. Drop the thirteen pennies slowly out of your pocket as you go on your way. This is payment. For what, do not ask.
Rule 11: Knock on the door frame of your home three times after opening the door before stepping across the threshold.
Rule 12: Say goodnight to the moon before climbing into bed. Don’t worry if you can’t see the moon, it is still in the sky.
Rule 13: End your day by ringing a bell to thank the spirits that protected you and release them from their watch.
May 13 is the only Friday the 13th in the year 2022. I’ve been working on some new world building for a cosmic horror/mystery series so that’s where my mind has been this week.