Lucky Elephant

Lots of people consider elephant figures to be good luck charms. Apparently, a lucky elephant near the door to your home protects you from bad luck and also stimulates good luck for anyone living in the house. Elephants are used a lot in Feng Shui. As I understand it, through reading about this, displaying an elephant or two is supposed to promote love and faithfulness for a couple. To increase fertility luck, people are encouraged to place an elephant in their bedroom. Then, I read that elephants are used for knowledge and academic luck for children. You're supposed to put an elephant and a crystal globe where they study. Finally, in Feng Shui, a pair of trunks-up elephants at the front door is said to bring strength and good fortune to the family. I *think* the trunk up means the elephant is holding luck and the trunk down means it's dispensing luck... I have also been told that, any time you pass an elephant figure, you should rub it for luck. I have a brass elephant figure, trunk up, in my home -- I figure I'll take all the luck I can get ;)