Issue 23 Wedding charms feb,28,2013

With so many of my family and friends getting married, I thought it would be fun to provide a list of charms for good fortune on both the couples wedding day and following years of marital bliss.

First of is the old wedding poem:

Something old, something new

Something borrowed, something blue

and a silver sixpence in her shoe

The something old is about the past and the bride’s family, while something new is about the future of the marriage. Something borrowed (preferably from a happily married couple) is about both luck and shows that the bride has friends and family to rely on. Something blue represents purity of the bride herself. As to the silver sixpence, that is a good luck charm for financial security.

Sources:

http://ask.yahoo.com/20031027.html

http://wedding.theknot.com/wedding-planning/wedding-customs/qa/wedding-traditions-the-meaning-of-something-old.aspx

Other symbolic good luck charms have to do with numbers.

3 and multiples of 3 are good luck because 3 represent the holy trinity in Christianity.

7 is and its multiples is lucky because God made the Earth in 7 days, it is the highest single digit prime number, and when rolling a dice the top and bottom numbers always add up to 7.

8 is lucky for it has long been associated with the infinitysymbol and thus its multiples are also considered lucky.

So getting married in a month and/or a day that is a multiple of these numbers will bring luck to marriage. The couple may also invite a number of guests equal to a multiple of anyone of these numbers, or even a certain number of flower arrangements. Basically it's all about luck and well wishing.

The couple may also create a Talisman. It is an object unique to the person or in this case the couple and is meant to attract forces to grant the one wish the couple wants most (a happy and wonderful long life with each other). It is made sacred to its purpose by determining who may use, see, hold or even know about the talisman, thus creating a specific circumstance when the talisman will work. The power of the talisman depends on how much attention is given in its construction as magical forces are based on inertia. In other words, its power depends on how often it is used as well. The ring itself may also be considered a talisman as well.

Also, the zodiac may also bring luck. By carrying or having present the metal, stone, or color (represented in that order below) that represents your symbol will "put your wedding day in sync with the universe."

Cancer: silver, pearl, amber or smoky gray/green

Leo: Gold, ruby, golden yellow/orange

Virgo: mercury, sardonyx, navy blue/dark gray/brown

Libra: copper, sapphire, pale blue/pink

Scorpio: iron, opal, dark red/maroon

Sagittarius: tin, topaz, purple/dark blue

Capricorn: lead, turquoise, black/ dark gray/ dark green/brown

Aquarius: Uranium (that questionable though), amethyst/ blood red garnet, electric blue

Pisces: tin, moon stone/blood stone, soft sea green

Aries: copper, diamond, red

Taurus: copper, blue (star) sapphire, pink/pale blue

Gemini: mercury, agate, yellow

Source:

The Magicians Companion: A Practical and Encyclopedic Guide to Magical and Religious Symbolism by Bill Whitcomb 2005, published by Llewellyn publications in Woodbury Minnesota.