Superstitutions: Are Peacock Feathers thought of as being bad luck or good luck?
117921
they are good luck for some poeple and for other are bad luck but for me is just a feather
457320
Nah not really, I'll walk under ladders and not have bad luck and see a black cat (In England it's good luck, but I think Americans say bad luck) and not have good luck, I do say "hello Mr.Magpie, where's your Friend" whenever I see one on it's own though. So far I'm going to have a little bit of sorrow (1 Magpie) A lot of joy (2 magpies) About 4 girls (3 magpies) no boys (4 magpies) a tiny bit of silver (5 magpies) no gold (6 magpies) and no secrets never to be told (7 magpies), so I won't know if any of these are true just yet.\nOh and I break eggshells so witches can't use them to get back to Anglesey. I think that's all.
828313
These are some of the superstitions my Mum and Gran said would bring/or avoid bad luck:\n1. Throw a pinch of salt over the left shoulder if you should spill     some.  \n2.Never walk under ladders (Very unlucky,something might fall on you). \n3. Never put shoes on a dining table, \n4. Never whistle on a Sunday\n5. It is unlucky to open an umbrella in the house\n6. Seven years bad luck if you break a mirror\n7. See a pin and pick it up and all day you will have good luck
203121
I think that the Charlie Brown syndrome is just bad luck.  When nothing goes your way and whatever effort you do is slightly pathetic, that refers to Charlie Brown.\n\nFor example, Charlie Brown could never kick that football because Lucie kept pulling it away from him.  He never really had luck with the girl he liked, and things just never went his way.  He also had a Christmas tree that was just sad.  My wife and I refer to "pathetic" Christmas tree decorations as looking like a "Charlie Brown Christmas tree."  (This is also referring to our Christmas tree)\n\nAs much as we like to root for the underdog Charlie Brown, he just can't get a break because of his bad luck.
350315
Good luck or bad luck determines the life or death of most animals and plants on earth. You, on the otherhand, have some control over your situation, because you can choose with your brain when to take risks, to put your self in jeopardy. You alone jeopardize yourself by risk, not safety.
787696
I know a story about an emperor who had a songbird that could sing beautifully.  One day he got a mechanical bird that could sing and became enamored with it and forgot about his real bird.  The bird was sad and flew away.  The mechanical bird broke and emperor became sad and realized how much he missed the real bird.  The real bird came and sang for him again.  It is a nice story.
300707
I don't think anybody has bad luck.Most everyone has to deal with a difficult situation every now and then but I think everything is about attitude.As long as you can see the positive side in things no matter how much "bad luck" you think you have things will look up.\nIam also a pisces by the way.
933887
Nope! It is Bad Luck to be Superstitious.
720219
My suggestion is not to use good luck charms. That is the belief that graven images and idols rule events in your life. Don't trust in crosses but rather what happened on the cross.
961504
Something very similar happened to me two weeks ago.I found a dead bird on my front stoop.It didn't appear to be injured and it looked like it was asleep.But ,it wasn't.I'm not a superstitious person,so I don't know anything about that.I do know that a few years ago all of the crows in our area died as a resulty of west nile virus.I suspect the dead bird I found, might have been sick from something like that.
555151
It is a very common dream. I used to get them, but not any more. You are imaginative but do not realize your potential fully. you are a dreamer but with feet firmly on the ground. you have a lot of aspirations and hopes but you are secretive and do not share it with others.you secretly imagine miracles, knowing fully that they don't happen.\nI used to dream of peacocks landing and taking off from my terrace
473054
In a sense, superstition is natural.  Gods and goddesses are fictional characters created by the human imagination. People have invented thousands of different deities throughout history - It's a common flaw in human nature, rather like the way we see optical illusions.\n\nScience has shown us that all biological life - including the human species - is the product of unthinking, undirected natural processes. As part of our evolutionary 'toolkit' of survival strategies, we have a highly developed awareness of other entities in our environment - We often notice human faces in carpet patterns, rabbit-shaped clouds and so on. There is more survival value in seeing what really *is* there, and also seeing some things that *aren't* really there, than in missing things that really are there and going hungry, or worse, ending up as someone else's lunch.\n\nThe consequence of this undeniably true aspect of human nature is that we have a natural tendency to imagine entities behind natural phenomena and events in our own lives that aren't really there - i.e. gods and goddesses, demons, angels, spirits - a whole menagerie of supernatural characters. Society and culture binds up these characters with our wishes and fears, our desires for dominance and submission and shared identity, and we end up with religious belief and ritual and dogma, in thousands of different flavours, with the vast majority of people broadly following the religion of their upbringing.\n\nReligion is a biological phenomenon, not a supernatural one.
396675
There seems to be too much confusion in this matter. There are too many notification in this regards. However after checking lot of reference looks like it is prohibited now - NOTIFICATION NO. 28 (RE-2001)/1997-2002, Dt. 10/09/2001.\n\nPermitted in limited fashion - http://dgftcom.nic.in/exim/2000/cir/cir98/cir1198.htm\n\nProhibited - http://dgftcom.nic.in/exim/2000/not/not01%5Cnot2801.htm\n\nPermitted - http://exim.indiamart.com/freedlist/prohibited-0505.html\nlatest:\n\n      (iii) The following entry may be corrected to read as follows:-\n\nCode No.Item DescriptionPolicyNature of Restriction\n0505Peacock Tail Feathers including handicrafts and articles made thereofProhibitedNot permitted to be exported.\n\nlater: Export of peacock tail feathers is prohibited under the Exim policy, and is also banned under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972,\n\nearlier RESTRICTIONS PERTAINING TO EXPORTS OF ARTICLES MADE \nFROM ANIMALS ETC.\n\nThe Government of India is concerned about the conservation of its endangered \nand rare fauna Keeping this in mind, export of all wild animals indigenous to the \ncountry and articles made from such listed animals like skins, pelts, furs, ivory, \nrhino horns, trophies, etc., have been totally banned. These include all forms of \nwild anima s including their parts and products, except peacock tail feathers and \nhandicrafts made from them and those made from articles and shavings of antler, \ncheetals and sambars. The export of exotic birds is also not allowed.
270563
I'm not superstitious. Superstition is bad. It is a violation against the first commandment. It contradicts our belief in God. It contradicts God. God is not superstitious and he did not create superstition. When we believe in God, there is no more superstition. God all the way!
69300
In general, carcasses are bad omens, but i've read somewhere that dead birds represent loss of hope.  Say a little blessing and throw some salt around the area where you found it, to clean and purify the 'chi'.
488397
1) Peacocks are the birds of tropical or sub tropical \nforests/countries only.\n\n2) The male is larger and provided with attractive feathers.\n\n3) They are omnivorous. That is they eat grains as well as insects and lizards.\n\n4) The birds are happiest during mansoon/rainy season. The peacocks (male bird) begin to dance at the time of the onset of rains. They also dance to attract the attention of the females (Pea hens) at the time of meting and nesting.\n\n5) The tail feathers of the male bird (Peacock) are extremely attractive and large. So when, at the time of dancing, they lift them and spread them in a semicircular manner like a Japanese lady with a folding fan, it presents a beautiful sight.\n \n6) In Some countries like India the birds are hunted for their feathers and flesh.\n\n7) The pea hen is drab, unattractive and looks very much like domesticated chicken , but much larger in size.\n\n8) Both of them have a comb on the head like male chicken or rooster.But the Peacock has a larger and attractive one.\n\n9) In India or Hindu scriptures The male is considered to be a carriage or vehicle of The Goddess Saraswati. The goddess of knowledge.\n\n10) The bird can fly but prefers to be on the ground most of the time like other fowls.
791992
A person makes their own luck by believing in themselves. Literally. Good luck and fortune are attracted to people who keep high spirits and are optimistic. People who are always pessimistic attract nothing but bad luck and negative energy. Above all, maintain hope, courage, and confidence, as these are the qualities found irresistible by that fickle creature known as Lady Luck.