| Do you have a good luck charm?About 2 years | | | | amulets for the new year again. It's |
| ago, my husband and I purchased good luck | | | | Japanese traditional habit. There are many |
| charms online. According to the website, | | | | kind of amulets in Japan. I was helped in my |
| the pendant tops we purchased ( made of | | | | life by "go-fu" many times."Go-fu" (also |
| fake gold ) were cleansed by a professional | | | | called "O-fuda" )is usually made of Japanese |
| psychic master.Before we got it, we had a | | | | special rice paper ( wa-shi ) or wood board |
| car stolen and we were very upset because of | | | | with special secret words in it.Japanese long |
| it. We thought maybe the good luck charm can | | | | distance runner Muzuki Noguchi who got gold |
| protect us.When we received the pendants, we | | | | medal in the last Greece Olympic, was also |
| were very excited because we thought the | | | | wearing the good luck amulet (Omamori) while |
| pendants are not normal pendant because they | | | | she was running.I was very amazed, how can |
| were endowed with power by a psychic | | | | such a small Japanese woman run faster than |
| master.Soon we both tried them, my husband | | | | an African woman who has much longer legs |
| went to his work as usual, and I went | | | | for 2 hours, beside in such a hot day? |
| shopping to a supermarket.On that day, the | | | | Muzuki was saying, she was only thinking |
| sales clerk behavior to me was not friendly, | | | | about to have gold medal, not silver or |
| and I felt bad.While I was wearing the | | | | bronze. and never thought she could |
| pendant,I felt nervous and getting irritated. | | | | fail.Strong belief! I understand that's the |
| I tried to calm down. but it was difficult to | | | | point!In China, Jade is considered to bring |
| stop it.When my husband got home, he looked | | | | good luck. There are many good luck symbols |
| tired and I asked him, how was your day | | | | in China, too.Chinese dragon symbolizes |
| today? He said he had a bad day. Trouble | | | | success and power. It's yang energy and |
| with his customers and also with his | | | | when we place dragon image ( dragon figurines |
| manager.It was really weird, but we continued | | | | or pictures ) in our house they will bring |
| wearing the pendant, and it was getting worse | | | | power into our house.If you have ever seen |
| and worse, we had more troubles and both | | | | Chinese movies such as Bruce Lee or Jackie |
| were irritated all the time.We didn't know | | | | Chan .. you might already notice that there |
| why?But it is true.So we decided to stop | | | | are temple lions ( called foo dogs) in the |
| wearing the pendant and returned them to the | | | | entrance, also dragons, vases, calligraphy |
| online store. After we returned the pendant, | | | | with good luck words in Chinese houses or |
| we felt good and were not irritated | | | | temples. |
| anymore.The online store customer support was | | | | |
| nice, they gave us the refund as promised on | | | | People are wearing jade pendants or |
| the website.What we learned from it was that | | | | earrings. There are many mysteries in |
| all things have energy and we should not have | | | | China.But I think everything can be a good |
| someone else put any energy into the items.I | | | | luck charms.Rock music group Queen's Freddie |
| guess that online store might often get | | | | Mercury was often wearing silver snake |
| returned items and the pendant we purchased | | | | bracelet as a charm. |
| were used by some other of their customers | | | | |
| who had negative energy. | | | | He had very strong belief in success and |
| | | | achieved it. He never thought about failure |
| Or the psychic master also might have | | | | as an option.Having pet, especially gold fish |
| negative energy when she cast the spell into | | | | is also considered to bring good luck for |
| the pendants.Later I learned about all the | | | | wealth and protection.Wedding favors are |
| things we experience are not accident and | | | | usually lucky items unless the bride and |
| everything we experience has a reason and it | | | | groom have negative energy in their wedding |
| came from our past imagination and | | | | party.In our house, there are full of good |
| thinking.It may be true, but it may not be | | | | luck items now. We are having the great life |
| true.However, we are human and it is | | | | that we imagined. We are now working hard to |
| difficult to keep our feelings good all the | | | | get another dream.Before we got married, my |
| time.Energy is really mystery because | | | | husband purchased a beautiful goddess made of |
| | | | wood when he traveled to Bali island. It |
| actually, even clothes, whenever I wore my | | | | seems the goddess is considered to bring |
| black shirt, I had a bad day, on the other | | | | great romance opportunity and love luck.He |
| hand, whenever I wore my dark blue blouse, I | | | | wished to get married with an asian woman and |
| always had a great day and I could pass all | | | | a year later, his wish came true.It may all |
| the job interviews every time.I noticed about | | | | come from our imagination but having good |
| it a long time ago. I am a Japanese. In | | | | luck items also helps us to have good |
| Japan, everyone has charms or amulets for our | | | | feelings and that encourages us to have good |
| protection.Many Japanese people go to temples | | | | positive imagination.Keiko Entwistle is a |
| (buddha)or shrines(shinto) every new year | | | | Japanese fortune-teller using her original |
| days, to make our wishes and purchase good | | | | Taoism methods that she learned in Japan. She |
| luck amulets (Omamori) or "go-fu" to have | | | | also studied many kind of feng shui methods |
| peaceful life during the year.These amulets | | | | that are Japanese feng shui, Chinese feng |
| are believed to work for only one year and a | | | | shui (compass school, bagua, black hat, |
| year later we need to bring them back to the | | | | flying stars). |
| temples or shrines and we purchase new | | | | |