Fortune & luck
Browse meanings, origins, signs, and practical notes for common shamanic terms.
Fortune & luckJaemulun (Wealth Luck)The flow of money in and out of a life. Tradition's twist: fortune is measured not by what arrives but by the bowl that holds it.Fortune & luckJosangdeok (Ancestral Blessing)The idea that ancestors' accumulated virtue shelters their descendants. Koreans say of a lucky escape: 'the ancestors pushed from behind.'Fortune & luckAektaem (Warding Off Misfortune)The traditional idea that a small misfortune pays off a larger one in advance. It is also a distinctly Korean way of steadying the heart after something bad happens.Fortune & luckBujeok (Korean Talisman)A drawing or inscription carried or posted in hopes of blocking misfortune and drawing fortune. Tradition drew them in red cinnabar on yellow gwaehwangji paper.