Black cats can help your love life!

Everyone knows that black cats are quintessential Halloween icons — and the number one costume choice — but what many people don’t know is that in some countries it is believed that black cats can help your love life!

Beginning in the Middle Ages, black cats became associated with evil, witches, and witchcraft. This widespread superstition and the fear of black cats still have some influence today. Many animal shelters won’t place black cats in homes during the month of October for fear of them being sacrificed.

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However, in some parts of the world, it’s believed that black cats can actually enrich your life, especially your love life.

In Japan, for example, single women who own black cats are believed to attract more suitors. In Great Britain’s English Midlands, a black cat is the ideal wedding gift; they’re believed to bring good luck and happiness to the bride.

Not only can black cats better your love life, but they can amp up your good luck and improve your finances, too.

Historically, sailors brought cats aboard ships to hunt mice—and, presumably, for companionship—but British sailors believed a black cat would bring the ship good luck and ensure a safe return home.

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A common belief in Scotland is that a black cat arriving at your doorstep brings prosperity while in England and Ireland, a black cat crossing your path is considered a sign of good luck!