As the New Year approaches, people worldwide embrace traditional superstitions to bring luck, love and prosperity into their lives. From eating a dozen grapes to smashing plates and holding off on ...

Depending on where you live, there are a multitude of traditions, superstitions and rituals to help welcome a new year. From eating 12 grapes to wearing red underwear, see some of the more unique ways ...

One of the most widespread New Year’s superstitions cautions against cleaning or doing laundry on January 1. According to folklore, activities such as sweeping floors, washing clothes or taking out ...

Today is Friday the 13th, an occurrence that happens only a couple of times a year. The day has come to be associated with superstition, luck and magic, though it has some surprising origins.

Eating 12 grapes before midnight on New Year’s Eve is a Spanish tradition believed to bring luck, happiness and success. Each ...

Superstition is not just about carrying a lucky charm or avoiding ladders; it's about the human condition itself. Superstition is the belief in supernatural causality, where certain actions, objects ...

View the original article to see embedded media. Is putting your hat on a bed bad luck? Similar to believing religious teachings, or practicing good karma actions, believing in bad luck and avoiding ...

Maybe you have to tap the plane three times as you board. Maybe you can't watch your beloved Eagles play without wearing your lucky (and desperately in need of washing) green socks. Maybe you're ...

A total solar eclipse is a beautiful astronomical phenomenon that can now be explained with science, but before science, many cultures had their own theories about what caused an eclipse. Some of ...

That strange ritual your great-grandmother swore by for staying healthy might have seemed like pure superstition, but it could have been based on legitimate medical principles that science didn’t ...

Whether it's knocking on wood or throwing salt over the shoulder, celebrities are doing what they can to navigate the mysteries of the universe. In fact, many in Hollywood often look to astrology and ...