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There’s a Strange Spiritual Belief About Waking Up at 3 A.M. Here’s What It Means.

Waking up at 3 a.m. every night? Here’s what folklore says about the witching hour and its supposed spiritual significance.

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For a period of time in my life, I kept waking up at the same time every single night: 3 a.m., pretty much on the dot. 

At first, I thought nothing of it…but as the pattern continued, I began to grow suspicious (and annoyed, considering it took 45 minutes to fall back to sleep every time). Assuming there was some weird medical reason for my consistent stirring, I Googled “waking up at 3 am every night” and scrolled through my go-to medical advice forum: Reddit. (I know, I know…not my best habit, as someone with intense healthy anxiety.)

While I expected to read something along the lines of “You have a terminal illness with about 10 days left to live,” I didn’t expect to learn about some strange, supernatural phenomenon called the “witching hour.”........

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