Hi! Just curious what jewelry superstitions people believe? Or maybe not quite believe, but are kind of too afraid to not follow.
I'm not a superstitious person, but it's funny how even though you KNOW something is stupid to believe, and you don't really believe it, there's still a little piece of your brain that's cowering in the corner warning you to be careful.
My irrational superstition is with pearls. I've always heard that they are bad luck because they represent the sorrow of the animal that created the pearl from having an irritant in its body. I looked online to see if anyone else says this and found a ton of conflicting information. I read that different people say pearls are bad luck in different situations:
a. If you buy the pearls yourself.
b. If someone else buys the pearls for you.
c. If you receive or wear pearls on your wedding day.
d. If your spouse gives you pearls (at any time).
e. Pearls are bad luck period.
Opals also have a lot of "bad vibes" associated with them, but I read online that the diamond industry started the rumor that opals were bad luck because opal mines were cutting into their profits. I have no idea if that's true.
Another one is that it is bad luck to use a wedding ring or gem that was previously used in a marriage that failed. I've also heard that the gem itself is fine, but you have to reset it in a different ring to banish the bad juju.
I've heard that malachite can hold onto negativity and bring out your bad side, but that's different than a superstition, as that's starting to get into crystal magic belief, which is different from the superstitions I'm asking about here.
What do you all think about different superstitions? Do you think pearls are bad luck? What other superstitions do you know about related to jewelry?
Thanks!
I'm not a superstitious person, but it's funny how even though you KNOW something is stupid to believe, and you don't really believe it, there's still a little piece of your brain that's cowering in the corner warning you to be careful.
My irrational superstition is with pearls. I've always heard that they are bad luck because they represent the sorrow of the animal that created the pearl from having an irritant in its body. I looked online to see if anyone else says this and found a ton of conflicting information. I read that different people say pearls are bad luck in different situations:
a. If you buy the pearls yourself.
b. If someone else buys the pearls for you.
c. If you receive or wear pearls on your wedding day.
d. If your spouse gives you pearls (at any time).
e. Pearls are bad luck period.
Opals also have a lot of "bad vibes" associated with them, but I read online that the diamond industry started the rumor that opals were bad luck because opal mines were cutting into their profits. I have no idea if that's true.
Another one is that it is bad luck to use a wedding ring or gem that was previously used in a marriage that failed. I've also heard that the gem itself is fine, but you have to reset it in a different ring to banish the bad juju.
I've heard that malachite can hold onto negativity and bring out your bad side, but that's different than a superstition, as that's starting to get into crystal magic belief, which is different from the superstitions I'm asking about here.
What do you all think about different superstitions? Do you think pearls are bad luck? What other superstitions do you know about related to jewelry?
Thanks!