Omens and Superstitions

Hello everyone,

I sometimes wonder whether all things do not have a hidden meaning that influences our destiny?

Here are a few examples:

Hawthorn is known for bringing bad luck.
Finding a nail on your path is good luck.
If a fly falls into your plate or your glass, it is supposed to be a promise of prosperity.
In Denmark, it is said that spilling salt brings good luck, whereas spilling wet salt brings bad luck.

It might be interesting to delve deeper into this subject…

Nice to meet you
The magician

Good evening LeMagicien,

In Russia, … never leave an empty bottle of wine (or other alcohol) on the table: an evil spirit might enter it. Remove the bottle from the table.

Do not walk under a ladder
If you spill salt, take a pinch and throw it over your left shoulder in three small handfuls.
Break a mirror, seven years of bad luck

Breaking a glass brings happiness!

Mmh… if a person with the astrological sign Scorpio dies… there will be a birth in the following year. 8O

At our place: a wedding in the rain… a happy wedding.

In any case, in some hotels, rooms with the number 13, e.g., 113, do not exist…

That's roughly what I know or have heard…

Do you confirm or refute?

Who could tell us more?

ClaudiaC

Very nice for the scorpions!!

I think these signs are means of expression for other forces. She manifests as they can and speaks a coded language that her interlocutor can understand.

In some cultures, a black cat brings good luck, and so does broken glass (among Jews and Russians), whereas in our culture, it is a sign of despair.

For me, “one” will show you a nail to demonstrate a protection, and because you believe that a nail brings good luck; otherwise, they would have shown you something else, a different sign, according to your culture and your affinities.

Tom,

It's a saying:
It was a Scorpio who told me, in this case my mother (a Scorpio)… and…
shortly after the death of my husband’s grandmother (Scorpion)…
My son was born…

Sorry, of course, for all the scorpions... It could be cancer... but here's the thing...

ClaudiaC

Good evening Lemagicien,

That's interesting, and there are omens that indicate either happiness or misfortune.

I have a few of them too.

They say that putting a hat on a bed brings bad luck,
that wooden furniture should not be placed so that its left side meets one wall and its right side meets the other wall
perpendicular, which causes a triangle, and that is not good, they say,
The way to hang a horseshoe, apparently, you shouldn't put them with the points facing up.
When bubbles appear in a bottle of wine after it has been poured, it is said that one should drink it quickly, as this is a sign of good news.
Dressing inside out with seams on the outside is a lucky omen, signaling an influx of money*
Offering handkerchiefs, a knife, or an umbrella would also bring bad luck, as the handkerchief makes one cry, the knife cuts friendship, and the umbrella brings sadness, and the recipient of any of these gifts is required to give a coin to the giver to ward off the bad luck.

• The following examples are things I have been able to verify.
  If I remember any others, I'll let you know.

Hello,

Here are some more,

Smoke from a chimney that falls back instead of rising up is a sign of disappointments.

Seeing lightning strike on the right side is a favorable omen.

You must never throw your hair into the fire; it brings bad luck.

Crossing a funeral procession is a sign of illness or impending death!!

Losing a wedding ring is a bad omen that foreshadows trials to come.

And there are so many others…

friendship
Eliana