What are you superstitious about?

[Capt Jack]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

I never place a bed with the foot end toward a door.

hmm...dont know that one. nearly every bed I can think of Ive had did that moreso because of the layout of the room more than anything else.

whats supposed to fall off if I sleep this way?

[Betty]

I do the salt thing... knock on wood and I don't walk under ladders. Although for most ladders I come in contact with, it would require going out of my way to walk under one. I don't open umbrella's in the house either.

None of these things I really "believe" in - that is - that something bad will happen if I dont (or do) do them - but I do them anyway.

[tracilicious]

Feng shui says that the only time you should lay down with your feet facing the door is when you are dead.

[katiesue]

Count me in with the salt thing.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I am surprised at all the salt throwers. I've never seen anyone do that and I thought it was basically dead.

The only one I do of these is say "God forbid" like Ally does. And that stems from an actual belief of mine that God is always ready to smack you upside the head.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Tarot (to me) is basically illuminating the patterns around me. It's easier to get to the other side of the stream, so to speak, if you know which way the current is running. If I choose a direction at random, I might get lucky. Or I might fight my way and gain two inches.

I find my cards are really bad at showing "the future". At best, they predict a possible outcome of something, much like throwing a ball- you can project where it will land, knowing its velocity, wind speed and direction, friction, etc.

That said, I think I'm up to 19 decks now.

Superstitions? I collect them, but I don't follow hardly any. I do some things in jest. I don't walk under ladders or scaffolding, but that's because I tend to be a target for falling or thrown objects. I certainly hope black cats are not bad luck- the universe sent me a beautiful one for a companion. I find the beliefs about "13" to be amusing. Most superstitions I find entertaining, actually. I sometimes like to find out the history of why it's bad.

[Fab]

I do Tarot, the salt thing, and when walking with someone I love and there's a pole or something that comes between us, I say "bread and butter". I also never wear matching socks, and strongly believe my birthday is cursed.

[jdramj]

Why on earth is your birthday cursed?

LOL!

I do the knock on wood, sort of, I just knock on my own forehead (which most days is just as good as something made of wood.)

I have a strange one, at work. If I work a closing shift and a manager walks up and quotes a time they wish to get out for the night, you can add an hour to the time, as I am cursed by their wish. I have properly warned all of the managers not to do this, and 1 stupid manager forgets and we always end up being an hour late. Which pisses me off cause than I am at work an hour more than I want to be there. (This is not of my own doing, it just happens. Maybe a customer won't finish up deciding what they want and we have to stay late, or maybe money is missing from a drawer, or maybe the sales people don't have their area cleaned....etc.)

[Fab]

It just *is*. Honest!

[SzczerbiakManiac]

I have no real superstitions. I do use expressions like "knock on wood" or "bless you" (after someone sneezes), but these are done out of humor or just societal conventions (respectively). I also have some OCDs that somewhat mimic "stupidstitions", but in no way do I believe in any supernatural force(s).