During pregnancy, many resort to unconventional methods of determination - fortune telling the sex of the child using various objects. Having learned about the long-awaited pregnancy, future parents cannot wait to find out the gender of the baby. Most often, such information is determined no earlier than 3-4 months of pregnancy and, unfortunately, even modern medical methods may give incorrect results.
It is worth considering that traditional methods Predictions on the number of future children, gender and other characteristics have an error, so you should not completely rely on the result obtained. In addition, many believers consider it wrong to tell fortunes during pregnancy, since there is a belief that such actions are a sin and lead to punishment.
Rules for fortune telling for a child at Christmas
The best time to determine the number of children and their gender is considered to be fortune telling at Christmas. To obtain a more accurate result, during the ceremony you must follow some rules:
- Before the fortune-telling procedure, it is necessary to remove any jewelry, untie ties, belts, loosen and comb your hair, wash - eliminate any factors that could interfere with the energy movement.
- In order not to block the information flow, the fortuneteller should not cross his arms or legs during the ritual.
- Any actions are performed in complete calm and silence. There should be no extraneous sounds in the room: television, what is happening outside the window or in the next room. That's why best time for rituals it is considered closer to midnight.
The general rules of rituals for determining gender must be followed for any type of fortune telling, each of which also has its own characteristics of implementation.
Fortune telling for a child at Christmas using stones
One of interesting species Fortune telling about the gender of a child is done using stones. Before the ceremony, it is recommended to think about the names of future children; male and female names should be present. Take any stones and use a marker or ink to put the names you like on them. 
Another way is to write names on sticky notes or regular pieces of paper and stick them to the stones. Take a bucket of water, immerse the stones in it and after a while observe them.
It is believed that the number of future children corresponds to the number of stones with preserved and not peeled off leaves. The sex of the baby is determined in the same way. If all the inscriptions were erased from the stones, it means that the name of the unborn child was not announced.
Many believe that the name that is erased last is true and correct, and gender is determined by it.
Fortune telling for a child at Christmas using a glass
To carry out the ritual on the sex of the unborn child, the presence of certain weather conditions is required, namely sub-zero temperature.
The ritual is carried out in stages:
- Pour water into the vessel.
- Take it outside or put it on the balcony.
- Water at sub-zero temperatures should freeze overnight.
- Take the glass home in the morning and examine it carefully.
- If there are holes in the ice, this indicates the birth of a female baby, while the presence of tubercles indicates a male child.
Together with gender, the number of tubercles or pits can be used to calculate the number of children born in the future.
This method of determining gender is suitable for rituals on Christmas night or in winter, which is not always suitable. Therefore, many resort to a trick - using a freezer. Most women using this method claimed the accuracy of the prediction.
Christmas fortune telling from a book
One of the frequently held magical rituals
half a child on Christmas night - according to the book. In order to find out the future, you need to ask a question, say the page and line number out loud, open the book and read the sentence that appears.
In a similar way, you can determine the gender of the baby. Only for this it is better to take a book with names. If there is not one, then only the page of the book should be named. Having opened it, you need to go through the eyes and find the name, if it is male, it will be a boy, if female, it will be a girl.
Christmas fortune telling with saucers
The ceremony for the gender of the baby is carried out in stages: 
- Take empty saucers (at least 4 pieces) and clean pieces of paper.
- Write men's and female names, arrange them on saucers.
- Take your pendant on a chain or any other hanging personal item.
- Place your hand between the saucers and begin to slowly swing the pendant.
Take a piece of paper from the saucer towards which the pendant swayed most; if the name is masculine, it will be a boy, if it is feminine, then it will be a girl.
Christmas fortune telling with wax
Christmas rituals, including fortune telling the baby's gender using wax, are one of the most reliable methods, according to many girls. For the ritual you need:
- Pour cool water into the bowl.
- In a separate bowl, melt the wax and pour it into the liquid.
- The wax instantly hardens, acquiring a certain shape, according to which the ritual is carried out.
It is believed that if the figure has a round and convex shape, it indicates the female gender, if the figure contains elements of shoots and tails, the baby will be male.
Christmas fortune telling on cards
There are no strict rules for fortune telling to determine the gender of a child using cards - it all depends on the experience of the fortuneteller. If you have no experience in performing card rituals, you can use one of the simplest ones. 
Stages of the ceremony for the gender of the baby:
- Stay in the room alone and focus on your question.
- Take the deck in your hands and turn over one card at a time until one of the required options appears.
- To find out the gender, you need to roll an eight, and the suit will indicate the gender: spades and clubs are male, hearts and diamonds are female.
After the ritual, many leave the fallen deck card on the baby’s floor as a talisman against the evil eye for the unborn baby.
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Christmas fortune telling by shadows
Magic rituals for the baby’s gender using shadows can be performed in several ways: 
- Using wax. Pour the melted wax into cold water, poured into a plate without a pattern. The room should be dark and the windows should be closed to avoid drafts that could distort the results. Light a candle and begin examining the shadow that appears from the wax figure at the bottom of the plate. A round shape indicates a girl is expected, an oblong shape or with a shoot indicates a boy.
- Using paper and a candle. Turn off the light, take the paper, crumple it and place it in a saucer opposite the lit candle. Images will appear in reflection on a table or other surface, which are interpreted in a similar way as with wax shadows.
It is worth remembering that all of the specified sex determination rituals are not always accurate, and you should not completely trust the result obtained. In addition, everything depends on one’s own perception and faith; the same result can be interpreted by people differently. Therefore, this kind of ritual on the gender of a child should be treated as entertainment.
Christmas fortune telling under the pillow
This ritual to determine the sex of a child is performed on Christmas night. First, before going to bed, you should prepare: write male and female names on separate pieces of paper. Roll the notes into tubes, put them under your pillow and go to bed.
In the morning, without getting out of bed, take out one of the leaves and unfold it. If pulled male name- there will be a boy, female - a girl, and the specified name does not mean that the future baby should be named by it.
Also, read the previous article about the unborn child.
Christmas time is special. It is believed that on Christmas night everyone can ask about what awaits them in the future, without harm to themselves. The tradition of Christmas fortune-telling is much more ancient than Christmas itself, because our ancestors, while still pagans, knew about the extraordinary power of the winter solstice, and dedicated magnificent celebrations to this day. Issues related to the family have always been considered the most significant, so the most popular at all times were fortune telling for a betrothed and fortune telling for a child at Christmas. Girls were always interested in how many children they would have and what gender. Children were their parents' hope for what would happen to them and who would look after them in old age. At all times, a family was considered incomplete if there were no children in it. Their absence was the most terrible thing for the young woman. There was a belief that this was a punishment from the Lord for the sins of our ancestors. For this reason, Christmas fortune telling for children has always been very popular.
It must be said that the church was very strict about fortunetellers. At the same time, unable to completely eradicate this tradition, she announced that fortune telling is only permissible on Christmastide, when devilry the weakest.
Rules for fortune telling for a child at Christmas
For fortune telling to be successful, you must follow some rules. Among them:
- The ritual must be performed in complete silence. Turn off the TV and others possible sources noise. It is desirable that it is also quiet outside the window, so the optimal time for fortune telling is closer to midnight.
- In order not to block the energy flows emanating from the fortuneteller, which can negatively affect the vision of the future, you should not cross your legs and arms during the ritual.
- For successful fortune telling, you need to prepare accordingly: wash, comb your hair, untie all kinds of belts and ties, remove jewelry - in general, eliminate everything that in one way or another can interfere with the free movement of energy flows.
Guessing the gender of the child at Christmas
Before ultrasound machines became widespread and it became possible to determine the sex of the unborn baby, pregnant women also wanted to know who their child would be. To do this, they resorted to fortune telling about the gender of the unborn child.
To perform this ritual, you need a thread and a needle. Take the thread threaded through the needle and pinch it between your index finger and thumb. It should be above your palm. Sooner or later the needle will start spinning. If it starts moving clockwise, this indicates that next child there will be a daughter. The movement of the needle, like a pendulum, indicates that you will have a son. If the needle does not move, you are no longer destined to have children.
Fortune telling for a child at Christmas using stones
Another interesting way to determine the number and gender of future children is fortune telling on stones.
Before you conduct it, you need to think carefully about which names you like best. For married women, it would be a good idea to ask their husband about this. After that, take the stones and write your favorite names on them using ink. You can also use paper for fortune telling on stones by gluing a strip with a name to the stone. You will have as many children as there are pieces of paper left unstuck, or inscriptions not erased. This is how the gender of the unborn child is determined. At the same time, if all the pieces of paper have come off, it is quite possible that a baby will be born, whom you will call by a name not written in stone. For this reason, try to provide for everything possible options, for example, the names of distant and close relatives, the most popular names etc. Thanks to this, you can ensure maximum objectivity of the results obtained.
Fortune telling for a child at Christmas using a glass
Fortune telling with a glass has also been incredibly popular at all times. True, such a ritual also requires the assistance of the weather, since it requires that the temperature be below zero on Christmas night.
You need to pour water into a glass and leave it in the cold overnight. In the morning, take a glass of water into the house and see how the water has frozen: the presence of tubercles indicates boys, dimples indicate daughters. To find out the exact number of children, you need to count all the depressions and tubercles.
It must be said that today this ritual is also carried out using a freezer if the weather on Christmas does not want to please with frost. Those who have carried out fortune-telling in a similar improved way claim that the predictions come true.
Most likely, this is due to the fact that the special atmosphere of Christmas is more important than the use of specific objects, because even our ancestors noticed that on this night the most ordinary things acquire magical properties and are able to tell people about the future, for example, telling fortunes for a child at Christmas.
Christmastide are the two weeks of winter holidays, from Christmas Eve, which falls on January 6, to Epiphany, celebrated on January 19. Fortune telling for Christmas is rightfully considered the most truthful. The roots of Christmas go back to 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, Christmas and Yuletide fortune-telling.
With the advent of Christianity in Rus', Christmas fortune-telling was not only preserved, but also acquired more 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.
There are three most popular birth divinations - with a needle, on stones and with a glass. Let's find out more about them.
Fortune telling for children with a needle has another name: with a pendulum. It allows you to find out the sex of the child, as well as total kids in your family. The word “general” is used specifically: the fact is that this fortune-telling always shows, starting with the first child, what should be taken into account by those parents whose family already has children. To carry out the procedure, a minimum of material is required: a needle and white thread (color is not important, but desirable). Next step- expand left hand so that the palm faces up and thumb- to the side. The pendulum (needle) is lowered three times into the space formed by the thumb and palm. The needle is then positioned directly above the arm, approximately in the center of the palm. The movements of the pendulum will predict the gender of the firstborn: circular - expect a girl, from side to side - expect a boy. If the needle remains motionless, then there will be no children. After performing the procedure a second time, you will find out the gender of the second child, the third – the third, etc. This version of fortune telling is considered the most reliable.
Another option for fortune telling for the birth of a child is fortune telling on stones. For it you will need several pieces of paper, the same number of stones, a pen/marker and a container of water. On paper you need to write a number of names that, for one reason or another, seem attractive to you. These notes are attached to stones that are lowered into the water. Now watch what is happening carefully. Stones float, pieces of paper come off, inscriptions blur and are washed away. The sex of the child, and also possibly his name, will be indicated by those leaves that survive as a result of this free floating.
Fortune telling for children with a glass, or by water, is also quite common and time-tested. The only limitation is that it can only be carried out at the time of year when night temperatures reach negative values. It is enough to take a small container into which you can pour water (previously a glass was traditionally used for this, today it can be a glass, a mug, or a small bowl). Before going to bed, the container is filled with water, a ring (preferably gold) is thrown into it and taken outside to the cold. Someone uses a freezer, but the reliability of fortune telling in this case is significantly reduced. Is the water frozen? Ask someone (it is important that it is not yourself) to bring the container. Carefully examine the surface of the water. The number of depressions formed will indicate the number of future daughters, and the bulges - sons.
People say that on the night of January 6-7, Christmas Eve, the predictions are the most accurate and truthful. Christmas Eve is not only big Orthodox holiday, but also the start of the famous Christmas fortune-telling - a period lasting until January 19 (Epiphany). By folk beliefs, on this night all prohibitions are lifted, mysterious forces rush to Earth. Some are to harm people, others are to help.
In the old days, girls, going to tell fortunes, were in a serious mood. They mentally fenced themselves off from the real world and turned to supernatural forces. We tried to collect the most interesting and reliable Christmas fortune telling, which we hope will help you unlock the secrets of the future.
When can you guess?
The best time for fortune telling, as we have already reported, this is Christmas Eve. It is then that astral spirits and ghosts penetrate the physical world, making contact and communicating the facts of our future.
Another suitable period of winter attempts to look into your future is considered period between January 8 and January 18. IN given time they also guess, recognizing their betrothed (name, hair color, character, class), an imminent or distant wedding, the number of children, a successful or unsuccessful marriage. Recognized as special Vasiliev evening, when the result turns out to be highly accurate, even prophetic. This - 13th of January. No less successful in fortune telling and January 18 – Epiphany Christmas Eve.
Preparing for fortune telling
- You need to get serious;
- dissolve the hair;
- untie all the knots that are on the clothes (belts, belts, decorative elements);
- remove bracelets and rings;
- mentally isolate yourself from the real world;
- formulate the question precisely.
The best fortune telling
1. Fortune telling with cups
For fortune telling, you will need several cups corresponding to the number of fortune tellers. A ring, a coin, bread, sugar, onion, salt are placed in cups, and a little water is poured into one cup. With their eyes closed, each of the fortune tellers, in turn, chooses a cup.
Predictions for the future are as follows: ring - for a wedding; coin - to wealth; bread - to prosperity; sugar - for fun; onion - to tears; salt - unfortunately, and a cup of water - to life without much change.
2. Fortune telling with candles
You will need a bowl of water, shell halves walnut, in an amount equal to the number of fortune tellers, and the same number of small candles or their pieces. You need to insert the candles into the shells, light them and let them float in a bowl.
The girl whose candle burns out first will be the first of the fortune tellers to get married. Accordingly, the girl whose candle burns out last will be the last to get married. If someone’s shell with a candle sank, that girl will never be married at all.
3. Fortune telling on paper
Take a piece of paper and crumple it up. Place the crumpled leaf in the bottom of an upturned plate or saucer and set it on fire. After this, bring the saucer with the burnt paper to the wall and carefully turn the saucer until some shadow appears on the wall, by the outlines of which they judge the near future.
4. Fortune telling with wax
Fortune telling with wax will require two wax candles, one of which needs to be lit, and pieces of the other should be placed in a spoon and, heating the spoon over a burning candle, melt the wax. After this, the melted wax is quickly poured into a glass with cold water and by the light of a candle, the future is judged by the resulting figure.
5. Fortune telling YES-NO
Hold your left hand over a jar with any cereal or grain, palm down. While concentrating, you need to ask the question that interests you. After this, take a handful of cereal from the jar and pour it onto the table, then count the number of grains. If the number of grains is even, this means a positive answer - YES, an odd number means a negative answer - NO.
6. Fortune telling on the number and gender of future children
On Christmas evening, you need to pour water into a glass, put a ring in it and put it out in the cold. Before going to bed, a glass is taken out of the cold and future children are judged by the ice surface formed in it. The number of tubercles indicates the number of boys, and the number of pits indicates how many girls there will be.
7. Fortune telling from a book
They took a book at random and asked a question. After this, they called the page number and the line number on it - what was written in this place in the book served as the answer.
8. Fortune telling on the king of diamonds
You will need a corresponding card, which you need to hide under your pillow and wish upon the man you want to see as your husband. Then go to bed. What you dream about next night will turn out to be your future. This night all dreams are prophetic.
Fortune telling for Christmas: rules and the most common types.
Slavic fortune-telling was traditionally carried out on Christmastide. On the night of January 6-7, any prediction, even one made by chance, is considered the most accurate. The Christmas spirits do not refuse to answer questions until January 19th. But after Baptism, the evil spirits hide away, and it becomes problematic for a mere mortal who does not possess magical powers to receive a prediction.
Where do fortune telling take place at Christmas?
- Since evil spirits are looking for hidden, deserted places for their refuge, fortune-telling is very often carried out:
- in the baths
- in the attics
- in abandoned houses
- In modern homes, corners, thresholds or doors are suitable for performing the ritual, that is, what is considered the zone of transition of matter from one space to another.
- The most fearless ones use the cemetery for these purposes.
- A mirror is considered an excellent guide to visiting the world of spirits.
Fortune telling for Christmas: rules
- So as not to interfere otherworldly forces read fate and ensure a clean energy flow of communication before performing the ritual:
- Take down the cross
- Get rid of knots on belts and bracelets
- Let your hair down
- Remove all church paraphernalia
- Turn out the lights, light the candles
- When starting the ritual, do not cross your limbs - this also distorts the energy flow
Christmas fortune telling for your betrothed and love
Using a card deck
- Preparing a fresh deck of cards
- We take out jacks and kings
- Place them under your pillow before going to bed
- We say: “I command my betrothed to dream that he will appear to me in the form of cards.”
- We don’t talk to anyone until we go to sleep.
- After waking up, take out one card from under the pillow
- The appearance of the king suggests that the betrothed will be more mature than the fortuneteller
- A dropped jack promises a young or one-year-old groom
- If the suit appears on the card:
- Chervovaya - the betrothed is in the immediate environment
- Peak - predicts a wealthy spouse
- Krestovaya - you will meet the groom by chance
- Bubnovaya - you will find your loved one thanks to friends or relatives
Ritual "Bridge"
- Prepare a box of matches
- Cleanse them of sulfur
- When alone, make a bridge of matches under your pillow.
- When going to bed, say: “My betrothed, come to me, lead me across the bridge that I built.”
- The main thing is to remember the main signs of your loved one when you wake up in the morning.
- It could be a specific sign: hair color, accent, shoulder straps, mole, scar
- In the future, it is precisely the state that the girl feels when she wakes up that will help her feel her betrothed
Using a ring
We prepare:
- Gold ring, preferably without stones
- Glass of water
- A candle
- After sunset, choose a quiet room
- Turn off the lights and all electrical appliances
- Light a candle
- Place a glass of water in front of her
- We lower the ring into it
- We try not to think about anything
- We peer into the water calmly, without tension
- After some time, the image of the betrothed will appear in the depths of the water
Using coins
You will need:
- Photo of your loved one
- 10 coins of any denomination
- 2 candles
- In the center of the round table we place two candles at a distance of 20 cm from each other.
- Between them we place the photograph facing the fortuneteller
- Let us mentally concentrate on the question: “Is my future with my loved one?”
- Throw coins in the photo with your right hand
| Eagles | Tails | Solution |
| 1 | 9 | The attitude must be changed, otherwise separation threatens |
| 2 | 8 | Bad events are expected that will lead to misunderstandings with the chosen one |
| 3 | 7 | There can be nothing in common with this person. This is not your destiny |
| 4 | 6 | Soon a sign will be given that will make it possible to establish a harmonious relationship. Don't miss it, otherwise you may be separated |
| 5 | 5 | Relationships on the verge of breaking up: you should devote more time to each other |
| 6 | 4 | He doesn't love you |
| 7 | 3 | Expect the birth of a new family member in a relationship with this person |
| 8 | 2 | You can only solve a financial problem together. Don't leave your soulmate in difficult situation, along with his loss, luck will leave you |
| 9 | 1 | Your loved one spends a lot of time on financial problems. They will soon be decided, and you will come to the forefront of your chosen one. |
| 10 | 0 | You are loved very much by a person who does not deserve your indifference. Change your attitude towards him and be happy, harmonious relationships guaranteed for many happy years |
| 0 | 10 | Real sincere feelings await in the coming period, which are not afraid of obstacles |
Christmas fortune telling for the future
Interesting ways Christmastide fortune tellingAlong a metal chain
- At exactly 24:00 on the night of January 6-7, sit in the center of any room
- Turn out the lights
- Light a candle
- Squeeze the metal chain in your hands
- Mentally ask a question about the future
- When you feel the warmth, throw it in front of you
- The accepted form of decoration has the following interpretations:
| Form | Solution |
| Flat strip | Luck and advancement in all endeavors |
| Circle or oval | Waiting unpleasant problems, the solution of which will be delayed |
| Nodes | Bad sign. Complete financial collapse is possible. Problems with health and personal relationships. The number of problems is proportional to the number of nodes formed |
| Cloud | Positive interpretation. Everything that is planned will come true |
| Triangle | Great love and luck awaits |
| Snake | Possible betrayal by the person closest to you |
| Bow | For single people - a wedding. The family is expecting a new addition |
| Heart | Mutual love somewhere near |
| Indeterminate form | Temporarily closed information. Spirits don't want to talk about the future. This is neither bad nor good. Neutral sign |
Using paper
- Take a sheet of newspaper
- Crumple it up in a chaotic manner
- Place on a flat plate
- Go to a flat, light wall with no drawings on it.
- Turn out the lights
- Set the paper on fire
- The shadow of the paper on the wall will tell exactly about all the events expected this year. The result is a living moving picture, like a cartoon. It is important to pay very close attention to this moment, without missing out on all the details of the “movie”. Perhaps understanding of what we saw will come a little later
- When the fire goes out, take the lit candle
- Point it at the remaining piece of paper so that its shadow remains on the wall - this will be the final result of the current year
- For example, in a live picture, we see passionate love (flowers, kisses, sex, wedding, etc.), and the result is a stroller with a child
The best simple fortune telling for Christmas
- Coin
- A little salt
- Ring
- Sugar
- Handkerchief
- Place in cups, covering with a piece of cloth
- Mixing the bowls
- Choose any glass
We are looking for a solution to the symbol we come across using the table
Fortune telling can be approached in different ways. But even the church does not deny that real miracles happen on the night before Christmas. On this great night, the heavenly space opens up. If you go outside just before dawn and turn with a great desire into the starry space to fulfill your cherished dream, the opened space will be a sign that the dream is destined to come true. Many people dream, some believe, and some laugh skeptically. But those who managed to see this miracle - the opening heavens, confidently confirm that it happened. What I could only dream about came true after what I saw. But be very careful. The wish will definitely come true! But are you sure that this is exactly what you want?
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