A well-known English proverb says: “My home is my castle”. Really, all the ways are leading to a native house, a place where a person has an opportunity to relax, enjoy the things which he likes, communicate with the dearest and nearest, stay alone or meet friends.
New home
A human life consists of some very important stages – the birth, christening, wedding, children, a new home... Every stage has its own importance and meaning for a person. Some of them very pleasant, some of them are more troublesome. As for a new home, it is one of the events that could be both happy and problematic. The removing from an old place to a new one is always connected with many worries. It is a process when the last connections are broken, but the new ones are not set up yet. A person is in a situation like "between the heavens and the earth". A new life is connected with some kind of hesitation and doubt as it is natural to doubt. That is why in the eve of the removing, magic of the things and goods influence a person hardly. Superstitions are the result of the old home traditions. Even now, in the century of the knowledge and understanding the nature of the things, even the most skeptical people try to secure themselves against the possible troubles in a new house. As our ancestors used to let in a cat or a cock first, so, modern people believe that a first creature in a new house is to be a cat. The warmest and energetically positive place in a house is chosen by a cat. People believe that the following the new home traditions brings happiness and welfare into a new house. So, much attention is devoted to the things at a new place as people believe that the things create the same positive and negative aura like a beloved child or an evil mother-in-law do. Anyway, these beliefs embody the different forms in the different countries. For example, Feng Shui, which conquers the traditions of home improvement all over the world.