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  2. List of lucky symbols - Wikipedia

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    A good luck charm is an amulet or other item that is believed to bring good luck. Almost any object can be used as a charm. Coins, horseshoes and buttons are examples, as are small objects given as gifts, due to the favorable associations they make. Many souvenir shops have a range of tiny items that may be used as good luck charms.

  3. List of occult symbols - Wikipedia

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    The alchemical symbol for the sun and various sun gods. Also the alchemical symbol for gold which is the metal represented by the Sun which is the astral counterpart. Cross of Saint Peter (Petrine Cross) Peter requested to be crucified upside down, as he felt unworthy to die in the same manner as Christ. Used as a symbol of Saint Peter. A very ...

  4. Omen - Wikipedia

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    Examples of omens from the Nuremberg Chronicle (1493): natural phenomena and unnatural births. Manuscript of the mid-nineteenth century, possibly of Sgaw Karen origin, shows various appearances in the sun, the moon, clouds, etc., and indicates the primarily bad omens these appearances foretell. Explanations in English were added to this ...

  5. Augury - Wikipedia

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    An augur with sacred chicken; he holds a lituus, the curved wand often used as a symbol of augury on Roman coins. Augury was a Greco-Roman religion practice of observing the behavior of birds, to receive omens. When the individual, known as the augur, read these signs, it was referred to as "taking the auspices".

  6. List of bad luck signs - Wikipedia

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    Breaking a mirror is said to bring seven years of bad luck [1]; A bird or flock of birds going from left to right () [citation needed]Certain numbers: The number 4.Fear of the number 4 is known as tetraphobia; in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages, the number sounds like the word for "death".

  7. Methods of divination - Wikipedia

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    cryptomancy / ˈ k r ɪ p t oʊ m æ n s i /: by omens (Greek kruptos, ' hidden ' + manteía, ' prophecy ') cryomancy / ˈ k r aɪ oʊ m æ n s i /: by ice (Greek kryo, ' ice ' + manteía, ' prophecy ') crystal ball gazing → see scrying; crystal gazing → see scrying; crystallomancy / ˈ k r ɪ s t ə l oʊ m æ n s i / → see scrying ...

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  9. Ashtamangala - Wikipedia

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    Four auspicious symbols. Mandi. Auspicious symbols. Mandi. The dhvaja (Sanskrit; Tibetan: རྒྱལ་མཚན་, THL: gyeltsen) "banner, flag" was a military standard of ancient Indian warfare. The symbol represents the Buddha's victory over the four māras, or hindrances in the path of enlightenment. These hindrances are pride, desire ...