Good Luck + Good Fortune

Feng Shui Charm

Measures approximately 4.5" in total length

Features the symbols of:

Abacus: Abundant wealth, financial acumen; the swirl shapes featured is similar to the head of the Ruyi scepter for things “As you wish”.

Fish: Abundance, success, and luck in love; yú 鱼 “fish”, sounds like yú 余 “surplus”. The jumping carp above the waves is from the belief that after swimming upstream and leaping the legendary Dragon Gate, the carp becomes a dragon; for perseverance, achievement, and success. The double heart is for harmonious relationship.

Money Bag: Prosperity, abundance; it reads: Fú 福 meaning, “blessings, happiness, good luck”

Elephant: Good luck, strength, prosperity, protection, and wisdom; a raised trunk calls good luck to you and offers protection. The front and back together reads: jíxiáng 吉祥  meaning, “lucky”.

Fortune Wheel: Great good luck. Gourd: good job; húlu 葫芦 “gourd”, sounds like fúlù 福禄 - Fú (see Money Bag), and Lù is a “high government position”. Fú is also written in the wheel center. The gourd top/bottom is Heaven/Earth; the two halves also form the number “8”, for wealth and prosperity. Ruyi (see Abacus). 6 gourds + 6 ruyi = liù liù dà shùn 六​六​大​順 (6x6 Great Fortune - a popular idiom for “everything going your way”). 

Om Mani Padme Hum (Tibetan)
Mantra Prayer Bead Mantra of Compassion: This prayer is the embodiment of Avalokiteshvara (Sanskrit) or Chenrezig (Tibetan), the Bodhisattva of Compassion, better known as Kuan Yin in the Chinese culture. It translates to: “OM Jewel Lotus HUM”.
It is a prayer to relieve suffering and hardship. In Feng Shui, it is used to banish negative
energy and to bring harmony and balance. This prayer bead is a stylized artistic rendering of the actual Tibetan script.