Good Luck When a Black Cat Crosses Your Path - Or is it Bad Luck!

You are probably aware that some people are afraid of black cats. Black cats have been traditionally related to witches. They were considered as familiars for witches and related to demons. People have always associated black cats to witchcraft and bad luck. In Ancient Egyptian all cats were notoriously honored and worshiped. Killing a cat was even a capital crime. The Japanese also honor black cats as symbols of good luck, and they are viewed as particularly important to single women, as having a black cat is believed to lure in many fine suitors.

On the other side, some people choose black cats because they are harder to adopt or because they think they have a cool look.

Every year as Halloween approaches, Katie Lisnik, director of cat protection and policy for The HSUS, sees some shelters and rescues across the country issue proclamations that they will not adopt out any black cats during October. At that time of year, they declare, too many people adopt black cats merely to serve as costume accessories or, worse, as the victims of Halloween pranks or ritual sacrifices.

Katherine Shenar, chief of staff at San Diego Humane Society, shared those fears when she first started working in sheltering 21 years ago. For the first seven years of her career, she pulled black cats from the floor two weeks before Halloween and two weeks after, worried that people who adopted them at that time were doing so for nefarious purposes.
Source: www.animalsheltering.org

United States: Bad luck when a black cat crosses your path.

United Kingdom: Good luck when a black cat crosses your
path.

Japan: Good luck when a black cat crosses your path.

Germany: When a black cat crosses your path from right to left means bad luck is coming your way. When a black cat crosses from left to right it means good luck is coming your way.

Italy: If a black cat sits on the bed of a sick person,
death will shortly follow.

China: A black cat symbolizes famine and poverty to come.

Latvia: If black kittens are found in the silo they believe
that they will have a good harvest courtesy of a spirit
called Rungis.

Scotland: A black cat sitting on your porch means that
riches will be coming to you.

Ireland: If a black cat crosses your path in the moonlight,
it means there is going to be an epidemic of sickness.

Romania: Bad luck when a black cat crosses your path.

India: Bad luck when a black cat crosses your path.

Czech Republic: Bad luck when a black cat crosses your path.
Source: www.petcaretips.net

My grandmother had two black cats as a family members of 12 cats that we had at that time. She loved cats and didnt really care about the color or what people think of black cats. I have never believed such stories too and prefer black cats more than the others. They are very unique, beautiful and shiny mini panthers. Large green eyes against a sleek black body. They are very loving and protective, playful and affectionate.

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