Beyond the unlucky 13 or Friday the 13th, Westerners have regarded March 15th — the Ides of March — as an ominous day for more than two thousand years. The reason is simple: On this very day in 44 B.C., Julius Caesar was assassinated, stabbed repeatedly by a group of conspirators as he sat in the Curia of Pompey, where the Roman Senate was meeting. William Shakespeare dramatized this event into the famous line in his timeless tragedy, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar.
Ancient wisdom suggests heavenly signs reveal approaching misfortune
The ancient Chinese said, “Heaven displays signs to reveal good or bad fortune,” which is also known as “interaction between heaven and humanity.” The ancients believed that whenever major disasters or upheavals occur in human society, Heaven gives warnings. The assassination of Caesar seems to illustrate this ancient idea. In the days leading up to his death, a series of strange phenomena and ominous signs appeared — as though the final chapter of his life had already been written somewhere beyond the sight of man.
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