Superstitions. Black cats and such...

No, I am not at all superstitious. Superstition is ludicrous. Does anyone really believe the number 13 is bad luck and the number 7 brings good luck? If this had an ounce of truth in it, many people would make fortunes or have great success in some way. Statistically it MUST be false. The only superstition which has some slight truth to it is that walking under a ladder could bring bad luck. Well, IF someone is on the ladder painting, and IF he drops his paint and IF it lands on you, that could be called bad luck. When we consider the origin of this, it becomes ridiculous. The ladder forms a triangle. Walking under a ladder was considered to be breaking the Trinity. Impossible! The Trinity CANNOT be broken - and certainly not by walking under a ladder! No thanks. Not for me. I deal in realities.

superstitions are nothing but our fears in manifolds, or in disguise. what does a black cat can do that will affect our near future such that we had a bad omen - the answer is very simple it creates a fear in our mind that we will have a bad day , and at the end of a good day also we feel we had a bad day. even though we might had a bad day because of our own fault we criticize the poor cat. So according to me if you are confident about your life then no cat, no 13 can effect you .

well it is plain superstition. it was made a custom in old days when people do the things in hurry. this was made so that people can wait a while and think before they move.

Don't you think belief in superstition misleads you? Unless counter varified with science one should not belive in anything which troubles in your day today life and work. You can try out my suggestion this way. For example take the black cat business as a sample case study. you and other thre Start for some work simultaneously when this cat crosses your path, and do not apply any superstition experiments; just check what happens you all four. I am sure as per probablity theories two will will get a success in the work and two won't, I mean this can be the worst case if you execute this sample study for ten times. The logic says all such events if studied show you a percentage of either results in a ratio as 45:55 if experimented for 10 to 20 times. With this scientific approach you can come to a conclusion that nothing like bad or good luck exists but it just follows the toss-logic theory. To make yourself confident in life you ought to go in a scientific ways only. all the best.

I have never heard of the circle and cross. I have always saw people just marking a cross on there window with there finger. some of the superstitions that I know of are walking under a ladder,breaking a mirrow, there are a few more but I cant think of them now. I dont believe in superstitions.

You will not find this superstition anywhere... at least I don't think so. It is my own creation that I use to help others feel more confident & it seems to work if only the placebo effect. A lot of people say they have bad luck with plants. I ask did you hope it would grow & they usually say yes. I tell them you can't hope it will grow, you have to will it to grow. Picture it in your mind full of blooms & thriving. Do not give it the option to die with hope. It seems to work. This form of psychology works in a lot of ways. Kind of like put a photo of the car you want on the your night stand so you see it every time you wake up.

I have never heard of the cross in the circle and I am not superstitious at ALL. I was born on August the 13th, and 13 is actually my lucky number! Also 31 (which is 13 backwards) is the day my hubby and I got married. We celebrate our wedding anniversary in 6 days (31st.) I have had MANY black cats cross my path, I have walked under MANY ladders, I broke 2 mirrors in a move once and I am fine. I am happily married with a beautiful 9 month old. For someone who should be "bad lucked for life" I think I'm doing pretty darn well.