When black and white cat crosses your path?

[psychoslice]

I like it when a black cat walks in front of me, I try to go under any ladders that I see........its all good luck to me.

It's a Ying YAng kitty! Shows me balance. i would take that as a good sign if it were me but its how you feel about it!

and hey, not all black cats are bad luck (at least to me) i own a black cat and he is very sweet and wouldn't hurt a fly.. just a few birdies here n there.

[Sarian]

Originally Posted by Gem

The legend says black and it doesn't mention white, so you should be OK.

But if you are capricorn, black cat means good luck. I heard that once. People can drive themselves nuts believing in superstitions. My mom is very superstititious. I couldn't stand it. I had to walk head on into her fears just so I could stop living in her fears.

[Sarian]

Originally Posted by Baile

We can read things into animal appearances, such a seeing a deer in a clearing or a woodpecker up in a tree. But yes, the whole black cat thing is nothing more than superstition born medieval consciousness: when darkness was looked upon as evil, and when people of dark-skinned races were seen as inferior and treated as savages. That's why I personally never use expressions that give the impression that "white and light" are more pure and more spiritual than "black and dark": the "White Brotherhood" for example (which is also terribly sexist BTW).

I hate that too. The most unadopted animals in pet shelters are black dogs and cats. I've had black cats and have one now. Have two black dogs as well and other black dogs since passed on. Totally loving, anything but evil. It's very sad when people pass judgement based on color or foolish things like that.

[Tobi]

Well in England, a black cat crossing your path is supposed to mean GOOD luck! So it just goes to show blind superstition doesn't mean diddly-squat. If it's bad luck in some viewpoints...and good luck in others...?

Like psychoslice said, I always made a point of deliberately walking under ladders...that was until someone spilled white paint on me -splat! Now I avoid them like the plague!