Happy midweek between Christmas and the New Year! For some reason, I’ve been thinking a lot about the number twelve today. For example, The Twelve Days of Christmas and how at twelve o’clock midnight this Saturday, the world will begin a new journey around the sun which will hopefully bring us into a clean year with more ups than downs –
Earlier while browsing through my memories on social media, I saw a few significant life changes that happened twelve years ago today: I became engaged to the love of my life, my brother and his lady came to visit me and, the four of us took the train to New York City for a few days to celebrate the new year.
During the trip, my brother took his lady for a carriage ride in Central Park and at twelve o’clock noon, proposed to her.
All this got me wondering why it seemed certain aspects of life seem to revolve around the number twelve, and this is what I discovered on the net:
“The number 12 is strongly associated with the heavens—the 12 months, the 12 signs of the zodiac, and the 12 stations of the Moon and of the Sun. The ancients recognized 12 main northern stars and 12 main southern stars.”
Also: “Number 12 spiritually is associated with reaching a higher consciousness and experiencing spiritual growth. and Angel number 12 is a sign from our angels that good things are on the way to those who are positively focused and trust in the universe.”
Not to mention this number’s significance in The Bible. “Number 12 typically means perfection or authority—and is often used in the context of government. For instance, because Jacob has 12 sons, they form the 12 tribes of Israel. Then we see Jesus chose 12 disciples, and the disciples later replaced Judas Iscariot with Matthias to keep the number at 12.”
I also thought it a cool coincidence I’d recently finished writing my twelfth Christmas book, and it’s available on pre-order now:
“A nanosecond changes the lives of two strangers from the same town forever when they connect during vacation half a world away.
From the moment Dagger sets eyes on Jinx, her image is eternally embedded in his heart and mind – luckily for him, her mutual feelings are sultry and hot.” Only 99 cents! https://www.amazon.com/Double-Lead-Susan-Jean-Ricci-ebook/dp/B0BQ7NV5HF
Thanks for reading and may the New Year bring you nothing but joy and contentment. Until next year…

A USA Today, Award-Winning Author, Susan Jean Ricci is best known for her Cindy’s Crusades Series, starring the hilarious duo Cindy and Jay DeMatteo. These characters were first introduced in the multi-award winning novel Dinosaurs and Cherry Stems, and return to entertain you in its sequel The Sugar Ticket. Look for the soon to be published, and final saga Don’t Bruise the Bananas 2020. Cindy and Jay’s mischief making lives on in these shorts: A Sweet Snafu, Christmas With Niagara, His Sacred Vow, Passion’s Secret Ingredient, and Turning up the Heat. Please also consider the other stand alone works of fiction and short stories in Ms. Ricci’s collection, with more to come later this year.
A member of the RWA, The Authors’ Billboard, and the Independent Authors’ Network, several of Ms. Ricci’s titles have been recognized as the Women’s Outstanding Fiction Winner in the IAN 2016 and as IAN finalists in 2017, 2018, 2019.