Mirror On Back Of Door Superstition
Why did you knock if that s your room she asked head tilted quizzically.
Mirror on back of door superstition. Mirror facing the front door causes instability. If you enter in one door and then leave through a different door bad luck will befall you both. If a mirror suddenly falls to the ground and does not break good fortune will enter your life. Breaking a mirror is supposed to bring seven years of bad luck.
That s why just for fun we ve rounded up a few popular mirror myths and superstitions. I shrugged and smiled. The broken mirror is probably the focus of more superstitions than any other subject is. There are a variety of superstitions rituals and curios that are associated with the front door of one s home.
These stories evolved from the times when people used water as a mirror. Foyer and front door 11. They have a final chance to take care of how they look before they leave the house. Some of these include hanging a.
To get rid of a sty. There are many superstitions involving mirrors. Seven years bad luck. In some superstitions the deceased will try and grab the souls of the living who look in the possessed mirrors.
To get rid of the sty stand behind a closed door and say sty sty get out of my eye fifteen times in one breath. The front door allows access to you your guests and according to superstition good luck and evil spirits. Everyone has heard for example that breaking a mirror will bring seven years of bad luck. Many people believe that it is bad luck to sleep in front of a mirror.
That s the bad news. Should you ever get a sty on your eye it wouldn t hurt to test out this superstition. Oh you know just in case if like me you ve traveled a fair bit and stayed in various hotels i m sure you ll agree that some places just give you the creeps. Some people like placing a mirror close to the front door or foyer for convenience.
Therefore a mirror reflecting the front door pushes away energy rather than welcomes qi into the home. The classical schools tend to recommend against a mirror facing the front door do so because for them the reflection of a mirror reflects energy back. On the other hand mirrors should be used carefully in the bedroom says nyc based feng shui consultant laura cerrano. They believed life was renewed every seven years which explains the length of the curse.
There s nothing wrong with having a mirror at the foyer or close to the front door. Once when checking into a hotel a guest from the next room noticed me knocking on my room door before i swiped my key card. This superstition dates back to the romans who believed that life renewed itself every seven years and that breaking a mirror would thus cause damage to the soul it was reflecting at the time for that duration. The front door it s the primary entrance to your home.
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