Do some people have inherently bad luck?

[Onlyrainbows]

For the most part I don't believe in bad/good luck nor karma but my last 12-18 months do make me wonder some people simply have "worse luck" than others.

I think that it's true it's a lot to do with perception, but, probably not in the same way other people do.
People who are successful ime, tend to put it down to good choices, hard work and sacrifice, and consider that it's likely anyone who isn't hasn't made those good choices, worked as hard or been willing to sacrifice as much....... And then when something goes wrong in the successful persons life, it's down to bad luck and unfair because they worked so hard, sacrificed so much and made good choices - while those who are still successful think that they didn't work hard enough, sacrifice enough or make good choices.

I do think that things happen, both positive and negative, but many people take the positives as their due and move on, while they want to discover the 'cause' of the negative and do something about it.

Only superstitious people are unlucky.
It’s very unlucky to be superstitious.

Some great interpretations on this thread!
I think about 5% of the time things are 'luck' - the rest is just circumstances.
I say I was lucky to get a job at my current company as they didn't advertise very well and I knew someone who worked there - I didn't meet that person by chance, they were a relative of a friend I would have always met because we were in the same class at school.
My DP thinks he is unlucky because certain things go wrong for him - but every single one of those things I can put down to being a risk he was aware of when he did the thing to begin with. An acquaintance considers herself unlucky at work when she has chosen a career field that is unrelentingly full of bad news and is unstable.
Do agree that it's perspective though - someone I know is one of those people who bangs on about a 30 minute flight delay (on their way to a nice holiday) or someone very lightly bumping their car door with their door (at an event that costs £80+ a ticket) or that they tripped running (with their healthy body) or that they lost their wallet on a weekend away (with their loving partner of many years) and its like the tiny bits of bad suck the good out of everything. But I guess if you lead a charmed existence, then little bits of negative that are out of your control must seem like a big deal. But... have some perspective ffs.

Ooh what are you? I actually timed my baby to be born on a waxing moon. We missed the full moon by a day! 🙈

Life is full of chaos and confusion, upheavals and upsets. Some get more than their fair share and some less.

I can't give too many details as they would be outing but none of them were as a result of any decisions he made or of any action he had taken or left undone. Deaths in family. Employer going bust. Being taken ill while on holiday miles from civilisation. That sort of thing. They were totally "random". As I said he's the only case that I know of.

Some people seem to have a multitude of bad things happen to them. I know someone who has lost two children - one in a car accident, another to a seizure. That seems like a shitty hand to be dealt and there's no positive twist you can put on that.

I guess it is all just down to chance and circumstance.

Our of interest, I looked up the moon phases and it turns out that my mum, myself and my daughter were ALL born on a waning crescent. So about half way between the full and the new moon.
I would say that all three of us have experienced fairly equal measures of bad and good luck, although in different areas of our lives.
My husband was born on the first quarter. Not sure what that means but he is extremely lucky to be married to me so... 😂