Why You Must Never Gift Shoes To Your Loved Ones? Astrology Explains

Gift-giving is a generous means of communicating love, appreciation, and togetherness, but not everything is the perfect gift, particularly shoes. While fashionable and functional, shoes have symbolic value in most cultures, such as astrological traditions, that connect them with isolation, misfortune or bad relations. Gifting shoes to loved ones could inadvertently cause estrangement or disharmony, as per astrology.

Let us check out possible reasons for this ancient superstition and why shoes must be avoided as gifts for those you love below.

Why You Must Never Gift Shoes To Your Loved Ones

Gifting shoes is frowned upon in most cultures and societies, especially as an expression of interpersonal relationships. A very common superstition says that giving shoes can represent severance or separation between the recipient and the giver. Because people wear shoes when walking, it's believed that the recipient might metaphorically walk away from you. This belief, though not logical, is popular and obeyed by those who don't like to take their emotional attachments for a risk.

Within Chinese culture, this superstition runs particularly deep. The Mandarin language term for footwear is close in sound to that of bad luck or evil and thus an undesirable present. Few think that a gift of footwear brings bad fortune or negativity to the recipient. Likewise, across many Eastern European cultures, it is thought to bring emotional struggles or even sour relationships between individuals. The gift is viewed as a gesture of disconnection more than good intent.

In certain cultures, giving shoes as gifts is considered to bring separation and misfortune. (Image Source: Canva) 

Though not as deeply rooted in Western cultures, there are still some traditional sayings warning against the gift of shoes. According to legends, gifting shoes may cause arguments or arguing. In a bid to prevent ill luck, some people even give a little money in return when they receive shoes as a present, symbolically converting it to a buy and preventing bad luck.

It is widely held that providing shoes as a gift to a partner might lead him or her to walk away emotionally or physically. Though the belief seems far-fetched, it persists among individuals who hate to take chances.

(Disclaimer: This content includes advice providing generic information only. It is in no way a substitute for qualified spiritual or astrological opinion. Always consult a specialist for more information before adopting any measures.)

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