Buying a house is a milestone for all of us. It separates your dependent life from your independent life and gives you perspective on what to give importance to. Budgeting, maintenance, repairs, and other things become more apparent to you when you start to live in your own home.
When moving to a new home, you should definitely get your first house ornament. It will serve as a reminder of the first house that you’ve ever owned. If you do decide to pack up and leave years down the road, you will have the memento to take with you wherever you move to.
- Move on a lucky moving day
There are calendars that you can buy which indicate lucky days for certain activities. One such activity is moving, so you should pick a lucky day to move to bring good luck to your new home.
- Clean the broom before moving
You read that right. Cleaning or replacing your old broom before moving is a way to bring good luck according to tradition in places such as England.
- Let the cat in first
Before you move in, you should let your cat or any cat for that matter go inside your new home first to bring good luck.
- Enter and exit through the same door
Irish people believe that entering and leaving through different doors bring bad luck. Don’t worry though as this is only for the first time.
- Bring a lucky charm
Depending on the day that you’re moving in, you should take your first house ornament with you as your lucky charm. Make sure that you keep it clean like you would your house.
- Get your house blessed
A house blessing differs from belief to belief. Different cultures also have a different approach to blessing a house to bring in good luck.
- Housewarming party
Bringing in positive vibes is a way to attract good luck to your home according to many traditions. That’s why you should always throw a housewarming party with people you know to be positive.
- Move on a sunny day
Moving on a sunny day can start you off with the light of the sun which is said to bring in good luck to your home. Try to put off moving if it’s going to be a rainy week.
- Put an aloe plant by the door
Aloe plants are said to ward off negative energy. Make sure that you guard the entry to your home by putting an aloe plant outside of it. Aloe plants also look nice by the porch.
- Scatter coins around the house
A tradition in the Philippines is placing coins in every corner of every room of the house. This is said to bring financial luck to the new homeowners.
- Bring bread and salt
Upon moving, you should have bread and salt with you. According to Russian Jewish tradition, this is said to represent hospitality and could bring good luck as well as positive vibes inside your home.
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