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