El Hilo Rojo

The ancients believed that each person's life had already been arranged in advance and understood That everything that happens to a man is determined in an invisible world to the human eye The destined union becomes inevitable and the meetings between those who are connected take place throughout life The red thread of fate or the red cord of fate is a belief from East Asia present in Chinese mythology and Japanese beliefs According to the Japanese legend a red thread is tied around the little finger of those who will meet at some point in their lives In Chinese culture the same thing happens However the thread is tied around the ankles of the destined According to a very popular ancient Chinese legend ancient moon god named Yue Lao is in charge of marriages and tying the threads In one of the texts that talk about this legend it is mentioned: An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet regardless of me place or circumstance The thread can be stretched or contracted but never broken