From January 7 to January 19, a very special period lasts in the life of the Orthodox Slavs - Christmastide. Twelve holidays Since ancient times, between the Nativity of Christ and Epiphany, people have considered it the most suitable time for magical rituals, predictions and divination. They believed that it was on Christmastide that various kinds of “evil spirits” and the souls of the dead descended to earth. Therefore, fortune telling itself was carried out in places where spirits and dark forces gathered: baths, basements, attics, abandoned huts.
Interest in Christmas fortune-telling has not faded to this day. There are many options and ways to look into the future, see your betrothed or find out about your upcoming marriage. However, the recommendations for performing the ritual remained the same.
For the predictions to be accurate, it is best to tell fortunes at midnight in a quiet place where no one can disturb you. During fortune telling, you need to focus on the process and remain silent.
Also, before performing a magical ritual, you should remove your pectoral cross, loosen your hair, untie your belt, and during the fortune telling itself, do not cross your legs and arms.
Fortune telling for the betrothed
To see her future life partner, before going to bed, a girl needs to drink a glass of salted water and say:
“Who is my betrothed, who is my mummer, give me a drink!”
Constriction will appear in a dream and provide water to quench your thirst.
There is another version of this fortune telling. To do this, place a comb or comb under the pillow and say:
“The betrothed-mummer! Comb my head!”
The future husband will come to the girl in a dream and begin to comb her hair.
The betrothed can also be seen using cards. To do this, you need to pull four kings from the deck and put them under the pillow. In the morning, pull out the first card in your hand. The chosen king will characterize the future groom. So, the king of spades means that the spouse will be jealous, the king of hearts - rich and young, the king of clubs - a widower, the king of diamonds - loved and desired.
Fortune telling using mirrors
For such fortune telling you will need two mirrors of different sizes (one should be several times larger), two candles and a clean handkerchief. The mirrors need to be placed opposite each other, with a lit candle placed on each side of the smaller mirror. The fortuneteller should position herself behind a small mirror and carefully peer into the resulting mirror “corridor.” As soon as the image of the betrothed appears there, one of the mirrors needs to be covered with a scarf.
Wax fortune telling
With the help of this fortune telling, you can find out predictions from the brownie. To do this, you need to pour milk into a bowl and place it at the doorstep. Then melt the wax in a tablespoon and pour it into the liquid with the words:
“Brownie, my master, come to the threshold to drink milk and eat wax.”
The frozen wax figures will mean what will happen in the near future. The cross is a symbol of illness and adversity. Flower - quick wedding or new love. Human silhouette - meeting a friend. Beast - meeting with an enemy. Two stripes - long journey or moving. Asterisks - success in business.
Fortune telling on paper
You will need a lit candle, a plate and a sheet of paper. First you need to turn off the light. Then squeeze the paper into a ball and, placing it on a plate, light it. When the leaf burns out, outlines will appear on the wall. It is worth looking closely at the shadow - it is in it that the prediction is hidden. Shapes resembling a person mean a new acquaintance or falling in love. The figure of an animal means good luck and success in business. Geometric figure- serious problems and troubles that will require material and emotional costs.
There is another way of fortune telling on burning paper. To do this, you need to write your lover’s name on a piece of paper, and then set the paper on fire on a plate. A wish associated with a person whose name is written on a piece of paper will come true if the paper does not burn completely.
Fortune telling with a towel
For this version of Christmas fortune telling, you will need a simple white towel. At night you need to hang it out the window, saying: “My betrothed, mummer, come and wash yourself.” If by morning the towel becomes wet, there will be a quick marriage, if it is dry, it’s too early to wait for the wedding.
Fortune telling on needles
You need to take two needles and, after lubricating them with wax, lower them into a container of water. The way the needles begin to sink will be the answer. If they go to the bottom instantly, then their most cherished wish will come true. If they start to drown, having united, expect a quick marriage; if separated, it means family troubles and difficulties. If the tip of one needle is directed towards the tip of another, then there will be obstacles on the way to achieving the goal.
Fortune telling using cereals
You need to place several different rings in a container with cereal: gold, silver, precious stone and jewelry. Then, without looking, scoop up a handful of cereal and see what you get. If you have a ring with a stone or a precious metal in your hand, the groom will be rich and noble; if it is a trinket, he will be poor. If you don’t find any ring, it means that the wedding will not take place soon.
For the second option of fortune telling on the croup, rings are not required. You just need to ask a question, and then scoop up a handful of grains and count their number. If the number is even, the answer is positive, if the number is odd, the answer is negative.
Fortune telling using a mirror and water
You will need a large transparent container filled with water, a mirror and three candles. You need to turn off the lights, light the candles and place them on three sides. The mirror should be located in front of the container. You should look closely at the reflection of the mirror in the water: that’s where you can see your betrothed or your future.
Fortune telling on a cat
You can find out whether your cherished wish will come true or not with the help of your pet. To do this, you need to call a cat into an empty room and see which paw it will cross the threshold with. The right one will come true, the left one will have to wait until the wish comes true.
Fortune telling on ropes (threads)
This version of fortune telling requires several participants. All girls must cut the threads to the same length and set them on fire at the same time. The girl whose thread burns out the fastest will be the first to get married. If the flame could not even reach half the thread, then a wedding this year is unlikely to be expected.
Fortune telling by the name of a passerby
One of the most simple options Fortune telling for Christmas time, allowing you to find out the name of your future spouse. To do this, you need to go out at midnight and ask the first man you meet for his name.
Fortune telling in the snow
At midnight you need to go outside and walk through the untouched snow. If no one crosses the tracks until morning, then married life will go smoothly. If the tracks turn out to be trampled, you should prepare for quarrels and disagreements.
Fortune telling with a window
At midnight you need to open a window with the words:
“Betrothed, mummer! Drive past the window!
If after the words you immediately hear drunken singing, music, noise, it means that the year will be fun and marriage is not far off.
Fortune telling by ring
The gold ring should be placed in a glass of water and left in the cold. In the morning, the surface of the frozen water will be able to tell about future offspring. If the water is frozen without tubercles, then life will be childless. If with tubercles - wait for sons, with pits - for daughters.
Pumpkin fortune telling for a wish
The pumpkin should be cut into two equal parts and count the number of seeds on each half. If there are more seeds on the right side, then the wish will come true.
Fortune telling for 12 wishes
On one night during Holy Week, you need to prepare twelve pieces of paper. You should write one wish on them, roll them up, and put them under the pillow. In the morning, pull out three pieces of paper. The wishes written on them will come true within a year.
Fortune telling with garlic
You will need one head of garlic and salt. Garlic needs to be salted, put on the windowsill and observed during all twelve days of Christmastide. If the garlic head begins to dry out, then most likely illnesses and ailments await you throughout the year. If it germinates, there will be an addition to the family. If the head of garlic remains in the same condition - a year will pass calmly, without shocks.
Fortune telling by spruce branch
You can find out whether the year will be happy or not using the usual spruce branch. To do this, you need to put it under your pillow at night, and in the morning count the number of fallen needles. If the number is even, then the year will be bright and joyful. If it's odd, you're unhappy.
Fortune telling by frost patterns
This method of fortune telling is considered one of the most ancient and accurate Christmas fortune telling. It will require a small mirror and clean water. At midnight you should look in the mirror, thinking about what worries and worries you most. Then the mirror needs to be doused with water and taken outside (or to the balcony). The patterns that appear overnight will contain the answer to the question. If there are few or no patterns on the mirror, then the near future will not bring significant changes. If there is a winding and bizarre frosty pattern, then bright and important events lie ahead.
Useful articles
Fortune telling (with felt boots) on the “side” which one will you marry?
This is the most famous and widespread type of fortune telling. The girls take turns throwing their felt boots (boots, shoes) onto the road and, by the direction of the “toe” of the felt boots, recognize the direction in which they will get married.
Fortune telling with mirrors to evoke the image of the future groom
This fortune-telling, well known from literature, is often used today. The girl sits down in the dark between two mirrors, lights candles and begins to peer into the “gallery of reflections,” hoping to see her groom. The best time For this fortune-telling, midnight is considered.
Fortune telling (with burning a thread) for the speed and order of marriage
It consists of girls cutting threads of the same length and setting them on fire. Whoever's thread burns out first will be the first to be married. If the thread goes out immediately and less than half is burned, then you won’t get married.
Fortune telling (with a ring or needle) about the gender of the unborn child
Certain actions are performed with a ring or a needle (the ring is lowered into a glass of water, the needle is pierced into woolen fabric), then, suspended by a hair or thread, it is slowly lowered near the hand of the one being told fortunes. If an object (ring, needle) begins to make circular movements, a girl will be born (less often, a boy), if it is pendulum-shaped, it will be a boy (less often, a girl), if the object does not move, there will be no children.
Fortune telling (with choice of subject) for the “quality” of life and the groom
Objects are placed in a bowl, saucer or felt boot, and the girls choose them. The choice of subject symbolizes future life: ash - bad life, sugar - sweet life, ring - getting married, onion - for tears, glass - cheerful life, gold ring - rich life etc.
Fortune telling with a rooster
Grain is poured into one plate (or money is placed), water is poured into another, a mirror is placed nearby, and sometimes a chicken is brought. A rooster that approaches a mirror symbolizes the beauty and tenderness of the future groom; a rooster that approaches grain or money is his wealth; a rooster that approaches water symbolizes his tendency to drink; if a rooster approaches a hen, it means that the groom will be a “womanizer.”
Fortune telling by shadows
This type of fortune telling, due to its simplicity, is very common among modern girls. The girl sets fire to a sheet of paper she has crumpled up, and then examines the shadow of the burnt paper. Everyone takes blank slate paper, crumples it, places it on a dish or large flat plate and sets it on fire. When the sheet burns or is almost burned, it is displayed on the wall using a candle. By carefully examining the shadows they try to find out the future.
Fortune telling with matches
Two matches are inserted into the sides of the matchbox and lit. If the burnt heads are facing each other, it means that the “miraculous” guy and girl will be together.
Fortune telling (based on barking dogs) about the age of the groom
After certain actions, the fortune-telling participants listen to the barking of the dog. “A hoarse bark promises an old groom, and a ringing bark promises a young one.
Fortune telling with a ring to evoke the image of the future groom
A girl throws into a glass of water wedding ring and peers inside the ring, pronouncing the words: “My betrothed, the mummer...”
Fortune telling with inducing a dream about the betrothed.
We write the boy’s name on a piece of paper, kiss this word with painted lips (so that a mark remains), put it on a small mirror and under the pillow or place three bay leaves under the pillow. On one they write - “Ananiy”, on the other - “Azarius” and on the third - “Misail” and say the spell: “From Monday to Tuesday I look at the windowsill, whoever dreams about me, let him dream about me.”
They tell fortunes on the night from Monday to Tuesday. Take a spruce branch and place it at the head of the bed overnight. At the same time they say: “I go to bed on Monday, put a spruce tree at my head, if I dream of someone who thinks about me.” Whoever you dream about is the one who loves you.
They tell fortunes on the night from Thursday to Friday. When going to bed, they say: “Thursday with Wednesday, Tuesday with Monday, Sunday with Saturday. Friday is alone and I, young, alone. I am lying on the Zion Mountains, three angels in my heads: one sees. Another will say, a third will indicate fate.”
Girls tell fortunes if they go to bed where they never had to before. Before going to bed they say: “In a new place, dream of the bridegroom.” You will see your fiance in a dream.
Cartomancy
Before going to bed, they put four kings under the pillow and say: “Who is my betrothed, who is my mummer, he will appear in my dreams.” If you dream about the king of spades, the groom will be an old man and jealous, the king of hearts means young and rich, the king of the cross - expect matchmakers from a military man or businessman, and the king of diamonds - from the desired one.
Fortune telling for relatives
They go to look at their neighbors' windows during dinner. If they see the heads of those sitting at the table, they foretell to themselves that the future relatives will all be alive; if they don’t see the heads, then a misfortune must happen to the relatives.
Wax fortune telling
Melt the wax in a mug, pour milk into a saucer and place it at the threshold of your apartment or house. Say the following words: “Brownie, my master, come to the threshold to drink milk and eat wax.” WITH last words pour melted wax into milk. Now watch what is happening carefully. If you see a frozen cross, some illnesses await you in the new year. If the cross only appears, then in the coming year your financial affairs will not go too well, and in your personal life you will be overcome by troubles, but not too serious. If a flower blooms, get married, get married or find a loved one. If an animal appears, be careful: you will have some kind of enemy. If the wax flows in stripes, roads and crossings lie ahead of you, but if it starts to appear like stars, expect good luck in your service or in your studies. If a human figure is formed, you will gain a friend.
On the bulbs
Take several bulbs and mark each of them. These bulbs are planted in the ground: the one that sprouts first, that girl will get married ahead of the others.
Around the ring
Fill an ordinary glass glass 3/4 full with water and carefully lower the wedding ring to the middle of the bottom. Then they look through the water into the middle of the ring, where the image of the betrothed should appear.
Throw the ring on the floor. If it rolls towards the door, it means the girl is getting married soon, and the man is going on a business trip. Can be interpreted as leaving home.
Calling out to passers-by
Go out into the street at midnight and ask the name of the first person you meet. This is exactly what your betrothed will be called, this is exactly how he will be handsome and rich.
Eavesdropping
You climb under your neighbors window and, naturally, listen. If they have a showdown with breaking dishes, you can expect a “fun” year. If there is silence in the house, your year will be harmonious.
Fortune telling on an egg
Take a fresh egg, make a small hole in it and carefully pour the contents into a glass of water. When the protein curls, you need to guess your future based on the shape it takes. The sight of a church means a wedding, a ring means an engagement, a cube means a coffin, a ship means a business trip (for a man) or the return of a husband from a business trip (for a woman). If the protein sinks to the bottom, there will be a fire in the house.
Fortune telling by logs
You need to approach the woodpile backwards and select a log by touch. If it is even, smooth, without knots, the spouse will come across with an ideal character. If the log is thick and heavy, the husband will be wealthy. If there are a lot of knots, the family will have many children, and if the log is crooked, the husband will be askew and lame.
Fortune telling with a cat
Make a wish, call your cat. If she crosses the threshold of the room with her left paw, her wish will come true. If it's right, it's not meant to be.
Fortune telling by book
It is best to take a book of spiritual content, for example, the “Bible”, without opening it, guess the page number and line at the top or bottom, then open it and read it in the guessed place. They interpret what they read in accordance with what interests the fortuneteller most of all.
Fortune telling with invocation of spirits
For fortune telling, you need a sheet of A2 paper and a porcelain saucer. On paper, draw a circle with a diameter of approximately 30 cm and write along a line outside the circle all the letters of the alphabet, and in the circle - the numbers from 1 to 10. Mark the center inside the circle and place a saucer on it, having previously drawn an arrow on the vessel. Repeat three times: “I call upon the spirit...Will you speak to us? Say: Yes or no." The saucer should move and point with an arrow to the letters and numbers. You just need to have time to read it.
See also
Notes
Literature
- Vinogradova L.N. Fortune telling // Slavic antiquities: Ethnolinguistic dictionary/ Ed. N.I. Tolstoy; . - M.: International Relations, 1995. - T. 1. - P. 482-486. - ISBN 5-7133-0704-2.
- Krinichnaya N.A.. - Karelian scientific. Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Language, Literature and History, 1993.
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Rules for telling fortunes about your betrothed
Christmas fortune-telling has always been very popular, because they were considered the most accurate. The fortune telling period continues from January 7th to 19th. At this time, unmarried girls cast a spell on their betrothed every day, wanting to know the features of his appearance, character, profession, wealth, etc.
- 1. You cannot take fortune telling lightly, otherwise the result will be incorrect.
- 2. Particular attention should be paid to choosing the place where the ritual will take place. In Rus', so-called “unclean” places were used for them - a bathhouse, an attic, a basement, an abandoned old house, any other room where, according to legend, otherworldly forces can dwell.
- 3. You can only light a room with candles.
- 4. Remove all icons in the fortune telling room.
- 5. You need to cast a spell in complete solitude. Neither people, nor animals, nor extraneous sounds or noise should distract from the process.
- 6. You need to fully concentrate and concentrate on your question. It needs to be formulated briefly and clearly so that it is easy to answer.
- 7. You must remove your cross, rings, bracelets and other jewelry.
- 8. It is advisable to let your hair down.
- 9. You cannot cross your arms and legs.
- 10. You don’t have to tell anyone about what you saw for the predictions to come true.
The most truthful fortune telling for dreams - how to see your betrothed?
What should you do to have a dream about your betrothed?
Marriage is considered important point in the life of any woman. There are a lot of simple and accessible rituals and methods of divination to make you dream prophetic dream about your future spouse.
The following points are worth considering:
- the fortuneteller must sleep in the room absolutely alone;
- after saying the magic words before going to bed, you should not talk to anyone else;
- to get an accurate prediction, you need to go to bed in the opposite direction from your usual one;
- turn the sheet and pillow upside down;
- Wear your nightgown inside out.
Easy fortune telling for dreams
Christmas fortune telling based on prophetic dreams about your future spouse is extremely diverse. Most of them are very simple and are done at home at night before going to sleep. Among them are the following:
- 1. Place a mirror and a comb under the pillow with the words: “Come, come. Comb it, comb it. Look at me, show yourself."
- 2. Make a well of matches and say out loud: “Betrothed-mummer, come and drink some water.”
- 3. Make a bridge out of twigs, put it under the pillow and say: “Whoever is my mummer, whoever is my betrothed, will take me across the bridge.”
- 4. Place a carafe of water and a cup at the head of the bed. Before going to bed, say the following words: “You’ll get tired from the road, my betrothed, I have some water, come, I’ll give you a drink.” Sign yourself with the cross and lie down to rest.
- 5. Before going to bed, without first combing your hair, you need to place a clean comb or comb under the pillow and say: “Betrothed-mummer, come comb me.”
- 6. At night, mix a thimble of salt with the same amount of water, swallow the mixture without drinking water, and say: “Who is my betrothed, who is my mummer, he will give me a drink.”
- 7. Before going to bed, remove the twig from the new broom, hide it under the bed, and put a horseshoe or horse bridle under the pillow. After this, whisper: “Betrothed, my sir, go to my home, shoe a horse, put me on it, take a rod, drive the horse, kiss me.”
- 8. Shortly before going to bed, braid your braid, put a small new padlock through it, lock it with a key and say the magic words: “Betrothed-mummer, come to me to ask for the key, to unlock the lock.” Put the key under the pillow. In a dream, the groom will ask him to give it away.
- 9. Place a saucer with jam near the head, which should be cooked in advance. Before going to bed, say: “I have all the sweets.” In addition to the groom who appears in the dream, after this simple ritual the girl will have many suitors.
- 10. Read three times at night: “Monday with Tuesday, Wednesday with Thursday, Friday with Saturday. Sunday-widow, what dream will I have? Let me, God, see the one with whom I will live forever.”
- 11. When going to bed, put on new stockings, then take off the left stocking and hide it under the pillow. Say the spell: “Betrothed-mummer, come take off my shoes.”
- 12. Soap and a comb are placed under the pillow, and the girl must say: “My betrothed, mummer, come, wash and comb me.”
- 13. So that the mother-in-law can see her future son-in-law in a dream, the following ritual is suitable: before going to bed, you need to place a frying pan with pancakes under the bed. Say: “Betrothed, come to your mother-in-law for pancakes.”
- 14. If a fortuneteller sleeps in someone else’s house for the first time, when going to bed in a new place, you need to whisper: “In a new place, dream about the bridegroom.”
- 15. At night, put four kings from a playing card deck under your pillow and say: “Who is my betrothed, who is my mummer, dream about me.” The king of spades in a dream will show that the spouse will be older, the king of clubs will be a widower, the king of hearts promises a handsome and rich man, and the king of diamonds will be a loved one.
- 16. From the festive Christmas feast, you must leave a crust of bread, put it under the pillow and say: “My betrothed, come to dinner with me.”
Complex rituals performed at night
To find out the name of your future husband, you can use this proven method:
- take several sheets of paper;
- cut them into small pieces of paper;
- write different men's names on each;
- put it under your pillow at night;
- in the morning, without looking, take out the first piece of paper you come across.
Whatever name is written on it is the name of the betrothed.
Another method of fortune telling for a future spouse with candles, which is carried out at night:
- place three candles in a row one after another so that they merge into one;
- light them and sit opposite;
- while reading the plot, gradually move the candles to the side one after another so that all three are visible at once;
- say the magic words: “Candle flame, show me your betrothed! Show me his image! Let me at least see my fate in a dream”;
- let the candles burn out completely;
- go to bed.
In a dream, the fortuneteller will see her future husband.
Fortune telling for the coming sleep:
- collect a bouquet of twelve different dry herbs in advance;
- at the same time, wish for a specific meaning for each, for example, get married, receive a marriage proposal, etc.;
- put the bouquet at the head of the bed before going to bed and whisper a spell;
- At night you will dream about the groom, and in the morning you should take out any twig at random and from it get a prediction about your relationship with him.
By branches:
- break off one branch each from poplar, birch and aspen;
- tie them with a thread pulled from your own clothes;
- put a bouquet of branches under your pillow before going to bed;
- say three times: “Balideff, Asalbi, Abumaleff.”
Whoever dreams is the betrothed.
Rituals with a mirror and a ring
Fortune telling with a mirror is carried out strictly at midnight alone:
- take two mirrors of the same size;
- install them with their front sides parallel to each other;
- light a couple of candles and place them on the sides;
- look intently into the resulting mirror corridor;
- after evil spirits appear in the form of your betrothed, quickly say: “Forget me.”
You should also guess on the ring at 12 o'clock at night:
- prepare a regular glass glass without edges or patterns;
- fill it one third with water;
- place the wedding ring in it, which must first be cleaned;
- look into the water through the ring to see your future husband.
It should be noted that fortune telling does not always give a 100% accurate answer. Do not worry if the result is not favorable for the fortune-telling girl. It can always be changed for the better.
Christmas time is a special time for fortune telling. Since ancient times, it was believed that predictions during the period from January 6 to January 19 come true with particular accuracy. Our ancestors believed that the first week of Christmastide was good; it was even called “holy.” In the second week, during fortune telling, you can see the spirits of the dead and evil spirits, which is why it was called “terrible.” They told fortunes in the evening and at night. The significant time was midnight; at this hour all otherworldly forces can come as close as possible to our world and give clear signs.
In order not to deviate from traditions that have developed for more than one century, if you decide to tell fortunes, then choose any number within 2 weeks after the celebration of Christmas or tell fortunes on its eve. Wait until it gets dark or start casting at night, just remember to prepare first.
How to prepare
To perform fortune telling correctly and get a 100% result, you need to properly prepare for it. Before performing the ceremony, create a suitable environment at home, choose right place. The following rules will help you prepare:
- if you wear pectoral crosses, then remove them before fortune telling. As long as the cross is on your chest, you are protected. Don’t forget to remove the icons from the room or cover them with a towel;
- Before the prediction begins, take off all your rings, let your hair down, and untie the belts on your clothes. There should be no embarrassment;
- Before and during the ritual, keep your arms and legs uncrossed. Crossed limbs do not allow the prediction to be interpreted correctly and can confuse;
- The room for fortune telling should be very quiet. Be sure to turn off the lights and light candles; you need to create twilight in the room.
If you are going to tell fortunes in an apartment, then choose a room with a closing door; you can go to the bathroom. In a private house, they usually cast fortunes in the bathhouse, in the basement or attic. These places are considered borderline: spirits can be found there.
Interesting!
One of the most popular places for fortune telling is considered to be a crossroads. In the old days they believed that there, at midnight, you could meet the devil and other evil spirits.
Examples of Christmas fortune telling
Before you start guessing, decide what you want to know. Young girls cast spells on their future husband and children, and married women they tell fortunes to find out about prosperity and harvest. Men can also take part in fortune telling to learn a little about their future.
For divination you will need improvised objects. The most commonly used items are mirrors, water, rings, bracelets, clothing items, and kitchen utensils. If you are afraid to guess, invite a friend or mother with you, don’t be afraid, nothing bad will happen. During the rituals, remain serious, do not laugh or have fun, vulgar behavior may offend the spirits.
On burnt paper
In this way one can predict further events in life. Prepare clean paper sheets. Then take one leaf and crumple it into a ball. Place the paper on a plate and light it on fire. You can place a cup of water next to the burning paper so that if something happens, the sheet can be extinguished. Be careful, the plate gets hot from the fire. Let the paper burn to the very end. Then place the plate so that the ash from the sheet casts a shadow on the wall. In the shadows, try to make out an image or object; it marks your near future.
By wax
Prepare a cup of water and a paraffin candle. Light the candle, wait a little so that the wax begins to melt and the flame burns well. Pour the wax onto water to create large particles. Then take out the resulting pieces and place them on paper. Try to guess the outlines of figures or objects in the pieces. For example, the resulting cross marks an illness or funeral. Flowers are symbols of imminent marriage. Wax frozen in the shape of a star means good luck.
By water
Write down any events in advance on small pieces of paper, for example, “birth of a child,” “wedding,” “money luck,” and so on. Try not to write too bad omens, write simply: “failure”, “illness”. There can be any number of pieces of paper. Fill a basin with water, and place notes in the water on the surface. Make a paper boat and place a candle in it. Instead of a boat, you can take a plastic jar. Wherever he brings the candle, that’s what we should look forward to next year.
By egg
Take a cup with hot water and a raw egg. Make a hole in the shell so that the contents of the egg can be poured into a cup. Pour the egg white into water; it will quickly curdle. Based on the shape of the frozen protein, try to guess what is waiting for you in the near future. The ring shape signifies a wedding in the coming year. If the squirrel sank to the bottom, then there will be trouble in the house.
Note!
If the water is cool, you won't be able to cast the whites, so be sure to heat the water before guessing.
By melt water
Fortune telling helps you understand what the coming year will be like for you. The ritual must be carried out on the night of January 18-19, then the prediction will be definitely true. Near the house, mark a snowdrift with pure snow. Take a handful of snow and make a big snowball out of it. Bring the snowball home, put it in a cup and leave it to melt until the morning. In the morning, look at the water. If it is clean and transparent, then the year will be very successful. Small specks signify troubles and troubles. If there is large debris in the water, this is an unkind sign and trouble will come.
According to the book
Take old book, but only artistic content. The older the book is, the better. Mentally think about what you want to know, close your eyes. You can ask out loud a specific question that interests you very much. Then guess the page number of the book and the serial line. Open the book to the page you wished for and read the line. Now interpret what the fortune telling told you.
By subject
This method is suitable if you have a whole company gathered. Should be placed in a box or basin various items: rings, chains, scarf, earrings, coins, keys. Now the box needs to be closed with a lid or thick cloth, and its contents should be shaken. Everyone takes turns pulling out the first item they come across from the box. It is forbidden to select with your hand; you must immediately pull out what you come across. Keys speak of the imminent acquisition of real estate, coins indicate a successful financial situation, but a scarf speaks of failures and illness.
Attention!
You cannot pull objects; everyone must pull them once.
By thread
This fortune telling helps a girl determine how soon she will get married. You need to cut three threads of different colors: black, red and white. Place the threads on a flat surface, mix with eyes closed. Then pull out one of the threads, open your eyes and see what color it is. If the thread is red, then you will get married soon. A white thread means that marriage will happen, but not as soon as you want. The black thread says that there will definitely not be marriage in the near future.
With mirrors
Ancient fortune telling by mirrors has been known for many centuries. Not everyone can decide on it, but if you dare, then prepare 2 mirrors, preferably tabletop ones. Choose mirrors of approximately the same size so that they do not differ. Place them opposite each other to create a mirrored corridor in reflection. There is only one fortune-telling person left in the room. Sit down and gaze into the mirrored corridor through the flame of a candle. You should see your betrothed in the corridor. Those who have told fortunes in this way claim that you have to sit for a long time, and in the mirror you can see all sorts of evil spirits.
For pancakes
You can guess in this way on any day of Christmastide. Fortune telling helps determine the future groom, what kind of person he will be. You need to bake pancakes in the evening, and at midnight put one or a couple of pancakes in a frying pan and, unnoticed by your mother, place it under her bed with the words: “My betrothed, come visit your mother-in-law to eat pancakes.” The next morning, ask your mom who she dreamed about, maybe it’s someone you both know.
By hair
If a girl already has a boyfriend, and she is wondering whether he will be her husband, this can be easily checked. You need to pull out a hair from your head and from the head of your betrothed. Dip your hair into a glass of water, add a pinch of salt, sugar and ash there in advance. Place the glass in the corner of the room and leave it overnight. In the morning, look at the hairs: if they are intertwined, then the marriage will be strong and long. If the hairs move away from each other, then this pair cannot avoid breaking.
By candles
If several are guessing unmarried girls, then you can find out which of them will get married the fastest. You need to prepare a bowl of water, walnut shells and a few pieces of paraffin candles. The paraffin pieces should be the same size. Each girl inserts a chop into the shell and sets it on fire, and then lowers it into the water. Whose candle burns out first will get married faster than the rest.
Attention!)
Instead of nut shells, you can take pieces of plastic or foam. The main condition is that the material should not sink.
On the ice
Fortune telling for children is very popular; one of the ways to find out about the number of offspring is a simple method. Pour water into a glass, and then lower your ring to the bottom. Take the glass out into the cold overnight, or you can put it on the balcony. In the morning, look how frozen the ice is. If there are no cracks, bumps or depressions on the surface of the ice, then there will be no children. The presence of holes indicates that a girl is swarming. The tubercles, on the contrary, mark the birth of a boy.
With ring
You can find out the gender of your unborn child by casting a spell on the ring during Christmas time. Instead of a ring, sometimes they use a needle. They hang a ring or a needle on a woolen thread and bring it to the hand of the one who wants to find out the gender of her child. They look at what movements the suspended object performs. If the needle rotates in a circle or its movements resemble the outline of a circle, then you need to wait for a girl. If the object swings from side to side, the movements are similar to a pendulum, then a boy will be born. If the object does not move, then you should not wait for the children.
On the rocks
To find out who will be born to you first, a boy or a girl, turn the stones. Prepare a bowl of water. Make notes from paper with women's and male names which you like best. For the entire number of notes, find the same number of small pebbles. Attach the notes to the stones and then place them in the basin. Watch what is happening carefully: over time, the notes will come off the stones and float on the water; you don’t need them. The name and gender of the child will be indicated by the note that lasts the longest on the stone. Take it out and read the name, this is probably what your baby will be called.
Christmastide are the two weeks of winter holidays, from Christmas Eve, which falls on January 6, to Epiphany, celebrated on January 19. Fortune telling at Christmas is rightfully considered the most truthful. Christmas fortune telling has its roots in the times of pagan Rus'. It was fortune telling during the winter solstice (and this is the period of Christmastide) that was given special importance in pagan times. It was believed that it was on these days that otherworldly forces were most active, and the boundaries between worlds were thinner, which contributed to a more truthful result of New Year's, Christmas and Yuletide fortune-telling.
With the advent of Christianity in Rus', Christmas fortune-telling was not only preserved, but also acquired a more mystical meaning, and although the church tried to fight superstition and fortune-telling, they were carefully passed on from generation to generation, and have survived to this day in a little changed form.
When you decide to tell fortunes for Christmas, remember that the result of fortune telling may not live up to your expectations, so is it worth spoiling your holidays...
A huge variety of methods for Christmas fortune-telling have been invented in Rus', but the main theme of all Christmas fortune-telling is fortune telling for the betrothed (groom). This is understandable, because in ancient times, the fate of a girl depended entirely on how successfully she would get married.
Fortune telling (with felt boots) on the “side” you will marry
This is the most famous and widespread type of fortune telling. The girls take turns throwing their felt boots over their backs onto the road and, by the direction of the toe of the fallen felt boots, recognize the direction in which they will get married.
Fortune telling with mirrors
This fortune-telling is well known from literature and is now popular among brave girls.
In ancient times, mirrors were credited with magical properties. The custom of covering mirrors if there is a dead person in the house also reflects this attitude of our ancestors to the magic of mirrors.
Fortune telling is carried out in an empty and quiet room. There should be no one and no sounds. The fortune-telling girl should let her hair down and concentrate completely. She should sit in the dark near two opposite mirrors. Novikov’s painting shows this position of the girl. At midnight, the girl lights two candles placed on the sides of the mirrors and says: “My betrothed, the mummer, show yourself to me” and begins to peer into the gallery of reflections, hoping to see her groom. You can sit in front of mirrors for a long time, or you can see your betrothed right away.
Fortune telling in a new house
You can only guess in the house where you spend the night for the first time. Only then is fortune telling considered correct. Before going to bed, you should cross yourself three times and go to bed with the words: “I’m sleeping in a new place, I dreamed of the bridegroom.” The man you dream about will be your fiance.
Fortune telling on straw
Fortune telling on straw is most interesting when there are many people present. Exactly at midnight, gather in one room, light a candle and start guessing. To find out the name of your betrothed, put straw knocked into a lump on the table, place a frying pan on this lump, put a stone on the frying pan and pour a little water. Then each of the girls should slowly pull out a straw and the name of the betrothed should be heard by the sounds made by the stone when it vibrates in the frying pan. During fortune telling, there should be absolute silence in the room.
Fortune telling (with burning a thread) for the speed and order of marriage
A simple and visual fortune telling, which is still popular in our time. It consists in the fact that girls cut threads of the same length (it is better to take thicker threads) and set them on fire at the same time. The threads must be held by one end, the other must be lowered down and set on fire. Whoever's thread burns out first will be the first to be married. The order in which the threads burn in the hands of the girls will show the order in which they get married. If someone’s thread goes out immediately or the thread burns out by less than half, then this girl will not get married.
Fortune telling (with a ring or needle) about the gender of the unborn child
Certain actions are performed with a ring or a needle: the ring is lowered into a glass of water, the needle is pierced into woolen fabric, then, suspended by a hair or thread, it is slowly lowered near the hand of the one being told fortunes. If an object (ring, needle) begins to make circular movements, a girl will be born (less often, a boy), if it is pendulum-shaped, it will be a boy (less often, a girl), if the object does not move, there will be no children.
Fortune telling (with choice of subject) for the “quality” of life
Objects are hidden in a bag, cup or felt boot, then the girls choose their felt boot or bag. The choice of an object symbolizes life in the coming year: ash - a bad life, sugar - a sweet life, a ring - getting married, an onion - for tears, a glass - drunkenness, a golden ring - a rich life, etc., you can invent and modify the fortune telling with your own options .
Fortune telling with a rooster for the betrothed
Several plates or bowls are taken, grain is poured into one plate (or money is placed), water is poured into another, a mirror is placed nearby, and sometimes a chicken is brought. A rooster approaching a mirror symbolizes the beauty and tenderness of the future groom; if a rooster approaches grain or money - his wealth; if a rooster approaches a hen, it means he will be a “womanizer”.
Fortune telling with matches
Two matches are inserted into the sides of the matchbox and lit. If the burnt heads are facing each other, it means that the “given” guy and girl will be together. If the match heads are pointing in different directions or have fallen off, then no.
Fortune telling (by barking dogs) about the age of the groom
At midnight, take a knife, go outside, go to a snowdrift and start cutting the snow with a knife, saying: “Damn, damn, don’t be silent, damn, damn, tell me what kind of husband I’ll get, will I have to laugh or cry?”
After pronouncing the words of the spell, shut up and listen carefully to the barking of the dogs.
- If an angry, sharp bark is heard, it means future husband will be strict and gloomy;
- hoarse barking promises an old groom;
- shrill barking - the groom will have a bad character;
- ringing bark - young;
- if the dogs bark cheerfully and loudly, then the husband will be cheerful and kind;
- It’s very bad if you hear a dog howling during fortune telling. This suggests that the marriage will not last long and very quickly the young wife will become a widow.
Fortune telling "Well"
To carry out this fortune telling, you need a well. If a girl lives in a village and has a well with a lockable roof, then this is an ideal option. If you do not have such a well at your disposal, then you should make a symbolic well. To do this, you can use matches, toothpicks, and other sticks. Building a well is quite simple. Make a square out of the sticks, placing the ends of the sticks on top of each other and so make several rows. Take a thimble, pour some water into it and place it next to the well. In villages, girls can pour water into a bucket and place it near a real well. Lock a real well with a real key made from sticks, “lock” it with any key, making the appropriate movement with your hand, and put the key under your pillow. When you go to bed, say: “Betrothed-mummer, come to me to drink some water at the well, ask me for the key.” Your betrothed will come to you in a dream to drink water from your well.
Fortune telling by shadows
This type of fortune telling, due to its simplicity and clarity, is very common among modern girls. The girl sets fire to a sheet of paper crumpled by her hand, and then looks at the shadow of the burning paper on the wall - this is the first stage of fortune telling, even at this stage quite clear images can appear.
Everyone takes a blank sheet of paper, crumples it, puts it on a dish or on a large flat plate and sets it on fire. When the sheet burns or almost burns, it is displayed on the wall with the help of a candle - this is the second and main stage. By carefully examining the shadows, they try to find out their future from the images of the shadows.
Fortune telling with a ring to evoke the image of the future groom
Take an ordinary glass with smooth walls, a flat bottom and no pattern, pour water into it 3/4 full and carefully lower the wedding ring into the middle of the bottom. The ring must be pre-washed in running water so that it does not carry the information of its owner. Looking closely at the very center of the ring, saying the words: “My betrothed, come to me,” you can see the betrothed. To see it, you may have to look into the ring for quite a long time.
Fortune telling with inducing a dream about a betrothed
We write the young man's name on a piece of paper, put it on a small mirror and under the pillow, or put three bay leaves under the pillow. On one they write - “Ananias”, on the other - “Azarius” and on the third - “Misail” and say the spell: “From Monday to Tuesday I look at the windowsill, whoever dreams about me, let him dream about me.”
They tell fortunes on the night from Monday to Tuesday. Take a spruce branch and place it at the head of the bed overnight. At the same time they say: “I go to bed on Monday, put a spruce tree at my head, if I dream of someone who thinks about me.” Whoever dreams is the one who loves you.
They tell fortunes on the night from Thursday to Friday. Going to bed, they say: “Thursday with Wednesday, Tuesday with Monday, Sunday with Saturday. Friday is alone and I, young, alone. I am lying on the Zion Mountains, three angels in my heads: one sees. Another will say, the third will indicate fate.”
Girls tell fortunes if they go to bed where they never had to before. Before going to bed they say: “In a new place, dream of the bridegroom.” You will see your fiance in a dream.
Cartomancy
Before going to bed, they put four kings under the pillow and say: “Who is my betrothed, who is my mummer, he will appear in my dreams.” If you dream about the king of spades, the groom will be an old man and jealous, the king of hearts means young and rich, the king of the cross - expect matchmakers from a military man or businessman, and the king of diamonds - from the desired one.
Fortune telling for relatives
They go to look at their neighbors' windows during dinner. If they see the heads of those sitting at the table, they foretell to themselves that the future relatives will all be alive; if they don’t see the heads, then a misfortune must happen to the relatives.
Melt the wax in a mug, pour milk into a saucer and place it at the threshold of your apartment or house. Say the following words: “Brownie, my master, come to the threshold to drink milk and eat wax.” With the last words, pour melted wax into the milk. Now watch what is happening carefully.
- If you see a frozen cross, some illnesses await you in the new year.
- If the cross only appears, then in the coming year your financial affairs will not go very well, and in your personal life you will be overcome by troubles, but not too serious.
- If a flower blooms, get married or find a loved one.
- If an animal appears, be careful: you will have some kind of enemy.
- If the wax flows in stripes, roads and crossings await you.
- It will appear like stars - expect good luck in the service, in your studies.
- If a human figure is formed, you will gain a friend.
- House - soon acquiring a new household; For a girl, this is primarily due to her marriage.
- Shapeless ruins are a sign of misfortune in the near future.
- A pit, small cave or grotto is the most undesirable figure, since it symbolizes the burial place and predicts serious illness or near death.
- Trees - they can be interpreted in different ways: upward-pointing tree branches promise quick joy, drooping branches - sadness, melancholy and boredom.
- A ring or candle definitely predicts an imminent wedding.
- A pancake that has settled to the bottom, on the contrary, promises a long girlhood.
On the bulbs
Take several bulbs and mark each of them. These bulbs are planted in the ground: the one that sprouts first, that girl will get married ahead of the others.
Around the ring
Pour 3/4 of water into an ordinary glass glass with a flat bottom, without any designs, and carefully lower the wedding ring into the middle of the bottom. Then they look through the water into the middle of the ring, where the image of the betrothed should appear.
Throw the ring on the floor. If it rolls towards the door, it means the girl is getting married soon, and the man is going on a business trip. Can be interpreted as leaving home.
Calling out to passers-by
Go out into the street at midnight and ask the name of the first person you meet. This is exactly what your betrothed will be called, this is exactly how he will be handsome and rich.
Eavesdropping
You climb under your neighbors window and, naturally, listen. If they have a showdown with breaking dishes, you can expect a “fun” year. If there is silence in the house, your year will be harmonious. Depending on what is happening in the neighbors' house at the time of eavesdropping, the coming year will shape up for you.
Fortune telling by wood chip
Pour water into a basin. Attach strips of paper to the edges of the pelvis, on which events are written, for example, a wedding, a trip, receiving money, new job etc. (if there is only one fortuneteller), or the names of all those present who want to know their future. In the second case, one event is planned, in particular a wedding, meeting a future spouse, etc.
You need to take a dry sliver, preferably deciduous wood, and fasten on it the stub of a candle that was burning in the house where the fortune telling takes place. Light the candle and push the “boat” to the middle of the pelvis. From there, the sliver should itself float to one of the notes. Whichever note floats to, that event will happen. If the sliver turns over or sinks, then the event you envisioned will not happen next year.
Fortune telling on an egg
Take a fresh egg, make a small hole in it and carefully pour the contents into a glass of water. When the protein curls, you need to guess your future based on the shape it takes. The sight of a church means a wedding, a ring means an engagement, a cube means a coffin, a ship means a business trip (for a man) or the return of a husband from a business trip (for a woman). If the protein sinks to the bottom, there will be a fire in the house.
Fortune telling by logs
You need to approach the woodpile backwards and select a log by touch. If it is even, smooth, without knots, the spouse will come across with an ideal character:
- the log is thick and heavy - the husband will be wealthy,
- there are many knots - a family will have many children,
- crooked log - the husband will be askew and lame or angry,
- the log is even, with smooth thin bark - the husband is handsome and young,
- thick, rough bark - ugly husband,
- the bark on the log is peeled off in places or completely missing - the husband is poor,
- cracked log - the husband will be old, pockmarked, with a physical disability,
- a large log is a strong, strong husband,
- a knotty log means the family will be large: each knot is a future child.
Fortune telling with a cat
Make a wish, call your cat. If she crosses the threshold of the room with her left paw, her wish will come true. If it’s on the right, it’s not destined.
Fortune telling by book
It is best to take a book of spiritual content, for example, the Bible, without opening it, guess the page number and line number at the top or bottom, then open it and read it in the guessed place. They interpret what they read in accordance with what interests the fortuneteller most of all.