@mixin on-circle($item-count, $circle-size, $item-size) { position: relative; width: $circle-size; height: $circle-size; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; list-style: none; > * { display: block; position: absolute; top: 50%; left: 50%; width: $item-size; height: $item-size; margin: -($item-size / 2); $angle: (360 / $item-count); $rot: 0; @for $i from 1 through $item-count { &:nth-of-type(#{$i}) { transform: rotate($rot * 1deg) translate($circle-size / 2) rotate($rot * -1deg); } $rot: $rot + $angle; } } }
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Celebrating Your 40th Birthday




“You shall not celebrate your 40th birthday. This is connected with a religious belief - the celebration of the 40th day after the death of a person. Therefore, it is considered that celebrating your 40th birthday will bring you illnesses.”

-Christine, Bulgaria

“Many Christians avoid the number 40 as it has plenty Biblical events tied to it. For example the Genesis Flood lasted for 40 days, 40 days after the birth of a child a mother is not allowed to enter a church and 40 days after death the soul leaves Earth. Celebrating your 40th birthday is believed to bring you issues with your health, so it is advised to not celebrate it, to move to a later date or to celebrate it as the “goodbye to 39” instead.”

 -Lera, Russia
Countries where the superstition can be found: 
Bulgaria
Russia

 
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