What is luck in life - talismans to become lucky

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Quite often you can hear the phrase “You wouldn’t wish this on your enemy,” which is usually said when some kind of misfortune or misfortune happens to a person. People are accustomed to constantly wishing each other good luck, without even suspecting what terrible harm they can cause with this very wish. But you can learn in more detail about what the word luck is in Orthodoxy and why it should not be desired from the source described below.

What does luck mean in Orthodoxy?

Luck is a positive phenomenon that is attributed to luck or chance. In the Orthodox religion, a good coincidence of circumstances is considered when the Almighty helps a believer, therefore, when one person wishes good luck to another, this is considered a wish for the Lord’s help, but without mentioning his name.

It should be noted that the meaning of the word luck in Orthodoxy has a somewhat negative meaning, because a Christian believer should not hope for unknown luck, but in the matter of salvation he must become an ally of the Almighty. The Lord's providence is what a person should trust and hope for.

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Luck is good or bad

Let's consider what is hidden behind this word. In the general understanding, there is nothing wrong with the word lucky. On the contrary, everyone puts a positive connotation into this term. However, the word luck is not as clear-cut as it might seem. Some priests believe that the term luck may be associated with demons and demons. Therefore, in their opinion, it is better to wish not good luck, but well-being in the family, at work and other social aspects of a person’s life. The collective perception of luck still tips the scales in a positive direction.

Those people who are lucky in life, this is obviously good for them. Conversely, those who are constantly haunted by failures will perceive what is happening from a negative side. The concept of luck is subjective. For each person, the criteria for success will be different. But in general, most often this term means money, wealth, successful acquaintances in the form of business and love affairs. If you are plagued by failure, pay attention to your surroundings, as well as the objects with which you most often come into contact. Perhaps their energy spoils everything and prevents luck from accompanying you.

Why you can’t wish good luck in Orthodoxy

Most people ask the question “Why can’t you wish good luck in Orthodoxy?” The answer to it is quite simple, the fact is that luck, or as he is also called Moloch, was considered the main supreme being of the Semitic people, who was presented as one of the incarnations of Belshazzar (Beelzebub, Baal or Baal), that is, Satan.

Mentions of Belshazzar can be found several times in the Holy Scriptures, namely:

• about Molech in the Scriptures of Amos – 5:26;
• in Judges - 10:6, 3:7 and 2:11;
• and also 1 Book of Kings – 11:7.

As in most pagan cults, the worshipers of Baal performed sacrifices, for which they mainly used people through burnt offerings, and thereby supposedly pave the way for them through the solar fire of life. The best victims were newborn children who had noble surnames:

And they made the heights of Tophet in the valley of Hinnom's sons, to burn their daughters and sons in flames, which I had not commanded, and which had not entered my heart (Jer. 7:31).

The babies themselves were placed on the outstretched arms of a deity with the face of a calf, and at the very bottom there was a sacrificial fire. This kind of nightmarish act was carried out, as a rule, at night, accompanied by the sounds of lyres, tambourines and flutes, thanks to which the cries of poor babies were drowned out and, in addition, fueled excitement among the people.

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Idol sanctuaries were constantly stained with the blood of newborns, and in years of disasters or great celebrations of people, but for the most part small children were still sacrificed, and their number reached hundreds and even thousands of individuals. And the family that gave its child as a gift to the idol would certainly have a successful year, both for agriculture and for harvesting.

Subsequently, these ritual killings were prohibited by the Law of Moses and, as punishment for its violation, a person was sentenced to death, but the Semites continued to continue the sacrifice until 586 BC. e., that is, before the Babylonian captivity.

Therefore, the church does not have such a favorable effect on luck, because according to Archimandrite Cleopas, it is the true embodiment of the name of the devil and strongly recommends being attentive and wishing your neighbor the Lord’s help and well-being, and not the spawn of demons.

Events allowed or sent by the Almighty are aimed at saving the believer in eternity, and the meaning and essence of life events may not be clear to a person even after many years, but trusting in the Lord, and not in an unclear case, will be the sure path to deification.

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Amulets for wealth and good luck

There are many symbols that bring good luck. Among them are talismans for good luck; a very significant example of such a talisman is the amulet from Baba Nina. This is an ancient symbol made of silver, a personal magical amulet for protection, good luck and wealth. And most importantly, it works, which is confirmed by many reviews from those who have already bought the amulet from us (on Baba Nina’s official website; attention, beware of fakes).

The amulet for good luck and wealth works because, first of all, it is made from silver coins of the Russian Empire. All coin denominations already have historical value, which further enhances the power of the amulet. Any other talisman made of silver, not imperial coins, will not work with such power. Each amulet is made individually, and Baba Nina applies a special spell to each of them, which she makes personally. Only in this way can an ancient coin acquire miraculous powers.

Our amulets also have a strong effect on attracting good luck, because priests and monks from monasteries throughout Russia donate them to us. There is no doubt about Baba Nina’s power; only she can cast an amulet for wealth and good luck correctly, as it should be. To order an amulet from Baba Nina, leave a request on the website. You can contact us in any way convenient for you. Important! There is no need to make any advance payment, payment only upon receipt of the amulet at the post office in your city in the Russian Federation.

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What is the meaning of the word "luck"

In general, this is a relative concept. Because luck comes, as a rule, to those who strive to achieve some goal. But it should not be confused with success, which we will talk about a little later.

Thus, luck is a positive outcome of any event that is associated with unpredictable circumstances in a person’s life path. This is the desired outcome of any enterprise. A synonym for luck is luck.

But you shouldn’t rely on fortune alone

Because luck is a fleeting thing that requires lightning-fast decisions. That is, it will be received by the person who can make the most of a favorable situation, and not by the one who misses the moment. This suggests that you need to make some efforts so that fortune turns your way.

Even if at some stage luck turns away from you, because she is a fickle lady, then thanks to perseverance and hard work, the success achieved will remain forever. And players must understand that having hit a huge jackpot, they should not rely on further success, because this may not happen again.

Having analyzed these situations, we see that the terms luck and success have different meanings.

Superstitions related to luck

It is believed that in order for luck not to leave the house, you do not need to look out the window until the sun has yet risen. The dark time of the day belongs to the dark forces, and they cannot bring any luck into the house. And only with the dawn of the Sun can you look out the window, thereby sending a signal to the Universe that luck should be sent to your home. All living beings are drawn to the light, especially people should pay attention to things that are not bright and successful.

An interesting sign of good luck is to over-salt the soup. This means that a woman or a man, say a person who threw a lot of salt into the soup, fell in love. And if not, then this fact of oversalting the soup will have a positive effect on attracting good luck in the form of a new love affair. After all, finding your soulmate is very lucky, and some people cannot do this even in their entire lives.

There is such a superstition that if a girl is a good housewife, then she will marry successfully, that fate has prepared something interesting for her in terms of a husband. This sign for a successful marriage works the other way around: if a woman is not good at gender revenge, then her spouse will find someone who matches it. In this regard, in order to attract good luck, parents need to take care of the proper upbringing of their children.

Another sign of a successful marriage is to hit your elbow on a wall or other object. This superstition says that a woman who has hit herself has become the object of the thoughts of an unmarried guy or man. The fact that a woman is able to make her lover think about her is not so much luck as the woman’s ability to attract attention to herself. Often only parents can help you become a trained messenger. If this does not happen, you should be the bride, and in the modern interpretation there is nothing wrong with this, except for a successful marriage and a marriage bed.

Another sign of good luck is associated with birds. In principle, a lot of birds on the roof mean great luck and a quick wedding. The same applies to a pigeon that has flown into a house or apartment. If this happens, then you cannot avoid successful consequences in the form of a quick marriage. An interesting sign is also when a woman pricks her finger with a needle. This event, as in the case of salt, is explained by absent-mindedness, and favors good luck to come to visit you. And the wedding event will be successful.

Acceptance of the case

But if there are those who deny the influence of chance on their lives, then there are those who accept it completely and unconditionally. This also has its pros and cons. The benefits of this behavior model for the most part have a beneficial effect on a person’s mental health. Those who trust their lives to chance are more tolerant of failure. After all, if something failed, it means that they were just unlucky. Apparently, this is where the advantages end. All the disadvantages flow into the behavior of these people. They are often irresponsible, amorphous and weak-willed. They do not have a clear plan of action, there is no clear view of this world, because it is completely subordinated to fatalism. But I would like to look at them and their belief in predetermination, when troubles fall on their heads one after another. If in isolated cases they react to failures rather stoically or indifferently, without disturbing their nervous system in any way, then here they can easily drown in the swamp of their bad luck. This is because you need to be able to separate the will of chance and circumstances that you can influence on your own.

Time to grow up: failures and losses are not the will of evil fate, but only part of life

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Signs and talismans for good luck - catch your happiness by the tail

Every nation at all times has had its own beliefs and prejudices about what attracts luck and what repels it. There are many signs for happiness and good luck, let’s look at only the most basic of them:

1. It is a sign that storks have settled in - definitely a sign of great luck and joy in the house, because these birds do not settle anywhere.
2. A sign to move to a new home . If you have acquired a new home, be sure to perform a ritual for good luck - walk through all the rooms, holding a whole loaf of bread and a plate of salt in your hands. This will help neutralize negative energy and bring joy of life and luck to your new home.
3. Standing on the right foot is a sign that cannot be interpreted ambiguously. If you get up on the right foot, then the whole day will be charged with good luck. If you don’t know how to attract luck and money into your home, definitely use the method of getting up early on the right foot. You can also enhance the effect by wearing a shirt on the right sleeve. If you go even further, to attract luck in life you need to walk on the right side of the road to work or to another establishment.
4. The sign of a glow in the windows is a sign of good luck and prosperity in the house. If, when returning home, you see an unusual mysterious glow in your windows, this is a signal that good luck is knocking on your life. However, this sign of good luck has a downside, because a mysterious glow may be a sign that thieves have broken into your apartment. In this case, there is no need to talk about luck; you need to be careful and call the police.
5. Ants in the house is a sign that says that if there are ants in the house, then there is no need to rush to get rid of them. Before calling a sanitary inspector, think about the fact that the sign of ants in the house favors good luck knocking on your door. Checked! Ants are harbingers of great luck; they bring happiness and joy to the house.
6. The sign of broken dishes is a sign of happiness and good luck. This sign carries especially powerful energy of luck on Saturday evening. Therefore, if you break dishes on Saturday, according to signs, this is a sign that good luck will soon come to visit you, wait.
7. Another sign for good luck is New Year’s, how you celebrate the New Year is how you will spend it . To spend the old year with luck, you must not hold the bird by the tail, let it fly to you on its own. Expect less, and wealth and love will definitely come into your life. And this means happiness and money, which means luck.

There is an opinion that luck loves cleanliness. If you want to experience as many successful days as possible in your life, be sure to pay attention to this aspect of life. Make your surroundings clean, and it will attract good luck like nothing else, unless the amulet from Baba Nina turns out to be stronger. And to enhance the effect of getting lucky, you need to wake up early. This is also evidenced by the superstition for good luck - whoever gets up early, God gives him. And indeed, it is so: according to statistics, the luckiest people get up early.

Etymology and definition

1927 - advertisement for lucky jewelry.
“Why be unlucky?” English noun luck

appears relatively late, in the 1480s, as a loan from Low German, Dutch or Frisian
luk
, a short form
of Geluk
(Middle High German
Gelücke
).
Compare with the Old Slavonic word Lukyj
(
bow
) -
appointed by fate
and the Old Russian
Luchai
(
rays
) -
fate, luck
. It probably entered English as the term gambling, and the context of gambling remains detectable in the connotations of the word; Luck is a way to understand a random event. Luck has three aspects:[1][2][3]

• Luck is good or bad.[4]
• Luck is the result of chance.[5]
• Luck relates to living beings.

Luck before acceptance

at the end of the Middle Ages, Old English and Middle English expressed the concept of "luck" with the word
speed
(Middle English
Spede
, Old English
speed
);
speed
In addition, “luck” had a broader meaning of “prosperity, benefit, abundance”;
it is not associated with the concept of probability or chance, but rather with the concept of fate or divine assistance; the giver of success can also be called speed
, for example, “Christ be our speed” (William Robertson,
Phraseologia generalis
, 1693).

The concept of probability was expressed by the Latin loan word chance

, adopted in Middle English from the late 13th century, literally describing the outcome as a "fall" (as in a die), via Old French
Cheance
from the Late Latin
cadence
"fall".
Fortuna, the Roman goddess of fate or fortune, was a popular allegory in the Middle Ages, and although she was not strictly consistent with Christian theology, it became popular in medieval scholarly circles to portray her as God's handmaiden in spreading success or failure in a characteristically "fickle" or unpredictable manner. thus introducing the concept of chance
.

Now let's get back to success

It hits those who work tirelessly to realize their dreams. There is nothing complicated; by following a certain algorithm of actions in any chosen area, working hard on the result, you will definitely achieve success. And luck is the reward of optimists who do not lose faith, but continue to take consistent steps towards achieving their goal. Although there may not be any certainty of a favorable outcome.

We conclude that success lies in human power, and it is impossible to control luck.

Content

• 1 Etymology and definition
• 2 Interpretations 2.1 How lack of control
• 2.2 As a fallacy
• 2.3 Essentially
• 2.4 As a self-fulfilling prophecy

And more tips to help attract good luck

First, it’s worth understanding: for luck to accompany you, you need to change something in your life. So, recommendations:

• It's worth the risk. Of course, we are not talking about thoughtless actions. There is no need to invest all your savings in an unfamiliar and suspicious event. The risk must be justified.
• Visualize your goal. This suggests that you need to imagine your dream in the smallest detail. You can depict it in the form of a collage and constantly think about it.
• Don't neglect any random event. Happiness will not fall on your head if you sit with your hands folded.
• Don't be afraid to make mistakes. It's not scary. Any experience adds to our knowledge base, which will help us avoid new mistakes in the future.
• Buy a good luck talisman. It doesn’t matter what it will be - a frog with coins, a pyramid or a horseshoe. The main thing is to believe in his power. Faith works miracles.

All of these tips will help improve your overall quality of life.

British psychologist Richard Weissman identifies four principles that will help you attract luck into your life:

1. It is necessary to optimize the capabilities. His book The Luck Factor suggests that extroverted and balanced people are more successful. New things cannot be denied.
2. You need to listen to your inner voice. Successful people develop their intuition in every possible way; it allows them to achieve unprecedented heights.
3. We have to wait for luck. Optimists train themselves to have self-control, which helps them fight failures and not be afraid of them. They never lose faith that everything will work out, although the chances may be slim. You need to believe that you are lucky, and you will definitely become so.
4. Turning failure into success. The lucky ones never despair and never stop. All mistakes and mistakes are perceived philosophically, relying on the fact that in the future they will turn into success.

We are the creators of our own destiny. Having received some kind of disappointment or blow, locked ourselves at home alone with a problem, plunged into depression, we will not get a new chance, another opportunity to fix everything. Change for the better, enjoy wonderful moments, and then the world around you will become friendly, bright, and life will be happy.

Lucky omens with birds and other living creatures

Know that if you hear a cuckoo, it is probably a great luck, especially if the bird is cuckooing to your left. This sign says that in addition to a successful combination of circumstances, events will result in material benefits, even big money. Therefore, do not rush to ask the cuckoo how long should I live, but pay attention from which direction the sounds of cuckoo are coming from. Another lucky bird is the magpie, but to catch a good moment, it must sit and not fly. Unlike the stork and the eagle, which promise good luck if they are seen soaring in the heights.

It is considered a lucky omen to meet three nuns. Moreover, they can either walk or stand in one place; this does not matter at all to obtain a lucky fate. The day will go well if the first person you meet on the street is a child; It would also be a lucky coincidence to meet a pregnant woman first. Probably the most famous sign is to cross the road with buckets. And whether the buckets are full or empty, events will depend on this: they will turn out to be lucky or not so lucky.

In any case, if you are crossed with full buckets, you should definitely expect gratitude, a salary increase or a bonus. In case of empty buckets, the lucky bird will fly past you, leaving you behind its tail. And then you should count on a negative outcome in situations on a particular day. The sign of empty and full buckets is not very powerful, so it can be easily interrupted by another sign. To do this, you can knock on wood or use the energy of the talisman that you have with you.

Is it possible to become happy?

Of course yes. There are methods that will help with this:

• Positive thinking. Everyone knows that thoughts are material. Therefore, they should be bright and positive, aimed at achieving goals and success.
• The optimistic attitude and behavior of a successful person are aimed at seizing a lucky chance in a timely manner and taking advantage of it. Such people are able to make the most of even small accidents. They can find themselves in the right place at the right time and at the same time arrive in the mood appropriate to the situation.
• Happy people attract successful events. How? Everything is very simple. They circulate among a wide range of people. Communication and new acquaintances provide endless opportunities. After all, no one knows where a profitable and interesting offer may come from. One fateful meeting or invitation can change your whole life. Lack of fear of risk, optimism and communication skills will help you get a lucky chance.
• Buy lottery tickets. After all, without ever purchasing them, you cannot hope to win, but everyone definitely has the opportunity to get it. Maybe you'll be lucky.

It is impossible to say for sure that you can become lucky. But sitting at home with folded hands, being in a depressed state, this will definitely not be achieved.