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Can Old Clothes Be Given to Others to Wear? Why Shouldn't Old Clothes Be Discarded Carelessly
Published: 2026/01/16   Author: luxi   Source: network
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Can old clothes be given to others to wear 

It is best not to give old clothes to others to wear.
Generally speaking, the items we often use will carry our own luck, and old clothes are no exception. If you give your old clothes to someone else to wear, it is equivalent to giving your own luck to them. If the luck you give is good, it will not reduce your own luck, but instead can enhance the recipient's fortune, which in turn can also bring good fortune to you. However, if the luck you give is bad, giving such old clothes to others may damage your reputation, lead to the breakdown of the relationship between you two, and also bring misfortune to the other person, which is not beneficial to your own blessings. Since we cannot know whether the luck on the clothes we give is good or bad, to avoid giving away bad luck, it is best not to give old clothes to others to wear.

Why should old clothes not be thrown away randomly

May attract evil spirits
Clothes usually leave a person's smell. If you throw away old clothes carelessly, especially in bad places, something unclean might follow the smell back to your home. This is particularly inauspicious during the seventh lunar month.
Not conducive to wealth
Feng Shui theory believes that throwing away old clothes directly is not good for wealth. Because your clothes may have some of your own wealth. Throwing them away directly is equivalent to losing your wealth, which is not conducive to your financial development.
Not conducive to health
Feng Shui theory believes that throwing away old clothes directly can harm our relationships, add many unnecessary obstacles and twists to our love life, bring unnecessary troubles, and cause some problems that could have been avoided.
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