How can you tell fortunes, it’s Christmas time? Fortune telling for the old New Year with a mirror and decanter
Since ancient times, the 12 magical days after the Nativity of Christ and until Epiphany were called Christmastide and were considered favorable for performing various kinds of rituals and divination.
Thus, in ancient times, a wonderful and stable tradition of Christmas fortune-telling was born, which successfully survived into the 21st century.
Of course, modern Christmas fortune-telling about the groom and the future has undergone some changes compared to those fortune-telling practices that were known to our ancestors.
However, in turn, they significantly multiplied and expanded, incorporating a lot of new and extraordinary methods of divination.
The history of Christmas fortune-telling goes back to the pre-Christian Slavic era, when in Rus' the end and beginning of the year were considered that mysterious time when otherworldly forces came to life, and people did everything possible to appease them, extract secrets from them about their future, and also speak next year for prosperity, fertility and wealth.
With the advent of Orthodoxy, these traditions changed a little. Now this time has come to be called “Christmas time” - holy days, between Christmas (now celebrated on January 7) and Epiphany (now January 19), but the habit of performing rituals associated with fortune-telling during this period has not disappeared.
In addition, some days of Christmastide are still considered the most favorable of the year for performing divination and love spells of all types. This is explained by the fact that these days any fortune-telling speaks exclusively the truth, regardless of who and how it is carried out. Such days are considered: Christmas night - the time when Christmastide begins, Vasilyev's evening - the night before the old New Year and, of course, Epiphany itself is the most favorable fortune-telling day, when Christmastide ends.
Rules for fortune telling at Christmas time
Both before and now, it was mainly women and girls who made fortunes at Christmas time, who most of all wanted to know everything about their future love and family life.
Such rituals were performed at home, usually at midnight, by candlelight and alone (as an option, a group of girls gathered so that it would not be so scary)
The girls tried to take off all their jewelry, belts, and braided ribbons so that all this would not interfere with receiving the correct flows of energy from higher powers
Then preparations for fortune-telling took place, when everyone who wanted to get an answer to their questions tried to formulate their problem as accurately as possible, since it depended on how specific and truthful the answer of the higher powers would be
After the preparations, fortune telling began directly.
Variants of popular Christmas fortune telling
For for a long time exploitation of various fortune-telling techniques, many of them were transformed, modified, restructured or even lost their relevance.
But some have passed through the centuries and continue to this day to remain in demand by hundreds of girls throughout the country who gather to tell fortunes about the future and the groom at Christmas time.
To do this, they use the most various techniques and funds.
Traditional fortune telling performed at Christmas time
The most stable throughout the entire period of use were, are and remain several types of Christmas divination.
A simple but effective fortune telling in the name of a loved one is considered good. To do this, you need to go out into the street at midnight and wait for the first man you meet, and then ask his name. Whatever his name is, that’s what his future husband will be called.
Another option for this fortune telling is to fall at the feet of a passerby and watch his reaction. How he behaves is how the groom will be: if he helps you get up, he will be caring, if he passes by, he will be heartless.
Fortune telling with a shoe
Fortune telling with a shoe is especially popular among our people. When performing it, it is proposed to go to the threshold of your home, remove shoes (boots, slippers, shoes) from your left foot and throw them onto the street over your left shoulder.
Where the toe of the shoe points is where you will have to get married. True, if he points to the house, then you won’t have to wait for marriage next year.
Finally, the top three most important fortune-telling of Christmastide is completed - a terrible fortune-telling with a mirror and candles. For some reason, it is believed that if something goes wrong during it, then the girl’s soul may not return from such a “mirror” journey.
To perform this Christmas fortune-telling, you need two mirrors and two candles. Mirrors are placed opposite each other in such a way as to create a mirror corridor. The fortuneteller sits between them and lights the candles. Now her goal is to call her betrothed. He must appear at least for a moment in a long string of mirrored corridors.
By the way, in the old days it was also believed that the most strong fortune telling those that are done by a girl in complete silence by candlelight are considered.
Various fortune telling with improvised means
In the process of fortune telling, as the centuries-old practice of our ancestors and ourselves shows, any means and objects are good, because what matters is not what you use to tell fortunes, but how you do it and what the result will be.
As a matter of fact, for this reason, fortune-telling using improvised materials - fabric and paper, pictures, food and water, working tools and utensils - has become especially popular among our people.
Fortune telling on paper
Fortune telling using basic paper is considered simple and quite effective (anything from newspaper to standard A4 sheets will do). For example, for one of them you need to write your wish or cherished dream on paper, then put the paper on a saucer and set it on fire with an ordinary match.
By whether the piece of paper burns completely or not, one can judge whether what is written on it will come true. It is believed that if a piece of paper burns completely, therefore, the stars favor the accomplishment of the plan, but if not, then you should think about it: perhaps your dreams will come true, but not right away, or perhaps they will never come true at all.
Fortune telling with paper and setting it on fire
take any kind of paper, crumple it well, thinking about what the next year might bring, and then put the resulting thing on a tray or plate and set it on fire.
When the paper burns out, you need to pay attention to the resulting silhouette and try to guess from it what the coming year will bring. Although, of course, it is worth mentioning that this type of divination depends entirely on the imagination of the fortuneteller.
Fortune telling on bread
Fortune telling with a piece of bread will also be interesting. According to him, you need to leave a small piece of bread after dinner, cutting it off from the loaf with your own hands. Then, at exactly 12 o’clock at night, take this piece outside and leave it somewhere in a secluded place.
All fortune telling is about what will happen to the bread in the morning. If the bread remains lying where it was left, then the year will be good, successful and full of positive moments. But if the bread disappears, you should wait for an unlucky year.
Fortune telling with needles
Also, modern girls like simple fortune telling with needles. For it you will need to take 2 ordinary needles, a glass of water and a piece of lard. The needles are smeared with lard and then lowered into water. At the same time, the fortuneteller must say -
“Oh, my needle-needle,
stop sewing for the priest,
stop sewing for mother,
it's time for you, little needle,
sew on my pillow!”
Then it all depends on how the needles behave. If the needles come together, it means that love will happen soon, and with it a wedding. But if the needles stay apart from each other, then there will be no wedding next year.
Christmas fortune telling for your betrothed in a dream
A number of fortune telling for a loved one that is popular today is associated with another mysterious space where the secret becomes clear and you can easily look into your future.
We are talking about dreams and, accordingly, about such methods of divination that are usually carried out at night, or rather, at the coming sleep. The principle of such appeals to higher powers is very simple, you need to put an object under the pillow, saying at the same time that your betrothed will come to help in this or that matter, for example:
- Comb your hair (put a hair comb under the pillow)
- Transferred across the bridge (the bridge will be represented by a wooden rod)
- Belted (you need to put on your best belt)
- I washed my face and showed myself at the same time (we put soap and a mirror at the headboard).
The classic sentence is worth saying:
“My betrothed, mummer, come to me...”
Before going to bed, you can also use fortune telling, in which you do not need to remember everything that you dreamed during the night. To do this, you should put 4 kings from a regular deck of cards under the same long-suffering pillow. True, they will still have to ask that one of them, who is betrothed, come to show himself in a dream.
In fact, the content of the dream is not important. Since in the morning you need to, without getting out of bed, put your hand under the pillow and take out any of the cards. Actually, the answer will be precisely in the card that turns out to be brought to light. King of clubs - the groom will be a widower, king of spades - jealous, king of diamonds - beloved, hearts - young and handsome.
Newfangled fortune-telling for Christmastide of the 21st century
Time does not stand still. Epochs replace each other, and along with them, fashion, traditions, and customs of fortune telling for the betrothed change. What was once relevant becomes only echoes of antiquity, in its place new phenomena and processes grow.
This is in to the fullest This is also true for the world of fortune telling. Of course, many Christmas rites and rituals continue to be popular among modern women in our country. After all, they are passed down from generation to generation, and they have simply proven themselves properly.
Nevertheless, new types of fortune telling are also appearing, the scenario of which takes into account the need to use modern means and methods. Most of these newfangled fortune-telling variations suggest using a TV, computer, mobile phone, Internet and other inventions for the purpose of fortune telling.
The simplest options for fortune telling in the 21st century are telephone ones. For example, a fortuneteller is asked to dial any telephone number at random and ask the name of the person who will answer the phone. It is believed that this will be the name of the groom or his mother (if a woman answers the phone).
Fortune telling via phone
There is fortune telling with a mobile device that is more complicated. You need to write an SMS to the first number you come across with a question, the answer to which worries you most. If there is no response message, hopes and dreams will not come true.
If the response is confusion or “Sorry, you have the wrong number,” then there is a possibility that the problem will still be resolved successfully. And finally, if a meaningful answer comes to asked question- so be it!
The so-called computer fortune telling never ceases to amaze.
One of the most common methods, painfully reminiscent of ancient fortune telling with a mirror, involves the following steps. It is necessary to turn off the monitor, place candles next to it and, peering into the darkness on the screen, call on your loved one to come quickly.
Fortune telling via the Internet
Another option for fortune telling through world wide web– open the first search engine you come across and enter your worrying question in it. Then open the first link that comes up during the search and look in it for the answer to your mental torment.
Among the new fortune tellings of our time, there are also those that are made for children. Or rather, in order to find them out total quantity, as well as names.
To do this, the girl must collect small glass pebbles, which are usually sold for interior decoration. After that she must write on them with a felt-tip pen different names which she likes. The number of such stones is not limited.
Then the resulting name stones are lowered into a container filled with water and the result is evaluated. On how many stones the names are not erased, there will be as many children. And just by the names you can guess both the gender of the child and his possible name.
There can be many options for modern fortune-telling practices, especially since everyone is free to come up with their own rituals and techniques. The main thing is that they give truthful answers and are effective in use.
Christmas fortune telling in Rus'
Two weeks in January give everyone the opportunity to look into the future or get an answer to their most intimate question. New Year holidays behind us and it’s time to begin a process that is important for any girl. You can choose fortune-telling for Christmastide at your discretion, and the choice is truly great!
If you are no longer attracted to such methods of fortune-telling as calling your lover with the help of candies and throwing a boot through the gate, then this means that you are ready to take a more serious look at things. Make sure in advance that you have all the necessary items and materials on hand.
Fortune telling days are from January 6 to January 19. The night before Epiphany is considered the most successful. At this time, it is customary to tell fortunes about love.
For money and luck
Who doesn't want to be successful and rich? Some people patiently wait for fortune to turn its face towards them, and we suggest finding out in advance whether it is worth counting on an improvement in their financial situation in the coming months. During Christmas time this fortune telling is very popular. You will need:
- Several copper coins;
- Fabric bag (you can sew it yourself):
- Chalk or any cereal (rice, millet, buckwheat).
Draw a circle at home on any flat surface (or make one using cereal). The diameter should not be large - about 20 cm. Place 10-15 coppers in a bag and shake, saying the words:
Today I want to know
When should wealth be expected?
Should I wear furs today?
Or will I be mired in debt?
Pour coins into the center of the circle at a height of 10-15 cm from the surface. Explanation:
- All the pennies remain in the circle and lie heads up - good luck will accompany you all year, and your income level will increase many times over!
- Half the coppers are heads, and half are heads - your wealth will exceed your needs.
- More coins fell heads - no major changes are expected in 2019.
- Eagle - get a good increase in salary or inheritance.
- If all the coins have rolled out of the circle, there will be no significant changes.
- Even just one penny is worth it - you will be incredibly lucky all year and the money will stick to your hands!
- Half remained in the circle - a year will pass no changes.
- More rolled away than was left inside - you may have to work really hard to get a monetary reward!
- There will be more inside the circle than outside - there will be expensive gifts, but luck will pass you by.
- If it happens that all the coins roll out and end up heads or tails, expect a real sea of money.
By the way, if you have debts
Fortune telling about husband and marriage
This issue is especially of concern to young girls and divorced women. They are eagerly waiting for the long-awaited time to begin and to find out whether they can expect Cupid's arrow this year. Marriage is of primary interest, and it is also curious to know who will be the chosen one.
You need to guess in evening time or after midnight and always alone. You will need:
- Candle;
- Gold ring;
- Several sheets of paper;
- Any large container.
Crumple the paper and wrap a ring in one of the sheets. Throw into the bowl and mix thoroughly. Without looking, lower your hand and pull out the first lump that your hand touches. If you are destined to get married in 2019, then you will find a ring in the paper. In the same way, you can determine the name of your chosen one for Christmastide - write the names on pieces of paper and randomly pull out the first one you come across.
For love
The simplest and most effective way to look a little ahead and find out whether you are expected this year romantic relationship. Day of great importance does not have, you can decide for yourself when to tell fortunes on Christmastide, but traditionally such a ritual is carried out from January 13 to 14. It is important to comply with one condition - you must spend the night in your home and there should be no one in bed except you.
Fortune telling for a dream at Christmas time is as follows: take a spool of thread, bread, a comb, a towel and soap. Place it all under your pillow and say the words:
The betrothed-mummer is waiting for you in a dream. Come, show yourself, help yourself to my bread. I will feed and wash, comb and care, as if I would love my own.
First thing in the morning, do not open your eyes, but carefully analyze your sleep. If you dreamed of a young man, then remember his face. If you see a man you know, then take a closer look, maybe this is your love? It happens that you dream about a former lover - then you need to reconsider the reasons for the separation. This is probably your destiny.
For the future
Knowing what lies ahead is not only interesting, but also useful. In addition, this is a real mystical adventure, and such an activity excites all the senses. Yuletide fortune telling very diverse and you have large selection, we suggest using the most in an effective way find out what awaits you in the coming months. You will need:
- Candle;
- Bowl of water;
Don’t take it for fortune telling during Christmas time church candles. It is important that there is wax, but whether they are blessed or not makes no difference. At midnight, light a candle and tilt it over a container of water. Think about your future and drip wax in one place. Even if it scatters all over the dishes. At least three minutes should pass and a bizarre figure will form.
Let the mixture cool and remove from the water. Carefully consider what the candle predicted for you - by its outline you can understand what to expect. This should only be done at home and with your own dishes! After this, the figurine should be thrown away where no one will definitely pick it up.
Fortune telling
If you are interested in larger visions of the future, then you will like this method. Unpretentious and quite simple Christmas fortune telling will tell you about what awaits you in the coming years.
On Christmas night, take a mirror, pour water on it and leave it in the cold. In the morning, take it indoors and literally press your palm against the frozen surface for three seconds. You need to decipher in the thawed places. Usually, during Christmas time they tell fortunes using left hand prints.
Best warmed up place thumb– you will be happy and life will be wonderful.
- Index - to be the head of the family and have many children.
- Average - a wonderful career awaits.
- Nameless - there will be problems in your personal life.
- Little finger - the husband will be a real support, but the job will be very hectic and low-paid.
- The middle of the palm - the house will be a full cup, and the marriage will be for life.
Christmas time - the time of witchcraft
In addition to fortune telling, there is also the opportunity to do strong conspiracy or love spell. But today you will read about the most popular ritual that girls are so interested in. The New Year is over, but with it unpleasant consequences yet to be faced. Appetizing salads, chicken and alcohol will remind you of themselves for a long time with extra centimeters on your waist.
Christmas time, like no other time, is suitable for giving strength. You will need:
- A piece of fat (butter, margarine);
- Cup;
- Water;
- Vinegar (any kind).
The ritual will not require much effort and time: after midnight, throw the oils into a glass of water and pour a couple of tablespoons of vinegar into it. Stir with a spoon and say the words:
How does fat not stick to water?
It doesn’t settle on my body either.
The fat flows away, dissolves,
Appears on other people's sides.
Ideally, the resulting liquid should be poured under the threshold where the animal (cat, dog) lives, but it will be better if it ends up at the door of your rival or.
According to the new style, Christmastide begins on Christmas Eve. Christmastide is divided into holy evenings (from January 7 to the 13th) and terrible evenings (from January 14 to the 19th). It was believed that at this time the forces of evil and good come to earth to fight for the souls of people.
Apparently, this is why these two weeks are so full of magical rituals and rituals, the purpose of which was to protect against evil spirits for the year ahead, to attract prosperity to families: health, marriage of daughters, the birth of a child, good harvests, and so on.
Every day of Christmastide was always surrounded by signs and omens. WITH special attention belonged to . It is believed that on the night of Christmas, as well as on Epiphany, you can see prophetic dream, especially if the moon is waxing.
And yet, a favorite pastime during Christmas time has always been Yuletide fortune-telling.
They say that during the Christmas season they come down to earth to see their relatives. But behind them, all kinds of evil spirits rush into the open portal between the worlds, which need to be driven away and from which it is necessary to protect themselves. The Yuletide period is considered a time “without the cross.”
According to legend, God, out of joy that his son was born, unlocked all the gates and released the devils to roam free. Maybe that's why Christmas time is considered the best time for fortune telling, because the evil spirits walking around the Earth at this time can not only harm a person, but also tell him the future. To avoid trouble, you should guess according to all the rules.
Fortune telling rules
The Church warns: Yuletide fortune-telling is a dangerous activity. But how to avoid temptation? After all, when the gates between worlds are wide open, higher powers give the most accurate answers to questions about fate.
Experts advise that before you start guessing, think about whether you need it and how you are willing to pay for the information received.
Those who wish to tell fortunes should also know that fortune telling is a strictly individual activity. During collective fortune telling, energies are mixed. To see only your own destiny, you should remain alone with yourself, so as not to confuse your future with the future of other people.
In addition, you should not guess out of simple curiosity and in the presence of children. It should be remembered that during fortune telling you call upon the most unclean and ask about your fate.
You need to prepare accordingly for fortune telling: let your hair down, untie the knots on your clothes, remove all jewelry, belt and pectoral cross. The braid, belt and cross protect from direct contact with evil spirits, but without this contact, fortune telling is impossible.
If a candle falls during fortune telling, you cannot continue the action.
Unmarried girls should be especially careful during the holiday season: a creepy werewolf may appear to them under the guise of a handsome guy.
In the old days, during fortune telling, if the girls were scared, a grandmother sat and could guide them so that nothing bad would happen. The help of a knowledgeable person in such situations is vital: dark forces can cause irreparable harm to an inexperienced fortune teller.
It is very important to thoroughly observe the ritual of fortune-telling, because it includes and.
In the old days, serious fortune-telling (for the future, for grooms, associated with water, rings) was carried out in non-residential premises, barns or bathhouses. This is one of the important precautions in case the evil spirits do not want to leave after fortune telling.
If water is used for fortune telling, it should be thrown away when finished. Leave the house, move away and pour it in a place where people don’t go.
A word of caution from an experienced astrologer:
On January 10 and 11 (28 and 29 lunar days) 2013, it is better to exclude fortune telling. These days there is karmic retribution for everything we have achieved, and it is better not to touch them, especially monitoring the purity of our thoughts and actions. And the waxing moon begins on January 12.
Here you need to understand this: there are no bad lunar days! But it is precisely these days that tests and checks of the karmic level may emerge for any of us, i.e. those that do not lie on the surface of our understanding (although reward on these lunar days also happens in the form of a reward for a worthy life).
Human energy is weakened on such days. Fortune telling can damage the energy field to the point of introducing entities.
The same goes for 1st lunar day, when the body is clean and ready for new plans for the month (in any case, it should be clean after realizing the situations on the 28th and 29th lunar day). 1 lunar day will last from 23:45 on January 11th to 8:34 am on January 12th Moscow time.
The final choice, whether to guess or not, will be helped by the article “Fortune telling: pros and cons” on the website “Astrology of those in love with Life” astro-spirit.ru/vibor/gadaniya-za-ili-protiv.
Christmastide fortune telling
There are countless ways to find out your future: by melting wax, with the help of dish songs, stopping the first passerby and asking his name, it will reveal the name of your future spouse, fortune telling, and so on.
Fortune telling with. At night, sit in front of a mirror, place and light two candles along its edges. In complete silence, without blinking, peer into the mirror, trying to see the face of the betrothed. IN certain moment the mirror becomes cloudy, if you don’t blink and don’t get scared, you can see a man’s face.
Fortune telling on paper. Take paper, you can use an A4 sheet or a notebook insert.
We crush it into a fairly dense lump. We place it on a straight surface (iron board, flat plate) and set it on fire, mentally asking the question to which we want to receive an answer. It is important to correctly and accurately formulate the question that worries you: will I get married, will I have a child, will I have money, and so on.
When the paper burns out, we bring it to the wall and, turning the plate, interpret the resulting prediction based on the shadow falling on the wall.
Dream fortune telling.Any dream that occurs during Christmas time is considered prophetic. But many people want to know for sure that fate has been revealed to them, so they make plans for the future. The most popular fortune telling for the betrothed. If a girl is getting married this year, then her betrothed will appear. If you didn’t dream about it, it means you’ll have to spend some time as girls.
They make a fortune on any night of the holy week, but the most accurate fortune-telling is on the eve of Christmas and Epiphany. When going to bed on these nights, say: “Lord Jesus Christ, there are three saints in the hut: one sees, another will tell, the third will show fate.”
Drink some water. Before going to bed, prepare and place a glass and a jug of water by your bed. After this, make a wish: “Betrothed-mummer, you will get tired from the journey, I have some water, come, betrothed, I’ll give you a drink.”
Fortune telling. For this fortune telling you need to be alone. At midnight on Epiphany or Christmas, close the curtains tightly, cover the table with a clean tablecloth, place two cutlery, and light a candle. Place a piece of incense on each plate.
Sit at the table opposite one of the devices. While reading the plot, take incense from both plates one by one and bring it to the candle flame. When you finish reading the plot, throw one piece on the table and put the second under your pillow. You can go to bed: the dream will turn out to be prophetic, you will see what you wished for.
Conspiracy: “Incense gets along in the church, Houses rule over it. Incense, incense, it would be nice for you to tell fortunes, to find out the whole truth. Just as you, incense-father, are pure, holy and honest, so be my dream true. Amen".
Fortune telling Salty. Before going to bed, treat yourself to a salty snack: herring or something else, don’t drink it, and make a wish: “Mummer, come give me something to drink.” Your betrothed will appear in a dream, and water, of course, too.
Fortune telling for the betrothed with a comb. Comb your hair before going to bed and leave your hair on the comb, placing it under the pillow, say: “Betrothed, come and comb your braid.”
"Well". Make a well of eight or four matches on the bed, place a thimble filled with water in it, place yours on top so that the well is under it. Make a wish: “Betrothed-mummer, come and water your horse.”
Stocking. Put a stocking on your leg and say the spell: “Mummer, come take off the stocking.”
One young lady put on a stocking like this and made a wish. It was so bad at night that she fell out of bed and started crying in fright! Her father also told her not to hang out with the unclean, not to sin.
"Bride's viewing." You put the mirror under your pillow and say: “Mummer, come see me and show yourself.”
Fortune telling with a cockroach. You need to catch a cockroach and put it in a matchbox, and say: “Cockroach, cockroach! You go everywhere, you know everything, bring me to my betrothed’s family.” It is quite possible that in a dream you will see a room or a house - this is the home of your betrothed. You may also see his family members in your dream.
The young girl dreamed that a cockroach walked along the highway and that she could barely keep up with it. He brought her to a neighboring village to the house of a widower, and not to a guy with a sweet heart. She didn’t attach any importance to that dream, and in the fall that same widower wooed her. That's how you can't run away from fate!
And another dreamed that a cockroach said: “How can I bring you to my betrothed if you pinched my paw with a box?” In the morning he looks, and in the box there is a dead cockroach with a pinched leg.
Bread. From the holiday feast leave a crust of the bread you haven’t eaten, put it under your pillow at night, saying the spell: “Betrothed-mummer, come to dinner.”
These are the fortune-telling that have come to us from the depths of centuries. It’s difficult to perceive many people without a smile :) .
Are the predictions obtained during Christmas fortune-telling correct? As they say knowledgeable people, basically these forecasts come true. Nevertheless, mixing with evil spirits and looking into the future according to Christian canons is considered a great sin. After fortune telling, it was customary to go to church to repent and atone for this sin.
Fortune telling concealed a mysterious presence dark forces, which accompanied the process. Therefore, they usually guessed late evening by candlelight. Animals, as a rule, were removed from the hut, since cats and dogs drove away unclean spirits, and he was supposed to help fortune tellers find out their fate.
One of the most terrible fortune telling was to go to the bathhouse at night, light 2 candles, strip naked, place 2 mirrors opposite each other, forming a mirror corridor, and call your betrothed. After a certain time, the face of the betrothed was supposed to appear in the mirror, but in fact it was a demon who had taken on a human form. And if you don’t turn the mirror over in time special words: “Church, unclean one, get out!” - the demon could break out of the mirror and take the soul of the fortune-telling girl. We will not give such terrible fortune-telling here, but will tell you about the most common and simple ones - simple fortune telling for the future, for relationships and their interpretation.
Most Christmas fortune telling is designed for a group of unmarried girls and friends - fortune tellers, since fortune telling alone is not very interesting. Since today fortune telling at Christmas time has become more of an entertainment, the more girlfriends gather, the better and more fun.
Christmas fortune telling on the water - who will get married first
It is necessary to take a sick wide basin and pour water into it to the brim. Then each girl must make a boat from half a shell walnut, filling it with bread crumb and attaching a piece of paper with your name or your specific color in the form of a flag on a match. At the same time, all friends must place their boat in the center of a basin of water and remove their hand. The girl whose boat floats first to the edge of the pelvis and touches it will be the first of all her friends to get married, and accordingly the second, third, etc. are determined in this way. brides You cannot blow on boats or help them.
Fortune telling on cups and objects for a loved one and his signs
To tell fortunes about the signs of your future beloved husband, you need mugs and objects - a ring, a coin, white and black thread, grain, a needle, a cracker, peas. All these items are placed under the mugs and moved around so that the fortuneteller does not see what is where. Then the girl chooses one or more mugs and determines the signs of her betrothed. Decoding of meanings: white thread - blond, black brunette, needle - thin, grain - well-fed, ring - handsome, cracker - will be old or much older than the bride, peas - will be green, that is, young, coin - will be rich. You can also make up your own meaning different subjects and put them under the mugs.
Yuletide fortune telling on a boot
Usually they threw the boot over the fence while standing in the yard, turning their back to the gate. Having thrown, they went out to see where the toe of the boot was pointing - in that region the betrothed lived. Today you can stand facing the entrance door and throw your boot over your shoulder, making sure in advance that you won’t hit any passerby.
By the way, you can also guess from a passerby. You need to go out into the street in the evening, approach the first passerby you come across and ask him the name of your betrothed. Fate, in the person of a passerby, must accurately notify the fortuneteller about the name of her future husband.
Fortune telling with matches
This is a simple fortune telling. Two girls, holding a match in their hands, make a wish and use the third match to simultaneously set fire to the first two. Whose match burns out faster, her wish will come true faster. If a match goes out, it won’t come true at all; if it burns halfway, it will come true partially.
Fortune telling on wax or paraffin
Wide known species fortune telling, which requires a candle made of wax or paraffin and a wide plate of water. A piece of wax is placed in a spoon and melted over the fire, then poured into cold water(sometimes through a fortuneteller’s ring - to be sure). Based on the resulting image, future events are predicted. Or they ask a question in advance and interpret its answer according to a wax image
Fortune telling on a cat or dog
The girl makes a wish or a question (with the answer “yes” or “no”) and calls her favorite animal from the next room. If the right paw appears faster around the corner, then the answer is “yes” or the wish will come true, and vice versa, the left one is “no”.
Fortune telling on burnt paper
Fortune telling in the dark, with a lit candle. The girl places a crumpled sheet of paper on an iron or other non-flammable tray or dish, asking some question or simply asking about the future. The tray is placed against the wall so that the shadow of the paper can be seen on it, and the paper is set on fire. When the paper burns, you need to look at the outline of the shadow of the burnt sheet. Of course, such fortune-telling presupposes the presence of a developed imagination among the fortune-tellers. Here are some decodings of possible symbols: house - moving is possible, flowers - to joy, rocker - to gossip, dove, heart - to new love or a wedding.
Yuletide fortune-telling using dumplings for the future
To do this, fortune telling girls must know how to cook. In the evening, the girls make dumplings, adding additional ingredients to some of them - salt, pepper, peas, sugar, wheat, bay leaf, onions and others. Then the dumplings are boiled and by the type of dumpling you come across you can determine what will happen in the near future. Salt - to a quarrel, pepper - to grief, peas - to replenishment, sugar - to happiness, wheat - to wealth, bay leaf - to luck and luck, onions - to tears. You can come up with your own meanings for other spices and additives - cinnamon, beans, cloves, etc.
Fortune telling on a book
This is fortune telling to get an answer to a question. Take a book - preferably fiction or church, but not technical or poetry. Fairy tale books also work well. Make a question, and then say the page and line number at random. Find this line - this will be the answer to the question. It is better for girls who are too suspicious and superstitious not to ask vital questions, as the answer may be upsetting.
Fortune telling for a loved one - determining the name
When she goes to bed, the girl puts pieces of paper under her pillow. male names. In the morning, he takes out the first piece of paper he comes across and finds out from it the name of his betrothed. You can put a comb under your pillow and before going to bed say the words: “My betrothed mummer, come to me and comb my braids.” Tonight future husband must be dreamed of by a fortune-telling girl.
Christmas time (January 6-18) - best time for fortune telling. During this period, an atmosphere of magic reigns on earth and higher powers reign. Magic rituals and ceremonies help people look into their destiny.
Fortune telling for the betrothed
Fortune telling for your betrothed is a favorite pastime of young unmarried girls during Christmas time. They tell fortunes alone or gather in large, cheerful groups. Girls enlist the help of evil spirits to find out the name of the groom or the date of the future wedding.
Fortune telling on a log. Fortune telling allows you to find out what your husband and family life will be like. Take one log out of the woodpile at random and examine it carefully. If the tree is even and smooth, then the husband will be slender and handsome, with a good character. A thick, heavy log foreshadows a wealthy spouse. A trunk with many knots marks a large family family life. A crooked log promises an ugly husband with physical disabilities.
Fortune telling on bulbs. Fortune telling is carried out in the company of girls. Plant the bulbs in the ground. Whose onion sprouts the fastest will be the first to get married.
Prediction from a dream. Before going to bed, think about your favorite guy, write his name on a piece of paper and kiss him with painted lips so that a mark remains. Then place the paper under your pillow along with a small mirror. At night you will have a prophetic dream.
Ritual with salty flatbread. Close relative unmarried girl, secretly from her, must bake a salty flatbread from flour and put it under her pillow. In a dream, her betrothed will come to her and give her water to quench her thirst.
Fortune telling for family life. Comic fortune telling. It is held in the company of girls. Prepare symbolic objects according to the number of fortune tellers. A gold ring symbolizes prosperity, a glass - fun, an onion - tears, sugar - happiness, ash - disappointment. Place items in a deep bowl or bag. Take turns choosing one item at a time. He will predict future family life.
Fortune telling by the barking of a dog. At midnight, go outside and listen to the dog barking. The ringing bark of a dog predicts a young groom, and the hoarse bark predicts an old one.
Ritual with the King of Diamonds. In the evening before going to bed, wash your face, comb your hair, remove your jewelry and place it on your pillow. Under it, place a card with the image of the King of Diamonds. In a dream you will see the image of your betrothed.
Fortune telling with a frying pan. Late in the evening, secretly from your mother, place a frying pan under her bed and say: “Mummer, come visit your mother-in-law to eat pancakes.” In the morning, ask your mother who she was feeding in her dream. The young man who the mother dreams about will become her daughter’s fiancé.
Ritual with a mirror. Sit in an empty, dark room. Light a candle on the side and place a mirror and two cutlery in front of you. Then say: “Betrothed-mummer, come to me for dinner.” The image of your future husband will appear in the mirror. After looking at it, say: “Chur.” If you wait a little, the betrothed may hand over some item that the future groom will lose.
Fortune telling for the future
On Christmastide people do magical rituals, conspiracies and rituals to find out future events. Good signs give them strength and instill faith in a happy future, and they try not to attach importance to bad symbols.
Eavesdropping on neighbors. In the evening, go to the neighbor's door and eavesdrop on the conversations behind it. If you hear laughter and cheerful conversation, then the year will be full of happiness and adventure. Swearing and breaking dishes foreshadow difficulties, and silence portends a quiet life.
Fortune telling by candle wax. Prepare a candle and a bowl of cold water. Light the candle and wait for the wax to melt. Pour the liquid wax into the water. Perform this ritual several times. Interpret future events using frozen wax figures. Small round drops symbolize money. A bunch of grapes signifies love and good luck. A mushroom-shaped figure portends progress along career ladder. The bell promises good news. A tree leaf signifies the presence of envious people and ill-wishers.
Ritual with a mirror. At midnight, take a small mirror, pour water over it and take it out into the cold. When patterns appear on the surface of the mirror, take it into the house and examine it carefully. Circles foretell financial well-being, triangles - success, squares - difficulties, spruce branches- promotion at work.
Fortune telling on the water. Place a transparent vessel with water in front of the mirror and light candles on three sides. At midnight, look carefully through the water in the mirror. Whatever we can consider will come true in the coming year.
Fortune telling for wish fulfillment
During the Christmas season, it is customary to make wishes. Higher powers These days they listen to people’s messages and are ready to help implement their plans. Magic rituals help to find out whether a dream will come true in the near future.
Fortune telling with water. Prepare paper strips. Write wishes on them. Then place them in a deep bowl and cover with water. Stir the water and wait until the first piece of paper floats to the surface. The wish written on it will come true in the near future.
Walnut shell boats. Write down your cherished dreams on scraps of paper. Then place the leaves into the nut shell halves. Launch the resulting boats into the water in a deep basin. Place another shell with a burning candle in the middle of the pelvis. The wish that burns first will come true in the coming year.
Fortune telling on paper balls. Prepare three identical pieces of paper. Write a wish on one of them. Crumple the papers into balls, put them in a bag and mix. Pull the ball out at random three times. At the same time, unfold the piece of paper, see if there is an inscription on it, then crumple it again and return it to the bag. If on the first try you get a piece of paper with a wish, then it will come true in the near future. If it is on the second or third attempt, then the chances of its execution decrease. If you come across an empty sheet three times, your wish will not come true.
Ritual to fulfill a wish. At midnight, write your cherished dream on a piece of paper, place it on a plate with the text facing down and set it on fire. If the leaf burns completely, the wish will come true. If only part of the paper burns, then something will prevent you from fulfilling your wish.
