Are seashells good luck or bad luck? In Florida, seashells of all types have decorated people’s homes for as long as I can remember. But not my grandma’s home or even her beach condo. She may have been Italian, but she subscribed to the Cuban superstition that seashells are bad luck. We may have collected seashells by the seashore, but they would not be welcome across the threshold. Some of the reasons I could find for Cubans believing that seashells are bad luck include the ideas that you’re stealing a sea creature’s home — or worse — a sea creature was killed for someone to collect their home; seashells are dead and dead things shouldn’t be invited to bring bad luck — or worse — death into your home and seashells belong in the sea or on the seashore. It seems that every other culture thinks seashells are good luck. Feng Shui takes that same theory of a shell being a sea creature’s home and spins it as a positive addition to your home. It’s protective and, depending on where you place it, can bring good luck and prosperity. Seashells are signs of good communication, better long-distance relationships, love and fertility. So, are seashells good luck or bad luck? I was at a farmers’ market and a woman from Jamaica with beautiful hair was selling awesome smelling hair product that she made from flowers and herbs she grew in her garden. I bought a bottle, and she wrapped it in a cute bag. When I got home and took out the hair product, there was a sweet little seashell inside. She said to keep the bottle in the refrigerator, so I did. The first time I went to use the hair product, I dropped the bottle and it shattered and spilled all over the bathroom floor. Grandma!