Luck and Wedding Superstitions

Weddings, like most things in our lives, have many superstitions attached to them. So many things are said to be lucky or unlucky. Sometimes it may be that an incident took place in the distat past that taught our ancestors to do these things that becaome tradition but due to changing technology, they are no longer necessary because there isn’t any risk. For example the belief of so many evil spirits causing the bride to get sick and die if this or that was done, may simply have been because the hygiene back in those days wasn’t as good as ours and people were getting sick - they just happened to have a bunch of brides catch it before their weddings.

Still, you can’t always discount the element of luck. As they say, if something works don’t shrug it off just because it can’t be explained yet.

You can bet that the date of the wedding is one of the items that has a lot of luck attached to it. For example, the Chinese will never choose a date with 4 in it. In the US, many see 13 as an extremely unlucky number and avoid that date. Lucky numbers are 8 for the Chinese and 7 for the US. 7 is a significant number for many reasons. They call it lucky 7. In Japanese mythology there are 7 Gods of Fortune while in Christianity there are 7 deadly sins. There are 7 wonders in the world and there 7 basic chakras or energy centers. You can bet that many couples are aiming to be married on July 7 of this year. That way they end up with 7/7/07 as their wedding date. If your wedding is for next year August 8 is a good date to choose. The 8 is considered lucky and a triple such as in 8/8/08 is considered a very auspcious thing.

There is also a much simpler reason why this date is so popular. It is really easy to remember! You won’t be able to say you can’t remember when you got married or your spouse is likely to get really mad.

The phase of the moon is another item that many take into consideration when they plan their weddings. It is believed by some that that the moon attracts energy to or from us. It is said that mored blessings are given if a ritual is done while the moon is waxing towards the full moon, particularly on the three days leading all the way up the full moon. Since we know that the moon affects the waves it isn’t too hard to believe that it may indeed have a part to play in good fortune at weddings. The suggestion is to choose a date before the full moon as close to the date of the full moon as possible if not on the day itself. They say that when the full moon begins to wane so does ones luck run out. You’ll have to decide for yourself if this is true or not. You’ll note that August 8, 2008 falls on a Friday, on the first quarter. That makes it the start of the weekend and before the full moon as well.

[tags] wedding,planning,luck,auspioious dates,moon [/tags]