She's into superstition

[VisionofMilotic]

Do you have a lucky number, or maybe keep a charm of some kind like one of those Maneki Neko to attract money or a dream catcher for good dreams? Ever find yourself knocking wood, crossing your fingers for good luck, reading a fortune cookie or throwing a coin into a fountain, and making a wish? Conversely, there may be things that you consider unlucky, and avoid doing like opening an umbrella in the house, or putting a hat on the bed/table. Some people are afraid of black cats or certain sequences of numbers or days like Friday the 13th. Have you got any beliefs that might be considered superstitious at all?

I don't have many, but have always had an interest in astrology at least. I also believe that our dreams can have important meanings, and that it may be possible to have premonitions of things to come.

This thread idea was inspired by my mother's side of the family because they have/had a lot of traditions and supersticious beliefs around the new year, like certain foods you should eat for good luck, and things you can't do because it could bring bad luck like cleaning, my grandma even attached to significance to who came through the door first on new year's day, and thought a man visiting was more auspicious.

 

[Corrin]

I do knock on wood whenever I say it.
My teacher in the 6th grade had a thing about writing the date before the actual day. Like writing Jan 4th when it's still the 3rd.

 

[Zeostar]

My mother likes dreams catchers and hangs them around the house. Although these days most of them are in her room.

Personally I don't like idea of breaking a mirror. Heard that one in early childhood and it has stuck with me for life.

 

[Devalue]

Maybe some dice luck things. As in, changing dice because of it rolling poorly.

Mentions this more for fun, but saying "rabbit rabbit" as the first thing you say in a month. Picked that up when much younger. Probably never seriously believed it. Continues doing it as a little challenge. How quickly can you remember to say it every month? (Hit it right at midnight this month. Usually takes at least an hour.)

 

[_confused_piplup_]

I am not at all. Idk if this counts as superstition, but when I am really undecided, even and especially on important stuff, I flip a coin. Rarely it helps, but still it offers a quick answer and sometimes that's enough.

 

[ReKoil]

I'm not superstitious, but I'll be damned if our national Football team doesn't always happen to lose whenever my dad is watching 😉 xD
Not that I actually believe it... it's become more of a running gag in the family. =P

 

[gimmepie]

I'm not superstitious at all. I've done the knock on wood thing and I joke about people jinxing things all the time, but I don't really believe in any of it at all. The world just doesn't work that way.

I do believe in luck, sort of. Not in a mystical sense, but in the sense that it's just probability. I just think statistically things are just going to go better for some people and worse than others as a matter of pure chance. So when I talk about luck, I mean it like that.

 

[moon]

in the year before my wedding i knocked on wood every single time somebody even mentioned the weather in relation to the ceremony, and lo and behold, the weather ended up being absolutely stunningly perfect, temperature and all. checkmate, atheists.