The rabbit's foot stands for fertility, abundance, and the nimble kind of luck that darts out of danger's way. It is the classic pocket charm — a folk emblem of the idea that luck is something you keep close.
European folklore long linked rabbits and hares to spring, the moon, and fertility, and from that grew the belief that carrying one's foot brings luck. In America the charm merged with African-American hoodoo tradition, which held the left hind foot to be the potent one, and by the late nineteenth century the rabbit's foot keychain had become a national craze.
The rabbit's foot stands for fertility, abundance, and the nimble kind of luck that darts out of danger's way. It is the classic pocket charm — a folk emblem of the idea that luck is something you keep close.
Tradition says to carry it in a pocket or on a keychain so it never leaves your side. Today faux-fur versions are the common and kinder choice.