good luck charm

Fortune-bringing keepsake

A good luck charm is an object believed to bring fortune or ward off misfortune to its owner.

The charm might be a rabbit's foot, a four-leaf clover, a coin, or any item imbued with personal significance: She always wore her grandmother's ring as a good luck charm.

The belief is superstitious, but the psychological comfort is real.

Related

four-leaf clover · wishbone · penny · mascot · fetish · superstition · fortune · blessing · protection · token · trinket · keepsake · lottery · gambler · dice · wishing · wish upon a star · crossed fingers

Categories
Opposites
fortune/supernatural influence

good luck charmcurse

Invoked harm through words

cursed object · hex · jinx · evil eye · bad omen

blessing versus curse

good luck charmcurse

Invoked harm through words

hex · jinx · malediction · imprecation · anathema

symbolic valence

good luck charmill omen

Sign predicting misfortune

death's head · memento mori · black cat · broken mirror · number thirteen

Family

good, luck, charm, goods, goodness, goodly, lucky, unlucky, luckily

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G