With St. Patrick’s day arriving, people are searching for both their green clothes and new luck, the holiday often mentioning the uncommon four-leaf clover.

This four-leaf clover is often said to bring the finder good luck, often shown with the seasonal leprechaun.

With talk about good and bad luck, people question what exactly luck is, vastly different views being had over it. 

According to the Washington Post, there are three different forms of luck: chance, a supernatural force, or a trait that some people are born with.

Senior McKenna Travis believes that luck is just chance, and can change based on the day.

“I believe that luck is something that you did not plan or prepare for that happened completely by chance,” Travis expressed. “Someone can be lucky by having good parents, and that might lead to them being lucky by having a better life than others.  However, the root is them having good parents, and that was random.”

With different beliefs about luck, some people will carry a “good luck charm” in an attempt to improve their fortune, ranging from wearing a favored piece of clothing to a competition, to carrying around a random object that is said to give good luck.

Junior Joshua Parsons has his own good luck charm, which he brings to every speech competition.

“I do not think my charm has any type of effect,” Prains said. “It is just a tradition that I use for good luck.”

There are various beliefs in luck, but according to an article by CBC Radio, luck is just an example of looking too far into things.

The article explains how people view mere coincidences, such as having a bad day after picking up a tails-up coin, as a belief that one small decision decided the way their day went.

This is an example of “random luck,” but if the person believed that this one chance would determine their future, it would be considered “forceful luck.”

Beliefs about luck will continue as St. Patrick’s day passes through and more traditions and superstitions arise.