A black cat....

[noodlesandtomatoes]

Crossed my path. Good or bad luck?

[Fekko]

Both.

[Suze1621]

As a child I remember one of our neighbours not going into work as a black cat crossed his path. He was a miner and there was a fall during the shift he should have worked and colleagues were injured, some badly. This confirmed his superstition that black cats were unlucky - his wife however was equally convinced that this sequence of events proved that black cats were lucky as he was not hurt!

[DrHarleenFrancesQuinzel]

What if its your own pet? My black cat is always crossing my path, but as we live in the same house it does happen fairly often.

[kiwiquest]

Hmmm my parents demented black beast crossed my path at silly o clock this morning as I left their house nearly tripping me over.... unlucky for me. But then I got purrs and cuddles...lucky for me. So both!

[Katedotness1963]

Black cats are lucky!

[SabineUndine]

I always say it’s lucky for any black cat that crosses my path cos I’ll give it a cuddle.

[goose1964]

I thought it was lucky in the UK but unlucky in the states

[TitsNnails]

In my case lucky. My black cat is on my lap and he is fabulous.

[MyCatHasStaff]

Whenever a black cat crosses your path it definitely means it's going somewhere.
Owner of 3 black cats. You're welcome

[MayFayner]

If it crosses from left to right: good luck
Right to left: bad luck

Just don't quote me on that because I made it up, or someone did.

[DramaAlpaca]

To be lucky the black cat has to cross your path from left to right.

Before anyone asks, I have no idea where I heard this.

[DramaAlpaca]

Oh! Great x-post with MayFayner there!

[Theresnonamesleft]

So how comes us owners aren’t doomed to bad luck. Mine cross my path from all directions all the time.

[MayFayner]

Really, alpaca! I said don't quote me

[Rebeccaslicker]

Depends if you're a mouse or not!

[TotemIcePole]

Lucky. Mine are beautiful

[DramaAlpaca]

[Weedsnseeds1]

This gorgeous boy crossed my path nearly two years ago. He's brought nothing but pleasure. Good luck for sure

[halloweenzombie]

This one crosses my path all the time 😺 she had been for three years now and I'm still here 😉

[halloweenzombie]

Has been *
And another picture just because

[CheshireChat]

This reminds me of the massive black cat that launched itself at my toddler... As it wanted a cuddle! Happy cat and happy DS, but I thought it wanted to claw his face off as it was so sudden .

[melj1213]

Another owner of black cats (two - tho one has a few white spots) here.

The only time black cats crossing my path is bad luck is if they try to do it as I am walking down stairs usually with a laundry basket or some such item that means I can't see them lurking on the step below

[NoCanoe]

All cats are lucky.
Especially black ones.

[HidingBehindTheWallpaper]

It depends if you are in the uk or the us.

In the uk a black cat crossing your path is good luck. In the US it’s bad luck.

I was a superstitions geek as a child, don’t judge me.

[LazyLump]

When my black cat has crossed my path it has been unlucky quite a few times as inevitably I step on her. She follows me everywhere. Damn thing won't learn .