At first glance, the direct purpose of the horseshoe cannot be connected with magical rituals.
Nowadays, most of those who use this symbol and hang it in their homes are not even aware of its sacred meaning. We give a horseshoe for good luck to relatives and friends because we heard somewhere that it brings good luck. Like the four-leaf clover, it is associated primarily with good luck. But in fact, this item carries much more power and energy than one might think. The horseshoe amulet has become widespread throughout the world: it was used by the ancient Egyptians and Romans, the Slavs and many other peoples. Having found it on the road, people took the horseshoe with them and hung it at home. Our ancestors believed that in this way they could further attract the luck that had already fallen into their hands.
General information about horseshoes in the house
Horseshoe for luck.
The tradition of hanging a horseshoe over the front door exists not only in Russia. It is common in Egypt and Mexico. Occasionally, the amulet can be seen in the homes of residents of other countries.
Symbol meaning
The meaning of a horseshoe depends on its position. First of all, it is a talisman of good luck and happiness. He gives the house and its residents a blessing from higher powers.
The amulet is a symbol of wealth and prosperity, promotes the fulfillment of desires. The talisman improves health and can attract love. Some magicians use it to enhance clairvoyance. A horseshoe is capable of sending prophetic dreams to residents of a house or apartment.
Another meaning of a horseshoe is protection, patronage. Such a talisman will not allow ill-wishers to cross the threshold. The talisman will take away all misfortunes and misfortunes from the house, protect against natural disasters and catastrophes. It will become more comfortable to be in the room. Pets will stop running away.
Thanks to the creation of a favorable environment, the residents of the house will be less likely to quarrel with each other and will begin to look for compromises. Indoor plants will take root better.
History of the origin of the belief
There are several versions of the origin of the belief. The first is associated with the energy field of the amulet. In ancient times, people worshiped fire: it was a symbol of warmth, safety, and home. Horseshoes were made by blacksmiths, who were equated with the messengers of the gods, since they learned to control the flame and use it.
Horseshoes were worn by horses, which in many cultures were a symbol of strength, fertility, and prosperity. People associated these animals with power, gods, and the sun.
They were endowed with mystical abilities and a high level of intelligence. In fairy tales, horses often acted as assistants to the main characters and drove away evil spirits. This led to the fact that the horseshoe also became a symbol of the hearth and a powerful amulet.
A more down-to-earth version of the origin of the belief is associated with the economic features of the Middle Ages. At that time, only wealthy people owned horses. Metal was expensive, and so was handmade. Therefore, a found horseshoe promised wealth: a person could sell it.
There is an additional Orthodox version. One day the devil appeared in front of the blacksmith Saint Dunstan in the guise of a man. The craftsman was not at a loss, realized that there was evil spirits in front of him, and began to torture the demon with a hot iron.
This continued until the devil asked for mercy. After this, the blacksmith drove out the demon and hung an iron horseshoe above his door so that the devil would not decide to return. Thus, the amulet began to protect Dunstan from evil forces.
Where did the tradition come from?
The tradition of using this sign as a talisman of good luck is lost in the mists of time. In past times, the horse was the main mode of transport, but not everyone could afford it. Families with little income bought old horses, and only rich people kept young, strong and fast horses.
Finding a horseshoe, often made of expensive metal, for a poor person meant not just luck, but real wealth. It could easily be turned into food or clothing by selling it at a profit. Perhaps this is why the horseshoe has become a symbol of good luck and prosperity, but this is only one explanation. There is something else, less prosaic.
The Slavs treated horses with respect, because they were not just improvised animals. They helped support the family and were its breadwinners. In addition, according to legends, it was horses that carried the chariot with the solar disk across the heavenly expanse.
This again brings us back to the Slavic cult of the sun and helps us understand why such a simple object acquired great significance for our ancestors, turning into a horseshoe of happiness.
Blacksmiths in Rus' have always been respected, because they subdued fire and metal.
There is an old story that tells how the devil himself came to a blacksmith asking him to shoe his sore leg. The master agreed to help, but drove in too large a nail, which caused pain to the evil one. While the devil was raging furiously, the blacksmith chained him. He agreed to let the horned one go with one single condition: if the devil does not come to houses on which a horseshoe hangs. The cunning master knew that there was one of these in his home.
Over time, such a talisman for the home was transformed into a personal amulet, and now on store shelves you can often find a horseshoe talisman that is hung on the refrigerator.
Criteria for choosing a mascot
The most powerful amulet will be a horseshoe that has been on a horse’s hooves. It is advisable to find it yourself: this is a symbol of the fact that in front of you is a talisman energetically compatible with you. To discover the amulet, it is recommended to visit a farm, hippodrome or stable, and surrounding areas.
If you cannot find a horseshoe yourself, you can purchase one from a blacksmith. An alternative would be beautiful souvenirs. Making handmade horseshoes is encouraged: such a talisman is pre-charged with your energy. In this case, you need to carefully consider the choice of materials.
A horseshoe can be made from:
- Metal . Such a talisman will protect against evil spirits, ill-wishers, and magical influences. It neutralizes the evil eye, love spell or lapel, and directs negative energy back to the customer and the performer. The only limitation concerns aluminum. You cannot make a horseshoe from it, otherwise you will bring troubles and misfortunes to your home.
- Wood . The amulet will protect you from envious people and will prevent you from becoming a victim of slander. The amulet will make you invisible to ill-wishers: their attention will switch to other people. It will be possible to avoid intrigues and conflicts.
- Clays . The material has warm energy. It improves relationships between family members, gives them self-confidence, and contributes to the realization of ambitions.
Is it possible to weigh a used horseshoe at home?
The best amulet is a horseshoe worn by a horse. And even if she is very old, then it’s okay. The power of such a symbol of happiness is much greater than that of souvenirs that can be bought in a store. The most interesting thing is that the older the horse’s heel, the better it is for the amulet. You can find these horseshoes:
- at horse shows
- in riding schools
- at stud farms, hippodromes
- in villages, hamlets.
Horseshoe for good luck
The amulet will have a strong effect if:
- The owner will find it purely by chance
- One of the family members or friends will give it to the owner of the house
You can also buy or make a talisman yourself.
If you decide to buy a talisman, keep in mind that they come in different colors due to the fact that they undergo a special treatment - patination. And amulets of different colors have different effects from each other.
Nowadays it is difficult to find a real horseshoe, so they use souvenir ones, they are decorated with various figures, bells, ribbons, rhinestones, rings, etc.
In addition, horseshoes come in different colors due to the fact that they undergo a special treatment - patination. And amulets of different colors have different effects from each other.
- Steel-colored products protect people from burns and skin diseases.
- Golden-hued amulets give their owners confidence and relieve them of bad mood.
- Copper-colored horseshoes relieve depressive disorders and stomach problems.
- Silver ones will save you from colds and help you avoid slander and witchcraft.
IMPORTANT : The amulet cannot be stolen. Otherwise, instead of a positive impact on your home and inhabitants, you will only get negativity and a constant lack of means for subsistence.
A horseshoe is a tested amulet by our ancestors. Now you know how to use it correctly so that there is positive energy, good luck and no need in your home.
Placement methods
There are several ways to place a horseshoe. You can be guided by Slavic methods or the teachings of Feng Shui.
According to Feng Shui
According to Feng Shui, it is recommended to hang a horseshoe inside the house. This helps improve the energy in the house and prevents qi from leaving the room. It is allowed to place the amulet not only above the front door, but also in the kitchen.
You cannot hang a talisman in the bedroom: this will lead to a deterioration in the quality of the intimate life of the spouses. You should not leave the amulet in the utility room, bathroom or toilet.
A horseshoe can be placed not only at home. In the car, the amulet will become a powerful amulet: it will protect a person from accidents and attract good luck. This is especially useful for those people whose professional activity involves driving a car.
Horseshoes are buried near the house on the northwest side. This also attracts good luck, but no one should find the talismans. Amulets are sometimes placed next to indoor flowers to improve their growth.
Slavic method
The Slavs preferred to hang the amulet on the outside of the house. There was a belief that such a talisman would prevent evil spirits from entering.
Ancestors used not only horseshoes. Any items related to horses were suitable. However, the horseshoe was considered the most charged talisman.
Slavic talisman horseshoe.
Why do they hang a horseshoe over the front door?
A horseshoe over the door helps protect the house from troubles and misfortunes of the most varied nature. By hanging a horseshoe over the entrance to your house, you will not only be freed from the influence of evil spirits that send diseases and hardships to the human race, but you will also receive protection from ill-wishers. Envious glances and conversations, bad wishes and witchcraft manipulations directed in your direction - all this will not have any effect.
Very often people get confused about how to hang a horseshoe. But here it is enough to remember that for protection it must hang with its ends down over the threshold and always on the street side. If you hang it the other way around, then it will no longer be a talisman against evil, but a horseshoe of happiness, the place of which is only inside.
Nuances of the location of the horns
The effect of the amulet depends on the location of the horns. Some countries have their own rules. For example, in Latin America, Europe and the East, a horseshoe is hung with its horns down.
It is believed that thanks to this, luck and happiness will flow from the metal and spill onto the residents of the house. The English and Irish, on the contrary, hang the amulet with its horns facing up. Then the amulet resembles a cauldron from which nothing spills. This helps maintain positive energy within the family.
Up
A horseshoe with its horns facing upward acquires the properties of a talisman. It attracts happiness, luck and love, accumulates positive energy, and prevents it from escaping into the external environment.
In this case, you need to place the talisman inside the house. Otherwise, it will become a barrier and prevent positive energy from entering the home. A horseshoe, placed with its horns up, is visually similar to a magnet: it attracts all good things to its owner.
Horseshoe with horns up.
Down
A horseshoe placed with its horns facing down takes on a different meaning. She becomes a talisman. It is customary to leave such an amulet outside the house. It will act as a protective barrier and will not allow negative energy to approach. Family members will no longer suffer from nightmares, obsessive thoughts, depression, and weakness. The headaches will go away.
If it is not possible to attach a horseshoe from the outside, you can leave it on the inside, but it must be above the front door. It is not forbidden to hang 2 products at once in order to receive both protection and help in business.
Horns down.
Which side should the horseshoe be placed on?
It’s not enough to choose a special place; you also need to figure out how to properly hang a horseshoe on the door. Some simply hang it on the very surface of the door, slightly below the peephole or apartment number. Such actions are not entirely correct, and, frankly speaking, completely unacceptable.
But this applies more to the outer horseshoe than the one that is hung inside. After all, the point is that the object filters through itself all the energy directed into the house, without allowing negative energy to pass through. And he can best do this if he hangs above the head of the person entering. There are three ways to hang a talisman, two of which are basic, and the third is an interesting combination of the previous ones. It’s up to you to decide how to hang it – one way or combining them.
Horseshoe for luck - horns up (according to Feng Shui)
Historically, the horseshoe has been closely associated with luck. This is not surprising if we remember where such associations came from. A horseshoe for good luck should be located inside your home or work space, and not outside. After all, this is the only way she can collect all the positive energy and “preserve” it in space, and not disperse it around.
Any debate about how a horseshoe should be hung, inside or outside the house, up or down, can be easily resolved. It is enough to understand the meaning of each of these methods.
Many peoples noted the similarity of the images, comparing a horseshoe hung with the arms up with a full cup of prosperity. They believed that in this position the horse’s “footprint” would become a horseshoe of happiness. Today this approach is most often associated with the teachings of Feng Shui.
A horseshoe with its horns facing up should be hung from the inside, then it will bring good luck.
When hung with the arms up, the horseshoe turns into a kind of magnet, attracting all good things into the life of its owner and his loved ones. Such a talisman can bring wealth, joy and happiness into your home, bestowing these benefits on you and your loved ones.
An even better effect can be achieved if you also use other talismans to attract wealth, for example, a scooping spoon or a purse mouse.
Such a horseshoe can only be hung indoors - in an apartment, house or office. It is still better for family people to hang a talisman at home. After all, they probably already have to constantly balance between business and family. And the amulet will help you find harmony.
Horseshoe for protection - horns down (Slavic method)
In the case when the ends of the horseshoe look down, the talisman is transformed into a talisman, the purpose of which is not to attract positive energy, but to repel negative energy. Forming a kind of arch, a barrier, the amulet will not allow bad thoughts and wishes to seep into the house. All the bad things will simply “roll down” down the arms - right onto the one who tried to come to you with such a “gift”.
The Slavs believed that a horseshoe with its horns facing down would protect from evil.
Nowadays, this method is often called “Slavic”; according to historical data, our ancestors used the amulet in this very capacity. Such a horseshoe should be hung only at the entrance from the outside.
When it is not possible to place the amulet at the entrance to the house, some simply change its location, hanging it not outside, but inside - in the corridor or hallway. At first it may seem that such a rearrangement does not play a special role, but this is not so. If you changed the place, but forgot to turn over the horseshoe, it will not bring happiness, but will contribute to the fact that all this will quickly begin to disappear from the family nest.
Third option: for the most powerful protection, use two horseshoes. Hang one from the entrance, with the horns down for protection, the other from the inside, with the horns up, for well-being.
Materials for attaching the amulet
The following options for attaching the amulet are common:
- For 1 nail . Classic fastening method. You can screw a screw into the hole in the middle of the amulet, thereby nailing it to the wall. An alternative is to drive a nail in first, then hang the talisman on it.
- For 7 nails . This option is considered the most acceptable from the point of view of magicians. If you drive a nail into each hole of the talisman, you will be able to greatly enhance its effect.
- On the rope . This method was used by the Old Believers. It is more suitable if you use a horseshoe as a talisman. If the rope comes undone, it means that the amulet has protected you from some great misfortune. After this, the amulet loses its properties and needs to be replaced.
How to properly hang a found horseshoe in a country house?
Again, it doesn’t matter whether it’s a country house or the dwelling in which you live - the main thing is what you want to receive from this symbol of good luck. Therefore, you can hang it in any way, just place the horseshoe outside.
The most powerful symbols of luck are horseshoes that you find yourself. Before hanging it over the door, you should clean it, then anoint it with oil, only after these steps apply the amulet.
Horseshoe talisman on a string
Country houses are usually used for summer holidays. In winter, the owners only occasionally visit there to check whether any unwanted guests have been there or taken anything unnecessary. If you are afraid of thieves, then hang the amulet with its horns down, and always from the outside.
Although according to Feng Shui it is not advisable to place the amulet this way. Experts in this field claim that positive energy and prosperity will disappear from the house.
And for other nations it’s the other way around. Tajiks hang a horseshoe with its horns facing down and believe that this is the only way it should be positioned. Thanks to the amulet, your home will become protected from all witchcraft rituals. Pets will be safe.
How to choose the right place and hang a talisman
The place for the talisman is chosen by the head of the family. Before attaching the amulet, each family member must hold the amulet in their hands. This will allow the talisman to remember the energy of the residents of the house. It is advisable for the head of the family to walk around all the rooms three times with the amulet in his hands. It is better to do this clockwise.
Indoors
Indoors, the talisman can be placed above the front door, in the kitchen, or in the office. It is not recommended to hang an amulet in the bedroom, as this will provoke a conflict of energies.
It will become difficult for a person to fall asleep, he will constantly be in an overexcited state, and will begin to conflict with others due to fatigue and irritability.
The toilet, bathroom and pantry are unsuitable places to place the mascot. These premises are considered official and unclean. To hang an amulet there means to treat it with disrespect.
In this case, the energy of the amulet will become negative and begin to work against the residents. You cannot place the talisman next to icons. This leads to a collision of different energies.
Horseshoe inside the house.
Outside
The amulet can be hung above the front door, near the windows, or the gates of the house. In this situation, the talisman will protect the residents of the premises from negativity coming from outside.
You cannot place it next to service premises: a chicken coop, a toilet, a barn, etc. This will lead to the opposite effect: the talisman will attract failure.
Horseshoe outside the house.
How to activate the horseshoe?
In addition to a certain position, the horseshoe also needs to be activated. What should be done:
- Before hanging a horseshoe in the house , you need to give it to all household members in turn and let everyone hold the amulet for a while. Then the mistress of the house or the head of the family must take the artifact in her right hand and walk around the house three times, moving in a clockwise direction. During this, it is recommended to ask him for help and well-being. Then the amulet needs to be kept in direct sunlight for a day so that it is filled with energy.
- Our ancestors believed that the waxing moon on the protective qualities of the amulet . On the waxing moon, place the horseshoe by the window overnight in the same way you plan to hang it, and leave it so that the moon charges the amulet.
Activating and enhancing the magical abilities of the horseshoe
Several methods are used to activate the amulet. You can charge it or read the plot. It is recommended to leave the horseshoe near an open window for the day.
Its surface should receive sunlight and moonlight. This will allow the talisman to be charged with cosmic energy. Do not close the window: the presence of obstacles will interfere with the process.
To increase the magical abilities of the talisman, it must be secured using natural materials. When you hang a horseshoe, all your thoughts should be positive. Focus on your desires, give the talisman an energetic message. Place the amulet as high as possible.
Conspiracies
The plot will help activate the amulet. With the help of a spell, you can determine the main task of the talisman: attracting wealth, love, improving family relationships, etc. The text of the conspiracy to generally enhance the effect of the amulet.
Horseshoe spell.
How they hang a horseshoe in different parts of the world
In all countries, people believe that an iron semicircle falling from a horse's hoof brings happiness and good luck. However, they deal with the horseshoe differently. In Asia, they don’t take it home and keep it there as a talisman. Having accidentally seen a horseshoe on the ground, people put a coin in the place where they picked up the find. Then you need to spit on the iron semicircle. Then you should make a wish and throw the horseshoe over your left shoulder. Then, without looking back, go your own way.
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In Mexico, a horseshoe is taken into the house, but not hung, but decorated with ribbons and stored on the home altar along with images of saints. This item must no longer be touched. In Italy, a horseshoe is hung so low in front of the front door that anyone entering touches it. In all European countries, the talisman is placed outside the house, and so that the ends of the semicircle look down.
But in England, a horseshoe is hung indoors and in such a way that the horns point upward. In Russia, a metal semicircle is nailed to the front door, giving the talisman the appearance of the letter “C”, because the word “Happiness” begins with this letter. The Southern Slavs believe that it is inappropriate to nail a horseshoe. Therefore, the talisman is hung on a string.
DIY making
Most often, horseshoes are made from cardboard, coffee beans or salt dough.
From cardboard
To create a talisman you will need thick cardboard, scissors, a pencil, glue, and thick threads.
Algorithm of actions:
- Prepare a template in advance, then trace it.
- Cut out a blank from cardboard.
- It is wrapped with threads.
- At the end you can make a loop.
- It is recommended to secure the thread with glue so that it holds better.
The finished product is decorated to your taste.
From coffee beans
To make a talisman you will need cardboard, glue, scissors, coffee beans, fabric and magnets.
Execution sequence:
- The cut blank is covered with fabric.
- A magnet is sewn into the back or secured on the outside.
- The workpiece is covered with coffee beans.
From salt dough
The dough is prepared from 100 g flour, 50 g salt and 70 ml water. To simplify the work, you can add vegetable oil so that the material does not stick to your hands.
For decoration use brushes, paints and clear varnish. The dough is first kept in the refrigerator for several hours, then a horseshoe and decorations are molded from it. The workpiece is dried in the oven or on a radiator. If necessary, the product is painted, decorations are fixed and varnished.
What to do before placing a horseshoe at home
If you want an object you find on the road to really bring happiness and serve as a talisman, you need to perform a few simple manipulations. Clean the horseshoe from dirt, dust, soil and, if necessary, rust. There is no need to be particularly zealous. The horseshoe doesn't have to shine like a new penny, but giving the talisman a presentable look won't hurt.
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Water should be poured into an iron bowl, always from a well or spring. The horseshoe must spend three days there. Groundwater will wash away all negative energy. After this, the horseshoe is placed on the windowsill with its horns facing towards the apartment. So it should lie for three days, it is advisable not to touch it during this time. A horseshoe in the form of a magnet will “pull out” all the troubles and misfortunes from your home.
