Many individuals think the concept of luck is silly; nevertheless many swear by it. Disagreement here is fine. But you can’t argue that hundreds of societies agree that specific animals contribute them good luck and are good to have around. Review the rest of this article to find out how you can use these animal collectible figurines in your house or office.

Dragons: Often characterized as hot tempered and heartless, dragons are still thought, by many religions and ancient civilizations, to bring great luck to their people. Dragons are typically the guardians of titanic treasures and represent powers over both heaven and earth. They use good magic to aid good people and are believed in many cultures to repel evil spirits (thus the appearance of dragons in the Chinese New Year to ward off evil spirits for the new year). Placed with any number of tabletop fountains, the luck properties of the dragon can be amplified.

Elephants: The exercise of utilizing elephant figures and statues as good luck goes back centuries and can be traced to the Hindu religion. Ganasha was the God that many Hindus in Bharat worshipped to impart good luck to themselves. Ganasha was half elephant and half human. Since the early 20th century, those elephants that graciously point their trunks upwards, are the ones considered to bring the most luck. Place your elephant figurines in a house’s entrance foyer, with the trunk facing up.

Horses: Civilizations the world over have always considered the horse to have the good fortune qualities of strength, grace, and adaptability. For the last 200 years, horses have literally carried the progress of mankind on its back. While doing this, its become well known that horses are “tapped into” certain spiritual realms that most men and women never visit (evidenced by how scared horses get when bad things are about to happen). If you have a horse statue or artwork piece in your house, just ensure that it is not pointed in the direction of the doorway.

Although they are not animals, remember that some heavenly entities, like Buddha Statues and angel figurines are known to bring good luck to homes.

Since the origins of mankind, people have believed in exterior otherworldly forces that impact the outcome of human events. And as the expression goes, time is the final test of authenticity. All races, sexes and divisions of people of all periods of time of time have claimed to have received good fortune gains from horses, elephants, and dragons. Does this apply to you as well? You are the only one that truly knows.

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