Around the world, people have different stories and superstitions that they believe in. 

Some of them we experience in our day to day lives, for instance when a black cat crosses a road, people do not immediately cross that path; or not going out of the house immediately after sneezing. It shouldn't come as a surprise to you that superstitions somehow have found their way into weddings as well.

Here are a few instances and let's start with something that we are already familiar with!

You may have noticed that most weddings in India take place in October, November, and February; but do you think why might that be?

This is because the wedding season in Northern India starts from September, and ends in February!

The factors affecting the wedding seasons are majorly myths, astrologers, climates, and superstitions!

Here's a scene that may widen your understanding about what we want to explain.

This scene is a depiction of how weddings are finalized in India.

Before most of the Hindu weddings, the birth dates of the bride and groom are thoroughly checked and matched by an astrologer. The scene above is a perfect example of that. For happiness, prosperity, and good luck; many Indian families rely on their astrologers.

This shows that astrological factors play a great role in deciding the wedding date, and a wedding season. Astrology is technically based on planetary positions and stars. Basically, the positioning of the planets such as Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Mars and Mercury along with their degrees with respect to Sun is taken into consideration. It is believed that these factors play an important role in deciding the future of a marriage and its betterment.

Now comes another scene from the same movie.

This scene is the modern outlook on this factor.

These days, especially in love marriages, the involvement of an astrologer is much less than compared to arranged marriages. At times like these, the feelings of the bride and groom are considered more; but this was not always the case.

In southern India, not much importance is given to the wedding seasons, whereas in Northern India most people believe in these signs.

There's another Indian myth about why a couple shouldn't get married in the monsoons.

It is believed that during the rainy season, Lord Vishnu is asleep. Lord Vishnu is considered the supreme God of the Indian mythology. Due to this, the Hindu weddings mostly start after the month of 'kartik', when God has woken up to bestow his blessings on the bride and groom!

To some people, monsoon weddings are exciting and romantic, and some people may cringe even by the thought of it. Some believe it's good luck, while others strongly support that it's bad luck!

Apart from the monsoons, rain is considered to provide cleansing, fertility, and unity in a marriage!

It is considered as a good sign because it cleanses all the past and gives you a brand new beginning. Fertility, in the context of weddings, signifies that the couple will have healthy offspring; and getting married is also called tying a knot. As we know that breaking a knot is harder when it is wet, so when we tie a knot on a rainy day, the bond becomes hard to break!

It is believed that many of the customs that are followed during the weddings originated in Rome.

For instance, in most marriages, the brides cover their faces with a veil. This is because the Romans believed that when a bride wears a veil, it disguises her from the evil spirits that may be jealous of her beauty and happiness!

Sometimes, the western superstitions collide with ours as well.

There is a process in Punjabi weddings, called kaleerein showering. The superstitious ceremony involves tying gold and red kaleerein (ornaments) from the bride's choora. The bride is supposed to kind of place her hands over the heads of unmarried girls and shake them If the kaleerein falls on someone’s head, she’ll be the one to get married next!!

A similar tradition is seen in the Christian wedding. When the bride gets out of the church, she tosses a bouquet, and whoever catches it is the next to get married!

English lore are famous around the world.

One of the most known is 'Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue'

Another very common wedding superstition to this day is that the groom mustn’t see the bride before the wedding. 

Here are a few other interesting superstitions in the English Folklore:

• They believe it is good luck to throw shoes overhead the newlyweds!! Can you believe it?
• A cat sneeze on the wedding eve is considered to bring good luck!
• Wednesday is considered to be the best day to get married; and Saturday is considered the worst!
• They also believe that if the groom rubs his elbows with the groomsmen, it brings good luck!
• They sprinkle the bride with wheat or rice for fruitfulness!
• Having a green colored wedding dress is considered bad luck.
• Finding a spider on the wedding dress is considered Good Luck!

The list of superstitions is never ending!

In Greek weddings, a sugar cube is put upon the bride's head to ensure sweet marriage, and the Swedish believe that if a bride puts a silver coin from her father in her left shoe, and a gold coin from her mother in the right shoe; she might never have to do without them!

There is another interesting but spooky superstition which is still believed to be practiced in China.

Like many people still believe in the concept of afterlife, this belief was prominent in the Ancient China.

They believed that the unmarried people that died were still lonely in their afterlife. Therefore, they conducted ghost weddings. The family of the deceased state instances when they witnessed ,in their dreams, the loneliness of the departed who asked them to get them married to be at peace.