Debunking New Year's Eve Superstitions
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Every New Year's Eve, the internet turns into a spiritual emergency hotline.
"Don't do laundry or you'll wash away your luck".
"You must wear red underwear to manifest love or green underwear to manifest wealth".
"If you cry on New Year's, your whole year will be ruined".
Do any of these sound familiar to you?
Relax, your entire fate is not hinging on whether you accidentally took out the trash on December 31st.
Let's debunk some of the most dramatic New Year's superstitions.
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Don't do laundry or you'll wash away your luck
This superstition is rooted in symbolism rather than cosmic law. Which means, if you believe and visualise that doing your laundry will wash away your luck then it probably will.
Doing your laundry represents release and cleansing, which is literally what many rituals encourage. Your money isn't going down the drain with your dirt sock water. BUT if you visualise your money and luck disappearing with the stank of your gym clothes, then thats exactly what might happen.
Doing laundry won't ruin your year but doing it out of stress, fear or superstition DOES reinforce scarcity thinking.
Energy responds to intention rather than your Breeze detergent.
2. Don't lend, borrow or return money on New Year's
This belief came from old prosperity symbolism about starting the year "owing" or "lacking".
Money flow matters more than money control.
If lending money comes from a place of generosity and trust, then you'' manifest abundance energy.
If borrowing money comes from fear or panic, that's the energy you'll be manifesting rather than the transaction itself.
Your financial year isn't decided by that one PayNow to your friend.
3. If you cry on New Years, you'll end up crying all year
This admin heard this a lot while growing up. CAN WE FINALLY RETIRE IT??
Emotional release is not a curse, it's a well-deserved cleanse.
Holding in your emotions to "protect your luck" just reinforces to your nervous system that feelings are dangerous. But did you know, crying can actually clear stagnant energy before the new year begins?
Tears are not bad omens, they're just pressure release valves.
4. You MUST wear lucky underwear colours on New Years for good luck"
Red for love
Green for wealth/luck
Gold for success
Cute idea, not compulsory magic
Colour magic works when you believe in it rather than when you panic-buy panties during Victoria Secret's Christmas sale just because TikTok told you to.
If wearing red makes you feel confident, powerful and like you can manifest love then go ahead.
But if you feel anxious because you "didn't do it right" then that's the opposite of what you're trying to do.
Your energy > your panties
5. Don't clean on New Year's Day
This comes from the idea of not "sweeping away" your blessings.
Intentional cleaning helps with grounding rather than being unlucky.
What is disruptive is cleaning obsessively because you're afraid something bad will happen if you don't follow the rules perfectly.
Magic will not punish you for living your life (and cleaning your house)
If you haven't already realised, most New Year's superstitions aren't evil but rather fear-based shortcuts.
They teach:
- Control instead of alignment
- Anxiety instead of intention
- "One wrong move and my year is over" thinking
But that's not how energy works
What matters is:
- How you speak to yourself
- What beliefs you carry forward
- What energy you choose to anchor into
Not:
- What you wear
- Whether you cried
- Whether you touched a broom
Magic responds to conscious intentions, not superstition panic
You don't start the year cursed because you did laundry
You don't lose abundance because you felt sad
You don't need to perform perfection to be protected
The most powerful New Year ritual is entering the year calm, grounded and self-trusting
Everything else is optional (except glitter when admin heads out)