The Moon and Good Luck

When the Moon Means Good Luck

• It is lucky to expose your newborn to the waxing Moon. It will give the baby strength.
• It’s lucky to move into a new house during the new Moon; prosperity will increase as the Moon waxes.
• It is lucky to see the first sliver of a new Moon “clear of the brush,” or unencumbered by foliage.
• Every wonder why people keep rabbit feet? It is lucky … especially if the rabbit was killed in a cemetery by a cross-eyed person at the dark of the Moon. (Good luck coordinating that one!)
• It is lucky to hold a moonstone in your mouth at the full Moon; it will reveal the future.
• It is lucky to have a full Moon on the “Moon day” (Monday).

Beware, Though. The Moon Can Bring Bad Luck, Too

• It is unlucky to have a full Moon on Sunday.
• It is unlucky to see the first sliver of a new Moon through a window; you’ll break a dish.
• And it’s certainly unlucky to sleep in the moonlight, or worse, be born in the moonlight!
• It is unlucky to point at the new Moon or view any Moon over your shoulder.
• It is unlucky to see “the old Moon in the arms of the new” or the faint image of the full disk while the new crescent Moon is illuminated, especially if you’re a sailor. Storms are predicted.

Find out what phase the Moon is in tonight!