What to bring to a new home for good luck (2024)

Whether you’re superstitious or not, a little extra luck is always welcome – especially so in regard to stressful, difficult, and overwhelming endeavors, such as residential moves. After all, who wouldn’t want to have a safe and smooth relocation and bring good fortune to their new lives?

In fact, moving is such an important and life-changing event that there exist countless traditions and superstitions about moving into a new house. And most of those traditions have to do with bringing good luck to the new home.

There are various moving into new house rituals and charms believed to bring good luck to the home, ward off evil spirits, and banish negative energy from the space. From burning sage and scattering coins on the floor to bringing bread and salt with you when entering your new place for the first time, you can try many different solutions that are meant to fill your home with happiness, harmony, and positive energy.

Read on to find out what to bring to a new home for good luck and how to keep evil away from your life.

Things that bring good luck to a new home

In all cultures and all societies, there are special objects that are believed to have the power to bring happiness and protect from evil. These good luck charms evolve from folklore, mythology, or religion and have a deep-rooted history connected to their origin and the culture from which they came.

Here are some of the most popular good luck items for a new house around the world:

• Elephants – Elephants are a symbol of strength, stability, loyalty, and wisdom. It is widely believed that elephant ornaments, elephant-shaped cushions or pottery, elephant paintings and tapestries, etc. bring good luck, protection, and prosperity. If you decide to bring an elephant figurine to your new place, make sure it is facing the door and has its trunk turned up;
• Goldfish – Fish symbolize good health, abundance, and prosperity and are thought to absorbthe negative energy in the space. You can put an aquarium (make sure there are goldfish in it as their color represents success and wealth) or a fish statue in your new home to invite good luck and good fortune to the household;
• Fruit – A bowl of fruits in the home is believed to promote good health, bring wealth, and spread positive energy. Different fruits carry different meanings –apples are associated with peace, grapes symbolize abundance, pomegranates promote fertility, and peaches represent immortality. In addition to other fruits of your choice, you’re advised to keep nine oranges in a room to ward off bad luck;
• Horseshoe – Hanging a horseshoe above the door is known to bring good luck to the home – the iron wards off evil spirits and the number of nails (7) used to hold the horseshoe is lucky. You can hang the horseshoe pointing upward so the luck never runs out or hang it pointing downward so good luck falls onto everyone who walks beneath it;
• Dream catchers – Dream catchers are said to capturenightmares and evil spirits, bestow good luck, and grant good dreams, making the inhabitants of the home happier and more balanced;
• Crystals – Known for their healing powers, crystals can fill the space with good vibes.They bring love, happiness, prosperity, and good luck, relieve stress, and improve creativity and focus.

Many other objects, plants, and animals are also believed to bring good fortune to a home – tortoises (longevity), ladybugs (happiness), crickets (wealth), fresh flowers (positive energy), four-leaf clovers (luck), mushrooms (positive vibes), acorns (health), bamboo (peace and tranquility), orange and tangerine trees (luck), barn stars (luck), etc.

There is a good chance that some of these special tokens may work for you, so be sure to bring a few when moving into your new home.

What to bring first when moving to a new home

Good luck charms may have the power to invite happiness to your home and protect it from evil, but to invoke a blessing upon your new place and your new life, you need to bring some very special items with you when entering your new house or apartment for the first time.

New home superstitions suggest that you bring bread and salt, as well as honey, wine, and rice, the very first time when you step through the threshold of your new place, so you never know hunger and have a sweet life full of joy and excitement. These powerful symbols of abundance, happiness, hospitality, and good fortune are believed to please the household spirits and bring a blessing to the home, ensuring your safe, comfortable, and prosperous life.

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Moving into new house rituals

So far, so good. Yet, knowing what to bring when moving to a new house may not be enough to ensure good fortune – you need to also be familiar some time-honored moving into new house traditions that are believed to bring good luck to the home:

1) Let a cat walk across the threshold of your new home before you move in – it will bring you good fortune.

2) Ring a bell – The sound of bells is said to remove negative energy and summon good fortune, so be sure to ring a bell when stepping over the threshold of your new home for the first time.

3) Exit through the same door you entered – When you arrive at your new home, make sure you enter through the main door and then, the first time when you need to go out, exit through that same door – or else you’ll have bad luck.

4) Light a candle on the first night in your new home – Lighting a candle is a powerful house blessing ritual – the flame is believed to absorb all the negative energy from the space, purify the home, and protect it from evil. The burning candle brings light, making your new house and your new life brighter, and casts out the darkness, chasing away any evil spirits lurking in the corners of your new home.

5) Smudge your home with sage – The burning of dried sage is a popular method for clearing out malevolent energy and protecting a home from evil spirits. The smoke from the burning sage must get to every corner of every room in order to dispel the negative energy accumulated there. Mirrors and windows should be covered and electronics should be turned off when performing a sage smudging ceremony.

6) Burn incense – Similarly to burning sage, burning incense helps cleanse thehome of bad energy – once the smoke clears, negativity goes away with it.

7) Sprinkle salt on thresholds and window sills – Spread some salt over the threshold of the front door and on every window sill in your home – salt is said to have the power to repel evil spirits and keep a home safe against black magic.

8) Scatter coins or rice on the floor – Scatter coins or rice grains on the floors throughout your home to ensure prosperity and good fortune while you live in the home.

When wondering how to bring good luck to your new home, you may also want to try:

• painting your porch blue – to trick evil spirits into thinking that there is water in front of your home (tradition says that spirits cannot cross water);
• painting south-facing doors red, orange, or yellow; north-facing doors – blue or black; west-facing doors – gray or white; and east-facing doors – brown or green – to invite good luck to the home;
• arranging your furniture in a circular formation – to let positive energy flow freely through your home;
• placing a mirror in a location where it reflects a beautiful view from outside – to fill your home with harmony and positivity;
• building a koi pond in the garden – to attract wealth and happiness, etc.

For these good luck superstitions for a new home to work, however, first you need to ensure a successful relocation – only when your items are safely delivered to your new place and everything has gone smoothly and without any troubles, can you begin thinking about blessing your new home and bringing good fortune to your new life. Good luck with your move!